# Richard Clarke on 60 Minutes - Did Bush Press For Iraq-9/11 Link?

- Author: Joichi Ito
- Date: 2004-03-22T12:02:33Z


60 MinutesDid Bush Press For Iraq-9/11 Link?

"Rumsfeld was saying that we needed to bomb Iraq," Clarke said to Stahl. "And we all said ... no, no. Al-Qaeda is in Afghanistan. We need to bomb Afghanistan. And Rumsfeld said there aren't any good targets in Afghanistan. And there are lots of good targets in Iraq. I said, 'Well, there are lots of good targets in lots of places, but Iraq had nothing to do with it.

"Initially, I thought when he said, 'There aren't enough targets in-- in Afghanistan,' I thought he was joking. 

via Dan Gillmor





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