Posted on 09/24/2006 5:23:16 AM PDT by Howlin
Bill Clinton to appear (taped) on Fox News Live with Mike Wallace.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Did anybody else notice how he got into Wallace's space at the height of his tirade?
Including reaching across and tapping his finger on the table just to Wallace's left?
Thank God we survived his presidency. He is seriously dangerous.
Yep. He would have liked to punch his lights out. Chris was definately suprised at the "anger".
Totally agree!
That was no table, that was Chris's leg!
Damage control in full battle mode!
Big deal...
Does anybody remember the tape of Clinton saying: "We begged the Saudis to take him....We had no legal basis on which to hold him....." ?
Dear Lord, does this man think we are that stupid? Ok, liberals are.....
That was such a dimly lit set (what was up with that?) I guess I couldn't tell ...
My gosh...the reviews are astounding! How bad was he???
Wow, Wallace questioned Bubba on his "recollections" (lies).
I agree with you.
The nuts are going to love this interview and push Hil for POTUS.
Yah, he's cracy -- like a fox. Don't kid yourself, he's a better actor than Reagan ever was. He knows exactly what he's doing and he's playing to his audience..
And this forum is not his audience..
LOL! Rove Rocks!
“Is the scene in question as depicted by Rush an accurate account of the plan to capture or kill bin Laden in Afghanistan. If so, who do you believe gave the order to halt it?” Scheuer responded:
Regarding the scene, it was never clear to my officers or myself who canceled the operation. It is true that Clarke was bad-mouthing it. What I don't think people know, however, is that the Agency had thoroughly reviewed the plan and had approved its execution at the highest level -- that is, at the level of DCI Tenet and his immediate subordinates. (NB: At Tenet's direction, JSOC commanders at Fort Bragg also reviewed the plan. They approved it, said they could not do better, and built two sand-table mock-ups of the bin Laden's compound for us to use in preparing the operation.) My officers and I were told that the plan had been sent to Clarke and the NSC for approval. The next thing we knew, the Chief of CT at CIA told us that the plan had been canceled because civilians might get killed, there was not a hundred percent chance that we would get bin Laden, and that if bin Laden was killed in the capture effort the CIA might get accused of assassination. The implication to us at the time was that the NSC canceled the operation, but Tenet later claimed he did it himself. I don't know what the full truth is on this issue. Interestingly, after our east Africa embassies were bombed on 7 August 98, Clarke ordered us to immediately revive the capture plan, but of course by then the chance had been well and truly lost.
Update: Scheuer's statements above are somewhat confirmed by the 9/11 Commission report:
"Mike" thought the capture plan was "the perfect operation." It required minimum infrastructure. The plan had now been modified so that the tribals would keep Bin Ladin in a hiding place for up to a month before turning him over to the United States -- thereby increasing the chances of keeping the U.S. hand out of sight. "Mike" trusted the information from the Afghan network; it had been corroborated by other means, he told us. The lead CIA officer in the field, Gary Schroen, also had confidence in the tribals. In a May 6 cable to CIA headquarters, he pronounced their planning "almost as professional and detailed...as would be done by any U.S. military special operations element."
Update: Another interesting part of the 9/11 Commission report concerning this matter:
On May 29, "Jeff" informed "Mike" that he had just met with Tenet, Pavitt, and the chief of the Directorate's Near Eastern Division. The decision was made not to go ahead with the operation. "Mike" cabled the field that he had been directed to "stand down on the operation for the time being."
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Poking Wallace's leg was an assault. Assault is often defined to include not only violence, but any physical contact with another person without their consent.
Too bad Charles Krauthammer isn't on the panel today. It would have been nice to hear a psychiatrist examine Bubba's interview.
Do you think? I know he looks horrible and he sure obsessed about turning 60 but I didn't even think about him being sick.
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