I don't think Hastert was speaker when this was going on....what is the date? (1999?)
The point is that, in the 9/11 Commission Report, leaders (a Prince and others) of United Arab Emirates were visiting Osama Bin Ladin at a "hunting camp" in Afghanistan in 1998 (Page 138) when they were spotted by CIA satellites.
The satellites identified official UAE planes at bin Ladin's camp, and became concerned given the fact that money for terror was being funneled through UAE.
They thought about sending cruise missiles into get bin Ladin, but didn't want to kill the UAE prince.
Then, (astonishingly), Richard Clark contacted the UAE and expressed worry that the UAE was hanging with bin Ladin at the hunting camp in Afghanistan!!!!
The UAE leaders then RATTED OUT the CIA, and told bin Ladin that he was being monitored at the hunting camp.
Needless to say, the hunting camp was suddenly dismantled, thereby ruining any chance to get bin Ladin before the 9/11 attacks.
READ THE COMMISSION REPORT. It is astonishing that our leaders in WashDC haven't read their own report.