[Quilla]

Bill Clinton, consummate liar.

[jwalsh07]

Time lied. Clinton lied. Berger lied. Clarke lied.

So what else is new?

[Quilla]

Additional documentation from the Washington Times:

"The final policy paper on national security that President Clinton submitted to Congress — 45,000 words long — makes no mention of al Qaeda and refers to Osama bin Laden by name just four times.

The scarce references to bin Laden and his terror network undercut claims by former White House terrorism analyst Richard A. Clarke that the Clinton administration considered al Qaeda an "urgent" threat, while President Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, "ignored" it.

The Clinton document, titled "A National Security Strategy for a Global Age," is dated December 2000 and is the final official assessment of national security policy and strategy by the Clinton team. The document is publicly available, though no U.S. media outlets have examined it in the context of Mr. Clarke's testimony and new book."

[ladtx]

liar

One entry found for liar. Main Entry: li·ar
Pronunciation: 'lI(-&)r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lEogere, from lEogan to lie -- more at LIE
: a person who tells lies; i.e. William J. Clinton

[The G Man]

As Byron posted on The Corner ... that all depends on what the meaning of the words "Comprehensive" "Anti-terror" and "Strategy" are.

[silverleaf]

Maybe that "comprehensive anti-terrorism strategy" was buried in the Rose Hill Law Firm billing records

[tlb]

RICHARD CLARKE: There was no plan on al Qaeda that was passed from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration ... In January 2001, the incoming Bush administration was briefed on the existing strategy. [They] decided to ... vigorously pursue the existing policy [and] ... initiate a process to look at those issues which had been on the table for a couple of years.

In their first meeting [the principles] changed the strategy by authorizing the increase in funding [for covert action against al Qaeda] five-fold, changing the policy on Pakistan, changing the policy on Uzbekistan, changing the policy on the Northern Alliance assistance. [They] then changed the strategy from one of rollback with al Qaeda ... to a new strategy that called for the rapid elimination of al Qaeda.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,115085,00.html

[TET1968]

This symbolizes what the Clinton's left for the new administration:

Departing Clinton Staff Trashed White House Like Never Before

"In 2001, the departing Clinton White House staff made quite a mess, according to this GAO report issued today. [PDF file]

When news of this first came out in early 2001, Clinton apologists pointed the finger at previous administration's, saying in effect, "They did it first!" But the truth is that no administration in decades did as much damage as the Clinton team did on its way out the door:

The director of the Office of Administration (OA), who had been present during five previous transitions, said that he was “stunned” by what he saw during the 2001 transition and had not seen anything similar during previous ones, particularly in terms of the amount of trash. The OA associate director for facilities management said that there was more to clean during the 2001 transition than during previous transitions. The telephone service director, who had worked in the White House complex since 1973, said that he did not recall seeing, in past transitions, the large amount of trash that he had seen during the 2001 transition. Further, an employee who had worked in the White House complex since 1984 said that office space in the complex was messier during the 2001 transition than all of the other transitions he had seen.
Not that pointing the finger is an excuse for one's own sins. The fact is, they did trash the place, and beyond the financial cost of what they did, they sullied their administration by doing it. (Not to mention the real criminal implications of what they did.)"

[edcoil]

Correct me if I am wrong but I recall some conversation that Clinton turned over a 4,000 page "turn-over" document to the Bush administration and did not mention OBL at all in that report.

[Always Right]

Well if Clinton did have a plan, which I doubt, it got lost in the transisition. And why was that? Because Al Gore had to contest the election results for 6 weeks. There was no transisition.

[P-40]

How many times did Al Qaeda make the National Intelligence Estimate prior to 9/11?

[bandleader]

Bill Clinton:A Consumate Liar.Hillary Clinton;A Congenital Liar.Now,we're getting somewhere!

[Mo1]

Bill Clinton, consummate liar.

He's also a psychopath

[LIConFem]

Clinton didn't even leave Bush any silverware, much less an anti-terror strategy.

[HawaiianGecko]

The other day I was astonished that Clinton even mentionined Richard Clark in his own defense. I read Clark's book, I distinctly remember posting the contents of the press conference in the NR article in several forums and blogs at the time.  I had the impression that Clark was suffering from sour grapes syndrome with the Bush administration and was correct that the President wasn't running around trying to wage war on Al Qaeda, but still thought his testimony, book and interviews were absolutely damning of the Clinton administration not the current one.

 

[sweet_diane]

"“We were not left a comprehensive strategy to fight al Qaeda,” says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice"

But we were left with a vandilized White House.

[tobyhill]

The whole Clinton morons are lying and it looks like Dr. Rice isn't going to take it anymore. I would bet she has her evidence stacked up ready for use if that's what Clinton really wants.

[The G Man]

As for "The Bush Administration had 8 months," let us also not forget the following:

1) For partisan political reasons, the Clinton Administration delayed delivery of the keys to the transition office for the Bush team due to Gore contesting the election. This delayed the Bush White House from being able to set up in a timely manner.

2. For partisan political reasons, the Democrats in congress failed to approve numerous Bush apointees in a timely manner (including Attorney General John Ashcroft for instance).

[Kenton]

“I left a comprehensive anti-terror strategy.”

Yeah, uh-huh. That sounds believable, NOT.

I can just see it now:

Ex-President Bill Cinton speaking:

"Well, here ya go George, er, I mean "Mister President", we got this comprehensive anti-terror strategy all set to go, I just never got around to actually doing it. All you need to do is go ahead and follow the instructions I had my intern write down, and this Bin Laden guy will wither up and disappear just like that evil witch in "The Wizard of Oz".

I know if I'd implemented this wonder plan during Al Gore's campaign he probably would have won the election, but I thought that might influence the electoral process, and you know I'd never stoop to that. Ah don't think Al will ever forgive me for that (quiver of the lip.)

But instead of being accused of election grandstanding, we put together this foolproof anti-terror plan for the administration that replaced mine. All you have to do is plug it in and set the dial to "Eliminate Terrorism".

And just to show ya that I'm a good sport, you can take all the credit for it..."

[freekitty]

Then why the hell didn't the Clinton administration use it? Oh I forgot, he was to busy servicing Monica.

[TexasCajun]

"What freaking "strategy paper" you talking about?"

Time said Clarke presented the “strategy paper” to national-security adviser Sandy Berger on December 20, 2000, but Berger decided not to act on it.