Clinton Nixed Plan to Infiltrate al Qaeda, Top FBI Whistle-Blower Says

Newsmax ^ | 6/1/02 | Carl Limbacher

[Lucky2]

Clinton Nixed Plan to Infiltrate al Qaeda, Top FBI Whistle-Blower Says

A presidential executive order issued during the Clinton administration hamstrung the FBI so badly that bureau lawyers decided it would be illegal to infiltrate Osama bin Laden's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, a senior FBI official during the Clinton administration said Saturday.

Former Deputy Assistant FBI Director Daniel Coulson fingered the Clinton White House in the decision to pass up what could have been an al Qaeda intelligence bonanza, during an interview on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" morning show.

ALLISON CAMMARATA: This morning we've also been talking about this FBI mole who had an opportunity to go to an al Qaeda commando training camp, but was not allowed to because at that time the FBI did not want to deal in criminal activity and give the sort of go-ahead for somebody to go be trained as a terrorist.

Is that changing now? Will we get our hands dirtier with these sorts of criminal activity because we have to infiltrate those areas?

COULSON: Well, absolutely we will. I think you have to understand that part of that concern came from an executive order of the president of the United States, Bill Clinton. They didn't want people working for the government who, as you said, had "dirty hands" or were involved in criminal activity. (End of Excerpt)

U.S. News & World Report reveals the FBI's decision not to infiltrate the al Qaeda terror camps in its latest issue, saying the episode took place just "months" before the 9-11 attacks.

But the magazine makes no mention of the role played by the Clinton restrictions, which also stymied CIA efforts to gather human intelligence. (See: Report: FBI Nixed Chance to Infiltrate al Qaeda Terror Camp)

Coulson predicted that the Bush administration would not allow the FBI to be hobbled in the same way.

"You can see a big change," he told Fox News Channel. "I think Attorney General Ashcroft has a different view of the world. ... So things like this need to be done. The rest of the world does it and we should be doing it too."

The former deputy FBI director first gained national attention during the late 1990s when he criticized his agency's over-zealousness during the Waco and Ruby Ridge debacles.

[Lucky2]

Another bit of proof that x 42 had more to do with 9/11 than one can imagine. It's time that the country find out what a bungling boob boy Clinton really was and is.

[Mean Daddy]

Thanks for making the point that he's the EX POTUS. It brings joy to my heart.

EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX EX

[upchuck]

Just the tip 'o the iceberg, just wait and see.

[Fish out of Water]

*Index Bump

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Another bit of proof that x 42 had more to do with 9/11 than one can imagine. It's time that the country find out what a bungling boob boy Clinton really was and is.

The truth will set us free.

[Howlin]

I agree; bring on the hearings.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

COULSON: Well, absolutely we will. I think you have to understand that part of that concern came from an executive order of the president of the United States, Bill Clinton. They didn't want people working for the government who, as you said, had "dirty hands" or were involved in criminal activity. (End of Excerpt)

I'd like to see the text of this order published. Could be interesting.

[backhoe]

There was also an interesting tidbit about "flight 800 being shot down" in the replies here:

FBI Warns: Missiles New Threat

...reportedly on the air on Fox News.

Starts at reply #3.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I agree; bring on the hearings.

Was not the EO mentioned in this thread the one that followed the Toricelli (D-NJ) initiative to eliminate contact with "undesirables"? This EO significantly degraded the intelligence gathering capability of the FBI/CIA, for nothing by PC reasons as much as I can tell.

Nonetheless, from what I have read, this EO should have included Toricelli in its scope as well. What a deplorable, sanctimonious hipocrite! How could NJ have elected this b*st*rd? And why is he not in prison?

[STARWISE]

Yeah!!! Torricelli should be blasted publicly everywhere for his sanctimonious, hypocritical stance .. just who the H*LL is he?? How these Demon-craps can think the American public is so stupid is beyond me. What arrogance and chutzpa he has saying how "dirty" we should be allowed to get our hands for intelligence gathering, when he's a prime example of an filthy opportunist and bribe taking class B politician.

As for Klintoon ... amazing .. someone who behaved criminally, and associated with and manipulated so many criminals for cash .. and he mandates intelligence gathering should be white-glove clean. It's too fishy .. there's gotta be something else going on there.

[NormsRevenge]

Clinton's Legacy = 9 11

[weepnomore]

Indeed.

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks! Bumping for a later read.

[Fred Mertz]

Have you seen this Danny Coulson tidbit yet?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Correct. But we don't yet know the truth, and we never will until this incident and all others related to 9/11 have been thoroughly investigated and exposed.

The investigation must be thorough.

[GUIDO]

I say bring on the hearings but they must and absolutely must go back to at the very least FIRST WTC bombings and then go forward and let the whole world know that this far back is necessary. I didn't see Coulson but this is the first guy that has mentioned the fact that this was during the clinton debacle. The others go on the air and fret and whine but never say anything about who they were working for at the time which we all know but it is never mentioned.

[Mike Darancette]

Former Deputy Assistant FBI Director Daniel Coulson fingered the Clinton White House in the decision to pass up what could have been an al Qaeda intelligence bonanza, during an interview on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" morning show.

Cant wait to see this guy in House and Senate (if they dare) hearings.

[philman_36]

Which Clinton E.O. specifically Danny? There are 364 of them all total. It sure would make it easier to look up. Nothing like being vague is there.
I'll help out with an index of them.

[MeekOneGOP]

The Legacy..........