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novapsycheSen. Bob Graham of Florida, co-chairman of the joint House-Senate inquiry into intelligence failures before Sept. 11, said he had no objection to making Clarke’s 2002 testimony public.
“To the best of my recollection, there is nothing inconsistent or contradictory in that testimony and what Mr. Clarke has said this week,” said Graham, a former chairman of the Senate intelligence committee.
Graham said in a statement that if the testimony were to be declassified, it should be released in its entirety, “not, as the Bush administration has done in the past, selectively edited so that only portions favorable to the White House are made public.”
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, said the administration should back up its claims and produce evidence that Clarke was lying.
“My challenge to the Bush administration, would be, if he’s not believable and they have reason to show it, then prosecute him for perjury, because he is under oath” Kerry said in an interview with CBS News. “They have a perfect right to do that.”
Republican lawmakers seek to discredit Clarke
“To the best of my recollection, there is nothing inconsistent or contradictory in that testimony and what Mr. Clarke has said this week,” said Graham, a former chairman of the Senate intelligence committee.
Graham said in a statement that if the testimony were to be declassified, it should be released in its entirety, “not, as the Bush administration has done in the past, selectively edited so that only portions favorable to the White House are made public.”
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, said the administration should back up its claims and produce evidence that Clarke was lying.
“My challenge to the Bush administration, would be, if he’s not believable and they have reason to show it, then prosecute him for perjury, because he is under oath” Kerry said in an interview with CBS News. “They have a perfect right to do that.”
Republican lawmakers seek to discredit Clarke