-Caveat Lector- http://www.newsmax.com/archive/print.shtml?a=2003/3/15/152136
NewsMax.com Saturday March 15, 2003; 3:08 p.m. EST Clinton Lost Nuke Launch Codes, Blew Bin Laden Attack Bill Clinton spent the better part of last week criticizing President Bush's prosecution of the war on terror. But the ex-president himself was accused on Saturday of losing U.S. nuclear launch codes necessary to defend America from a potential weapons of mass destruction attack - and even blowing an opportunity to kill Osama bin Laden. Citing a bombshell new book by White House whistleblower Lt. Col. Robert Patterson, who served as the president's military aide from 1996 to 1998, U.S. News & World Report reveals: "The day the Lewinsky scandal broke, Clinton was to trade in his 'biscuit' with the nuclear launch codes. But they were missing." "We never did get them back," says Patterson, author of "Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security." (Comment: I sure hope the codes were changed ASAP) Patterson's recollection of the national security bungle isn't the first report suggesting that Clinton had a casual attitude about the nuclear codes. In 1994, the American Spectator magazine revealed that he wanted to reward an Arkansas State trooper for not corroborating accounts from other troopers who said he'd used them to pick up women. The loyal trooper was offered the job of carrying the nuclear football, even though, according to colleagues, he had the tendency to break down and cry in stressful situations. According to Lt. Col. Patterson, Clinton was also unavailable to make a key decision to kill Osama bin Laden, a move that, if successful, could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. Incredibly, he claims, the ex-president ducked calls from the Situation Room to approve a 1998 Tomahawk cruise missile attack on bin Laden's lair, then waffled until it was too late. In 1996, Patterson claims, Clinton was "too busy watching a golf match" to sign off on a bombing mission in Iraq. In two speeches this week, the ex-president complained that the Bush White House hadn't been flexible enough in dealing with Saddam Hussein. "[Bush] sent 150,000 troops to the gulf, which convinced everybody we weren't serious about UN inspections," he told a Manhattan audience. "That's how we got into this political mess." At one point in his speech the ex-president even seemed to scorn his longtime friend and key U.S. ally, Prime Minister Tony Blair. "Some of the people in the Bush administration - they get buyers remorse over here," Clinton claimed. "They say, 'Oh my God. We just agreed to let that rascal [Saddam Hussein] stay there if he disarms and we want to get him out of there.' "We need to go to war here, right?," he continued. "So the only person who's really for the thing anymore is Tony Blair." Click here to listen to Bill Clinton's bombshell admission - embargoed by the mainstream press - that he turned down a deal to extradite bin Laden to the U.S. Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics: Clinton Scandals Saddam Hussein/Iraq Editor's note: "CATASTROPHE" Reveals Bill Clinton�s Role in 9/11 - Click Here to find out more Trooper Patterson�s tapes: "More Than Sex: Secrets of Bill & Hillary Revealed!" Click Here Now! -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
