JBA this is some straaaange spin.. I don't get it..
"Mr. bin Laden used to live in Sudan. He was expelled from Saudi Arabia in 1991, then he went to Sudan.
Ok.. got the first part..
"And we'd been hearing that the Sudanese wanted America to start meeting with them again - they released him.
They released him.. OK.. this implys he was in jail. Maybe he meant they expelled him?.. They wanted him to leave their country.
"At the time, 1996, he had committed no crime against America[/size] so I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him,[/size] though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America.
I would appear the former President is saying the CIA knew Bin Laden had intent to harm the United States, but that .. on account of him not having commited any crimes at the time (1996) they had no way to convict him of anything..
Good Gravy! this is like Hitech and Skuzzy trying to explain what a beta test is..
"So I pleaded with the Saudis to take him, 'cause they could have. But they thought it was a hot potato and they didn't and that's how he wound up in Afghanistan."
Right. And in 1998 after the Kobie towers attack, the President ordered 70 cruise missiles launched on Bin Laden's main training camp. Only someone tipped him off to the incoming attack and he was able to escape in time.
As you pointed out in the article you posted yesterday, Clinton
STRONGLY advised Bush that his biggest concern would be Bin Laden.. Bush disagreed saying that his biggest concern would be missile defense. Urm... which one was right?
I didn't get an answer yesterday so I'll ask you. After the Cole attack in Nov. 2000, and the transition of presidents in Jan. 2001, Why was the hunt for Bin Laden stopped?..
Why were the ships parked of the coast of Pakistain recalled?
Why was the Hart/Rudman report recommending ways to counter terrorism shelved?
I know the answers but want to hear your take on it first.