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To: E. T. who wrote (191721)	10/13/2001 8:58:03 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Last paragraph of Slate story: On balance, I'd say that before 1998, the Clinton administration was negligent about Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan, and the threat from terrorism generally. But so were lots of others, including almost all of those blaming Clinton now. And there's no way to prove that a higher level of concern would have been substantially likely to prevent or mitigate what happened on Sept. 11. Clinton could have done more. But whether it would have made any difference, no one can really say.

To: E. T. who wrote (191721)	10/13/2001 9:47:47 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

mr. bill in No Rush to Probe Past Intelligence Failures Ex-president Bill Clinton, who's been under fire lately for not going after Osama bin Laden agressively enough during his own administration, said Friday that the U.S. should stay focused on the war on terrorism and not get distracted by investigations into past U.S. intelligence failures. "There will come a time we can look back and say, 'Well, who should have done what when.' And it ought to be done," Clinton told ABC's "Good Morning America." "But now is not the time," he insisted. Clinton's words appeared to be aimed at Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, who called for a board of inquiry on Thursday into the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, saying the U.S. needed to find out why it was so vulnerable. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, Clinton has seemed obsessed with dodging responsibility for any U.S. intelligence lapses, and has even stopped passers-by on the street to describe his own efforts to get bin Laden. newsmax.com tom watson tosiwmee