Hammer with the once and future senators Gore at left and right.
Posted on 11/22/2005 8:17:42 AM PST by Weimdog
Yes, and I think also some high-up people in the CIA and FBI committed a variety of crimes at the instigation of the clintons. You might say that they "obeyed orders," but the orders were illegal.
Things like the Vince Foster affair, the Ron Brown affair, TWA 800, drug smuggling over the Canadian and Mexican borders, the coverup and possibly the planning of the OKC bombing, the cover-up of Chinese espionage and campaign donations, to mention a few. Many of these intelligence executives were promoted by clinton because they did his bidding. I remember reading that Mueller subsequently awarded medals to some of these clintonoids in the FBI. I think (though I'm not sure) that the point man who covered up TWA 800 was among the recipients who were honored.
I find it impossible to believe that the FBI could not confirm or refute that information, regardless of what name Atta was using in his passport. It's obvious that the FBI didn't want to know anything that would interfere with their subversion of the administration's war effort.
I tend to agree with you that Tenet was more of an ignorant stooge than a master planner. He was only head of the CIA for a decade or so, whereas the real troublemakers were the long-term professionals. But Tenet was enough of a clintonoid to tolerate the existence of a large number of traitors in the CIA, whose activities were far too blatant to have remained unknown to him.
For instance, I think he probably was not in on the planning that sent Wilson to Niger. But when the whole thing came out, why did he sit there and do nothing about it? Why was there no internal investigation to find out who authorized it and who told Wilson that he didn't need to sign a confidentiality agreement? Why did he sign off on the CIA giving a false briefing to Fitzgerald? I agree that he probably wasn't at the heart of the conspiracy, but he did a lot at various times to help it along. That makes him thoroughly guilty in my opinion.
See, I'm wondering if there wasn't a Wilson (and possibly Clarke who wasn't in the CIA?) faction/opposition to Bush and/or Tenet that was from the outset trying to undercut the War on Terror.
Hard to say. The human mind being what it is, it's possible to know and yet not know something. I would guess that Tenet must have suspected something rancid was going on, or was maybe 99% sure it was going on, but he didn't want to confirm that last 1%, because it would have made him complicit. Nor did he want to root out the traitors, because they were doing political work he approved of.
bttt
All the Cintonista Cover-Ups should be under investigation...the damage to National Security under their watch should not go unpunished.
Epstein's article was helpful on this matter as well.
Thanks for the ping.
Too many Businessmen are in the Whitehouse interupting everything with...."Excuse me Mr President...we still have existing agreements with....."
This is exactly the internal run which saw Rome erode from within.
The air traffic from Europe into JFK margins a new Thighland has been discovered.
Fascinating. Thanks Honza!
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