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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (59924)	9/11/1999 7:38:00 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Clinton has to have lost his mind to set this bunch free. I think there was more sentiment for independence years ago, but they finally woke up to the fact that they are far better off not being independent. If there's too much hubbub welcoming back these "heroes", then perhaps immediate independence should be granted. Anyone who's unhappy being an American should definitely have the right to go.

To: Ish who wrote (59924)	9/12/1999 2:42:00 PM
From: BDR	Respond to of 67261

Aw, but their return is so sweet. Touching really. All that time in prison and all they did was set off 130 bombs and kill six people. Returning Puerto Ricans Bewildered By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press Writer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Elizam Escobar searched deeply into his past as he greeted friends and relatives whose faces had aged and voices had changed during the nearly two decades he'd been away in prison. ''Do you remember me?'' asked a man who hugged Escobar in his first hours of freedom Saturday in his homeland of Puerto Rico. A glint of recognition, then an avalanche of memories, as Escobar, a graphic artist from New York, gave his friend a bear hug at his mother's house. Joy and bewilderment filled Escobar and six other Puerto Rican nationalists who came home to this Caribbean island over the weekend. They were among 14 who had accepted a controversial clemency offer from President Clinton. Two more were to arrive later Sunday. All had been imprisoned on sedition and weapons convictions stemming from their involvement in the Armed Forces of National Liberation, a pro-independence group blamed for 130 bombings in the United States that killed six people and wounded dozens of others from 1974 to 1983. As they returned home to a flurry of hugs and homecooked meals, the former prisoners were able to forget, for the moment, the political firestorm surrounding their case....