Yeah, the comment on the news flash was that the neither the Clinton OR the Bush Administrations went after the Cole bombers; trying to spread the blame. Though, if I remember correctly, those bombers were arrested, after Bush was elected, but later 'escaped' from the prison in Yemen.
I believe there was actually two escapes from the prison in Yemen.
Regarding Clinton, it's obvious he had no plans to hit full throttle when it came to hunting down the terrorists that had killed Americans over the years. He ran from Farah Aided in Somalia after allowing 18 of our soldiers die. He failed to pursue those involved in the Khobar Towers bombing. In fact, Louis Freeh wrote about that in his book. Here's a link to an article regarding his attempts to get permission to interrogate the individuals arrested for Khobar:
Freeh says he repeatedly asked Clinton to seek help from the Saudis in getting access to the perps. However, Clinton never did ask, and Freeh eventually sought help from ex-President Bush. George H.W. Bush immediately requested assistance from then Crown Prince Abdullah and got it, and the FBI finally gained the access they had been seeking. If I remember correctly, the only thing Bill Clinton asked from Prince Abdullah was a donation for his library in Arkansas. But of course we didn't see any of this article in the movie last night, nor will we probably see it tonight.
With each ensuing terrorist attack, the response from the Clinton Administration became less and less. Freeh wrote in that article that he believed our lack of response actually brought on more attacks, and one would have to believe that since we haven't been attacked on our soil again since the deployment of our troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. Surely, fighting them over there instead of in our streets here has to be the right action.