The Clinton legacy: > 5,000 victims and $ 40 billion loss

FR posts | > 9/11/01 | RobertJames:editor

[RobertJames]

• For the record, a summary of WJC malfeasance while in office, leading to 9/11
• From a survey of FreeRepublic posts only
• Some counts are well-documented, others need further research , some are redundant
• Some counts are his direct actions, others indirect acts via his agents and agencies
• List is far from complete - requires a full-time researcher or Freeper contributions
• Add your numbered counts - potentially monstrous - a glut of counts on multiple threads already

 

William J. Clinton, an accessory and enabler of the 9/11 terrorist attacks,

while US president for 8 years, .....

 

• Issued Executive Order 12866 and the change in the Federal Law relieving the FAA of their original responsibility for safety.
• Decimated the budget for 'human' intelligence, including the infiltration of terrorist groups by informers.
• Incited the Muslims with unannounced and unjustified attacks on an aspirin factory in Sudan, with civilian fatalities - (day before impeachment vote).
• Ordered ineffective 'surgical' strikes at Bin Laden training camps in Afghanistan - (day before impeachment vote).
• Intentionally failed to confront Iraq over its complicity in the embassy and WTC bombing and other attacks:
• Covered-up Iraqi involvement in 1993 WTC Bombing and TWA 800 and OKC Bombing
• Made the CIA and DOJ roles into a political joke
• Launched bombing raids against civilians against so-called "terrorist training camps" supposedly under bin Laden's control in Afghanistan
• Launched bombing raids against civilians against a purported "chemical weapons factory" in Sudan that almost certainly was no such thing.
• Launched bombing raids against civilians :on the same day as Monica Lewinsky's grand jury testimony that she had engaged in sex with the president.
• Ordered bombings in Iraq the day before Congress was scheduled to vote on his impeachment.
• Waged war for no compelling reason in the Balkans, and slaughtered civilians with the unprovoked bombings.
• Announced a "War on Terrorism," yet prevented American intelligence from acquiring the kinds of assets it needed to do the job
• Provided China with intelligence to pass on to Afghanistan
• Rejected military strike on bin Laden during final days in office, after receiving intelligence on his whereabouts
• Offered to reduce the sentences of 16 members of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, commonly known by its Spanish initials, FALN, on the condition they renounce violence. The group was involved in more than 100 bombings in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. Hillary Clinton was then running for senatress in NY, with its large Puerto Rican population.
• Made a "solemn promise" at Norfolk, Va. to the families, friends and shipmates of the USS Cole to avenge their deaths.
• Sold Bin Ladin the communications equipment that couldn't be tapped
• Supported the Taliban militia in Afghanistan; claimed by Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher: UPI / author Joe Warminsky / October 20, 1999.
• New York Times: the FBI had detailed plans and advanced warnings for over five months for the bombings of the embassies and the World Trade Center and nothing adequate was done to try to stop the bombings.
• DOJ and FBI handling of an Egyptian, Ali Mohammed, who worked directly for Bin Laden and the CIA and the FBI and the Green Berets and was involved in Arab terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Ali first worked training Green Berets, then worked for the CIA before becoming an FBI operative out of Sacramento, California from 1992 to 1996. Ali was indicted in New York in late 1998 for helping Bin Laden do the bombings of the World Trade Center and the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He was also indicted for setting up and training Bin Laden terrorist cells in the US. When arrested he had manuals for how to hide explosives in public buildings. He is suspected of helping Bin Laden by writing terrorist training manuals for Bin Laden.
• DOJ was concerned how the DOJ could keep the public from knowing about the involvement of Middle Eastern men in the OKC bombing.
• Details for last 2 counts in : [October 19, 2000] Gore and Clinton and Some of Their Associates Linked to Terrorist Groups?
• Disbanded with security checks for incoming personnel by giving hundreds of people permenant "temporary passes". After a year there were still over 300. This prompted the House Commitee on Intelligence to threaten the FBI director to get him to ensure the security of documents in the White House (it is one of his duties) in late 1993, or early 1994. A copy of the letter was published by the WSJ
• Clinton's senior people gave waivers for background investigations and access to CIA documents to fundraisers that were installed in administration positions.
• Squashed security procedures to allow himself easier access to interns
• Banned the CIA from using as informants anyone associated with human rights abuses or terrorism, and banned the recruitment of Chinese below the senior embassy official level.
• Immediately diverted much of the intelligence budget to domestic surveillance, upon taking office. This accelerated after the OKC bombing.
• Appointed, and left in place, people such as Hazel O'Leary who went on a declassification binge of technical documents. There are quotes suggesting that she was trying to declassify as much as she could before she was stopped.
• Appointed people like Deutch who showed no particular interest in actual security, giving access to a laptop to uncleared people with classified work materials on it.
• Repeatedly interfered with espionage cases that involved campaign contributors.
• Mismanaged a haphazard opportunistic foreign policy, where foreign policy was conducted primarily for his own benefit, not the nation's or even his own party.
• Used attacks to distract from personal political troubles.
• Set up campaigns which used up immense resources, to prosecute incited wars, in a manner that was ineffective and demonstrated an exceptionally weak stomach for tolerance of casualties.
• Encouraged policies which encouraged groups like the Palestinians to act falsely, thereby raising tensions on both sides, and reducing the chance of a stable peace.

   

   

   

   

[RobertJames]

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[lormand]

I think there is a certain physics to politics. For every action, there is an equal reaction. Klinton is on a constant world wide attempt to build a legacy, interfere with domestic political policy, etc. The Freepers here who are ripping him are the equal reaction to his actions.

God bless you Freepers!

[RobertJames]

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[RobertJames]

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[lormand]

I hope that happens, because the Saudi's have some serious explaining here. The spoils of war will effect them in some way. I say we rename Saudi Arabia to Exxon or something.

[Intolerant in NJ]

36. Corrupted the INS and allowed tens of thousands of immigrants into the country with sketchy or no background checks - packed Democrat voter rolls with many, many of them, who were happy to vote Democrat in return for getting into the US...several thousand of those who came were later found to have criminal or other histories which would have precluded their getting here if properly screened...how many incipient terrorists were in this group, and how do we track them now?...

[eddie willers]

I agree with the jist of your post (although not for exactly the same reasons).

This is neither the time nor the place to be bashing past presidents nor past policies.

The world has completely changed and there is a clear mission before us.
When the smoke clears.....and we are at peace again....
then can then assess blame so that events like this are never repeated.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Nice post. Bookmarked.

[In mourning for six years]

Wait, my friend, I thought Clinton had such charisma, charm, and persuasive powers that he could make this country do anything? If he wanted to whip this nation into a frenzy of patriotism he could have. The point is he didn't want to he didn't want to do anything to rock the boat.

[armourup]

Put on yur tinfoil hats cuz here's my new theory.

I heard today that some demonut congressman was poo pooing the release that Airforce One was targeted during the 9/11 attack. In fact it was, and they say there must be a spy in the whitehouse who gave out the codes for airforce one so the terrorists could track it. DOES ANY FREEPER HAVE ANY IDEA WHO IT COULD HAVE BEEN?

I thought Clinton looked awfully subdued & nervous the other morning in NY. At first I thought it was guilt...but that's not in character for him. If he turns up dead within the year I will know why. He knows too much (Daddy's involvement in JFK's demise/Mena/?) for Bush to out him... a failed coup generally means death to the conspirators.

Whuttsup Al? You and Bill getting along famously again I see.

[woofie]

Im all for your post..I think it will help set the record straight when the revisionists arrive

[JPJones]

Enough oil can be "confiscated" from Iraq, Mideast nations to pay for all his 5 to 10 times over. Make sure it is. "All your oil our belong to us now."

Agreed. The best way to fight this in the long term is to chip away at their wealth.

Everytime a terroist act is traced back to the mid-east, we take a pre-determined amount of land and oilfields. The money produced from those conquests now goes into OUR pockets to rebuild any parts of the US that have been harmed.

Or even better, 'Kelly's Heroes' type raids on the Bank of Iraq or the United Emirates treasury, etc. Don't kill anyone, just take their money, their gold and their oil.

[doug from upland]

Clinton may not have been the best president ever,

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What? Don't sugar coat it. He was by far THE WORST president ever. He is a criminal and a rapist who sold or gave away our nuclear crown jewels.

[Born in a Rage]

None and I mean NONE of the things you listed take ANY responsibility away from the evil terrorists who attacked America....NONE. Get lost. Clinton may be many things but he did not crash a plane into the World Trade Center or Pentagon. Go put your rag back on and get back in your cave.

[Howlin]

Excellent!

[Born in a Rage]

In fact it was, and they say there must be a spy in the whitehouse who gave out the codes for airforce one so the terrorists could track it. DOES ANY FREEPER HAVE ANY IDEA WHO IT COULD HAVE BEEN?

Get real. Do you really think that all of the presidents have the same "codes" or whatever? Use your common sense.

[dalebert]

I would not be surprised if he were not the mastermind. I always thought his sole aim was the destruction of the country and much of his behavior since leaving office seems to prove it.

[Born in a Rage]

This is neither the time nor the place to be bashing past presidents nor past policies.

Ditto that. I'm getting really mad about these terrorist/Iraqi 'sympathy...America and American politics are to blame for this attack types of posts.

[armourup]

Your probably right but Bush remodeled the Whitehouse before he moved in which I am totally convinced was to check for bugs and probes either left by Clintonistas or infiltrated secondary to his incompetence.

[Revolting cat!]

I see the apologists and the simpletons are out in full force tonight. Anyone who attempts to connect the dots is "obsessed" with x42. Oh yes, next we're going to hear that he personally created 11 million jobs and that the President "runs the country". Oops, my bad, no that would imply that x42 might have had something to do with 9/11. The "runs the country" bit only applies to the economy!

Note also that the simpletons will not dispute any of the evidence you present.