Heh. They can't even get their ad hominem attacks against Clarke straight. Cheney's probably the one who has the official lie wrong, given his past propensity for rhetorically leaving the rez.

Compare:

Bartlett:

The White House responded that it kept Clarke on its staff after the election because of its concerns over al-Qaida. "He makes the charge that we were not focused enough on efforts to root out terrorism," White House spokesman Dan Bartlett said Sunday. "That's just categorically false."

and Cheney:

RUSH: All right, let's get straight to what the news is all about now before we branch out to things. Why did the administration keep Richard Clarke on the counterterrorism team when you all assumed office in January of 2001?

CHENEY: Well, I wasn't directly involved in that decision. He was moved out of the counterterrorism business over to the cybersecurity side of things. That is, he was given the new assignment at some point there. I don't recall the exact time frame.

RUSH: Cybersecurity? Meaning Internet security?

CHENEY: Yeah, worried about attacks on computer systems and sophisticated information technology systems we have these days that an adversary would use or try use.

RUSH: Well, now, that explains a lot, that answer right there.

CHENEY: Well, he wasn't in the loop, frankly, on a lot of this stuff, and I saw part of his interview last night.

So, um, which was it? Clarke was kept on because of the Administration's continuing concern about al-Qaeda, or was it that he was kept on but demoted to cybersecurity stuff, with no broader counterterrorist responsibilities?

[Karol, you seem to be the closest thing to a party hack who dares to show their face 'round here. You wanna talk to your masters and clarify this for us?]

...Josh points out that Cheney's lie doesn't make much sense -- and if it's true, is more of an indictment of the Administration than Clarke.