The Clinton View of Al Qaeda Ties

The Weekly Standard ^ | December 29, 2003

[Peach]

Long but a very worthwhile read.

We can use the information in here against Hillary and her cohorts.

[Hillary's Folly]

I think something big is brewing about Saddam and 9-11. I'd like to see a confirmed connection made if only to shut up the likes of Chris Matthews.

[GailA]

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[dirtboy]

We can use the information in here against Hillary and her cohorts.

In this case, I don't think it's a good idea - because, from what I've seen, the EMPTA/soil sample intel was not very good, as EMPTA also can result from the breakdown of Roundup. Considering that the attack on the Sudanese asprin factory is a classic example of bad intel, we should not therefore use it to bolster our arguments.

[Peach]

The truth is coming out in dribs and drabs.

Did you see the FR post about Guilianni today where he alluded to links between Iraq and AQ? He doesn't have proof but suspects it to be so.

[Peach]

There was far more information contained in this article than that which you alluded to.

Regardless of our view of the intelligence agencies, I'm quite sure they are aware that other things can cause false positives.

[Maria S]

"We can use the information in here against Hillary and her cohorts."

We had ALL better get this info down pat! I have been listening to several talk radio shows today, and the DNC has apparently gotten out some potent talking points! What the callers are saying is, of course, pure baloney...unfortunately, there are many people who will choose to believe these lies and pass them on to THEIR friends. Just writing letters to the editor and calling yourselves!

[Darksheare]

I would pay to see the likes of him eat their words.

[Hillary's Folly]

Did you see the FR post about Guilianni today where he alluded to links between Iraq and AQ? He doesn't have proof but suspects it to be so.

Yes, and got engaged in a discussion about Hardballs pathetic segment about this subject on last nights program.

[dead]

I think something big is brewing about Saddam and 9-11. I'd like to see a confirmed connection made if only to shut up the likes of Chris Matthews.

Please not until after Dean locks up the nomination.

[Peach]

I'm glad I don't get MSNBC because I'd be watching Matthews and yelling at the television. He's a rabid drooling madman.

[dirtboy]

There was far more information contained in this article than that which you alluded to.

However, once again, the Sudanese attack is a textbook example of wag-the-dog - and I simply do not trust anything Clintonistas say to justify the attack, no matter how much we might like what they are saying now, given the nature and timing of the attack - and, considering how hard Sudan was attempting to turn Osama over to us, I can't see how they would also be conspiring with al Qaeda after that happened - for the simple fact that bin Laden would not trust them after that point.

[Peach]

I keep hearing the Rats say that Saddam Hussein didn't attack our country on 9/11. This article contains information on WHY the Bush administration is reluctant to use the information they DO have. We've all wondered why they don't use the info. Now we know.

Pass it along. Don't let the Rats get the upper hand. Actually, FNC would benefit from reading this and perhaps they'd have a better come-back the next time one of the Rats spouts their nutty stuff.

[dead]

The Chris Matthews impersonation on Saturday Night Live is one of their very few consistently funny bits.

[Peach]

Have you read this article and others that make links between Iraq and AQ? Considering we'll never have a videotape of any of the meetings, the circumstantial evidence is enough to convince me.

[Hillary's Folly]

Please not until after Dean locks up the nomination

LAbor Day would be nice. Imagine what Madamn Albright would say about that.

[HardStarboard]

>>>Did you see the FR post about Guilianni today where he alluded to links between Iraq and AQ?<<<

No I didn't - and I can't find it. Used "Guilianni" as a search argument - no joy. Do you have a link or message #?

Thanks and Cheers!

[dirtboy]

Ambassador Bill Richardson, at the time U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, echoed those sentiments in an appearance on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer," on August 30, 1998. He called the targeting "one of the finest hours of our intelligence people."

Note the date: less than two weeks after the attack, in the face of blistering criticism that this was a wag-the-dog attack. And note the source - Richardson, a leading Clintonista spinner. I personally think this is radioactive and best left alone.

[dirtboy]

Have you read this article and others that make links between Iraq and AQ?

It boils down to this paragraph:

According to Bush officials, two factors contributed to their reluctance to discuss the Iraq-al Qaeda connection suggested by al Shifa. First, the level of proof never rose above the threshold of "highly suggestive circumstantial evidence"--indicating that on this question, Bush administration policymakers were somewhat more cautious about the public use of intelligence on the Iraq-al Qaeda connection than were their counterparts in the Clinton administration. Second, according to one Bush administration source, "there is a massive sensitivity at the Agency to bringing up this issue again because of the controversy in 1998."

Low standard of confidence, and wag-the-dog underpinnings. Radioactive.

[Hillary's Folly]

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