Posted on 04/14/2004 9:08:47 AM PDT by MindBender26
A new, direct link to Clinton’s major contribution to the 9/11 tragedy - - - -
As we all know, and is now being quietly discussed in even the mainstream media, CIA and FBI resources were cut drastically during the Clinton presidency. In order to fund his domestic agenda, Clinton severely cut both manpower and technical resources within America’s two agencies tasked with fighting terrorism. The cuts were needed to pay for the give-aways Clinton promised minority groups when his numbers faltered during his election drive.
But the Clinton blame goes far beyond just budget and manpower cuts or his widely-reporter abandonment of the chance to get Bib Laden form Sudan.
During the Monica Lewinski fiasco, Clinton knew his presidency was in deep trouble. To shore up sagging public support, he turned to a powerful and trusted friend, the far-left Hollywood elite. Soon the very liberal Hollywood notables where echoing Clinton’s line that Monica was just a private matter, that perjury was ok, because it was a private matter, keeping Yasser Arafat waiting in the Rose Garden while Monica serviced him in the Oval Office was ok, because it was just a private matter….
The list of excuses and excusers was endless. In those days, the “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy” was as popular a Hollywood topic as “The Racially-based Needless Persecution of Michael Jackson” is today.
Hollywood supported Clinton throughout his impeachment, but then the movie moguls demanded their payment in return.
The issue of software piracy was an increasingly severe problem for the movie studios. Their affiliated record companies were also feeling the pinch from counterfeit copies of songs and videos. Hollywood’s complaints about illegal copying of movies and music were much greater than the recent uproar over unlawful music downloading on the Net.
In every major city, and everywhere on the Internet, copy pirates were selling bootleg copies of theatrical releases. The problem was costing Hollywood billions of dollars a year. But Hollywood had bought a friendly ear in the White House, and Clinton was about to pay off his debt to his Left Coast liberal friends.
In a Washington meeting with the heads of various FBI , CIA, Sate Department and Department of Commerce divisions, Clinton completely redirected America’s intelligence services away from the fight against terrorism. The indebted President declared that software piracy was the greatest threat to America. He directed the agencies to shift their focus away from anti-terrorism toward protecting the business interests of his Hollywood friends.
With just one Presidential level meeting, the nation’s most powerful agencies were told stop worrying so much about terrorism and direct their attention to protecting the bank accounts of the Hollywood producers.
Instead of worrying about Saddam, the FBI and CIA were to concern themselves with the fortunes of Sunset Boulevard. Wahabbi sect terrorism was now less important than Warner Brothers. If they had to make a choice between pursuing Al Queda or copyright pirates, protecting SKG and the other the movies makers got the nod.
So the US committed its resources to the battle to save the song, video and movie profits of the Hollywood few, terrorists were all but ignored, and soon the many in the World Trade Center suffered. But that was ok to the Clintonistas, because the corporate giants’ rap recording revenue was protected.
Clinton’s debt to the Hollywood elite who helped him avoid responsibility in the Lewinski case was eventually paid in full…. paid in full by about 3000 New Yorkers and other citizens of the world who happened to be in the World Trade Center that Tuesday morning.
Prior postings here on FR have given additional information about this meetings, dates, details, etc Perhaps, just perhaps, this is something the mainstream media and the 9/11 commission might look into…..
This had been forgotten.... but not any longer
This could be big in mainstream media!
With just one Presidential level meeting, the nation’s most powerful agencies were told stop worrying so much about terrorism and direct their attention to protecting the bank accounts of the Hollywood producers.
Instead of worrying about Saddam, the FBI and CIA were to concern themselves with the fortunes of Sunset Boulevard. Wahabbi sect terrorism was now less important than Warner Brothers. If they had to make a choice between pursuing Al Queda or copyright pirates, protecting SKG and the other the movies makers got the nod.
But, of course, the GOP is the party that caters to the interests of big business, don'y ya know?
Not only that but, if you recall, his administration mandated that the spy agencies couldn't use "criminals" as double agents.
This drastically reduced our ability to infiltrate known terror groups.
Considering they've known about it for over 5 years, I doubt it.
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/executive_orders/1998.html
or
Or in this pdf file, which discusses implementation
href=http://www.bsagovernment.com/downloads/guidelinesForImplimenting.pdf
However this EO deals with computer software piracy, not that of movies, music and/or video games. It basically says that government agencies are to take measures to insure that they do not purchase pirated software.
Unlikely, that a Kennedy EO involving a strike at Republic Aviation. (Long gone, it first became Fairchild-Republic, and then died. After producing the A-10 Warthog, and then having a new trainer contract canceled due to poor performanc of it's engine, which was not built by Fairchild-Republic).
This one's new to me!--good thread. I do have stuff on Gore's telecommunications ties to Internet service providers (Gore pushing the V-Chip and educational software in what appears to have been a quid-pro-quo exchange for donations from telecommunications/software firms) and Clinton's Hollywood connections (the Peter Paul case, etc.), and I wonder if either of those things factor into it.
Yes it has, although it was while I was on active duty in the USAF. It can be read here. (among other places) I've linked to the "Restrictions" section for convenience.
remember this one?
nope, "could not be found", not for me anyway
bump!
read this ping!
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Remember the Lost and Suffering on September 11, 2001
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33
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Good read.
>>>>In every major city, and everywhere on the Internet, copy pirates were selling bootleg copies of theatrical releases. The problem was costing Hollywood billions of dollars a year. But Hollywood had bought a friendly ear in the White House, and Clinton was about to pay off his debt to his Left Coast liberal friends.
Sounds like the billboard issue with McG.
Concur and thanks for the ping!
Hi Gene.
What do you mean by how? Did you need the order? Here: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1998_register&docid=fr05oc98-130.pdf
Or was your how for something else?
Do you mean the executive order? Here: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=1998_register&docid=fr05oc98-130.pdf
Or did you mean something else from the article?
Clinton and Arafat meet in bid to energize peace talks
April 21, 2000
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat and U.S. President Bill Clinton went into Thursday evening talks at the White House with hope of energizing peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
The meeting came just over a week after a similar session between Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. As Clinton and Arafat posed for photographers in the Rose Garden before their meeting, Clinton again expressed optimism about the prospects for peace.
"We've reached a very serious time in the peace process and both (Arafat) and Prime Minister Barak have set for themselves an ambitious timetable to reach a framework agreement as soon as they can, and then a final agreement by the middle of September," Clinton said. "So we're working hard on it and I think we'll get some things done today." Arafat arrived in the U.S. capital early Thursday morning from Cairo, fresh from similar talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.Earlier, the Palestinian leader attended a luncheon meeting at the home of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Clinton's advisers say they view these meetings as extremely important. They say that once the Arafat-Clinton talks are concluded, they will have a better idea as to whether it's possible to reach the May 13 deadline. Palestinian optimism low
Palestinians have been less than optimistic lately about prospects for an agreement, which would cover some of the most difficult issues in the peace process, including borders, Jerusalem, refugees and Jewish settlements.
The Palestinians have demanded that a Palestinian state be established on all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East War, with Jerusalem as its capital.
Israel says it is willing to offer Palestinians most of the territory but not all of it. It has vowed not to cede any part of Jerusalem, which it calls its "indivisible, eternal" capital. 'No place for more flexibility'
Palestinian negotiator and Cabinet minister Hassan Asfour said on Tuesday, "We have nothing new to add. ... There is no place for more flexibility."
On Monday, Arafat said Thursday's meeting with Clinton was crucial for moving toward peace.
So far, Palestinian and Israeli negotiators have held two rounds of talks this year at Washington's Bolling Air Force Base in an attempt to forge the framework toward agreement.
Arafat has said that if they fail to reach a final agreement by a September 13 deadline, the Palestinians will unilaterally declare a Palestinian state.
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2000/fyi/news/04/21/clinton.arafat/
10/15/98
TRANSCRIPT: CLINTON AFTER MEETING WITH ARAFAT, NETANYAHU OCT. 15
(Talks offer chance for parties to break logjam)
Washington -- President Clinton said the Middle East Peace Talks at Wye River October 15-18 "offer the chance for the parties to break the logjam" that has stalled the peace talks for the last 17 months.
Speaking October 15 in the Rose Garden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, the President said that although "neither side can expect to win a hundred percent of every point ... concessions that seem hard now will seem far less important in the light of an accord that moves the Israelis and Palestinians closer to lasting peace."
After meeting for close to an hour in the Oval Office with the two leaders, Clinton said, "There remain enemies of this peace, extremists on both sides who feel threatened by the peace and will be tempted once again to kill it with violence.
"We can defeat that kind of threat," the President said, "by building a genuine Israeli-Palestinian partnership that will stand the test of time."
Following is the White House transcript:
(Begin transcript)
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
October 15, 1998
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
FOLLOWING MEETING WITH
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU AND CHAIRMAN ARAFAT
The Rose Garden
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I am pleased to welcome prime Minister Netanyahu, Chairman Arafat, and their delegations.
For 17 months, the Middle East peace process has been stalled, placing in jeopardy all that Israelis and Palestinians have achieved together since the Oslo Accords. This week's talk at Wye River offer the chance for the parties to break the logjam and finally take the next essential steps for peace in the Middle East. We must remember as we come together again that in the end, peace is more than a process. It is, in the end, a destination. These two leaders have the power to lead their people to peace.
As I said to prime Minister Netanyahu and Chairman Arafat only a few moments ago, I believe there are certain realities that underlie these negotiations. First, Israelis and Palestinians are neighbors, and what they must do they must do together -- or it will not be done at all. Second, mutual respect and understanding is required for any meaningful and enduring agreement. Otherwise there can be no honorable, principled compromise.
As in any difficult problem, neither side can expect to win a hundred percent of every point. But concessions that seem hard now will seem far less important in the light of an accord that moves the Israelis and Palestinians closer to lasting peace. Closer to a day when the people of Israel can have the safety and security they have been denied for too long. Closer to the day when Palestinian people can realize their aspirations to be free and secure and able to shape their own political and economic destiny.
There remain enemies of this peace, extremists on both sides who feel threatened by the peace and will be tempted once again to kill it with violence. We can defeat that kind of threat by building a genuine Israeli-Palestinian partnership that will stand the test of time.
Too much time has already been lost. The issues on the table at Wye River are very important, and more difficult issues lie ahead, in the impl
CLINTON TOLERATES ARAFAT'S DECEIT
At least 11 of the 33 articles in the PLO's National Charter still call for the destruction of Israel.
This demand for Holocaust II--which would consume thousands of relatives and friends of Maryland's large Jewish community--was written in 1964. But in September of 1993, in the Clinton White House Rose Garden, PLO leader Yasir Arafat promised that this demand would be removed from the Charter. He promised this in writing that became part of the Oslo Accords. He promised that he would change those words demanding Israel's destruction.
I recall being very skeptical of the great Clinton claiming that this Rose Garden Rabin-Arafat handshaking would bring Peace In Our Time. And I was right, along with many others who were also skeptical--in view of Arafat's record as the leading serial killer of Jewish civilians since Heinrich Himmler.
Two years later, in 1995, when Israel agreed in the Oslo II Accords to withdraw from the cities of the West Bank, Arafat promised again to remove the Destroy Israel articles from that Palestine Charter.
He promised--and he did no such thing.
Later, on the eve of the May 1996 Israeli elections, when Shimon Peres was desperate to show some evidence of a PLO change of attitude on Destroy Israel, Arafat summoned the Palestine National Council to what would be a charade-hoax but which Peres called "The most important ideological change in this century" (which Peres verdict was described as "deluded" by Maryland's psychiatrist and political columnist, Dr. Charles Krauthammer).
There was no such change in the Palestine Charter. There was only a repetition of the 1993 pledge to change it--with the Council to report back on or before October 24, 1996. That day came and went, and there were no changes at all in the 32 year-old demand for the destruction of Israel.
Dr. Krauthammer notes: "Arafat has sold Israel the same rug four times." Number four was the Hebron Accords, with President Clinton's Special Middle East envoy Dennis Ross specifying that a change in these Destroy Israel articles is a requisite.
And guess what? Last week, Arafat told French newspapers, Le Monde and Liberation: "The Israelis want us to adopt a new charter. As far as I know, the Israelis do not have a constitution. When they will have one, we will do the same."
By way of further violation of the Hebron Accords: on the day Israeli troops evacuated most of Hebron, two of Arafat's cabinet ministers issued calls on Palestinians to drive out all the Jews left in Hebron.
This Jihad for Judenrein is a serious threat, since another of Arafat's broken promises is his army of 50,000, who are now armed with anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles as well as Katyusha rockets. The Oslo accords limited the Palestinian Authority to a police force of 18,000 --which is financed by U.S taxpayers. But this inflation from 18,000 to 50,000 is yet another of Arafat's broken promises--like the German reaction to troop limitations in the Versailles Treaty.
By contrast, Arafat has not even bothered to say "This is my last territorial demand"--as Adolf did--because he really doesn't need to. He has the cooperation of the pro-Arab U.S. Department of State, together with the Clinton pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. So he doesn't have to do anything but wait for the next territorial concession.
Meanwhile, the Department of State issued a statement last week that the PLO is "generally in compliance" with the Oslo Accords. That is a lie which is simply monstrous. For in addition to Arafat's repeated breaking of promises to expunge the Destroy Israel articles, the Palestinian Authority has harbored rather than extradited terrorists, and has done nothing to dismantle the terrorist networks. The Hebron Accords specified 400 Palestine Police for Hebron--1,000 are there now.
Yet President Clinton has the colossal chutzpah to claim that the Hebron pullout--along with all of Arafat's broken promises--"bring us another step closer to a lasting, secure Middle East peace."
"We shall have peace in our time" as Neville Chamberlain said--just after Munich, in 1938. ÷
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