"In the 1970s, revelations about CIA assassination plots led to strict prohibitions against U.S.-sponsored assassinations. "
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"After watching all of his party's anti-Iraq war, anti-Bush grandstanding bearing little fruit, Bill Clinton couldn't take it anymore. His temper tantrum unleashed on Chris Wallace was his way of telling the party, "Watch and learn kiddies. This is how it's done." Specifically, this is how you handle the whole "Democrats are weak on defense and terrorism" perception. He didn't really say anything other Democrats have not already said. But, he did it with passion and conviction. He made it believable. He made it real. He made it personal. THAT is how you get votes. Ideology gets you nowhere unless you know how to make it personal. Bill Clinton understands this."
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/10/02/news_opinion/left_right/83cb9cf0f23ff6cf862571fb001413e2.txt---------------------------------------------
"“In 1998 bin Laden declared the fifth jihad against the U.S.,†Regan said.
In response, Clinton said it was OK if bin Laden was killed in crossfire or collateral damage, but said it was illegal to assassinate him, Regan said.
In 2001, bin Laden was again brought to the attention of the United States when Sudan asked for help to arrest him.
“We didn’t have the evidence to convict bin Laden,†Regan said, “so again Clinton said it was illegal to assassinate him.â€
The first major success at preventing a terrorist attack during the Clinton administration occurred in 1999."
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In his role of CBS News terrorism analyst, Scheuer was asked to comment on Clinton's Sunday performance. To claim that the CIA could not verify that bin Laden was responsible for the attack on the USS Cole, said Scheuer, "the former president seems able to deny facts with impunity."
Scheuer continued: "He defames the CIA ... and the men and women who risked their lives to give their administration repeated chances to kill bin Laden." Asked whether Bush was no less responsible for letting bin Laden escape from Tora Bora in Afghanistan, Scheuer replied: "The fact of the matter is that the Bush administration had one chance that they botched and the Clinton administration had eight to 10 chances that they refused to try. At least at Tora Bora, our forces were on the ground."
http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/79586,CST-EDT-novak02.article............................................................................
"Clinton essentially said he tried hard to kill bin Laden, and got “closer†than anyone else. He correctly pointed out that the Bush administration made no try on bin Laden during the eight months and three weeks leading up to 9/11."
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Well....
Are we mad at Clinton for trying to revive the Assination program , or for not getting the assination program up and usefull?
