Clarke's position on this has shifted some, if one is to believe this article. I don't have his book in front of me, so I can't give you an exact quote, but in it he specifies that he was asked to approve these flights by the White House, and said that, as long as the FBI approved it, it was OK with him. I don't remember who he said asked him to approve it, I'll try to look it up tonight when I get home.

Also, from this page on Moore's site: http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustread/f911facts/isikoff.php

"What the movie says is this: "It turns out that the White House approved planes to pick up the bin Ladens and numerous other Saudis. At least six private jets and nearly two dozen commercial planes carried the Saudis and the bin Ladens out of the U.S. after September 13th. In all, 142 Saudis, including 24 members of the bin Laden family, were allowed to leave the country."

These facts are based entirely on the findings contained in the 9/11 commission draft report, which states, "After the airspace reopened, six chartered flights with 142 people, mostly Saudi Arabian nationals, departed from the United States between September 14 and 24. One flight, the so-called Bin Ladin flight, departed the United States on September 20 with 26 passengers, most of them relatives of Usama Bin Ladin.""

Moore states in the movie the WHITE HOUSE approved it, not specifically Bush. Because at this point, I'm not sure anyone has enough proof to point the finger directly at Bush.

I'm not saying Moore doesn't take a number of liberties with generalization and insinuation, but that doesn't make what he said in the movie wrong.

Ken