![]() ![]() ![]() Clarke's advice was, first, to not assume the attack was over-and, second, to evacuate the. He arrived first at Vice President Dick Cheney's office, where he found the Vice President and National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice: since he chaired the counter-terrorism committee, she asked his advice. ![]() In his car on his way back to the Situation Room in the West Wing of the White House, he looked at the clock on his car's dashboard: 9:03 AM. When Richard Clarke's AGAINST ALL ENEMIES vaulted in to the public arena, an instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and media sensation, it changed the debate about the war on terror. Richard Clarke had been in a conference in the Ronald Reagan building when he heard that American Airlines Flight 11 had flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center: I'll be there in 5 minutes, he responded, giving instructions to convene the Counterterrorism Security Group, which he had chaired since 1992, contact the Federal Aviation Administration, and to set up a high-level video conference. ![]()
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