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Clinton's Legacy: Argentina urged U.S. to detain arms dealer
The Orange County Register ^
| June 9, 2002
| LOWELL BERGMAN The New York Times
Posted on 06/09/2002 11:14:29 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Edited on 04/14/2004 10:05:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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For more than four years, Argentina had asked the United States to detain a French arms dealer, Jean Bernard Lasnaud, who lived in a gated community in South Florida and offered to sell tanks and Scud missiles through a Web site.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: argentina; armssmuggling; clinton; disinterest; justicedepartment; reno; scandals
To: balkans
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posted on
06/10/2002 5:39:58 AM PDT
by
DTA
To: DTA;balkans;Chal;konijn;Spar;
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
So the guy was trying to help us smuggle technology from China and Clinton decided to not disturb the arrangement. Some here do have a very very short memory, or clouded by hatred for Clinton. Wake up.
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06/10/2002 12:35:18 PM PDT
by
Pal10523
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wow...and here I thought Clinton only gave get-out-of-jail-free cards to DRUG Dealers...the legacy lives on...
To: Pal10523
In other words the guy was trying to fix a situation that Clinton got us into...you're right, we should be so thankful...
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