Playing Politics
from CNN, Clarke bats down the notion that his book was timed to coincide with the election season:

"Clarke said it was the White House itself that was responsible for the book's timing.

'I wrote the book as soon as I retired from government,' Clarke said. 'It was finished last fall. And it sat in the White House for months because as a former White House official, my book has to be reviewed by the White House for security purposes.'

'They're saying, 'Why is the book coming out at the beginning of the election?'' Clarke said. 'I didn't want it to come out at the beginning of the election. I wanted it to come out last year. They're the reason, because they took so long to clear it.'"