As violence escalates in Iraq [3], Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the Bush administration's Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, testifies today before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States [4], following a recent, highly public clash with Richard A. Clarke [5], the former White House advisor who has sharply criticized the administration's handling of counterterrorism. However, her testimony comes with conditions [6], including a promise by the commission that no other White House personnel will be asked to testify.