Posted on 04/26/2004 12:11:43 PM PDT by jmstein7
The Independent Commission examining the Sept. 11 Attacks is reviewing recordings of ex-President Bill Clinton admitting that the government of Sudan offered him a deal to arrest Osama bin Laden in 1996 and extradite him to the U.S., prompting at least one 9/11 Commissioner to suggest publicly that Clinton's testimony on the matter may have been less than truthful.
"We have the tapes that have been provided," former Illinois Gov. James Thompson told WDAY North Dakota radio host Scott Hennen last week. "We're still looking at them and we're still assessing where they stand in this whole affair."
Mr. Clinton admitted that he turned down the Sudanese offer during a Feb. 2002 speech to the Long Island Association. The address was audiotaped by NewsMax.com and videotaped by the LIA.
However, the LIA had declined to make a copy of their video available until the 9/11 Commission requested it last month. Meanwhile, the Clinton audio soundfile has been available on NewsMax.com since Aug. 2002.
During his April 8 testimony, Clinton said reports that he had admitted the Sudanese offer was true were based on "a misquote," according to 9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey.
During his WDAY interview, Gov. Thompson suggested that the recordings had prompted him to reconsider his initial belief that there was no truth to the reports on the Sudanese offer:
HENNEN: Here we have Bill Clinton saying he had this offer. Now, when you were previously on, you said that, that was not true. Was that your understanding at the time?
THOMPSON: That was my understanding at the time.
HENNEN: Is your understanding different now?
THOMPSON: That I can't conclude until the Commission and its staff has got a chance to fully vet what we now have. [End of Excerpt]
Asked if resolving questions about the Sudanese offer was "high up there on the radar screen of the 9/11 Commission," Thompson said, "Yeah, I would say that was so and I think this whole matter is going to be fully vetted."
I saw him say YES...it DISGUSTED me.
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