I don’t know about Benj, (haven’t read those 6,000 words) but I did not suggest anything criminal.

The memo had a plan attached as well as another document.
Condi could have taken issue with the plan, rather that declare that there was no such plan.

Clinton had sufficient intel about the training camp to launch his favorite weapons, and Clarke was urging the meeting to address issues that could be discussed for possible action prior to deciding on what to do wrt Cole:

“Third, when and how does the administration choose to respond to the attack on the USS Cole. That decision is obviously complex.

We can make some decisions, such as those above, now without yet coming to grips with the harder decision about the Cole.“