Richard Clarke - U.S.-Iraq ProCon.org

"What we have done with the invasion of Iraq is that [al Qaeda has] a lot more recruits now, and they're a lot more militant than before the invasion...The pool of people who really hate us is so much greater than it was on 9/11 because of this needless and counterproductive war in Iraq...

The president kept saying Iraq was the central front in the war against terrorism — well, it is now."

"'Who's Going to Believe Us?' Richard Clarke Faults Bush Team's Post-9/11 Policies," by Barry Bergman, UC Berkeley News, Sep. 8, 2004

Name:	Richard Clarke
Title:	Former Special Advisor to the U.S. National Security Council
Position:	Con to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:	"What we have done with the invasion of Iraq is that [al Qaeda has] a lot more recruits now, and they're a lot more militant than before the invasion...The pool of people who really hate us is so much greater than it was on 9/11 because of this needless and counterproductive war in Iraq... The president kept saying Iraq was the central front in the war against terrorism — well, it is now." "'Who's Going to Believe Us?' Richard Clarke Faults Bush Team's Post-9/11 Policies," by Barry Bergman, UC Berkeley News, Sep. 8, 2004
Credibility/ Ranking:	Experts PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Council Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the US-Iraq conflict.
Involvement:	Chairman, Good Harbor Consulting, LLC, 2003-present On-air Consultant, American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 2003-present Special Advisor, U.S. National Security Council, 2001-2003 National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism, U.S. National Security Council, 1998-2000 Chair, Counter-terrorism Security Group, U.S. National Security Council, 1992-2003 Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, Department of Defense, 1989-1992 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence, Department of Defense, 1985-1988
Education:	BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1972
Relevant Affiliations:	Testified before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission), 2004
Contact Info:	Phone: 703-812-9199 FAX: None found E-Mail: inquiries@goodharbor.net Web Site: Good Harbor Consulting, LLC profile
Other:	Select Publications: Breakpoint, 2007 Cowritten with Rand Beers, The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report, 2006 The Scorpion's Gate, 2005 Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror, 2004 Cowritten with Glenn P. Aga and Roger W. Cressey, Defeating The Jihadists: A Blueprint For Action, 2004