[Txsleuth]

I couldn't figure out if he meant OUR government..but, if you think about it...we DO know that Clinton let Bin Ladin slip away several times..

So...it could have been during his or Carter's Administrations...but, also Reagan's, and I only say that because of the Marine Barracks thing.

Ginsberg didn't specify WHEN this happend...but it sounds like he has been a bad guy for MANY years.

[daybreakcoming]

I assumed he meant "our" government and of course I first thought "Clinton" as you did.

And wasn't it Warren Christopher who advised Reagan to leave Beruit? Would take some real digging to find any connection there.

[jeffers]

Imad Mughniyeh was onboard the flight of terrorists we intercepted coming out of Egypt, and forced to land in Sigonella, Italy, after the hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, during which Leon Klinghoffer was shoved overboard in his wheelchair. So was Yassir Arafat.

It is likely that these two flew into Egypt after the hijacking, to escort their "troops" back home.

We had a perimeter around the aircraft at Sigonella, and made it clear to the Italians that we were prepared to defend that perimeter with military force.

However, the diplomats on both sides eventually assigned responsibility to the Italians, our guys packed up and went home, and the Italians let Arafat and Mughniyeh walk away, scott free.