2/21/2003

“On February 21, 2003, [counterterrorism czar] Richard Clarke resigned from the Bush administration. Three weeks later, he was asked how he was adjusting to leaving government. ‘I already don’t miss it,’ he said. Then he elaborated. ‘You know that great feeling you get when you stop banging your head against a wall?’ ”

 – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 276