Posted on 01/07/2006 8:38:11 PM PST by lainie
On Friday, January 6, 2006, El Rushbo said the following:
Transcribed from rushlimbaugh.com "It's Open Line Friday… Clip: Does Anyone Remember Wen ho Lee?" Windows Media Player, paid subscription required
'Phil from Prescott, Arizona': "What I wanted to talk about: you were mentioning how Bill Clinton never seemed like he was interested in tackling huge national security issues, but I seen an example in the Wen ho Lee case where they actually railroaded Wen Ho Lee so they could at least LOOK like they were tackling national security issues..."
Limbaugh: You know, this is a fascinating case, and I don't think enough people A) know about it or B) remember it. Wen Ho Lee, Chinese descent, working out at Los Alamos, right? Los ALamos nuclear lab. Wen ho Lee was accused, by the Clinton administration, of stealing secrets and sending them back to China. During the whole period where the Clinton administration was involved in all this funny money coming in from China, and the 1996 presidential campaign, and the John Huang/Charlie Tree days, and all of this. There was NEVER...this man was kept in jail for, I don't know how many months, but, at one point, when they took him into federal court, a federal judge...now, he sent me his book. Wen ho Lee sent me his book, and it opens with this judge's apology. The judge, I forget his name, federal district judge, apologized to Wen ho Lee for everything the United States government had done to him: falsely accusing him, keeping him in jail; this is unprecedented. Sometimes charges are dismissed and they're thrown out, or what have you. The judge made it plain that he was apologizing on behalf of the United States government for what had happened to Wen ho Lee. And Phil's point here is, he's taking off on the opening monologue today which is, the Clinton administration, during 2000, had this CIA plan to try to leak phony information to the Iranians so that when they put their nuclear bomb together, it wouldn't work. Now, the point of this was that the Clinton administration knew in 2000 the Iranians were working on nuclear cweapons, and they didn't do anything about it. And they had this CIA plan that was so bad that it was doomed to fail, and it did. And his point is Clinton just wanted to look tough on this stuff, just wanted to look big on this, so we indict Wen ho Lee, when no evidence, keep him in jail, and, uh, you know, it was worse than what happened to Ray Donovan, he was, 'where do I go to get my reputation back?' And now he's filed a counter suit. I think the last I heard was he's filed some sort of a counter suit. But I won't forget what this judge said to him, as his book opens: apologizing profusely for the entire U.S. government for what he did. And of course, the mainstream press and all of Clinton's buddies hardly gave it scant attention, folks. This is the bunch that did the Waco invasion, Ruby Ridge, uh, one other example I'm leaving out, but, we talk about civil liberties today and how we're losing it."
Yes it is.
You're insane.
I think it's a lost cause. The minute someone twists what I said into "Rush bashing" and calls me a Clinton apologist, it's past time to *plonk* 'em. But thanks, I do appreciate it. And I agree with your posts.
By most accounts William Degan was shot by Kevin Harris not Sam Weaver. Sam Weaver was shot in the back while running home. Vicki Weaver was shot while holding a dangerous "weapon". A baby.
I've always signed my posts. I don't know why I started, but I think it's a good practice. My name is Bill, and unfortunately, our worst president shares that name.
Bill
Another false insinuation by you. I never called you a "rat troll". In my seven years here I've never even used the word "troll". But you don't care. Proof for you is a "debating tactic" to be avoided because you can't meet any minimal standard of it.
Which is a first-year debater's tactic, demanding "proofs" and then escalating the standard.
You can't even quote me correctly. What was asked for was "proof". Anyway, that's some "tactic" huh?. Demanding proof and expecting some minimal standard of proof.
LOL!
Okay, you think that the GHWB nickname "Poppy Bush" is commonly used here -- I don't.
Have a great evening.
He downloaded classified material to removable discs which are now missing. He was to tell where they are and return them. As far as I know they haven't shown up. Maybe someone here knows more.
Shoulda just bent over and taken it like a sheep herder, huh? Yeah, that's what made America great.
Well, blow me over with a feather.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Randy sent a summons to appear and then the date was moved up without notifying him?
I'll be listening closely on Monday to see if El Rushbo does correct his error. But it's only one in a long list of errors he's bubbled out over the years I've been listening to his monologues. Science is another of his weaker areas ...
I'm sure you are aware that the money you listed came from the tribes and hasn't been tied to Abramoff - yet.
I think it was Rush who asked what civil liberties the Feds had taken from me. Ruby Ridge, Waco and several other incidents have taken my faith and trust in the Federal Government. There is no excuse for stalking a man invading his property and killing his children and wife. As for Waco, the very kids they claimed they were protecting were murdered by Government "professionals" - every one of them with a college degree. The Sheriff in Waco told the BATF he could get Koresh to come in with no violence. They told the Sheriff to do traffic control. Makes me sick to this day.
You aren't wrong.
Thanks. Pretty sure of my facts and I could look them up, but I have no hankerin' to join the fray tonight.
pfft.
;)
Bumps and bravos to your post. I can't improve on it.
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