Washington is in a frenzy and it's all because of Richard Clarke. In testifying before the 9/11 commission, he did the unforgivable, the one thing that no government official ever dared to do. He apologized.
The former counterterrorism adviser said under oath to the families of the 9/11 victims: "We tried hard but that doesn't matter because we failed. Your government failed you and I failed you. I would ask, once all the facts are out, for your understanding and forgiveness."
The 11th commandment of the government is written in stone: "Never apologize and never say you're sorry."
When Clarke offered his mea culpa, the White House and Republican senators went ballistic. One leader said: "He had no right to say he was sorry. No one, not even the president, is allowed to apologize for anything that Washington does. It's treason."
It was because of Clarke that the White House sent out all its big guns -- Vice President Cheney, Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, George Tenet and Condoleezza Rice. The reason was that not one of them has ever apologized for anything.
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