it's a hoax. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marina MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 2:47 PM Subject: Re: Thoughts from the past
> gees.....how scary is that? mml > > Scott MacLean wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > > 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. >
