Clinton Warned on Bin Laden Hijack-Kamikaze Plot

Newsmax ^ | 05.16.02 | Newsmax

[callisto]

We can't have so many people bashing Bush for what he may or may not have explicitly known before 911 without a reminder of exactly who was in charge for 8 prior years and the damage they committed to our nation's security.

[Judith Anne]

Very apt and timely post.

[linn37]

bingo

[TLBSHOW]

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[CJ Wolf]

Newstrolls mentioned this on Sept 14th How's that for timely?

[Vladiator]

So you're blaming Clinton for not being in power on 9/11 and stopping the terrorists who were funded by Bin Laden?

That's a bit much.

[elbucko]

"So you're blaming Clinton.."

Darn straight!

Bill, "Bojinka" Clinton had the helm when the USS Cole was bombed. A good chief executive would have wanted ALL intelligence on terrorist plans and activity and investigate all leads. Did "Bojinka"? Of course not.

You people that love the "Great Fake President", Bill, "Bojinka" Clinton need to come to grips that he was only PLAYING president and not acting AS a president. 9/11 is the historical Albatross around Bojinka's neck, for eternity.

[callisto]

So you're blaming Clinton for not being in power on 9/11 and stopping the terrorists who were funded by Bin Laden?

That's a bit much

Where did you get the idea that I was blaming Clinton for not being in the power on 911. Personally I thank God that he wasn't in charge. He is a piss-poor example of American Presidents IMHO. Now, I do blame him for ignoring the problem and for using Bin laden as a tool for the public's diversion from his Leminsky mess. He sold out our country and it's national secrets for campaign donations. I can't wait until further revelations of Clinton's misdeeds.[/sarcasm]

[Winfield]

The only major mistake the Bush administration made was in not cleaning out the FBI/CIA mess Bill Clinton concocted while he was in office. Remember when Bubba first took office, he fired everybody in the Justice Dept. and replaced them with his own people. That was the beginning of the mess we are still trying to clean up. BTW, how many of the terrorists came in through the Long Beach port that Clinton and the Demos gave to the Chinese????

[rwfromkansas]

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[A Navy Vet]

"BTW, how many of the terrorists came in through the Long Beach port that Clinton and the Demos gave to the Chinese????"

That didn't happen. I was on the front lines in 1998 along with hundreds of others, including Sen. Inhofe, and Long Beach Naval Station was NOT turned over to COSCO control. They do have a presence there since we trade with China, but they don't control the port.

[elbucko]

I agree that Bush didn't move fast enough once he took office. I believe #43 may have his fathers tendency to "bi-partisan" too much. I don't (I hope) think #43 has this fault as much as #41 did. However it is still some worry. GW stood firm on Ashcroft, much to #43's credit.

However, we have a Democrat for Transport Secretary and Jane Garvey (also dem) as Administrator of the FAA. Garvey is NOT a pilot but an attorney. Would the American Bar Assn. choose an airline pilot for its president just because one is a "Good Administrator"? I think not!

As for the entry of A-rabs through California's Chinese Port, I haven't seen anything yet and I don't expect to read it in the Left Angeles Times.

[ValerieUSA]

Where is the condemnation for ex-President Clinton, Congress and the IDIOTIC press who refused to follow up on the OBVIOUS terrorist act that brought down an airliner out of Kennedy airport in October, 1999?
The entire world was alerted to the danger of Osama bin Laden's aviation terror schemes when his man took over the controls in the cockpit and deliberately crashed EgyptAir 990 into the Atlantic!
Clinton and his state department spokesmen were on the air within minutes of the plane's disappearance to LIE to us and claim that whatever happened it was NOT terrorism. That was the big CLUE - Clinton the Liar said it wasn't a terrorist act bringing down a plane.
He KNEW. He LIED. He did nothing. CONGRESS (including Gephardt) did NOTHING!
The media reported nothing but White House and FCC press releases.

[ValerieUSA]

I mean NTSB press releases

[MamaLucci]

I wonder if this White House is FINALLY getting the clue that their "new tone" and "move on" strategy with regards
to the previous administrations crimes has only served to embolden the criminal RAT party all the more.
I hope they like being blamed for the sink emperors mistakes....but they only have their "compassionate" selves to blame.

[Free the USA]

bttt

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Good post. Clinton commissioned a team, headed by Algore, to look into Airline Security re. Terrorism...a committee studied and wrote up many expensive recommendations...and the airlines balked (see related info on Daschle's wife when researching). Instead, the DNC received big $$$$ from the airlines before election '96 and the report went away. Clinton, Gore, Daschle.....all knew the extent of our security weaknesses re. the airlines.

On Dec. 19th, 2000, the day after the electoral college elected George Bush...Clinton went to the UN and insisted (against Kofi's wishes!) that they threaten the Taliban one more time....giving them 30 days 'til further sanctions would be placed on the Afghani people if they didn't hand over Osama. Why would Clinton egg on the Taliban and set a time limit of Jan. 19th, inaugeration eve, for the deadline? What kind of a person would put his personal vengence ahead of the nation's security?

[aShepard]

Even before taking office Bush and his people were privy to all previous intelligence

I recall that there was lots of confusion over transition to power issues, during the compressed timeframe caused by the Florida vote count fiasco. As slick had detuned all intelligence gathering efforts, perhaps the lack of information pass-thru could be placed at the hands of "ficticious chads"