One interesting aspect of the O'Neill and now the Clarke accusations is that the White House, rather than attempting to rebut the accusations with facts, have attempted to discredit the accusers.

Another interesting aspect is that to get Rice to testify under oath and in public, the White House struck a deal with the 9/11 commission: we'll give you Rice in exchange for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Perle not having to testify.

And people are still asking why the White House required 29 pages of the original report on 9/11 classified as Top Secret and not released.

If it looks like a duck....