DNC Spokesgal Trashes Key Bin Laden-gate Witness

NewsMax.com ^ | 5/21/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri blasted the account of key bin Laden-gate witness Mansoor Ijaz late Monday, calling him "a crackpot" and saying his claim that he negotiated a 1996 deal to extradite Osama bin Laden from Sudan to the U.S. was "a joke."

"He's lying," Palmieri told WOR radio's Jay Diamond. "The guy has absolutely no credibility. You'll see that you never see him on television anymore once he was outed as being a fraud."

In fact, Ijaz turned up Friday night on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes" to outline his charges against the Clinton administration, a program Palmieri apparently missed.

Last Wednesday, the former Clinton contributor announced that he was prepared to testify to the Senate Intelligence Committee that the ex-president turned down repeated deals he brokered to turn bin Laden over. (See: Bin Laden-gate Witness Dares Dems: Depose Me on 9-11 Clinton Cover-up)

But the DNC spokeswoman charged that Ijaz, the single largest Muslim contributor to Clinton's 1996 campaign, "has made up or greatly exaggerated his connections." Palmieri told Diamond that she was the highest-ranking White House official that the Pakistani-American donor had ever met with.

Before becoming DNC spokeswoman, Palmieri worked for the Clinton White House for eight years.

She seemed to hedge a bit, however, when asked specifically whether there was an offer from the Sudanese to turn bin Laden over. "Not through Mansoor Ijaz, there was not," she told WOR without elaborating.

"I'm really appalled at this," interjected FrontPageMagazine.com editor David Horowitz, who was on hand for the debate.

"This is what the Clinton administration did to all the women Clinton abused," he complained.

Noting that Ijaz was a member on the Council on Foreign Relations, Horowitz contended that he had donated over $250,000 to the Clinton campaign and that his allegations had been corroborated by British newspapers.

Still, Palmieri was unmoved. "It's a joke. He's a crackpot," she concluded.

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[The Great Satan]

If this story is true, then it's no wonder the Dems are running around like chickens with their heads chopped off, trying desperately to smear the President. This is radioactive stuff.

[Ronin]

Gee, the nuts and sluts defense.

Where have we heard this before.

[Humidston]

And he said recently that he was a loyal Democrat - until all this happened. I wonder how long it'll take before ALL loyal Democrats wake up and realize they're nothing but fodder for that corrupt party.

[bybybill]

Notice that no rat heavy said a word about Ijaz. Last week, Lanny "super rat" Davis would not even talk about this with Hannity because of the "source". When pressed by Hannity to explain, Lanny shut up. Now, fellow Freepers and students of the rats, what does this all mean? By this time next week, they will have Ijaz messing with goats. Can`t answer the charge, then you attack the messenger. Tells me he`s telling the truth

[Timesink]

"He's lying," Palmieri told WOR radio's Jay Diamond. "The guy has absolutely no credibility. You'll see that you never see him on television anymore once he was outed as being a fraud."

She better be right, or she and the DNC just set themselves up for a slander suit.

[Ronin]

Oh, I would love to see that.

[Howlin]

This guy is telling the absolute truth. I've read this story more than once -- and not just from this guy; and they have the papers to back it up, if I'm not mistaken.

This is going to be FUN. Think about it, how desperate must they be for her to flat out call him a liar?

[Timesink]

This is going to be FUN. Think about it, how desperate must they be for her to flat out call him a liar?

Oh, they're incredibly desperate. But I don't even care about that at this point; I want to see her, and the DNC, forced to PAY UP IN COURT. That would make me jump up and down with glee.

[Spar]

What Clinton knew is not as important as what Clinton did and fooled the American people into two wars that made common cause with al-Qaida. Bush has much to clean up and save us from the folly, criminality and mess Clinton left behind.

From Accuracy In Media: BIN LADEN GATE

[bybybill]

Your right, and tomorrow, I`m going to hit the local talk radio shows about this. ...good post

[Howlin]

Am I wrong, or didn't we read early on that Clinton turned down the offer to get bin Laden? Wasn't that something we read here right from the beginning. I'm desperately trying to remember WHERE I read it; it was quite detailed.

[lavaroise]

ALL loyal Democrats wake up and realize they're nothing but fodder for that corrupt party.

Clinton turned many off that ended up on a mysterious death trail, beacuse, from within, they just knew too much. It makes me angry when the media portrays republican partisan politics attacking dems, because nothing could be further from the truth, it is former dems that are attacking Dems. Republicans just sit and cave.

[happygrl]

Mansoor Ijaz ping.

[happygrl]

"I'm really appalled at this," interjected FrontPageMagazine.com editor David Horowitz, who was on hand for the debate.

"This is what the Clinton administration did to all the women Clinton abused," he complained.

Left them high and dry, holding the bag (of ice to their bruised lip) ?

[backhoe]

Cross-linking:

Bush and Clinton and 911- some facts...

[MeekOneGOP]

Geez, Louise!

[Semper Paratus]

This should put cold water on the dems hearings fever.

[MeekOneGOP]

Am I wrong, or didn't we read early on that Clinton turned down the offer
to get bin Laden? Wasn't that something we read here right from the beginning.
I'm desperately trying to remember WHERE I read it; it was quite detailed.

Yeah, I'm with you. I'm a little sparse on recalling all the details, but it seems to me
like it was the Saudis (??) that called when clintoon was in office and told him that
ObL was scheduled to take a flight from "A" to "B" to "C" and that he could be held
for the U.S. to intercept him at point "B", but the clintoon White House passed it up.....