Powell Blasts Gore on Bin Ladengate Scandal

NewsMax.com ^ | 6/30/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[mountaineer]

Amen, and 'bout time.

[Destro]

What goes unsaid but is common knowledge to all is that theClinton admin. made common cause with al-Qaeda in several regions most especially in the Balkans.

BIN LADEN GATE

[galt-jw]

Andrea Mitchell have explained their own decisions not to cover Ijaz's claims by saying he lacks credibility

hahahahahahahhahah.

and cigar boy is nothing but a lying parasite.

[backhoe]

"Perhaps that's what Vice President Gore should have been talking about - what happened on their watch as opposed to the progress we've made on our watch,"

If that doesn't silence the jackals on the Left, nothing will...

FYI-- I'm communicating from my "backup browser"-- a 66 mhtz. 486 with a sticking keyboard & gritty trackball- so excuse the weird typos, they are hard to go back to & correct.

[galt-jw]

sorry bout the tags. whoops.

[Destro]

bump

[Timesink]

Eventually, the truth will out. No matter how hard Andrea Mitchell or anyone else tries to protect the Toons.

[Mo1]

Before making reference Mr. Ijaz's allegations, Powell called Gore's remarks "patent nonsense" adding, "I notice the previous administration didn't even make a serious try (to get bin Laden)."

Keep talking Al ...

[Timesink]

Miller said she established Ijaz's lack of credibility by contacting former Clinton administration sources.

Why isn't this grounds for termination? It's a direct violation of Journalism 101. Oh, right, she works for the Times.

[Mark17]

Amen, and 'bout time.

Yes it is. He has been with Arafat so many times, I was starting to wonder about him.

[gaspar]

Frankly, Ijaz puckered a number of people as he worked assiduously to allow US oil firms to operate in the Sudan. He knew Gore well, and held various important fundraisers for the Democrats. In the end Gore cold not pull off a deal that was really meant to benefit Ray Irani, a White House guest, and Occidental Petroleum. Ijaz went one way, the Clintons another.

I wonder if anyone in the intellignce agencies have bothered to question Ijaz concerning their nuclear weapons program. A trained nuclear physicist, he and his father knew all the top players in Pakistan's weapons program.

[Clara Lou]

I saw this show. Colin Powell seemed to be completely with the team today. When he made his comments about Gore and the previous administration, I felt pretty sure that Powell really wanted to snort and laugh derisively at Gore's comments.

[Dixie Mom]

Here's the op-ed piece. It's from the Post, but it's worth the read:

Intelligence Failure? Let's Go Back to Sudan

[BigWaveBetty]

Amen, and 'bout time

You aren't kiddin'! My first thought was, FINALLY!!

[MoJo2001]

This from a guy that was opened to working in the Gore Administration. Powell will do something tomorrow to aggravate me. So? I'll enjoy this for the next couple of hours!

[PJ-Comix]

Secretary of State Colin Powell blasted the Clinton-Gore administration for not accepting a deal for Osama bin Laden's extradition from Sudan negotiated by Pakistani-American businessman Mansour Ijaz in the late 1990's.

Don Imus asked Joe Lieberman if had heard about this on his show and when Holy Joe claimed not to, Imus replied, "Oh yes you did!" The live audience meanwhile was booing Holy Joe.

Anybody else out there remember that recent interview?

[PJ-Comix]

I just found an account of Lieberman's phoney denial on the Imus show over on NEWSMAX. Here is Holy Joe lying through his teeth:

Sen. Joseph Lieberman , D-Conn., was roundly booed on Friday after claiming he was completely clueless about reports that the Sudan was ready to hand over Osama bin Laden to ex-President Clinton way back in 1996.

Appearing via phone on the "Imus in the Morning" radio show, Lieberman began by saying that he wanted an independent commission to probe the "really important question" of "what [President Bush] was told and when was he told it" about intelligence that could have forewarned of the 9-11 attacks.

But Imus, who was broadcasting from New Hampshire before a live audience, also wanted to know if Liebermann was interested in probing allegations that the previous administration passed up chances to avert 9-11.

IMUS: Is there any truth that during the Clinton administration the Sudan offered to turn over Osama bin Laden and the Clinton administration took a pass on it?

LIEBERMAN: I don't know. But that would be a ... (Live audience erupts in boos)

IMUS: Of course you know.

LIEBERMAN: Of course I don't know. (Reacting to the boos) Hey, who's up there? Who's in that audience?

IMUS: You might want to rethink that New Hampshire primary.

LIEBERMAN: I've got a feeling those may be Republicans. We're going for Independents and Democrats. (End of Excerpt)

Lieberman said that questions about the Clinton administration's role in failing to deal with the al-Qaeda threat could also be examined by an independent 9-11 commission.

But he suggested it wasn't likely that Clinton had passed up an offer to nab the terror chief, noting that the ex-president had signed an order authorizing U.S. forces to "go after Osama bin Laden personally."

[Prodigal Son]

Man, you know, the dem crowd is so lost to reality at this point they're just going to say "Well this is NewsMax- it can't be taken seriously". I wonder if there's going to be any press questions for algore regarding Powell's remarks.

On a side note, has anybody noticed lately that Powell seems (how to say?) more "comfortable" with(in) the administration? Like he's happier or maybe more confident that Dubya is going down the right track? Maybe it's just me.

[ChasingFletch]

Gore is clueless! He was out of the room ........too much iced tea. What an a$$! Go mend some fences, Al.