Louis Freeh: "missed opportunity" was not declaring war on al Qaeda six years earlier

Wall Street Journal ^ | 7/26/04

[Gritty]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Louis, we know it hurts.

Where were you all those years when the clinton's were getting away with it all? Why should we listen to what you have to say on the subject? Why didn't you take action on all those Big Mysteries from Vince Foster to Oklahoma City to Flight 800, etc., etc., when you held office?

What are you trying to do, polish your own sorry "Legacy"?

[Light Speed]

Good comments,

A former CIA analyst was interviewed a week ago on Charlie Rose...known as Anonymous..his face was blacked out during the interview.
He brought Charlie back several times in the interview to a key ident which is very damning to the Clinton admin.
By 1999..the Clinton admin knows with full clarity that OBL intends to attack America on American soil.
During 1999...OBL is static in Afghanistan..hardly moving around.
all of this comes under the issue of actionable intel.
Anonymous reminds Charlie that they had OBL dead to rights in 1999 numerous times..and did nothing..with clarity on his intent...
and clarity on where he was.

[A.A. Cunningham]

missed opportunity

[el_texicano]

Ok, for the sake of argument let's say you are correct in your approach. So, we declare war on al queda, but all such groups are not so named. They are foxes tied at the tail, but they are nebuously named. Al Queda would like nothing better than for the US to declare war on "Militant Islam" or something like that, they they can argue that we are declaring war on Islam. And we are not.

The point is...it is difficult to pin this threat down with a definitive name.

Secondly, these monsters are no better than pirates and to "declare war" is to elevate them to the level of legitmate combatants, which they are most definitely NOT. They are vermin, little more than mad dogs infected with the rabies of religious fanaticism. War declaration gives them the "cover" of the Geneva Convention which they do not observe anyway.

[El Gato]

Secondly, these monsters are no better than pirates and to "declare war" is to elevate them to the level of legitmate combatants, which they are most definitely NOT. They are vermin, little more than mad dogs infected with the rabies of religious fanaticism. War declaration gives them the "cover" of the Geneva Convention which they do not observe anyway.

Actually they are worse than pirates, pirates really only want your money, well and perhaps your women. These guys just want to kill us. Perhaps better than a declaration of war would be a formal declaration from Congress, and signed by the President, that they are "enemies of the United States". That would have the same effect domestically and would allow us to treat them like pirates were once treated, that is "shoot on sight".

[el_texicano]

If these scum didn't have information value to be "squeezed" out of them, I would gladly say "Shoot them on sight". Bullets are cheaper than trials and the waste of "panty" torture.