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The public tantrum of a bureaucrat.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20040326
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Byline: Wesley Pruden, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Maybe it's true that "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," but William Congreve, the 17th-century playwright who thought he had seen everything, never met a Washington bureaucrat.

Richard A. Clarke, who was employed by a succession of presidents to offer advice on how to deal with international terrorism, has entertained Washington this week with his attempt to get even with George W. Bush for (a) not taking his advice, (b) not giving him a job with a more-important sounding title or (c) both.

Mr. Clarke's public tantrum ...

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