yeah bfgn-- i guess "probably not" proves it, yes?-- "Probably not, and it would not have mattered anyway as there was no evidence at the time that bin Laden had committed any crimes against American citizens."-- no evidence to indict, like i said-- guess we just throw him back in the pool to swim with the rest of the sharks, yes?-- believe me, our intellegence services and those of the Western world knew of his crimes even then-- Billy-Boy was too busy getting his carrot cuffed that he didn't feel the need to rock the boat-- why bother when u can scare the natives with a few cruise missles, yes?-- just because we didn't have proof of crime doesn't mean that he didn't need killing-- of course, that was also a time when we looked at 'terrorism' as a crime and not war-- double tap on the noggin' would have suited us fine-- why not quote so more "probably nots"?-- u'r really puttin' my nuts in a vice here and i'm breaking out in a cold sweat especially by quoting that pogue Clarke-- Regards, probus
The 9/11 Commission found "no credible evidence" that Erwa had ever made such an offer.
AND, I am impressed with your 20/20 hindsight.
BUT..............if "our intellegence services and those of the Western world knew of his crimes" then WHY did Bush IGNORE numerous warnings of an imminent attack on the US?
You know, subtle warnings like:
Presidential Daily Briefing
August 6, 2001
bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US
OR...
By June 2001, there still hadn't been a Cabinet-level meeting on terrorism, even though U.S. intelligence was picking up an unprecedented level of ominous chatter.
The CIA director warned the White House, Clarke points out. "George Tenet was saying to the White House, saying to the president - because he briefed him every morning - a major al Qaeda attack is going to happen against the United States somewhere in the world in the weeks and months ahead. He said that in June, July, August."
Clarke says the last time the CIA had picked up a similar level of chatter was in December, 1999, when Clarke was the terrorism czar in the Clinton White House.
Clarke says Mr. Clinton ordered his Cabinet to go to battle stations-- meaning, they went on high alert, holding meetings nearly every day.
That, Clarke says, helped thwart a major attack on Los Angeles International Airport, when an al Qaeda operative was stopped at the border with Canada, driving a car full of explosives.
Clarke harshly criticizes President Bush for not going to battle stations when the CIA warned him of a comparable threat in the months before Sept. 11: "He never thought it was important enough for him to hold a meeting on the subject, or for him to order his National Security Adviser to hold a Cabinet-level meeting on the subject."
Finally, says Clarke, "The cabinet meeting I asked for right after the inauguration took place-- one week prior to 9/11."
