Clinton NSC Attacks "Losing bin Laden" Author

The Washington Times ^ | September 23, 2003 | Roger Cressey and Gayle Smith, Clinton NSC

[PattonTime]

First, Mr. Miniter recycles old, false Sudanese claims that the Clinton White House declined access to Sudan's intelligence files on al Qaeda and that an unnamed CIA official declined an offer from Sudan in 1996 to turn Osama bin Laden over to the United States.

[PattonTime]

Clitonites are already spinning for the upcoming presidential elections where Clinton losing bin Laden will be a big weakness for the Democrats.

[Cindy]

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BOOK: "Dereliction of Duty: An Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security" by Buzz Patterson

BOOK: "HOW TO DESTROY A VILLAGE: WHAT THE CLINTONS TAUGHT A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD" by Jason D. Fodeman

BOOK: "LOSING BIN LADEN: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror" by Richard Miniter

NewsMax.com: "Clinton Audio Exclusive: Pre-September 11 Bin Laden Strike Wouldn't Have Worked" (August 7, 2002)

NewsMax.com: "CLINTON: CHINA OR EUROPE WILL REPLACE U.S. AS TOP POWER" by Carl Limbacher and the NewsMax.com staff (May 2, 2003)

WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG - www.house.gov - Congressman Curt Weldon - COX REPORT: "CLINTON-GORE ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING, CHINESE ESPIONAGE, and U.S. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO PRC" (Note: PRC is The Peoples Republic of China.)

ARMED SERVICES.house.gov: "Testimony of Gary Milhollin Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School and | Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control Before the Committees on International Relations and National Security United States House of Representatives June 17, 1998" (TESTIMONY SNIPPET: "When we look at the history of U.S. sanctions policy, we see a willingness to sanction China for missile proliferation in both the Bush Administration, which applied sanctions in 1991, and in the Clinton Administration, which applied sanctions in 1993. But in 1995, the Clinton Administration policy changes. China supplied the C-802s to Iran in 1995; China supplied other missile components to Iran and Pakistan in 1995 and has continued to supply up to the present time. And in 1996, the Administration refused to act on explicit findings by the intelligence community that the transfers occurred. Also in 1996, the Administration started transferring control over satellites exports from the State to the Commerce Department, insulating them from the application of missile sanction laws in the future. For some reason, the Administration decided in either 1995 or 1996 that missile sanctions would no longer be part of U.S. policy in dealing with China. Why did U.S. policy change? I don't know the answer to that question, but I urge the Committees to look into it. We do know the result of the policy change. It gave China a green light to proliferate. Our government's policy on sanctions has enabled Chinese satellite launch companies to sell missiles and missile components to Iran and Pakistan without fear of punishment. Thus, it may be that we are asking the wrong question about how our satellite export policy affects missile proliferation. Whether or not our satellite exports caused U.S. missile technology to go to China, they have made it easier for Chinese missile technology to go to Pakistan.")

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"HUSTLER: The Clinton Legacy" by Joe Sobran

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"THE YEAR OF THE RAT: How Bill Clinton Compromised American Security for Chinese Money"

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"DOWNSIDE LEGACY at Two Degrees of PRESIDENT CLINTON"

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[Coop]

And if the Clinton administration dropped the ball in responding to the Cole bombing, why didn't the incoming Bush administration pick it up in January, 2001?

Maybe because they were too busy trying to get the transition keys/funds from the GSA... and refurbishing the pillaged Air Force One... and replacing "W" keys on all their keyboards... and removing graffiti...

[Cindy]

INFO Ping

[dirtboy]

Mr. Miniter also claims that Sudan repeatedly tried to provide voluminous intelligence files on bin Laden to the CIA, the FBI, and senior Clinton administration officials and would be "repeatedly rebuffed through both formal and informal channels." Absurd. In fact, it was precisely the other way around.

On multiple occasions, and in venues ranging from Addis Ababa to Virginia, Washington, New York and Khartoum, the United States aggressively pressed the Sudanese to prove their alleged commitment to cooperating on terrorism, by severing their close ties with known terrorists, arresting specific individuals and providing specific intelligence information to us. Yet, despite frequent promises of cooperation, presumably in the hopes of getting off the terrorism list and out from under U.N. sanctions, the Sudanese consistently failed to deliver.

Note that the second paragraph in no way refutes the claim in the first - I figured there had to be weasel words in there somewhere, and I wasn't disappointed. Note that the "specific" requested intelligence information was not provided here - in other words, the Clintonistas could have requested intelligence on, say, troop movements within Sudan, Sudan refused and this claim would be true - but it would have NOTHING to do with Sudan's willingness to provide info about bin Laden.

[Sloth]

I expect this kiind of tripe in the WashPost, but the Times? Crap.

Any mention of Mansoor Ijaz seems conspicuously absent.

[Peach]

Read down to see how the author responds to the newest legacy writing by the Clinton administration regarding their failure to go after OBL.

The author has the facts on his side, including direct quotes from administration officials, and copies of letters sent by foreign leaders who offered to turn OBL over to Clinton.

[P.O.E.]

I don't know why we just don't move on and let the Clintons get back to running the country.

Oops - Typo! running = ruining

[The G Man]

No one should believe these allegations by Mr. Miniter's source, Fateh Erwa — a Sudanese intelligence officer known for his penchant to deceive

And no one should believe these denials by Mr. Cressey and Ms. Smith's former boss, Bill Clinton - an Arkansan slimeball known for his penchant to deceive.

[b4its2late]

Clinton, his wife and all of his allies in the democrat party know of only one thing to do well ----- lie.

[Peach]

Great find. Another legacy building attempt shot down by using the former administration's own historic record of documents and quotes from administration officials.

[PattonTime]

Clinton had eight years and Bush had 8 months and you want to focus on Bush? That makes alot of sense.

Key national security staffers weren't even in their jobs until a few weeks before 9-11. And why is that? Because Gore wouldn't do what was right for the country and concede the election. Instead, he wanted to litigate his way through it, tying up the country in knots and delaying the transition so the new Administraiton COULD fight terrorism at full strength.

[Quilla]

I could have sworn I read that Clinton himself stated he wished he'd gotten bin Laden when he had the chance.

[GSWarrior]

Well, hindsight is 20/20. We can only speculate as to whether Bush or another republican would have taken advantage of these same opportunities to apprehend bin laden.

[Chad Fairbanks]

So, does that mean that Clinton himself was lying when he said THIS?

[prognostigaator]

EXECUTIVE GRANTS OF CLEMENCY NAME ACTION/DATE BASIS OF CLEMENCY

Susan Henley McDougal

Full and Unconditional PardonJanuary 20, 2001 For her conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on an indictment (Docket No. LR-CR-95-3993) charging violation of Section 1341, Title 18, United States Code, Section 657, Title 18, United States Code, Section 1006, Title 18, United States Code, and Section 1014, Title 18, United States Code, for which she was sentenced on August 20, 1996, to twenty-four months in prison, three years probation following prison, one hundred and four hours of community service each year, a $5,000 fine, and restitution in the amount of $300,000 plus interest to the SBA.

Robert William Palmer

Full and Unconditional PardonJanuary 20, 2001 For his conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on an information (Docket No. LR-CR-94-240) charging violation of Section 371, Title 18, United States Code, for which he was sentenced on June 16, 1995 to three years' probation and a fine of $5,000.

Steven A. Smith

Full and Unconditional PardonJanuary 20, 2001 For his conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on an information (Docket No. LR-CR-95-118) charging violation of Section 371, Title 18, United States Code, for which he was sentenced to one year of probation and a fine of $1,000.

Christopher V. Wade

Full and Unconditional PardonJanuary 20, 2001 For his conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on an information (Docket No. 4:95CR00048-1) charging violation of Sections 152 and 1014, Title 18, United States Code, for which he was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment, three years' supervised release, and a fine of $3,000.

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[PattonTime]

Exactly. Someone needs to write a Clinton dictionary. Every definition would start out: "It depends on what your definition of--insert word--is."

[PattonTime]

But they let Miniter respond to the attack. You'd NEVER have that in the WA Post!

[PattonTime]

Because the Clintons are COMING BACK! I agree, enough of ruining the country.

[Peach]

Clinton did say that shortly after 9/11 while giving a speech. Some Freepers will have the link.