Richard A. Clarke

ABOUT RICHARD A. CLARKE

National security and counter-terrorism chief during the Bush and Clinton administrations who blamed George W. Bush for 9/11. He has also written several fiction novels including The Scorpion's Gate and Breakpoint.

He was State Department official for Ronald Reagan , before Reagan's successor, Bush Sr., appointed him to to the counter-terrorism group.

In his book, Against All Enemies, and his testimony before Congress, he criticized George W. Bush for not taking proper action to respond to elevated threats before 9/11.

He grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

He endorsed Barack Obama during the presidential elections of 2012.