Clinton Denies Taped Bin Laden Admission, Blames 'Misquote'

NewsMax.com ^ | April 9, 2004 | Carl Limbacher

[Carl/NewsMax]

During his private interview with the 9/11 Commission on Thursday, ex-President Bill Clinton denied that he told a New York business group in 2002 that he turned down an offer from Sudan for Osama bin Laden's extradition to the U.S., according to 9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey.

"Bill Clinton said yesterday that, that was a misquote," Kerrey told WDAY Fargo, North Dakota radio host Scott Hennen, in an interview set for broadcast on Monday.

A transcript of the exchange between Hennen and Kerrey was read on the air by national radio host Sean Hannity late Friday. It shows that the 9/11 Commission was unaware that Clinton's bombshell admission that he spurned the bin Laden offer had been recorded by NewsMax.

After Kerrey said Clinton had denied the quote, Hennen said, "But wait a minute - I heard it in his own voice. I've heard him say it. I have the tape of him saying just that."

"Really?" said a perplexed Kerrey. "Well, then - ship it to me, because Clinton said yesterday [in private 9/11 testimony] that he didn't have a recollection of that."

Clinton made the bombshell admission to the Long Island Association on Feb. 15, 2002. Though the LIA videotaped his appearance, the group has refused requests for copies from NBC News, Fox News and NewsMax.

Though NewsMax has the only publicly available recording of Clinton's remarks that day, they were also reported by Newsday the next day.

Transcript of Clinton's admission:

We'd been hearing that the Sudanese wanted America to start dealing with them again.

They released him. At the time, 1996, he had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America.

So I pleaded with the Saudis to take him, 'cause they could have. But they thought it was a hot potato and they didn't and that's how he wound up in Afghanistan. [End of Excerpt]

To hear ex-President Clinton make the admission that he denied making to the 9/11 Commission, Click Here.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Who ya goin' to believe, Carl. Clinton, or your own lyin' ears?

[big bad easter bunny]

Pants on fire!

[Uncle Miltie]

It's just perjury. Nothing to see here. Move On.

[jimbo123]

The rapist sink molester wasn't under oath, but he should be charged with perjury anyway. I wonder what the 9/11 professional victims think about the sink emperor's lies?

Kristen Breitweiser, wife of Ronald Breitweiser, 39
Fiduciary Trust International, WTC Tower Two
Hometown: Middletown Township, NJ
Co-Chair, September 11th Advocates
Kdianbreit@aol.com

Patty Casazza, wife of John F. Casazza, 38
Cantor Fitzgerald, 104th floor, WTC Tower One
Hometown: Colts Neck, NJ
Co-Chair, September 11th Advocates
jcasazz2@optonline.net

Mindy Kleinberg, wife of Alan Kleinberg, 39
Cantor Fitzgerald, 104th floor, WTC Tower One
Hometown: East Brunswick, NJ
Co-Chair, September 11th Advocates
akleinberg@comcast.net

Lorie Van Auken, wife of Kenneth Van Auken, 47
Cantor Fitzgerald, 105th floor, WTC Tower One
Hometown: East Brunswick, NJ
Co-Chair, September 11th Advocates
kenvan@comcast.net

[WinOne4TheGipper]

BTTT! Clinton caught in another lie thanks to Hennen/Hannity/NewsMax! Good job.

[Dr. Frank fan]

I'll be holding my breath waiting to see the networks trot out some 9/11 Family Members before us to tell us how they Feel about Clinton lying to the 9/11 Commission. And newspaper headlines like, "9/11 Families Experience Day Of Anger Over Clinton Testimony".

/sarcasm

[Support Free Republic]

Oh no! I hear that if we make the goal today, the mean Sidebar Moderator is going to suspend my account! Nooooooooooooo!

[TomGuy]

I did not have verbal relations with that quote, about bin Laden!

[Windsong]

"Clinton said yesterday [in private 9/11 testimony] that he didn't have a recollection of that"

No..of course not.

[rhombus]

It's not a lie! He said he didn't have any recollection. No perjury here. Nothing to see here. MoveOn.

[Destro]

Sudan, an ally of al-Qaeda was gong to give up Bin Laden? More like those in Sudan were trying to jaw bone us. Liek the Taliban were after 9/11.

I mean Sudan is a death zone for Christians - why would we trust them to hand over Osama?

[jimbo123]

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Washington Office*
Tel: (202) 331-4060
Fax: (202) 296-5545 info@9-11Commission.gov

New York Office

[oolatec]

My guess is that Kerrey will sweet this under the rug and forget about it.

[Dr Snide]

Despite Kerrey's partisan hack job recently I suspect he has no love for Clinton. I still say it was only after the Clintons threatened to go public with his war crimes that he decided to break it himself. Maybe it will go somewhere but I get the feeling that if Clinton sat up and said he personally financed 9-11 and after meeting with Bin Laden and receiving campaign funds supplied private jets for the hijackers to come to the country after selling his shares of American Airlines you wouldn't hear a thing about it on the network news. Instead it would be about who leaked the info.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

"Yeah, that Cuomo acts like an old mafioso, Gennifer..."

To 60 Minutes: "Those tapes were a fake..."

To Governor Cuomo: "Sorry, Mario... I didn't mean any disrespect."

Who says Bill Clinton lies? Heaven forbid the 9/11 Commission (and the wonderfully non-partisan Former Senator Bob "I want to be VEEP" Kerrey) ask Clinton a question that would be uncomfortable or revealing... No agenda here... right, Mr. Ben-Venisti? What's the Point!?

[Huck]

This is amazing. I am sure it will be widely reported.

[Diogenesis]

[dirtboy]

There he goes again. Ol' Slick commits perjury as regularly (and as naturally) as most of us pass gas.

[not-alone]

thanks

[Indy Pendance]

Correct audio link.

http://newsmax.com/audio/BILLVH.mp3

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Doggone tape recorders !
I liked Bob Kerrey's remarks that Clinton had been "open and candid" in his testimony to the commission. Guess we know what Kerrey's definition of honest is when it comes to BJ.

[Mo1]

"Really?" said a perplexed Kerrey. "Well, then - ship it to me, because Clinton said yesterday [in private 9/11 testimony] that he didn't have a recollection of that."

Ummmm .. Hey Sen Kerrey .. Many Many Radio stations have been playing that tape for some time now

Why are YOU not aware of this

[VeniVidiVici]

I mean Sudan is a death zone for Christians - why would we trust them to hand over Osama?

Doesn't matter now whether they would have or wouldn't have. He chose not to pursue it.

[Clara Lou]

Clinton caught in another lie thanks to Hennen/Hannity/NewsMax! Good job.
Now, now... don't get excited. Democrats can lie. It's a perfectly acceptable behavior for them to engage in. It's mean-spirited, ignorant, red-necked, cowboy-ish Republicans and their ilk who may not engage in lying.

[John Lenin]

I want to see Clinton tell Mansoor he is lieing to his face on CNN. Yea, that'll be the day ...

[McGruff]

You know Richard Clarke has said x42 gave orders to kill Bin Laden. The only question he hasn't answered is when. So either Clarke or Clinton is lying.

[CyberAnt]

Sooooo .. after being "enthralled" for 4 hours with Clinton's presence, the impeached former president continues his lying.

Geeeeeeeeeeee .. is any of his testimony worth anything at all resembling the truth??

When are you INSANE people going to stop regarding anything Clinton says as the truth. To do so says you're insane - you keep expecting him to be truthful .. HE NEVER WILL BE.

Clinton says WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO HEAR - HE NEVER SAYS THE TRUTH, unless it will bring him victim status .. just like Hillary.

[small voice in the wilderness]

...how long DGIH, how long...

[Clara Lou]

Wow! The pic with Clinton saxophoning while the Towers burn is a thought-provoker. Whew!

[kdot]

Whenever he slithers back into the public and speaks, I am quickly reminded of the intense, 8-year repulsion. It doesn't take much to bring it all back.

[PISANO]

I will BOOK any Bets from Freepers who say CLINTON will be accused and charged with PERJURY by the 911 Commission. I will give 2-1 odds. I will give even money the MAINSTREAM media does NOT run with this with the vigor of Dick Clarkes testimony or the AUG 6 memo.

[Brad's Gramma]

!!!!!

[savedbygrace]

Isn't Kerrey the one who called Clinton, "an unusually good liar"?

I suppose Clinton's testimony isn't so private any more in Kerrey's mind, huh? At least not the stuff that, out of context, would tend to exonerate Clinton . . . assuming you believed anything Clinton said.

[Euro-American Scum]

Clinton Denies Taped Bin Laden Admission, Blames 'Misquote'

What? Again?!

[tonyinv]

"Bill Clinton said yesterday that, that was a misquote," Kerrey told WDAY Fargo, North Dakota radio host Scott Hennen, in an interview set for broadcast on Monday.

Did Clinton say it was misquote, or did he say he didn't "recollect"?

Clinton lying is nothing new, but why is Bob Kerrey making stuff up to cover for him?

[Destro]

Sweep what under the rug? All I said I find it a stretch that Sudan, an ally of Al-Qaeda and a killer of millions of Christians would turn over their pal Bin Laden. I think if there was negotiations it was a delaying tactic to get Osama out of Sudan. Uncle Sam the idiot was suckered.

Sudan was never ever going to hand anyone to Washington especially Osama. The problem was that we were negotiating with Sudan - a sign of cupidity and stupidity - when we should have sent in a kill team.

The scandal is that we negotiated and actually thought Sudan would hand OBL over not that Clinton failed to get Sudan to hand him over. You people actually think those negotiations were legit? Would have paid off?

[SwinneySwitch]

Clinton lies under, over, between, around and besides oaths!! He is the consummate compulsive lier!!!

[lugsoul]

Okay, so this guy wouldn't know the truth if it had its lips locked around his... well, that's beside the point.

I've heard this "damning" charge thrown about and it has always made me wonder - what would we have done with OBL in '96? It has always been my understanding that we hadn't even linked him to '93 WTC at that point.

Not disputing billyjeff's taped statement, but can someone tell me what other options we had?

[RetiredArmy]

Yea. Right. Sure. And the colonel who yelled charge to the Light Brigade was later heard to ask, "who the hell yelled charge???"

[Inyokern]

Clinton made the bombshell admission to the Long Island Association on Feb. 15, 2002. Though the LIA videotaped his appearance, the group has refused requests for copies from NBC News, Fox News and NewsMax.

I think we should demand that this video be de-classified!

[Yaelle]

"Really?" said a perplexed Kerrey.

Perplexion at Clinton groping for the truth like it was an intern's thong panties?

[plain talk]

Sounds like one heck of a story for an enterprising reporter in CNN to lock onto and try to bring up their ratings.

[Joe 6-pack]

"You know Richard Clarke has said x42 gave orders to kill Bin Laden."

Innocent mistake...Clarke accidentally got Osama mixed up w/ Vince Foster.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I am convinced that the RATS have a win-win strategy in terms of clinton and 9/11.

Their strategy is to throw bits and pieces of mud at clinton while dumping truckloads on GWB. Either the pieces stick to clinton or they don't.

If they stick, so what, as clinton ain't running for anything.

If they don't stick, so much the better.

The main thing is to tar Bush, and appear "bipartisan" in so doing. The strategy is as transparent as it is cynical and typical. And of course the media is more than willing to play along.

[Destro]

He chose not to pursue it.

Sudan was never ever going to hand anyone to Washington especially Osama. The problem was that we were negotiating with Sudan - a sign of cupidity and stupidity - when we should have sent in a kill team.

The scandal is that we negotiated and actually thought Sudan would hand OBL over not that Clinton failed to get Sudan to hand him over. You people actually think those negotiations were legit? Would have paid off?

Sudan was suckering us so Osama could escape to Afghanistan. I find it shocking that Clintonistas were stupid enough to think negotiations with Sudan would produce Osama and I find it shocking some Freepers think so too. I repeat negotiations with a jihadist regime in Sudan is the real scandal!

Too complex a concept?

[KC Burke]

Hey Carl, I hear that City Fathers facilitated the US forces retaking of Kut by throwing Sadr's forces out of certain strong points -- they were fed up. Some groups spokesman on the O'Reily radio show is claiming that. No news service has that anywhere yet -- might want to check it out.

Might be a contagious trend if publicized.

[JohnEBoy]

Wow. The man lies. Then he lies about the lies. Then he lies about whether he was lying about the lies. It must be hard for him to keep up with it all. Once in a while he probably mistakenly and accidently tells the truth while trying to lie about lying about the lie.

[drypowder]

Clinton said yesterday [in private 9/11 testimony] that he didn't have a recollection of that.

To be a good lier requires a keen memory. Bill Clinton is the best lier I've ever seen or heard. "Ah gee, I forget." This guy is right up there with snake puke.

[admiralsn]

It's just perjury.

That's it! You just came up with his defense. We'll all be hearin' it from every demonrat soon: "It's all about perjury." "All they care about is perjury." "They are obsessed with perjury."