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Richard Clarke admits authorizing departure of bin Laden flight

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Posted by Mike 2004-05-27 9:29:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Scum-sucking Lying WEASEL. Think the press and Hardball will note this F**king Liar's lies? Not if it helps W in November. What liberal media?

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-27 9:39:06 AM|| 2004-05-27 9:39:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Uh, he just admitted he committed perjury before the 911 Commission. I wonder if commission members will demand prosecution?

Posted by ed 2004-05-27 9:47:06 AM|| 2004-05-27 9:47:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Ed, do you think they'll even be able to figure it out?

Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-27 9:47:58 AM|| 2004-05-27 9:47:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Try finding this on the front page of any major newspaper. Hold your breath waiting for Brokaw/Jennings/Rather to mention it.

Posted by Infidel Bob 2004-05-27 11:13:56 AM|| 2004-05-27 11:13:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 This should be above-the-fold, front page news after all the lies and deceit this asswipe spewed during his week and a half of fame.

Richard Clarke is an worthless piece of shit and so is the partisan media if they don't give this story it's due.

Posted by Chris W. 2004-05-27 11:41:41 AM|| 2004-05-27 11:41:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I believe this runs exactly counter to a statement made in M. Moore's most recent "documentary." I think this should be passed around to the Academy voters, too.

Speaking of Hardball, you can email the show.

Posted by eLarson 2004-05-27 11:45:14 AM|| 2004-05-27 11:45:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 âI take responsibility for it..."

âThe request came to me, and I refused to approve it.â

It's very simple, guys: he voted against it before he voted for it.

Seriously, it sounds as if he didn't want to approve it before he'd heard from the FBI. Once the FBI was satisfied, he approved it. Nothing inherently contradictory there, just weaseling before the Commission. (Of course, the FBI says they had nuttin' to do with it.)

What's more striking to me is that I've heard people (like Moore) say that the Bin Ladens were taken out of the country before flights were allowed to resume again on the 14th (13th?) This says the flight didn't take place until the 20th. That's forever, on the timescale we're talking here. The article has Clarke going on and on about how he was calling the shots in those first few hours. The flight was more than a week later.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-05-27 11:47:23 AM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-05-27 11:47:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 thanks elarson, I did my email to them...we'll see an entire one-hour show about Clarke's lies, I'm sure....

****crickets chirping****

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-27 11:55:07 AM|| 2004-05-27 11:55:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 I cannot find the source, but I remember reading after 9-11 that FBI agents wanted to question members of the Bin Laden family in Boston, but they were spirited out of the country and the FBI agents were furious. That is my recollection of the article.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-05-27 11:59:29 AM|| 2004-05-27 11:59:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 I sent the link, too, just for fun. At least some producer will have to trip over them as they read all their invitations for pr0n and vmagra. :)

Posted by eLarson 2004-05-27 12:04:55 PM|| 2004-05-27 12:04:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I suspect the only reason Clark didn't immediately approve the exit visas was to up the bidding. That's what Signor Ferrari would have done.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-05-27 12:19:04 PM|| 2004-05-27 12:19:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Alaska Paul --- Michael Moore was one of those who spread this around. There's a summary of the rumors here. It's still pretty confusing, though. Richard Clarke is mentioned toward the end.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-05-27 2:09:49 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-05-27 2:09:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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