RE: It was 1987...

You might want to look at snopes.com to verify this.  They classify it as an
urban legend.

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Lewis [mailto:clewis@iquest.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:22 AM
> To: Midrange-Nontech
> Subject: It was 1987...
>
>
> Anyone remember this? It was 1987!
>
> 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
>
>
>            ------------------------------------------------
> Also: 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.
>
>
> If you agree that the American public must be made aware of this fact,
> pass this on.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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