What dogs aren't barking?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

You have to check out this Slate article from March 31:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2098067/

Here are some snippets:

In the short story "Silver Blaze," Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of a stolen racehorse by observing that the stable's guard dog didn't bark—hence, the intruder was not a stranger.

The mystery of whether Richard Clarke is telling the truth about President Bush's counterterrorism policies might be solved the same way: Which dogs aren't barking? Amid all the administration officials bombarding the airwaves with denunciations, who has stayed mum?

The answer: Secretary of State Colin Powell and CIA Director George Tenet, and their silence speaks loudly.

If Clarke is spewing nonsense—if the president and his national security adviser really did consider al-Qaida an urgent matter—Tenet is the man to say so. It's hard to imagine that the White House hasn't tried to recruit him to do so. Yet so far he hasn't.

Tenet is not the only quiet dog. One of the hounds that the White House did unleash—Secretary of State Powell—not only declined to growl, but practically purred like a kitten. Interviewed on Jim Lehrer's NewsHour, Powell said: "I know Mr. Clarke. I have known him for many, many years. He's a very smart guy. He served his nation very, very well. He's an expert in these matters." His book "is not the complete story," but, Powell added, "I'm not attributing any bad motives to it."

Asked if he had been recruited to join the campaign against Clarke, Powell replied, "I'm not aware of any campaign against Mr. Clarke, and I am not a member."

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

1. BTW this doesn't qualify for latest breaking news does it?

[LittleApple81]

2. I loved Jon Stewart's playing "Who let the dogs out" while showing

clips of the coordinated smears on Clarke. It was hilarious... and, somehow, also depressing.

[pinto]

3. love Powell's non-denial denial of "campaign against Clarke",

"I am unaware of any campaign"..."and I am not a member"....

Got it?

[yardwork]

4. LOL! Yep.

[salinen]

5. "I'm not aware of any campaign against Mr. Clarke"

The only other people who are unaware of any campaign against Clarke are in padded cells.

[Skittles]

6. that would be Powell just playing the role of Bush whore

gawd, in his private moments I bet he hangs his head in shame. Powell is whore to the core but my feeling is in his younger years he probably actually was a decent person. I wonder if he can remember.

[MetaTrope]

8. How much younger?

Powell was one of the apparent liars in the docket as military assistant to Caspar Weinberger during Iran-Contra.

[BillZBubb]

9. How much younger, part II?

Powell was instrumental in the cover up of My Lai in Nam. Was that decent?

[teryang]

7. This was posted in editorials

...two days ago.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=42856