Clinton faces some tough 9-11 questions
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Clinton faces some tough 9-11 questions
| Wed, 03-17-2004 - 4:26pm |
Lisa Myers has an exclusive report on secret CIA footage of OBL, and another missed opportunity to involve the military in combatting terrrorism.

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Check out the above discussion, which addresses this item.
Some interesting quotes:
"On Tuesday, NBC Nightly News disclosed exclusive spy video, shot by the CIA high over Afghanistan, of al-Qaeda terrorists walking with a man believed to be Osama bin Laden. Critics questioned why the Clinton administration didn't do more to get bin Laden after he was in their sights. In 2001, senior Bush administration officials viewed the same videotape. Now, we examine what more President Bush might have done, before 9/11, to go after al-Qaida"
"In the fall of 2000, a CIA Predator drone shot extraordinary pictures from miles above Afghanistan. The spy video, obtained by NBC News, secretly captures al-Qaida terrorists training — doing pushups and firing weapons, including a muzzle flash"
"That fall the Predator also provided the first live images of the most wanted fugitive in the world — a tall man in white robes believed to be bin Laden.
Weeks later, bin Laden's attack on the USS Cole killed 17 sailors.
By January, there was a new administration. At the urging of the CIA, President Bush decided to arm the Predator with deadly Hellfire missiles, so the next time bin Laden was spotted, the United States could take a shot. But it didn't happen before 9/11. Why?"
"Daniel Benjamin, a member of President Clinton's counter-terrorism team, charges the Bush administration moved too slowly getting armed Predators ready and did not send unarmed Predators back to look for bin Laden"
Madeline Albright and others have repeatedly said Rice was briefed on the bin Laden situation. Apparently the Bush administration was already concentrating so hard on how to invade Iraq that they ignored bin Laden.
Renee
Hahaha! You're just a riot!
Renee
I love how Clinton and his administration told Bush that they though bin Laden was the greatest threat to the US, but when they had 4 or 5 chances to get him, they turned down the offer each time.
http://www.infowars.com/saved%20pages/Prior_Knowledge/Clinton_let_bin_laden.htm
As was discussed on the other thread, there's more to it than just 'turning them down'.
Renee
But what were the conditions that the US needed to meet in order to take him?
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As for the root cause of terrorism, I'll save us both a lot of time and energy by just now saying that we're going to have to agree to disagree.
The issue is not some crackpot with a grudge. We can deal with those with regualar law enforcement as we always have. The threat is from organized often state supported terrorist organizations.
Renee
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