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To: KLP who wrote (52255)	7/1/2004 3:32:43 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793820

The Hill article I provided had direct quotes from Clarke on just that John. He said he did. Maybe he fibbed. Last time on this one, Karen. I don't think he had the final authority; and I don't think he "fibbed" when he said he did. I think, most likely, and that's the strongest assertion one can make, he assumed he did. I think the odds of the final authority still being his are small. Best I understand what happened, it involved vetoing the desire of the FBI to interview the Saudis. I think Clarke could well have had that authority on 9-11; much less likely as the days went on. But who knows.