The very phrasing of what you quoted reveals this so-called "the record" you posted, to be a partisan spin-site.
When I clicked on your link... it'a a blog !
When you said "the record", I was expecting an excerpt from a congressional transcript, an intelligence report, or even an editorial assessment by the New York Times or Washington Post. Not even ! A blog !
Quote: Matter-eater Man said (quoting the blog entry):
-- Stopped cold the planned attack to blow up 12 U.S. jetliners simultaneously.
I thought the FBI did that.
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-- Tried to kill Osama bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda through preemptive strikes (efforts denounced by the G.O.P. ).
Far from the truth, Republicans have criticized Clinton for blowing several opportunities to arrest or kill Bin Ladin. As I detailed in my post above.
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-- Brought perpetrators of first World Trade Center bombing and CIA killings to justice.
These actions were detailed in the Road to 9-11 program. It was law enforcement that brought the terrorists in, I don't know to what degree Clinton can claim any personal responsibility for their capture.
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-- Did not blame Bush I administration for first World Trade Center bombing even though it occurred 38 days after they had left office. Instead, worked hard, even obsessively -- and successfully -- to stop future terrorist attacks.
That's very funny, because the Democrats invented the blame-game regarding terror, after 9-11.
It was only after the Democrats initiated the blame-game that Republicans countered, saying many of the things blamed on Bush and Republicans were actually bungled by the Clinton administration.
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-- Created a national stockpile of drugs and vaccines including 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine.
That begs the question: if Clinton created this stockpile, why are authorities under Bush struggling to stockpile them now?
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-- Barton Gellman of the Washington Post put it best, "By any measure available, Clinton left office having given greater priority to terrorism than any president before him" and was the "first administration to undertake a systematic anti-terrorist effort."
I don't doubt that Clinton did some things right regarding terrorism. But when liberal Democrats launch the crap they have toward Bush, bitterly heaping all the blame on Bush, then they should damn well expect the record to be set straight, that Clinton had many failings regarding terrorism and national security, and have no high ground from which to point fingers at Republicans.
What I recall from the Clinton years is how many lifetime Washington bureaucrats were enraged by Clinton's utter contempt for national security.
I have a huge problem with the contrasting liberal spin, that Clinton was this bold visionary on the pulse of national security, guarding it at every turn.
I find that pretty hard to reconcile with Clinton's status as a draft evader, who openly protested the Vietnam war, and the way he slashed military forces and spending once he became President.
