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To: E. Charters who wrote (82454)	2/23/2002 7:21:16 PM
From: Alex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116753

Cut this from a post on another web site. Have no idea if the info provided is valid or not, but I'm sure that it will stir some discussion here. Gotta make ya wonder though........... Subject: Iran-Contra affair At a lecture the other day we were shown an old news video(1987) of Lt. Co. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan Administration. There was Ollie North in front of God and country getting the third degree, but what he said was stunning! He was being drilled by some senior senator, "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?" Ollie repied,"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 ask. "Because the lives of my family and I were threaten, sir." Threaten? By whom?" the senator questioned. "By a terrorist, sir." Ollie answered. "Terrorist? What terrorist could 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 a 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. If any one is interested, the senator was none other than Al Gore.