Posted on 09/25/2006 7:32:59 AM PDT by april15Bendovr
If I were Chris Wallace I would of brought up these points.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/9/17/162056.shtml
Sen. Torricelli Played Key Role in Closing Down CIA Ops
Wes Vernon, NewsMax.com Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001
WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., led congressional efforts in the mid-1990s that handcuffed the CIA's abilities to recruit spies - a key policy that helped allow the attacks of Sept. 11 to take place with no intelligence warnings.
Carl Limbacher Monday, Sept. 17, 2001
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/9/16/151505.shtml
Cheney announced the policy switch in response to a question from NBC's "Meet the Press" host, Tim Russert.
RUSSERT: "There have been restrictions placed on United States' intelligence gathering – a reluctance to use unsavory characters, those who violate human rights – to assist in intelligence gathering. Will we lift some of those restrictions?"
CHENEY: "Well, I think so. I think one of the by-products, if you will, of this tragic set of circumstances is that we'll see a very thorough sort of reassessment of how we operate and the kinds of people we deal with.
"If you're going to deal only with sort of officially approved, certified good guys, you're not going to find out what the bad guys are doing. You need to be able to penetrate these organizations. You need to have on the payroll some very unsavory characters if, in fact, you're going to be able to learn all that needs to be learned in order to forestall these kinds of activities."
The vice president added that the Bush administration would "make certain that we have not tied the hands, if you will, of our intelligence communities."
With these two newsmax articles I would of pointed out to Clinton that we had no intelligence or anything for the Bush administration to view the first 8 months.
"If so Clinton probably would of needed CPR afterwords"
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/9/17/162056
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/9/16/151505.shtml
I believe that Wallace was just being a responsible journalist. He was not simply out to point out the weaknesses in Clinton's terror-fighting. By protesting too much, Clinton himself did this.
It's "should have" not "should of".
"should have used"
"should've used"
NOT "should of used"
Yep.
Borders
Language
Culture
...let's not get sloppy in defending ANY of them!
With the new report out on US intelligence failures its important to recognize why we had this problem.
It would of been like getting two birds with one stone.
If you liked that, you should visit Baltimore. Some of the grammar and word choices around the area are like nails on a chalkboard. Listen closely to any MD representative when they're on national programs.
Thank you for the correction
Thank you for the correction
Thank you
Thats what happens when you are taught in public schools by liberals in NY.
I try hard to correct myself.
Your right that Clinton sunk himself.
I would of sunk him futher.
he should have said, "Why should any American believe the things you are saying right now? After all, the last time you wagged that crooked finger in our faces, you were lying your ass off.".
To me, he seemed to be offering Slick a chance to respond to the recent criticism of him. Chris was trying to be helpful, not hurtful, and to do it in an objective manner. Of course, Slick would have had to lie because the truth hurts him.
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