Col. Ronald D. Ray, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under the Reagan Administration :

"This neo-conservative takeover of the government in the last six years is the destruction of the things that Barry Goldwater would have been running for in '64 and even the things that Ronald Reagan said he supported.

The conservative movement in this country has almost been neutered as a result of this administration."

Colonel Ray also expressed a few doubts about the official story of 911, calling it "the dog that doesn't hunt."

"Half a trillion dollars a year and a bunch of guys over in a cave in Afghanistan were able to penetrate that half a trillion dollar network that's supposed to provide Americans with national security."

"I'm astounded that the conspiracy theory advanced by the administration could in fact be true and the evidence does not seem to suggest that's accurate."