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Key player in U.S. terror war

Richard Clarke witnessed the dawn of the millennium in a top-secret government communications vault, monitoring intelligence traffic for any sign of activity by Islamic terrorist groups loyal to Osama bin Laden. It was not until midnight in California — 3 a.m. Washington time – that the Clinton administration’s counterterrorism chief finally permitted himself a celebratory sip of champagne. Full Story