Posted in Vantage Point on April 13th, 2004 No Comments »
Condoleeza Rice’s metaphor of choice—there was no “silver bullet” that could have prevented the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States—was meant to dismiss critics’ claim that the Bush administration had been negligent. But it was also intended to ridicule Richard Clarke.
Testifying April 8 before the independent US Congressional commission looking into the 2001 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center that claimed over 3,000 lives, National Security Adviser Rice was taking an indirect dig at the former counter-terrorism adviser of the Bush administration.