NBC: Clinton Ordered Bin Laden Spared

Newsmax ^ | 3/16/04 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

A secret CIA videotape shows that the Clinton administration had pinpointed the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden a year before the 9/11 attacks, but declined to kill him because of White House orders that he should be taken alive.

The video, obtained and broadcast by NBC News, "illustrates an enormous opportunity the Clinton administration had to kill or capture bin Laden," the network reported Tuesday.

Images filmed in Afghanistan by CIA Predator Drones show a man clad in white robes who towers over his entourage. [Bin Laden is 6' 5" tall.]

The film was shot over Tarnak Farm, the walled compound where bin Laden was believed to live at the time. The layout of the buildings in the Predator video perfectly matches previous photos and diagrams of Tarnak Farm prepared by U.S. intelligence.

The clip left CIA analysts convinced they had located the man who in 1998 had bombed U.S. embassies in East Africa and whose agents, four years earlier, had detonated a bomb in the parking garage of the World Trade Center.

"It’s dynamite. It’s putting together all of the pieces, and that doesn’t happen every day," said William Arkin, a former intelligence officer and now military analyst for NBC.

Though President Clinton has boasted repeatedly that he issued orders to kill bin Laden, no action was taken when the White House finally got its chance.

Why not?

Gary Schroen, a former CIA station chief in Pakistan, told NBC that the White House had in fact ordered the CIA to do just the opposite - take bin Laden alive or not at all.

The order "reduced the odds from, say, a 50 percent chance down to, say, 25 percent chance that we were going to be able to get him,” Schroen told the network.

The directive effectively killed the plan and, along with it, the U.S.'s best chance to prevent the 9/11 attacks.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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.."IS it SAFE?" = HILLARY on Senate Armed Services Committee..

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[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


During the Vietnam War...

HILLARY RODHAM
WILLIAM CLINTON
JOHN KERRY

were on the side of our Terrorist Enemy and against US in Vietnam.


NOTHING has changed since elsewhere for them.


NEVER FORGET

[BARLF]

A long time ago I heard O'Reilly ask Dick Morris why Bush didn't go after the Clinton's. Morris said he didn't know. O'Reilly said something like,"Well you know he(Bush) has the goods on them/him(?). Not exact words I'm sure but close. That was all. Morris sure knew what O'Reilly was talking about.

Is this Bush's first shot across the Clinton bow?

[Tall_Texan]

"Thanks for adding Hillary to the ticket, John. You'll never regret it as long as you live...the next five or six months."

[ambrose]

The Clinton Legacy...

[HarryCaul]

Hmm. Could be a preliminary "don't name HRC VP" shot, yeah.

I expect to see a drive to investigate who released this footage and why, ala memogate. Make the uncovering of info the issue instead of the info itself. Worked on memogate.

[tirednvirginia]

None of us should get too worked up over this because tomorrow they will hit Bush and it could be bad.

[oolatec]

Did anyone happen to catch the video on their computer? We need this video online in a downloadable form to pass around... anyone??????

[nutmeg]

Good screen shots in #98

[GOPJ]

NBC? Is that possible? Weren't they the "None But Clinton" news network?

The video, obtained and broadcast by NBC News, "illustrates an enormous opportunity the Clinton administration had to kill or capture bin Laden," the network reported Tuesday.

[GOPJ]

NBC? Is that possible? Maybe NBC's getting the bad news out early so it won't hurt Kerry closer to the election. The bad stuff on Bush? That'll wait 'til the week before the vote.

The video, obtained and broadcast by NBC News, "illustrates an enormous opportunity the Clinton administration had to kill or capture bin Laden," the network reported Tuesday.

[Adam36]

Dont buy for a second Clinton wants Kerry to win. If Kerry Wins, Hillary's future is changed forever. This means Kerry will be the Democratic Nominee in 2008. His Vice President will be the Democratic Nominee in 2112. The Clinton's want Kerry to lose.

[StarFan]

I'd bet this story had Kerry's approval before NBC would run it.

Huh? Why would Kerry shift the blame he's laboriously placing at GWB's feet by directing it to a democratic administration -- one which he praised throughout his campaign? He needs big bucks more than ever now and no one brings it in faster than the Xlintoons.

Pinging those who may have missed this.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Cool montage! May I copy it for a poster?

[Adam36]

The one and only Monica Lewinsky. I think she looks good here.

http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/paramount_pictures/the_score/monica_lewinsky/scorepre3.jpg

[StarFan]

Thanks for the ping nutmeg. I understand this made the local news tonight but Brokaw just had to include GWB as he pointed an accusative finger. Where is GWB mentioned in the Meyers story?

[Walkingfeather]

Joined march 2 2004

[Irish Eyes]

There is a real power struggle going on in the Dem party. This is about getting Hillary etal out of power. I'd bet this story had Kerry's approval before NBC would run it.

Check out reply #39. Possible?

Never thought of that angle. Possible?? ..... I think so.

[Adam36]

Bill and Hillary Clinton are on a sinking ship. Who gets saved? The Nation.

Whats the difference between George Washington, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton?

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth and Clinton doesn't know the difference.

Clinton has decided to recruit interns from only 4 colleges. Morehead, Oral Roberts, Ball State and Brigham young.

What is Clinton's and Gary Condit's worst nightmare? An intern with braces.

Johnny Cochran to Bill Clinton. If thats your stain, then you must explain.

Bill Clinton when asked to compare Monica Lewinsky to Paula Jones. Clinton said, close but no cigar.

[cmsgop]

Outstanding Sir, Hats Off To Ya.......