Quick! Look at this before RimJob deletes it

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976039/posts

White House Approved Departure of Saudis After Sept. 11, Ex-Aide Says

To: Beelzebubba

Yikes! This could be ugly...

Why is it the Saudi's keep popping up around this terrorism thing? And why the heck were we so quick about shipping out relatives of Bin Laden.

The "it's for their safety" angle doesn't feel right.

Hmmmm.....


3 posted on 09/04/2003 12:06 PM PDT by Damocles (sword of...)
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To: expatpat

The White House needs to supply answers.


4 posted on 09/04/2003 12:06 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Beelzebubba

"Our friends" murdered 3000 Americans and then were allowed to purchase the chairman of the 911 investigation.

Apparently Americans will tolerate anything.


5 posted on 09/04/2003 12:08 PM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear....)
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To: Beelzebubba

Richard Clark was the former White House cybersecurity czar. What position he would be in to permit Saudis to leave the country immediately after the 911 attacks is questionable. The imporant thing to keep in mind is that he is an ex-White House staffer and the currently employed WH personel operate under a virtual cone of silence.

White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke to retire - JANUARY 27, 2003


To: cksharks

The point was, at the time they made special arraingements to let them go, the FBI COULD NOT have been certain that these people WERE NOT material witnesses having valuable knowledge of Osama's activities. The Administration bowed to pressure from the Saudi govt


more...but not for long methinks

[TacticalPeek]

1. Fleeting truths? n/t

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. That was interesting

to say the least

[ixion]

3. Nice to hear the freepers coming to their senses

and realizing that maybe the chimp in chief isn't as godly as they all think he is.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

4. Bush was in business with the Bin Ladens

and Cheney had deals with the Taliban didn't he? Why aren't the candidates talking about this EVERY DAY???

[Badger1]

5. Not new

Michael Moore has been saying this for over two years. I was wondering how long till someone would finally listen and start asking some damn questions. This media just amazes me.

[robbedvoter]

7. New witness. Important, since snopes discredited the older story

It's a new confirmation. From what I read over there, they are justifying this accusing Schumer/Clinton of letting OBL go (unlike the fearless leader). I don't see any willingness to consider the facts - the one who does - sort of - is labeled DU-er and disruptor.

[NNN0LHI]

10. Kind of proves that Snopes is as full of shit as Bush. Doesn't it? n/t

[liberalhistorian]

6. Well, knock me down with a feather,

the freeps in the fascist kindergarten training ground are actually questioning Shrub and the WH! My favorite part was a poster's statement that "Apparently, Americans will tolerate anything." Imagine that, a freep agreeing with us, lol!

Of course, you just knew there'd be the obligatory "the Dems will hold things like this close to the vest until the last days of the election" type of shit. Like the Dems have total power over what the media reports and when it reports it. And like it's not Shrub's and Asskroft's doing to begin with. I'm really surprised there hasn't yet been the obligatory "it's Klintoon's fault" type of statement.

[kimchi]

8. There was, at the end.

Something about Clinton not going after Bin Forgotten the 12 (yes, that is twelve) times he could have captured him. Jeez, I love the way these guys "sex up" their lies.

[liberalhistorian]

14. That's probably the only "sex"

they're ever getting, lol!

[bunk76]

9. Me thinks.....

Dr.Eckleburg should cut back on his dosage.

:evilgrin:

[NNN0LHI]

11. They sure love their kool-aid at freaKrepublic. Don't they?

Wonder what the flavor of the month is over there?

Don

[JHB]

12. Original Article

White House Approved Departure of Saudis After Sept. 11, Ex-Aide Says
By ERIC LICHTBLAU


WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 — Top White House officials personally approved the evacuation of dozens of influential Saudis, including relatives of Osama bin Laden, from the United States in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks when most flights were still grounded, a former White House adviser said today.

The adviser, Richard Clarke, who ran the White House crisis team after the attacks but has since left the Bush administration, said he agreed to the extraordinary plan because the Federal Bureau of Investigation assured him that the departing Saudis were not linked to terrorism. The White House feared that the Saudis could face "retribution" for the hijackings if they remained in the United States, Mr. Clarke said.

The fact that relatives of Mr. bin Laden and other Saudis had been rushed out of the country became public soon after the Sept. 11 attacks. But questions have lingered about the circumstances of their departure, and Mr. Clarke's statements provided the first acknowledgment that the White House had any direct involvement in the plan and that senior administration officials personally signed off on it.

Mr. Clarke first made his remarks about the plan in an article in Vanity Fair due out Thursday, and he expanded on those remarks today in an interview and in Congressional testimony. The White House said today that it had no comment on Mr. Clarke's statements.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/04/politics/04SAUD.html

[Don_G]

13. Odd....

It's still there and they're still replying.

All of them are still "dog nuts" though.