EY>> Judy: I think Lawrence means that if the CIA hadn't been cut the War on >> Iraq wouldn't have taken place. > Probably true. Probably Though that Clinton lied to the 9/11 Commission > is even more startling. Startling but not a significant lie by his > standards. Eric, my comment has nothing to do with lies and is neither an attack on nor a defence of clinton. You are *obsessed*. >>>>>>>>>> > Transcript of Clinton's admission: > > We'd been hearing that the Sudanese wanted America to start dealing with > them again. > > They released him. At the time, 1996, he had committed no crime against > America so I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to > hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America. <<<<<<<<<<< I take it Clinton was telling the truth ("At the time...no basis...America")? Now, of course, bin Laden could be put in Gitmo like everybody else you have no justification for holding. Pity Clinton didn't set it up, you think? Judy Evans, Cardiff ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html