9/11 Commissioner Lehman Reacts to Clinton-bin Laden Audio

News Max ^ | http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/4/5/181623.shtml | Carl Limbacher

[Kaslin]

9/11 Commissioner, former Navy Secretary John Lehman said Monday that President Bill Clinton's decision not to accept Sudan's offer to extradite Osama bin Laden to the U.S. in 1996 was probably the biggest blunder of the war on terrorism.

Reacting to NewsMax.com's audiotape of Mr. Clinton admitting he turned down the Sudanese, Sec. Lehman told radio host Sean Hannity, "[Clinton's comments offer] a very good insight into the overall policy during the Clinton administration, which was essentially dominated by lawyers [who treated bin Laden] as a law enforcement, not a foreign policy or a prevention issue."

Asked if it was "wrong to conclude that the biggest mistake we made was not taking Osama when we had an opportunity," Lehman told Hannity, "Yes, that's certainly true."

"There were many ways in which [bin Laden] could have been apprehended," he added.

Reacting to comments from 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean, who said yesterday that if the U.S. had nabbed bin Laden while he was in Sudan, "the whole story might have been different," Secretary Lehman told Hannity, "I do agree with that."

The former Reagan administration official said, however, that it was a mistake to focus entirely on the 9/11 mastermind, because al Qaeda is "raising a whole generation of young Arab children and youth to hate America."

"Getting Osama probably would have disrupted the planning [for 9/11]," Lehman said, "but it wasn't just Osama."

To hear NewsMax.com's exclusive audio recording of ex-President Clinton explaining why he turned the Sudanese offer down, Click Here.

[Paul Atreides]

because al Qaeda is "raising a whole generation of young Arab children and youth to hate America."

Something that al Qaeda has in common with American academia.

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[xzins]

because al Qaeda is "raising a whole generation of young Arab children and youth to hate America." Something that al Qaeda has in common with American academia.

How did American academia get access to all those Arab children? :>)

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[observer5]

"al Qaeda is "raising a whole generation of young Arab children and youth to hate America."

Correction: Saudi Arabia is raising a whole generation of young Arab children and youth to hate America!!!

[Clara Lou]

How is it that NewsMax exclusively has a copy of this audio? Or is it that NewsMax is the only entity who's actually come forward with it? Whatever the case, I'm sure glad they have it.

[observer5]

"How did American academia get access to all those Arab children? :>)

CNN, REUTERS, ABC, PMSNBC...

[yooper]

And the Clinton legacy rolls on.........

[Viking2002]

Amen to that, brother. There's going to be hell to pay when this report hits the streets.

[oceanview]

I heard Lehman on Hannity thos afternoon in this segment. He was quite weak representating the republican side. Imagine if it were Bush who had made this speech, whaat the Dems would be saying. Unreal.

Every Republican on that committee has rolled over, I cannot fathom that there isn't a single one with any guts. I expected it from Kean, but all of them?

Rudy Giuliani should have been the Republican chairman of that committee.

[oceanview]

no one will read that report. the media will excerpt the anti-Bush sound bites from it, and feed it to the sheeple.

[Wolfstar]

Rudy Giuliani should have been the Republican chairman of that committee.

With that, I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately, we're stuck with what we have: the usual foam-at-the-mouth rabid Dems on one side and the usual oh-please-like-me titmouse Reps on the other. I have nothing but scorn for the 9/11 commission.

[Waco]

Klinkton's entire 8 years was Bush's fault. Didn't everyone know that?

[NYC GOP Chick]

How is it that NewsMax exclusively has a copy of this audio? Or is it that NewsMax is the only entity who's actually come forward with it? Whatever the case, I'm sure glad they have it.

If it's the one I'm thinking of, Carl Limbacher surreptitiously taped Clinturd at some event on Lawn Guyland, and just happened to get lucky that he was there when the impeached rapist/perjurer said that.

[TYVets]

Is that a tin foil helmet?

I never go near the bait without mine.

[harpo11]

We thought President Clinton's main job duty was to protect Americans from getting blown up by her enemies, including terrorists.

I mean that's what his oath of office says, isn't it? The Constitution clearly outlines the president's job responsibilities.

But, Clinton thought his main job duty was to procure blow jobs.