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On August 11, 1999, President Bill Clinton offered clemency to 16 unrepentant members of the Puerto Rican terrorist group FALN (Armed Forces for National Liberation).
The FALN carried out a reign of terror in America from 1974 through 1983, conducting 114 bombings including the January 24, 1975 lunchtime attack of New Yorks historic Fraunces Tavern that killed four innocent people. Among the victims was my 33 year-old father, Frank Connor.
In 1981, the majority of the FALN terrorists were arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced in Chicago Federal Court to 50 to 70 year prison terms for crimes including seditious conspiracy, bomb making, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and weapons possession.
Prior to the clemency offers, supporters of the release received a reported nine meetings with White House and Justice Department officials, while victims and their families were ignored.
Incredibly, the FALN terrorists never requested clemency themselves. Instead, a support committee requested clemency on their behalf.
Inexplicably, the Justice Department conducted the standard investigation, which resulted in Pardon Attorney Margaret Love not recommending the terrorists release. However, Eric Holder, then Deputy Attorney General, fired Love and compelled her replacement, Roger Adams, to draft a neutral options memo which provided President Clinton the rationale he needed to offer their releases. Fourteen of the sixteen terrorists eventually accepted clemency and left prison on September 10, 1999. ..."
In 1999, Hillary was planning for her 2000 U.S. Senate run. Offering clemency to these individuals was designed to help her gain footing with New Yorks Puerto Rican population of 3.5 million people. ..."
Many more details at link
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/06/04/still-blocking-the-truth/
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On January 27, 1998 — ten days after Matt Drudge broke the Monica Lewinsky story — Hillary Clinton told reporters at a White House press conference that the Internet needed an editing function or gatekeeping function.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1918104/posts
[flash forward to today]
Obama Already Broke the Law reg. Internet Giveaway in mid August
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3471342/posts
Congress Makes Weak Assurance [blackmailed?] [reg. internet giveaway]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3471356/posts