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Monday, March 08, 2004 WHY S. 1290? _________________________________________KERRY CAMPAIGN AD: “John Kerry … The new Senator … [w]ho sounded the alarm on terrorism years before 9/11.”  (John Kerry For President, “Courage,” Campaign Television Commercial, 9/9/03)YOU CALL S. 1290 SOUNDING ALARM?September 29, 1995: Kerry Proposed S. 1290, Gutting $1.5 Billion From Intelligence Budget.  The bill “[r]educe[d] the Intelligence budget by $300 million in each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.”  S. 1290 had no cosponsors and never made it to the floor for a vote.    (S. 1290, Introduced 9/29/95)Kerry Proposal Came Two Years After Largest Terrorist Attack...

EVEN FELLOW DEMOCRATS WARNED KERRY ABOUT HIS DANGEROUS CUTS Kerry’s Senate Colleagues Warned His 1994 Six Billion Dollar Intelligence Cut Proposal Was Too Deep And Ignored Terrorist Threats _______________________________________________________________________FELLOW DEMOCRATS WARNED AND ADMONISHED KERRYSen. Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), Chairman Of Senate’s Select Committee On IntelligenceKerry Amendment Would Cut Intelligence Budget By Six Billion Dollars.  “Mr. President, the Kerry amendment includes a $1 billion cut in fiscal year 1994 and $5 billion over the next 5 years from intelligence activities.”  (Sen. Dennis DeConcini [D-AZ], Congressional Record, 2/10/94, p. S1360)Senate Already Slashed Intelligence For FY 1994.  “Last year I was able to put...