Clinton, Bush Inaction cited: 9/11 panel

[emad]

Tuesday March 23, 2004 2:16 PM

By HOPE YEN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Clinton and Bush administrations' failure to pursue military action against al-Qaida operatives allowed the Sept. 11 terrorists to elude capture despite warning signs years before the attacks, a federal panel said Tuesday.

The Clinton administration had early indications of terrorist links to Osama bin Laden and future Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed as early as 1995, but let years pass as it pursued criminal indictments and diplomatic solutions to subduing them abroad, it found.

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More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3894032,00.html

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

1. Yahoo news said the same thing.

It's pissing me off that they are always able to blame it on Clinton.
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[rooboy]

4. As sad as it is, Clinton will get some vindication later...

when the current administration fails to stop the next attack. Wouldn't surprise me if * got impeached after it happens, either...

[Tellurian]

11. Impeach Them All!

A Co-Conspiracy leaving the country vulnerable to a terrorist attack is unconscionable and DOES reach the threshold of High Crimes and Misdemeanors.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

16. Which is why the next attack won't happen

until after Kerry gets inaugurated.

[kysrsoze]

19. Just be patient, Grasshopper.

There are LOTS of people scheduled to testify over the next couple of days, including Clarke, Tenet, William Cohen, Rumsfeld, etc. I can't wait to see Rumsfeld perjur himself. I REALLY want Condi and * on the stand.

[FlaGranny]

20. I wonder why Clinton didn't do more. Do you think

it might have anything to do with the witch hunt and impeachment? Me too.

[snippy]

2. Did they say which president received the August 6, 2001 briefing?

[madrchsod]

5. i think that

was president "clenis". bush wasn`t the president untill later in the morning of 9-11.

[UpInArms]

3. AP lost credibilty

with me shortly after this mal-administration took office when it started doing "releases" in the middle of the night that told me what the news for the next day were -

The one that comes to mind that started this loss of credibility was when Cheney had his heart installed, there were then daily reports of what he did (met with so and so at 8:00) looking "well" and blah blah blah

So this is just more propaganda to get out ahead of the real story.

:mad:

[snippy]

7. The Tin Man got a heart?

Next thing you know Rummy will get a brain and Condi and her little dog Colin will get to go home.

[emulatorloo]

12. LOL

thanx I needed that. . .

[wabeewoman]

17. Agreed!

I consider AP as just another faux. They have taken to slanting their news so badly. Where is UPI? Is it still around?

[UpInArms]

18. UPI is owned by Rev Moon

along with a few hundred other rightwing nutmags - :puke:

[emad]

6. Addendum:

"Scheduled to testify Wednesday are CIA director George Tenet; Rice's predecessor, Clinton national security adviser Sandy Berger; and a new witness added Tuesday to fill Rice's slot, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. On that day, the panel will review intelligence and national policy coordination."

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[dbt]

8. Where the hell is Condoleeeezza Rice?

Why won't she testify? Hell, the panel even agreed not to put her under oath, and now the bitch is a no-show.

:wtf: is going on here?

:argh:
dbt

I believe the phrase back in the (Clinton) day was "If he has nothing to hide, he shouldn't fear an investigation."

[Tellurian]

9. Responsibility for inaction lies squarely at the feet of Bush and Cheney..

Al Gore, personally, handed 'The Hart-Rudman Commission Report on Terrorism' to Dick Cheney before he left the White House. The report specifically outlined and made recommendations for prevention addressing the weaknesses in our domestic and international defense systems.

http://dir.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/09/12/bush/index.html

The Bush/Cheney personal agenda was how to get to Iraqi OIL-

They knew the only way was through the power and might of our military to successfully depose their no longer useful 80's protege, Saddam-

The Hart-Rudman Commission report provided confirmation an attack was eminent in the near future. All The Bush Administration needed was TO WAIT for opportunity to knock and eventually spin the threat Iraq-

Case Closed-

[hyphenate]

10. Regardless of whatever Clinton

knew or wanted to do, the f**king GOP congress prevented him from taking action by concentrating instead on impeachment over a blowjob, and phrasing any talk on terrorism as "wagging the dog." Now, the Bush misadministration is giving the whole WORLD a blowjob, and over 3600 people have died as a result of the GOP's obnoxiousness, hatred, double standards and lies.

[tjwash]

13. They're toast and they know it.

Totally grasping at straws, and are too chickenshit to even try to get the big dog on the stand. He would run circles around them like he did before.

Counterterrorism was the big dogs top priority and Kaiser Ashcroft bumped it down out of the top 7.

Bush is having a rude awakening right now that he can not invoke the Clenis for all of his screwups anymore.

[fob]

14. ...as early as 1995, but let years pass...

Ah, too bad the gop congress wouldn't pass the anti-terror legislation in 1996. Thanks Orrin Hatch and your band of thugs!

The blame should be laid squarely on Newt Gingrich, Lott, Hatch, bush*, cheney et al, NOT CLINTON!!

[Tellurian]

21. May They All Burn in ....

The blood of the dead and maimed soldiers and civilians is on their hands.

[snippy]

22. I agree. What was Congress investigating in the late 90's?

[lancdem]

15. I read the article

It's not a as bad as the headline indicates. BTW, Clinton himself has said he wishes he had done more to catch bin Laden. At least Bush is not being cleared. And this isn't the final report.