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Subject: Our Government at work. > > Anyone remember this? > It was 1987. At a lecture the other day they were > playing an old news video of Lt. Col. Oliver North > testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the > Reagan Administration. There was Ollie in front of > God and country getting the third degree, but what > he said was stunning! He was being drilled by some > senator, "Did you not recently spend close to > $60,000 for a home security system?" > > Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir." > > The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of > the audience, "Isn't that just a little excessive." > "No, sir," continued Ollie. > "No? And why not?" the senator asked. > "Because the lives of my family and I were > threatened, sir." > "Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned > "By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered. > "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you > that much?" > "His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied. > At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, > but couldn't pronounce it, which most people back > then probably couldn't. A couple of people laughed > at the attempt. Then the senator continued. > "Why are you so afraid of this man?" the senator > asked. > "Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that > I know of", Ollie answered. > "And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked > the senator. > "Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend > that an assassin team be formed to eliminate him and > his men from the face of the earth." > The senator disagreed with this approach, and that > was all that was shown of the clip. > By the way, that senator was Al Gore. > > > Also: > Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in > Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and > imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with > the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree > to release so-called "political prisoners". > However, the Israelis would not release any with > blood on their hands. The American President at the > time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, > Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners > be released. Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and > eventually > thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One > of the World Trade Center. This was reported > by many of the American TV networks at the time that > the terrorists were first identified. It was > censored in the US from all later reports.
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