U.S. yanked bribe plan to capture Bin Laden (hillary!, Albright might object)

New York Daily News ^ | 7/23/04 | James Gordon Meek

[kattracks]

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials scrapped a 1999 plan to offer the Taliban a $250 million bribe to turn over Osama Bin Laden, fearing then-First Lady Hillary Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright would object to paying off the infamous women's rights abusers.

Clinton had long criticized the Islamic regime in Afghanistan for covering women with burkas and denying them educations and jobs.

According to the final 9/11 commission report, Bill Clinton's administration had already made fruitless overtures to the Taliban, paying $10 million to $20 million annually in bribes.

"Two senior State Department officials suggested asking the Saudis to offer the Taliban $250 million for Bin Laden," the report said, citing a May 1999 memo. But White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke "opposed ... a 'huge grant to a regime as heinous as the Taliban' and suggested that the idea might not seem attractive to either Secretary Albright or First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton - both critics of the Taliban's record on women's rights."

"Sen. Clinton was a vocal critic of the heinous Taliban regime well before 9/11," said her spokesman, Philippe Reines.

James Gordon Meek

Originally published on July 23, 2004

[PISANO]

THERE'S THE STORY RIGHT THERE - Clinton helped fund Al Qaeda...

You FORGET........to all leftists everywhere and to all Democrats in this country (save Zell) INTENTIONS are all that count, they MEANT well, and tried HARD.......case closed. Facts and results mean NOTHING!!

Case in point. Sandy Berger MEANT well and his pilfering of TS Docs was INADVERTANT, hence nothing there.......so let's move on.

[grumple]

paying $10 million to $20 million annually in bribes.

These people were funding terrorism...remember all the weapons caches and stuff that were found?

[Just mythoughts]

"Exactly. Makes you wonder how much input she had in policy decisions, and just how much responsibility she bears for the failure of the clinton administration to do anything concrete against bin Laden."

Could well be that Sandy the Burglar was removing documents that had her handwritten notes. This woman ran a stealth government, while old bj satisfied his lust of flesh.

[Fishtalk]

Interesting, did you write this or pull it from somewhere?

MKM

I wrote it. I used to pen a little missive called "fly on the wall", the same sort of thing. because I always think if all the verbiage could be culled down to how it really went down, and my text is, you understand, all speculation, then it's way more telling than the dryer op-eds.

[Redbob]

What did we get for our millions in dollars in bribes to the Taliban?

9/11/01

(How soon we forget...)

[The Mayor]

BTTT!!!!

[areafiftyone]

Nothing important here - Democrat convention is Monday - It's going to be Kerry till you puke time! Besides it's Bush's fault! Don't cha know that?

[DouglasKC]

In other words, Clinton was financing the Taliban, who in turn were sheltering Al-Quaida, who in turn blew up the World Trade Centers. In reality Clinton's "bribe" money probably financed the worst terrorist attack in American history.

[StarCMC]

Nothing to see here. move along.

This just in: Abu Grabe prison abuse.

Hey! Did you know Kerry served in Vietnam??

[StarCMC]

According to the final 9/11 commission report, Bill Clinton's administration had already made fruitless overtures to the Taliban, paying $10 million to $20 million annually in bribes. THERE'S THE STORY RIGHT THERE - Clinton helped fund Al Qaeda...

But of course it's couched in language that makes it appear that THANK GOODNESS Hitlery was around to keep her eye on things and she protected us from giving them any more. It must have been the evil REpublicans in theire vast right wing conspiracy who talked SLick into doing what he did....

[StarCMC]

Thanks for the ping Arrowhead!!!

[Semi Civil Servant]

In 1992, after Gennifer Flowers spoke out, I've read that Hellery stayed on board with the understanding that she would "run domestic policy" and that Bill would "get foreign policy". I guess Black Pants was considered the Queen Bee on foreign policy, too.

Why does Hellery wants to be president again?

Damn the media lies and cover-ups in 1992 that kept the Clinton campaign going and put those criminals in the White House. Thankfully the presstitutes don't have that kind of power anymore.

[pinz-n-needlez]

Great writing. Sec. Leyman said yesterday that Clarke had a very different story in his early, private hearings. It should be on the threads where Lehman complains about being mugged.

This timing of your conversation is important. I don't doubt that you caught the flavor of Clarkes' little meeting. :-)

Pinz

[Spunky]

I was listening to talk radio, Laura Ingram and she had someone on (forgot his name) talking about the 911 report. He said there is an e-mail that Clark wrote to Sandy Berger saying he doesn't doubt that OSAMA BIN LADEN DIDN'T BOOGIE OFF TO BAGHDAD.

[ride the whirlwind]

They didn't make an offer because it might make Hillary mad. LOL

Guess Hitlery is a legend in more than just her own mind!

[Spunky]

"Dick Clarke is the man who claimed that it was utterly impossible that Iraq and Al Qaeda could be cooperating, and that anyone who suggested that a tie should even be investigated was either stupid or fanatically ideological or insane."See my posting at #94.

Clark wrote an e-mail to Sandy Berger saying he didn't doubt that Osama Bin Laden didn't BOOGIE OFF TO BAGHDAD.

ROTHFLOL!

[Old Sarge]

"Millions for Defense, but Not One Cent for Tribute!"

The fortitude of a bygone era.

[mykdsmom]

Wow, great job. You are a very talented writer.

MKM

[Grampa Dave]

Hmm! Could the famous Ham Bergelar been after these files:

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Hannity's wife?