Hillary's Car Mistaken for Terrorist Vehicle
With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
For the story behind the story...
Tuesday Oct. 16, 2001; 12:12 p.m. EDT
Hillary's Car Mistaken for Terrorist Vehicle
A Westchester County, New York police officer, who was injured
Sunday while trying to stop a van carrying Hillary Clinton that
had run a Westchester County Airport security check point, said
the vehicle was driving so fast he feared it was a terrorist
attack.
"I didn't know if we had a terrorist," Officer Ernest Dymond told
the Washington Times late Tuesday, about the troubling incident
that has been largely hushed up by most of the rest of the media.
When he learned that he'd stopped, not a terrorist, but Mrs.
Clinton, Dymond said he "was even more agitated that (her Secret
Service driver), of all people, should have known" better than to
run the check point.
According to Dymond, Mrs. Clinton's car came barreling toward the
check point at a full 35 mph. Dymond was so concerned that he was
witnessing a terror attack that he risked life and limb by
running alongside the fast-moving vehicle while pounding on the
windows.
"What the hell are you doing?" Dymond reportedly shouted at
Clinton and her driver as he clung to the black van. Only after
Dymond threw his shoulder into the vehicle while banging on its
side did Clinton's car come to a halt about 100 yards beyond the
checkpoint, the Times said.
It's not clear whether Sen. Clinton ordered the car to keep going
despite Dymond's repeated orders to halt, but the officer told
the Times her driver was "quite agitated" when he was stopped and
ordered to produce identification.
Secret Service sources later described the altercation as the
result of "a misuderstanding," with Clinton's driver confused
about whether he had clearance to proceed or not.
Sen. Clinton's office did not return a call seeking an
explanation why she declined to immediately order her driver to
stop upon Officer Dymond's order.
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