PRESIDENT ASKED AIDE TO EXPLORE IRAQ LINK TO 9/11.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush asked his top counterterrorism advisor Richard A. Clarke to investigate the involvement of Iraq in the September 11, 2001 terrorist acts on the day after the attacks. Claims from Clarke that Bush was biased in his belief that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was responsible for the terrorist attacks; How Clarke felt intimidated to find a link between the attacks and Iraq; Focus on the threat posed by Al Qaeda in the months before the attacks; Lack of public availability for Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security advisor.