The Scorpion's Gate is a geopolitical thriller by former United States
intelligence and Counterterrorism official Richard A. Clarke. The
Scorpion's Gate is his first novel, but it is not his first book —
unlike his non-fiction policy books this is an attempt to convey vital
foreign policy ideas through fiction. The subtitle on the cover reads:
"Sometimes you can tell more truth through fiction." The hardcover
edition is 320 pages long.
A coup in Saudi Arabia topples the
sheiks and installs an Islamic government in its place. The weaknesses
of the new government, combined with the oil riches of the country,
attract attention from all over the world as larger, oil-hungry
countries attempt to realign the map of the Middle East.
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Richard
Alan Clarke (born October 27, 1950) is the former National Coordinator
for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism for the
United States.
Clarke worked for the State Department during the
presidency of Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush
appointed him to chair the Counter-terrorism Security Group and to a
seat on the United States National Security Council. President Bill
Clinton retained Clarke and in 1998 promoted him to be the National
Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and
Counter-terrorism, the chief counter-terrorism adviser on the National
Security Council. Under President George W. Bush, Clarke initially
continued in the same position, but the position was no longer given
cabinet-level access. He later became the Special Advisor to the
President on cybersecurity, before leaving the Bush administration in
2003.
Clarke came to widespread public attention for his role as
counter-terrorism czar in the Clinton and Bush administrations in March
2004, when he appeared on the 60 Minutes television news magazine,
released his memoir about his service in government, Against All
Enemies, and testified before the 9/11 Commission. In all three
instances, Clarke was sharply critical of the Bush administration's
attitude toward counter-terrorism before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and
of the decision to go to war with Iraq. Following Clarke's strong
criticisms of the Bush administration, Bush administration officials and
other Republicans attempted to discredit him or rebut his criticisms,
making Clarke a controversial figure.
Clarke is currently
Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting and Good Harbour International, two
strategic planning and corporate risk management firms; an on-air
consultant for ABC News, and a contributor to the Good Harbor Report [1]
-- an online community discussing homeland security, defense, and
politics. He is an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and a
faculty affiliate of its Belfer Center for Science and International
Affairs.[35] He has also become an author of fiction, publishing his
first novel, The Scorpion's Gate, in 2005, and a second, Breakpoint, in
2007.
Clarke wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post on May 31, 2009
harshly critical of other Bush administration officials, entitled "The
Trauma of 9/11 Is No Excuse".[36] Clarke wrote that he had little
sympathy for his fellow officials who seemed to want to use the excuse
of being traumatized, and caught unaware by Al-Qaeda's attacks on the
USA, because their being caught unaware was due to their ignoring clear
reports a major attack on U.S. soil was imminent. Clarke particularly
singled out former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Secretary of
State, Condoleezza Rice.
Clarke released his newest book, Cyber War, in April 2010.
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