Clinton Administration Counter Terrorism Initiative

I. Actions Already Announced by the President

(1) Pass the Omnibus Counter-Terrorism Act of 1995
(2) Provide more tools to federal law enforcement agencies fighting terrorism
(3) Conduct terrorism threat assessment of every federal facility in the country within the next 60 days
(4) Direct GSA to replace the federal building in Oklahoma City.
(5) Direct the FBI Director, the Attorney General, and the National Security Adviser to prepare a Presidential Decision Directive authorizing any and all further steps necessary to combat foreign and domestic terrorism.

II. New Legislative Proposals

(1) INVESTIGATIONS
(2) PROSECUTION
(3) PENALTIES

Clinton Administration Counter Terrorism Initiative



Claim: The Clinton administration failed to track down the perpetrators of several terrorist attacks against Americans.
Status: False.

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/clinton.htm


Clinton NSC attacks Miniter

President Clinton's Speech on Terrorist Attacks

Quote:

But while the president pushed for quick legislation, Republican lawmakers hardened their stance against some of the proposed anti-terrorism measures.


Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, doubted that the Senate would rush to action before they recess this weekend. The Senate needs to study all the options, he said, and trying to get it done in the next three days would be tough.

One key GOP senator was more critical, calling a proposed study of chemical markers in explosives "a phony issue."


President wants Senate to hurry with new anti-terrorism laws



1998-99

-- Clinton sponsors legislation to freeze the financial assets of international organizations suspected of funneling money to bin Laden's Al Qaeda network, but it is killed, on behalf of big banks, by Republican Senator Phil Gramm of Texas. George Bush will later call for identical legislation

-- but only after September 11, 2001.

The truth is that prior to 9/11, terrorism really wasn't on most Americans radar. So it's pretty easy to slander Clinton for doing nothing about it as you wearn't focused on it anyways and don't remeber what he did. And along comes the propagandists and liars of the far right to [set you straight]. To most Americans, terrorism went hand in hand with "foreign policy" which true to form was mostly ignored by most.

I happened to remeber that derisive " Clinton obsessed with Bin Laden" quote from the TIME magazine article "The secret History". Another example of the Bush's fatal contempt for any Clinton program and how and why they totally missed the boat pre-9/11. You know, as I said, all this is not new. You guys just refuse to pay attention to anything against Bush. But i'm the only biased one here...

Remember, it is Clinton/Gore who gave unlimited access to the 9/11 panel UNDER OATH. Bush and his Administration is just the opposite. So who has what to hide??

Last edited by whomod; 2004-03-23 5:32 PM.