1996

The State Department warned Bill Clinton that Osama bin Laden would be even more dangerous in Afghanistan than he was in the Sudan and the Clinton Administration did nothing.

Sounds about right. From the NYT:

'The State Department intelligence analysts said in a top-secret assessment on Mr. bin Laden that summer that "his prolonged stay in Afghanistan - where hundreds of 'Arab mujahedeen' receive terrorist training and key extremist leaders often congregate--could prove more dangerous to U.S. interests in the long run than his three-year liaison with Khartoum," in Sudan.'

It seems now that all the people who placed 9/11 blame at the feet of the Bush Administration--even though the President had only been in office for eight months--have a large amount of egg on their faces. It was the Clinton team that failed miserably to protect America and Americans from bin Laden, Atta and their ilk.

The Clinton White House even refused, on three different occassions, offers made by the Sudanese government to hand bin Laden over to American officials. Of course, Clinton and his acolytes dispute this claim because It sheds even more light on their stupidity.

Here's the best quote from the NYT piece:

'Several former senior officials in the Clinton administration did not return phone calls this week seeking comment on the newly declassified documents.'

This is what I've been telling you. We cannot trust the Democrats on matters of national security. It seems to me that Cindy Sheehan should have more of a problem with Bill Clinton than with George Bush. If there is one man responsible for the death of her son, it's Clinton.