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I'm dying to ask why no one has brought up the Clinton pardon of the 17 Puerto Rican Terrorists
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Posted on 10/02/2001 11:22:59 PM PDT by GilGil
A few years ago Bill Clinton pardoned 17 Puerto Rican terrorists allegedly so that Hillary Clinton could get votes.
Some of these terrorists blew off the limbs of police officers. They maimed them. The palestinians watching this must have been emboldened thinking that if Clinton released murdering terrorists, and the Americans did not care, then blowing up the WTC could not be such a big deal.
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I am totally astonished that no one has raised this issue!
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posted on
10/02/2001 11:22:59 PM PDT
by
GilGil
To: GilGil
It's only about sex ...!
Actually, I've seen it here, but not in the media (SURPRIZE!)...
To: GilGil
Don't disprupt the national unity.
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posted on
10/02/2001 11:32:56 PM PDT
by
Asuryan
To: GilGil
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posted on
10/02/2001 11:39:03 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Asuryan
I hope this is a joke. Don't disrupt the national unity. PPPlllleeeaaasssseee. Imagine Hitler had not been killed, and the Germans were trying to rebuild the country. Someone raises the question of how the Germans got in this terrible mess and how not to get in it again. Someone else says that Hitler and his fellow idiots did this intentionally. You would then advise everyone to move on in order not to disrupt the national unity. That is completely nuts. We won't have any real natioal unity until we get rid of terrorist enablers like Clinton!!!!
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posted on
10/02/2001 11:40:31 PM PDT
by
GilGil
To: GilGil
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posted on
10/02/2001 11:45:06 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: GilGil
To: GilGil
Well, for one, the Puerto Ricans do not appear to be suspects.
For another, some of Puerto Rican decent were likely to have been victims.
Should we blame 9-11-01 on the IRA as well? Clinton gave Gerry Adams the red carpet treatment.
To: Tall_Texan
I think you miss the point. If the Palestinians saw that we release terrorists even if they kill people and maim police officers and the Americans don't care, then perhaps this encouraged them to do even more terror. After all, they did not risk too much punishment.
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posted on
10/02/2001 11:51:09 PM PDT
by
GilGil
To: GilGil
I wonder why no one has done a detailed investigation of the immigration applications that Clinton / Gore rushed through to get votes (See "Sell Out" by David Schippers).
How many of those cheered the attack?
Regards, Ivan
FreeBritannia.co.uk
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posted on
10/02/2001 11:52:49 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: GilGil
He's LOST his License to practice law for now, It's being appealed, he's sucking hind tit right about now, DESPERATELY TRYING to Drum up Support, don't worry 'bout it till you see him wearing a Diaper on his head...k?...good..s~
To: GilGil
I didn't miss the point. It just seemed rather weak. Why did the terrorists need any additional encouragement or motivation for their heinous deed than they already had? They're dead and Clinton's not around to pardon them.
I wouldn't be surprised if not one the hijackers was even AWARE of their Puerto Rican brothers. If they didn't do it for Allah, the hijackers probably found nothing in common with them.
To: GilGil
Exactly. Our last president showed weakness in releasing terrorists. It was extremely bad judgment and should be brought up. It should have been brought up while Pardongate was raging too.
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posted on
10/03/2001 1:50:04 AM PDT
by
Asuryan
To: GilGil
Michael Kelly (September 2, 1999)
Puerto Rico Surprise (FALN Pardon for Hillary's Senate Race) [Exceprt]
WITH ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION, it would be absurd to suspect that a president had acted against national security interests and perverted the course of justice to help his wife get out of the house and into the Senate. Ah, but this is the Clinton administration.Puerto Rican political activists, New York politicians representing Americans of Puerto Rican lineage and liberal human rights activists have long campaigned for clemency for the FALN prisoners. But this campaign was hampered by the awkward fact that none of the prisoners ever showed the slightest interest in expressing regret for the murders and maimings committed by FALN or in renouncing future acts of terror. (Indeed, Newsweek reports, U.S. Bureau of Prisons audio tapes have captured some of the prisoners saying they would return to violence upon release.)
So, it came as a surprise when, on Aug. 11, President Clinton offered to commute the sentences of all 16 prisoners. The offer was conditional; the prisoners would have to sign agreements to renounce violence, to admit that they had committed criminal acts and to agree not to associate with one another. Still, it was generous. Eleven prisoners would win immediate release. A 12th, originally sentenced to 55 years, would be released in five years. Three others, who have served their time, would have their unpaid fines canceled. And Oscar Lopez, the accused head of FALN, would be released after he had served another 10 years on a separate conviction for an escape attempt.
Cognoscenti of Clintonian ethics noted an evident self-interest in the president's decision; it was undeniable that the offer of even a conditional pardon would win Mrs. Clinton crucial Puerto Rican votes in her assumed Senate bid against lock-'em-up Rudy Giuliani. And it did seem odd that Clinton would choose precisely this moment to grant a petition that (as the White House itself noted) had been pining for his attention since 1993. It seemed odder still given that this president was not known for kindness to the incarcerated. Before this commutation, Clinton had used his presidential pardoning power all of two times. As governor of Arkansas, Clinton pardoned only seven inmates in his last nine years in office. As a presidential candidate in 1992, Clinton left the campaign trail to return to Arkansas for the execution of a profoundly brain-damaged black cop-killer.[End Excerpt]
To: MadIvan
I wonder why no one has done a detailed investigation of the immigration applications that Clinton / Gore rushed through to get votes (See "Sell Out" by David Schippers).More important, how many immigrants were granted citizenship without the FBI background check.
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posted on
10/03/2001 2:00:00 AM PDT
by
christie
To: GilGil
Good point. We need to shout from the rooftops on this subject now that NYC police officers are heros and the liberals are trying to blame our FBI and CIA for the terror acts. Some liberals haven't cared about national unity from the beginning:
Alleged terrorists? (Jennings); American Cowards? (Maher); "Don't call them terrorists"? (CNN); "We need to see their side"? (Hollywood); etc.
The hijackers were NYC cop killers and fireman killers. Wer're going to kill these cop and fireman killers under Bush. The Puerto Rican bombers were NYC cop killers. They were awarded freedom under Clinton.
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posted on
10/03/2001 2:22:07 AM PDT
by
#3Fan
To: MadIvan
An excellent question. The person to put on the griddle for that is Doris Meissner former head of the Immigration & Naturalization Service who did Gore's dirty work. She also handled the Elian Gonzalez matter. She was recently quoted as saying that checking up on expired visas and work permits was a waste of time.
Hope things are doing all right in "That garden, That sceptered isle, that England"
Regards,
To: Jimmy Valentine
Hope things are doing all right in "That garden, That sceptered isle, that England"
We have a beautiful autumn day here today - pure blue skies, golden sunshine - it is a good day to be alive and an Englishman. ;)
I have heard of Doris Meissner. However as she is a Clinton appointee, she may require truth serum to cough up.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
10/03/2001 5:06:28 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: MadIvan
Lit matches under her finger nails, more likely.
To: Jimmy Valentine
It was mentioned in this forum right after the September 11th attack. The congressional hearings for the Clinton terrorist release is a tear jerker. One injured police officer addressed the hearings. I wish C-Span would run it again. It was heartbreaking.
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