Posted on 10/10/2005 9:01:49 AM PDT by conservativecorner
According to two sources close to former Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan, ex-president Bill Clinton was on the verge of tears over legal woes brought on by the Monica Lewinsky scandal during a Sept. 1998 meeting with Crown Prince Adbullah - and spent almost no time discussing the Khobar Towers bombing case.
The Saudi account backs claims by former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who told CBS's "60 Minutes" last night that Clinton failed to press Abdullah during the meeting for cooperation in the Khobar case.
Interviewed by the New Yorker in May 2001, two Saudi officials noted that Prince Bandar was present during the meeting. And Bandar's version, according to those same Saudi sources, contradicts the claim by former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger that his old boss vigorously pursued Khobar during the meeting.
"Clinton, by many accounts, was almost crying," the New Yorker said, based on interviews with the Saudis.
Bandar "remembered the Crown Prince consoling Clinton about his legal troubles. At one point, the Crown Prince, who was wearing a black robe, said to Clinton, 'All those who attack you and are making such a big issue out of this' - the Lewinsky affair - 'should be like the lint on my robes. One should just throw them off.'" Addullah promised Clinton that he would "talk to people on the Hill and tell them they should respect the Presidency and not wipe the floor with it" over the Lewinsky case.
The Saudi sources said that while Clinton did eventually mention Khobar, "It was along the line of 'Would you be kind enough to continue cooperation?' "
Abdullah was stunned that Clinton had demonstrated so little interest about a bombing that had killed 19 U.S. airmen.
According to the New Yorker:
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Bandar had warned him to expect some "very important questions" about Khobar, but Clinton had not raised them. "What's going on?" the bewildered Saudi leader asked his U.S. ambassador.
The effect of this meeting, Bandar's associates told the New Yorker, "was to persuade the Crown Prince that the [Khobar] case was no longer of great importance to the United States."
'All those who attack you and are making such a big issue out of this' - the Lewinsky affair - 'should be like the lint on my robes. One should just throw them off.'"
Unfortunately for Clinton, semen does not wipe off one's dress so easily.
It's a right wing christian conspiracy!
That's Slick for you. Worried about building his legacy instead of doing his job.
So on one side we have the ex-FBI director and Saudis and on the other hand we have an established liar. Clearly this is Bush's fault.
I hope to hell the US electorate and especially the NY electorate remember this crap from the POS Klintoons when the go to the polls next year..........
The crown prince must not have any FBI files missing.
May the Bird of Paradise fly up your camel's butt.
I hope this isn't true - but it probably is.
When I first heard the reports of Bubba and the Intern I recall telling my more liberal friends that this story must be inaccurate. After all, who could be that stupid? They shook their heads and insisted that it was the real stuff.
Thanks, President Clinton, for such great work on our behalf.
Another set of facts for MSM to ignore in their lock step march to serve and protect the Clintons.
Gee, if the New Yorker is joining in I think the Clinton Legacy Project is coming undone.
I remember the big fuss G. Gordon Liddy made about the unprecedented turning over of raw FBI background files. Freeh had to have signed off on that. Methinks Freeh got a bad scare over that and realized that being a Clinton bagman would only lead to the witness stand and decided to set himself up in opposition to the administration from then on.
He spent his entire life gaining that which he sought, only to get it and not know what to do with it.........
Bubba only cares about himself? I am shocked I tell you, simply shocked. / sarcasm on.
Impossible! His personal life has nothing to do with his job performance! It's all about sex! Everyone does it!
You know this?
The Saudis must have been stunned by the weakness of a U.S. president who could look teary and talk almost exclusively about his own personal problems during a high-level meeting about terrorism. That's Clinton in spades.
ROFLMAO... best line of the morning.
Geesh, Carl. How about a reference? Was this published? When? If not how did you get it?
That's CONVICTED LIAR
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