Posted on 10/10/2005 11:21:42 AM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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.
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That's our Billy.
THe key to this story is that it is from May of 2001. That is before 9/11, before this became something that someone would expect to score political points for, and way before Freeh's book was written.
I don't remember any clinton people discounting this story back in 2001 either.
How would the Saudis know that Freeh was going to write a book 4 years later attacking clinton, and have hated clinton enough to set him up with this comment?
Grifters do that.
G-D help America.
The Clinton's hate our men and women in the military!
To have Sandy Burglar as your expert witness is hilarious! ;)
BJ Clinton is a ChiCom agent. Has been for decades.
The SandBurgler probably won't be Clinton's best witness. But what he did to become a felon was more important to Clinton than this.
Exactly what I was thinking- this was said BEFORE 9/11 etc. Unbelievable. What a selfish SOB he was/is.
Roger that!
This is a misquote. What the Crown Prince actually said was, "...when you got the @^# on the dress you should have just wiped it off."
This is a misquote. What the Crown Prince actually said was, "...when you got the @^# on the dress you should have just wiped it off."
This whole thing smells like an unwiped rear-end.
The only way we will learn if this is true is if 41 says that he intervened with SA on Freeh's behalf.
"Saudis: Bill Clinton Tearful Over Lewinsky, Not Khobar"
What about Paula Jones?
Slick may have been sitting crying his eyes out about Lewinsky but always remember his bride was taking care of damage control. We all must remember that this was a co-presidency.
Certainly there is a danger to Freeh or anyone else who crosses the klintons.
Is that grecian formula dripping down his cheek?
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer...Freeh should definitely watch his back.
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