Richard Clarke 9/11 Interview: Was There a CIA Cover-Up?

Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan on an ex-official’s claim that the CIA isn’t coming clean about 9/11.

Published Aug. 12 2011 4:04PM EDT

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Former White House counterterrorism coordinator Richard Clarke has reignited controversy by speculating, in an interview cited in Thursday’s Daily Beast, that the CIA intentionally withheld advance knowledge of two of the 9/11 hijackers from the White House and the FBI, in an attempt to cover up the agency’s failed effort...

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Richard Clarke 9/11 Interview: Was There a CIA Cover-Up?

Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan on an ex-official’s claim that the CIA isn’t coming clean about 9/11.

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Richard Clarke 9/11 Interview: Was There a CIA Cover-Up?

Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan on an ex-official’s claim that the CIA isn’t coming clean about 9/11.

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