Bush White House Angered by Secret Clinton-Abdullah Meeting

Newsmax ^ | 5/13/02 | Carl Limbacher

[Lucky2]

Monday, May 13, 2002 10:48 a.m.EDT Bush White House Angered by Secret Clinton-Abdullah Meeting

The Bush White House was surprised and angered when it discovered two weeks ago that ex-president Bill Clinton held a secret meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah only hours after members of the royal family met with President Bush and his father in Houston.

"To the dismay of White House planners, [Abdullah] saw an unscheduled and unexpected visitor: Bill Clinton," reported USA Today on Monday - more than two weeks after NewsMax.com became the first news organization to reveal the secret sit-down in print. (See: Clinton in 3-Hour Mystery Meeting with Saudi Prince Abdullah)

The paper notes that the surprise meeting had taken place at "a sensitive moment for the Middle East," during a visit where the Bush administration had taken great pains to "plot every detail of [Abdullah's] weekend trip to Texas."

"The former president, in Houston for a fundraiser and staying at the same posh hotel as the Saudi leader, headed upstairs after midnight for a private chat that had been arranged only a few hours earlier. Their 90-minute meeting didn't end until 2 a.m.," USA Today said.

Actually, according to former top Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos, the Saudi-Clinton get-together lasted much longer - till 4 a.m., according to his little-noticed remarks on ABC's "This Week" the next day.

And just hours before the Stephanopoulos comments, Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told Fox News that Abdullah's meeting with the ex-president featured three hours of "serious talks."

White House officials were apparently so embarrassed by Clinton's efforts to upstage President Bush that they refused to respond to NewsMax.com's inquiries about the meeting.

The silence left many concerned that Bush himself had signed off on Clinton's foreign policy meddling at a moment of crisis in the Mideast.

But according to USA Today, the ex-president didn't even have the decency to notify the White House about the high-stakes get-together.

"[Bush] aides express exasperation about Clinton's impromptu session with Abdullah two weeks ago, at a time of delicate negotiations and evolving policy," the paper revealed. "No administration official sat in on the meeting."

Indeed, NewsMax.com confirmed that officials at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, where Abdullah met with Bush senior on Friday, April 26, had no idea that Clinton was scheduled to meet the Saudi prince just hours later.

"I can assure you Clinton was not here on Friday," said Tom Hughes of Texas A & M University, where the Bush library is housed. "We would have covered that if he was."

Even members of the local Houston press queried by NewsMax were unaware of the Clinton-Abdullah mystery meeting.

[wheezer]

Do you think the D.C. portion of 9-11 was a failed first attempt?

[Moosefart]

If you think ol Bubba just might be the antichrist, you will find this link interesting....... Bill Clintons name

[texasbluebell]

The Clintons probably have them all blackmailed with those FBI files.

I've been saying this for quite some time too. Those 900 FBI files go a long way in explaining what the 'toons get away with. They've got something on just about everybody in congress, not to mention plenty of journalists, etc. Nothing sticks to the 'toons for just that reason.

[MsLady]

Thanks for the link. Very interesting and something to ponder.

[dsutah]

And just why is Bush 41 a knucklehead? Is it his
fault that Clinton sticks his nose into everything? May
be you haven't seen or heard interviews where he has
said that he tries really hard not to interfere with his
son's administration. He gives advice when asked, but
otherwise lets him alone to make his own way? (Not exact
words) He always says that he had his chance, now it is
the son's turn. Isn't that the way it should be? After
all, even if he did; some knot-head would say 43 is not
up for the job; because he has to have his 'daddy' do it
for him!

Also, it is entirely possible that the Bush administ- stunt. They can't keep their eyes on Clinton at all
times. He is an ex-president. Although he is always
under some suspicious cloud; he hasn't been convicted of
anything (Unfortunately). With most other American ex-
presidents, we would expect them to at least in-form
the current one of it's dealings with foreign figures,
But not Clinton, he hasn't got the decency. With Clin-
ton, the rules other ex's follow, he figures he doesn't
have to follow. We have come ot expect that of him.

With clinton, he pushes the packet enough that it is
merely shady, but never quite criminal. Someday, they
will hopefully find something that will really stick to
him. Someday he and his followers will let down their
guard, and he will be exposed again. Then they can
catch him.

[Lanza]

He just won't go away. I thought the 8 year nightmare we had been suffering was over when Bush was elected, but apparently not.

[FloridaGeezer]

Bush has class but he's not in "B.J."'s class. The media still love him. Daily they anxiously wait for him to say something. And he must have something on Abdullah.

[solo gringo]

Clinton is the most evil man that I know of he thinks he is helping the commiecraps when he is harming the whole country The state dept and the a.g. should get this butinsky and lay the law down to him and the people that back him if his effort to undermind bush and the elected goverment Don't stop they will put his a$$ under levenworth.

[Doc On The Bay]

AN "UNSANCTIONED MEETING" between Clinton & ABDULLAH is TREASON!!

Doc

[LaGrone]

Then my question to Bush is why protect Clintoon by denying Burton and committee access to records about illegal fund raising during the criminal's last years in office. Doesn't make sense to me unless Clinton has the goods on George.

[drjimmy]

He should be investigated for espionage, as would any other American citizen who had an unscheduled, unpublicized, undocumented, meeting with the head of a state which sponsors terrorism, that took place in the dead of night.
So I guess as long as it is a scheduled, publicized, and documented meeting with a head of state that sponsors terrorism, it's okay? I'm sure President Bush will be glad to hear that, so you don't go yelling "citizen's arrest, citizen's arrest" at him. If you or I wanted to meet with some Crown Prince and the Crown Prince wanted to meet with us, there's no law stopping it, precisely because we are private citizens. Clinton can't formulate U.S. foreign policy because he doesn't work for the U.S. government, just like Carter can meet with Castro, and they can shoot the sh*t all they want. BTW, since Clinton gets Secret Service coverage, as do heads of state while in the U.S., our actual government certainly was aware of this meeting, publicized or not.

[caddie]

I, too, think the crown prince is a terrorist, regardless of whether he meets with Bush or Clinton. That was not the subject of my post.

There is so much to not like about Bush now, I was merely focussing on how he lets Rat x-Potuses basically step on him with golf shoes.

It would take many, many, threads to talk about the shortcomings of W, though, I applaud your reply.

But, Bush has a lot of power now, Clinton, much less.

If Clinton and Carter continue to perform ad hoc foreign policy excursions that Bush does not like, Bush has every right to hassle the two clowns with the usual tools in his toolbox: the FBI, the CIA, maybe a special investigator, maybe just a sh*tty letter from the Attorney General. Whatever.

How about just a condemnation of their behavior in a press conference?

But SOMETHING should be coming out of Bush's mouth except platitudes.

He is just dropping the ball every day.

And he looked so good following September.

I was a fool.

I listened to his Madison Avenue slogans, and, I actually believed them.

Silly me.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I am appalled at the blatant attempts to undermine the present administration, especially during this time of War. bubba goes out of his way ....Most recently, he re-stated his opinion President Bush is not the rightful President of the United States emphasisng he did not win the popular vote. Regardless of one's opinion, he should know (as an ex-president and a lawyer) the popular vote means nothing in a Presidential Election. And yet, he will spread propaganda to millions of voters ignorant of how the electorial college works, in order to maintain a power base. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and yet lies about a part of the Constitution the dems do not like. (nb: no, I am not surprised, just pissed)

Carter has gone surpassed dasshole's criticism of President Bush while Bush was out of the country. ex-President Jimmy Carter has gone to a foreign country, a totalitarian country, a country run by a murderous dictator and stood side by side with the dictator and accused the administration of LYING to him regrding Cuba.

IMHO, these acts are worse than any committed by bubba (although those acts led to our current state of affairs). And yet...WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE!!!!!!

[drjimmy]

On much of what you say, we can agree.

[Jamten]

Peace as in not being at war. It is spelled that way.

[SBeck]

As I said a few weeks ago, the Saudis will force Bush's hand by using ex-Presidents to design their own version of a 'peace plan'. What they are basically saying is that they don't recognize the validity of the Bush administration and since we are so dependent on the commodity they breed over there is not a damn thing that the President can do about it.

[cake_crumb]

President Bush needs to let the world know that Bubba has no authority to negotiate US policy, that he couldn't do it when he headed the US administration, and the PRESIDENT considers clinton's antics are counterproductive and downright dangerous.

Clinton did "volunteer" his "services" as unofficial Mideast peace envoy. I recall that Colin Powell publicly declined the "offer".

[cake_crumb]

"Bush has class and isn't about to fight the way those two fight, but you can bet on the fact he'll win!"

YOU'RE DARNED RIGHT BUSH HAS CLASS!! We won't get LUCKY enough for Bubba to have a convenient heart attack, or have his brains bashed in by a convenient burglar (never caught, of course) at the White House, or have his brains conveniently blown out.

"We've even been accused of murder." -- former Co-Klepto-in-Chief, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

[cake_crumb]

"I believe that anyone, including former presidents, are forbidden from discussing foreign policy issues with expressed permission from the sitting President. Does my memory serve correct?"

Yes, it does.

However, you pretty much know the Klinton's behavioral patterns by now. If the administration goes after him, he and Prince What's-His-Face will say they don't recall any such meeting took place. Clinton and the rest of his Third Way New Democrats will whine and moan that the VRWC is conducting a "witch hunt" against po' innocent Bubba.

[cake_crumb]

"Bubba - The Prince of Peace"

You mean "Prince of Piece" don't you? (Personally, I prefer Beezlebubba - the Prince of Darkness"