Clarke, Mylroie, Iraq and terror

One of the major motifs in the right-wing's attack on Clarke concerns the question of Iraq's alleged involvement with the first attack on the World Trade Center. The primary exponent of this theory is neocon-artist Laurie Mylroie, author of The War Against America and Bush vs. the Beltway. The latter book struck me as the boldest attack on the CIA ever to emerge from a right-wing source; the subterranean war between Langley and the neocons is, in my view, the most important parapolitical tale of this administration. That war may yet erupt into visible battle as the election proceeds.

Mylroie is of primary importance for her contributions to the mythology of Iraqi terror. For a fine expose, read this Washington Monthly piece from last December, written by Peter Bergen. The best quote in this piece comes from an unnamed U.S. counterterrorism official: "Mylroie probably thinks the Washington sniper was an Iraqi."

(Hm. Wonder if Clarke was the one who said that?)