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Re:Yes, it is that bad.
Since it appears we have reached the point where too many Americans believe things like Hillary is running a child sex slave ring on Mars
...Nobody believes that - there's no money for the Clintons to be made running a child sex slave ring on Mars - besides, Bill would be more likely to pay to ride the Lolita Express.
Hell, remember the effort the US made to land the 2022 World Cup? The US sent Bill Clinton and Eric Holder to FIFA.
FIFA picked Qatar.
Holder got even, but, to the surprise of absolutely no one, Bill Clinton got paid (from the pages of the Clinton Foundation itself!).
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Re:Voting booths are not the bottleneck.
Step 1. Underallocate resources to a district containing voters of the wrong team. Step 2. When voting lines are huge and many voters are turned away, blame the voters themselves for the long lines because they are unprepared and undeserving of a vote.
You apparently can't read. I strongly oppose both those things. Where we disagree is the means of preventing it. You propose giving the federal government more and more control, and redistributing money. I'm saying: this is a local and state problem, and it needs to be solved by local communities and states.
There is something the federal government can do: outlaw voting machines and mandate paper ballots. That lowers costs, means districts merely need more volunteers, and reduces the ability to commit widespread fraud. Instead, organizations like the Clinton Foundation have been getting in bed with voting machine manufacturers.
Step 3. Use your newfound political power to apply this tactic on a national level and systematically rig the system to end democracy.
Actually, that is exactly what you are proposing, namely by giving the federal government more and more power relative to local and state government. You invent all sorts of fanciful injustices and purposes to justify that. That's how the federal government gets its "newfound power" to corrupt democracy in the first place: people like you give it that power. It's textbook fascism.
Hopefully that's not too vague for you. But it is repulsive to me.
You're a repulsive fascist prick, compounded by the fact that you don't even realize it. I hope that is not too vague for you.
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Re:Tip #1:
Avoid trump.edu
Come to think of it, avoid donaldjtrump.com as well. Total scam. Preys on the underemployed and under-educated
That's why I only trust https://www.clintonfoundation..... They only prey on greedy CEOs and corrupt officials from foreign nations, they don't go after the small people.
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Re:Good
Regarding investigating the Clinton Foundation, there has been substantial leaks about their financial shenanigans that seem to be underreported, see: https://www.clintonfoundation....
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Re: OMG that's a dodgy check
In addition to the foundation's annual reports, Charity Navigator also reviews their independently audited financial statements and 990 forms, here. You'll need to move on to the foundation lying to the federal government and buying off the auditors.
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Re: Can we see this evidence?
You claim that I made up those statements
No. From the start I said maybe you didn't made up those statements. Right from the start I claimed it was either you making it up, or that you quoted someone. But you keep claiming that i said you made it up. I never claimed it was you, I claimed it was you or someone else (duh), but you keep putting words on my mouth.
If you cannot mount a compelling case (...) then you don't have a case, and HRC is presumed innocent.
If you look for information yourself, the chances of getting an understanding of things and believing your understanding is better. I wrongly assumed you wanted that and not just an excuse to say she's innocent. That's why the nudge and not the links list. So here is the case.
Benghazi:
Search terms on youtube: Hillary Clinton Benghazi (as stated before), but you refused to search .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaENYYQIAKE (this is a short one with some points);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUObFqU5cgE (another one focused on the troublesome parts);
full hearing.
On supporting terrorism:
Hillary's email saying Qatar and the Saudis are financing terrorism
Who is to blame for the rise of ISIL - not directly related to Clinton but important to understand ISIS;
Military intervention in Syria email from 2011 - also not Clinton, but to give an understanding of what the "moderate rebels" the USG under Obama supports are supposed to do ("commit guerrilla attacks, assassination campaigns, try to break the back of the Alawite forces, elicit collapse from within");
The three above are to make it explicit that everyone (in her circles) knows who the Saudis are and what the regime change the US is pursuing does to people. It is common knowledge.
Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton's State Department;
Contributor and Grantor Information from Clinton Foundation the Saudis donated between 10 and 25M;
Qatar giving 1M to Bill Clinton (Qatar, the ones she says are financing terrorism);The secret information mishandling should be one of those clear cut cases of too powerful to answer to justice. They clearly said that the reason they would not prosecute was lack of intent, not lack of proof it was done.
Rep. Gowdy Q&A - Oversight of the State Department (short video)
The actual FBI statement on the case. They didn't say she didn't commit the crime, just that no prosecutor would prosecute. They also explain what the crimes would be in the case ("Our investigation looked at whether there is evidence classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on that personal system, in violation of a federal statute making it a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a grossly negligent way, or a second statute making it a misdemeanor to knowingly remove classified information from appropriate systems or storage facilities."). That's why sometimes we are not sure what the crime is. Because US law is overly intricate. -
Re:Well that was a well balanced summary
how did the database of donors for The Clinton Foundation get stolen?
Why wouldn't a charitable it-takes-a-global-village foundation publicly list its donors? So it's closely connected to the Sec of State and, um, never mind.
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Re:Clinton Foundation?
According to their financial report:
https://www.clintonfoundation....
They had $95 million in payroll, $12 million of which is for management (pg 22). Lower down it lists out specific people's payroll amount, and lists all three Clintons as $0.
All the prior years are available as well, but I don't particularly have the time to go through them all.
https://www.clintonfoundation....
Interesting reading though. It is interesting that Chelsea works 20 hours a week for the foundation, but they don't pay her anything. I would expect her to get some kind of salary, but I guess she has other funding sources.
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Re:Clinton Foundation?
According to their financial report:
https://www.clintonfoundation....
They had $95 million in payroll, $12 million of which is for management (pg 22). Lower down it lists out specific people's payroll amount, and lists all three Clintons as $0.
All the prior years are available as well, but I don't particularly have the time to go through them all.
https://www.clintonfoundation....
Interesting reading though. It is interesting that Chelsea works 20 hours a week for the foundation, but they don't pay her anything. I would expect her to get some kind of salary, but I guess she has other funding sources.
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Re:of course!
Hmm... maybe someone should start up a spin-off called LobbyRoad where politicians can meet to trade kickbacks and favors in an anonymous setting?
Done & done.
https://www.clintonfoundation....
Unfortunately, HRC's private email servers she hosted at her home while SoS are temporarily down due to a security issue. Authorities wanted to see the contents.
Strat
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Re:Blowback
The current administration took a Zippo to the envelope, said "fuck you and your stupid envelope," and called us terrorist sympathizers, traitors, and actual terrorists if we complained.
The previous president -- not just his administration -- called his political opponents terrorist sympathizers. The only difference back then was that 90% of the mainstream media voted for him, so they were more than happy to go along with his program.
"But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse your philosophy... The people who came to the United States to bomb the World Trade Center were wrong.... How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in tyranny.... There is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government." (May 5, 1995)
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"But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City." (June 1, 1995)
and
"We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate our government." (December 31, 1995)
See also Virginia Postrel's "Does Reading This Make You A Terrorist?" (July 1995)
Funny how a lot of the people who are outraged now were (at best) not paying attention then. -
Re:Blowback
The current administration took a Zippo to the envelope, said "fuck you and your stupid envelope," and called us terrorist sympathizers, traitors, and actual terrorists if we complained.
The previous president -- not just his administration -- called his political opponents terrorist sympathizers. The only difference back then was that 90% of the mainstream media voted for him, so they were more than happy to go along with his program.
"But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse your philosophy... The people who came to the United States to bomb the World Trade Center were wrong.... How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in tyranny.... There is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government." (May 5, 1995)
and
"But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City." (June 1, 1995)
and
"We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate our government." (December 31, 1995)
See also Virginia Postrel's "Does Reading This Make You A Terrorist?" (July 1995)
Funny how a lot of the people who are outraged now were (at best) not paying attention then. -
Re:One step closer...
The idea that Iraq had ties with al-Qaeda is, and always had been, a Bush lie.
http://instapundit.com/archives/026895.php
http://instapundit.com/archives/016030.php
The idea that Iraq had a WMD program is, and always has been, a Bush lie.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/16/clinton.iraq.speech/
The only thing that Clinton lied about was having sex, which he didn't actually have.
http://reason.com/9804/ed.vp.shtml
Big Bother is watching you.
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/regio nal/061700ny-col-tierney.html
Violating the privacy of bank customers is a Bush plot
http://www.reason.com/hod/jb072604.shtml
Exploiting terrorism for political purposes is something that the previous president didn't do (since his only failings were sexual).
http://reason.com/9507/VIPedit.jul.shtml
I say to you...there is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government.
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/050595-spe ech-by-president-at-michigan-state.htm
We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate our government.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9512/budget/12-29/pm/transcr ipt.html
But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City.
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/060195-spe ech-by-president-at-billings-mt-town-hall-meeting. htm
I don't want to dwell on constitutional analysis, because our view has never been that civil liberties are necessarily coextensive with constitutional rights. Conversely, I guess the fact that something is mentioned in the Constitution doesn't necessarily mean that it is a fundamental civil liberty.
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Re:One step closer...
The idea that Iraq had ties with al-Qaeda is, and always had been, a Bush lie.
http://instapundit.com/archives/026895.php
http://instapundit.com/archives/016030.php
The idea that Iraq had a WMD program is, and always has been, a Bush lie.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/16/clinton.iraq.speech/
The only thing that Clinton lied about was having sex, which he didn't actually have.
http://reason.com/9804/ed.vp.shtml
Big Bother is watching you.
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/regio nal/061700ny-col-tierney.html
Violating the privacy of bank customers is a Bush plot
http://www.reason.com/hod/jb072604.shtml
Exploiting terrorism for political purposes is something that the previous president didn't do (since his only failings were sexual).
http://reason.com/9507/VIPedit.jul.shtml
I say to you...there is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government.
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/050595-spe ech-by-president-at-michigan-state.htm
We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate our government.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9512/budget/12-29/pm/transcr ipt.html
But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City.
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/060195-spe ech-by-president-at-billings-mt-town-hall-meeting. htm
I don't want to dwell on constitutional analysis, because our view has never been that civil liberties are necessarily coextensive with constitutional rights. Conversely, I guess the fact that something is mentioned in the Constitution doesn't necessarily mean that it is a fundamental civil liberty.
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Re:Priceless
According to FOX News, your criticisms of the President during wartime make you "guilty of granting aid and comfort to our enemies";
Roll the dice to see if you are GUILTY OF TREASON
A roll of even = not guilty; a roll of odd = guilty - sentenced to GTMO
Oh wow! A joke at the expense of Fox News! Hilarious! Who would have thought!? Especially here on Slashdot.
That's why the correct-thinking indepenent hive-mind was outraged when, a few days after the worst terrorist attack in American history, the unpopular president exploited it to equate his political enemies with terrorist sympathizers:
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/050595-spe ech-by-president-at-michigan-state.htm
May 5, 1995
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ...That is why I have insisted that Congress pass strong anti-terrorism legislation immediately ... ...I would like to say something to [those of you] who believe the greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from ... beyond our borders, but from our own government.
I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.
But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse your philosophy.... ...How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in tyranny.... ...[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government.....
And again a few weeks later:
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/060195-spe ech-by-president-at-billings-mt-town-hall-meeting. htm
June 1, 1995
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN TOWN HALL MEETING ...So if somebody believes someone who is working for the government has mistreated them, take it to the appropriate authority, make it public if you want to, but be specific. But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City....
And at least once more that year:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9512/budget/12-29/pm/transcr ipt.html
Transcript of President Clinton's radio address
December 30, 1995 ...We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate our government....
Oh wait. The correct-thinking indepenent hive-mind wasn't outraged. They couldn't lap this stuff up fast enough. -
Re:Priceless
According to FOX News, your criticisms of the President during wartime make you "guilty of granting aid and comfort to our enemies";
Roll the dice to see if you are GUILTY OF TREASON
A roll of even = not guilty; a roll of odd = guilty - sentenced to GTMO
Oh wow! A joke at the expense of Fox News! Hilarious! Who would have thought!? Especially here on Slashdot.
That's why the correct-thinking indepenent hive-mind was outraged when, a few days after the worst terrorist attack in American history, the unpopular president exploited it to equate his political enemies with terrorist sympathizers:
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/050595-spe ech-by-president-at-michigan-state.htm
May 5, 1995
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ...That is why I have insisted that Congress pass strong anti-terrorism legislation immediately ... ...I would like to say something to [those of you] who believe the greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from ... beyond our borders, but from our own government.
I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.
But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse your philosophy.... ...How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in tyranny.... ...[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government.....
And again a few weeks later:
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/060195-spe ech-by-president-at-billings-mt-town-hall-meeting. htm
June 1, 1995
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN TOWN HALL MEETING ...So if somebody believes someone who is working for the government has mistreated them, take it to the appropriate authority, make it public if you want to, but be specific. But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City....
And at least once more that year:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9512/budget/12-29/pm/transcr ipt.html
Transcript of President Clinton's radio address
December 30, 1995 ...We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate our government....
Oh wait. The correct-thinking indepenent hive-mind wasn't outraged. They couldn't lap this stuff up fast enough. -
Re:Take back our elections
jackasses who failed to stop 9/11
I wonder, do you consider FDR to be the "jackass" who failed to stop Pearl Harbor?
In addition to the other replies, don't forget the jackass who failed to stop the Oklahoma City Bombing, and then used it to smear his political opponents as terrorsits a year before his re-election campaign?
The President of the United States
Two weeks after the terrorist attack:
That is why I have insisted that Congress pass strong anti-terrorism legislation immediately.....
It is with this in mind that I would like to say something to the ... groups and to others who believe the greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from within our country or beyond our borders, but from our own government...
I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.
But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse your philosophy....
In the 1960s, as your distinguished alumni said, many good things happened and there was much turmoil. But the Weathermen of the radical left who resorted to violence in the 1960s were wrong. Today, the gang members who use life on the mean streets of America, as terrible as it is, to justify taking the law into their own hands and taking innocent life are wrong. The people who came to the United States to bomb the World Trade Center were wrong....
How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in tyranny. How dare you call yourselves patriots and heroes....
[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government...
The President of the United States
Six weeks after the terrorist attack:
But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City.
The President of the United States
Eight months after the terrorist attack:We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate our government.
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Re:Take back our elections
jackasses who failed to stop 9/11
I wonder, do you consider FDR to be the "jackass" who failed to stop Pearl Harbor?
In addition to the other replies, don't forget the jackass who failed to stop the Oklahoma City Bombing, and then used it to smear his political opponents as terrorsits a year before his re-election campaign?
The President of the United States
Two weeks after the terrorist attack:
That is why I have insisted that Congress pass strong anti-terrorism legislation immediately.....
It is with this in mind that I would like to say something to the ... groups and to others who believe the greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from within our country or beyond our borders, but from our own government...
I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.
But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse your philosophy....
In the 1960s, as your distinguished alumni said, many good things happened and there was much turmoil. But the Weathermen of the radical left who resorted to violence in the 1960s were wrong. Today, the gang members who use life on the mean streets of America, as terrible as it is, to justify taking the law into their own hands and taking innocent life are wrong. The people who came to the United States to bomb the World Trade Center were wrong....
How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in tyranny. How dare you call yourselves patriots and heroes....
[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government...
The President of the United States
Six weeks after the terrorist attack:
But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City.
The President of the United States
Eight months after the terrorist attack:We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate our government.
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Re:Attack the messenger (please)
When did it become unacceptable to express an opinion?
April 19, 1995.
"But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City."
-President Clinton
June 1, 1995
What we now call "patriotic dissent" used to be "hate speech that encourages terrorism."
Because it's the right-wing that's full of hate. -
More Clinton Quotes
[How come I have the feeling that many people complaining about Bush just lapped this stuff up in the mid-1990s, and craved more?]
...I would like to say something to [those of you] who believe the greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from ... beyond our borders, but from our own government....
...I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.
But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse your philosophy....
...But the Weathermen of the radical left who resorted to violence in the 1960s were wrong. Today, the gang members who use life on the mean streets of America, as terrible as it is, to justify taking the law into their own hands and taking innocent life are wrong. The people who came to the United States to bomb the World Trade Center were wrong....
...How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in tyranny....
...[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government....
President Clinton. May 5, 1995.
...But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City....
...And I think the most important thing we can do to make your father safer is to have everybody in this room, whatever their political party or their view, stand up and say, it is wrong to condemn people who are out there doing there job and wrong to threaten them. And when you hear somebody doing it, you ought to stand up and double up your fist and stick it in the sky and shout them down. That is wrong. It is wrong....
President Clinton. June 1, 1995. (Note the weasely way which "condemn" is combined with "threaten").
[W]e can't love our country and hate our government.
President Clinton. December 30, 1995.
I remember seeing that May 5 speech posted here once, except attributed to "the President" (no date given), and people believed it was a Bush statement. It was modded up, until somebody pointed out that it was actually Clinton. It was then modded down to it's "proper" place.
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More Clinton Quotes
[How come I have the feeling that many people complaining about Bush just lapped this stuff up in the mid-1990s, and craved more?]
...I would like to say something to [those of you] who believe the greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from ... beyond our borders, but from our own government....
...I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.
But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse your philosophy....
...But the Weathermen of the radical left who resorted to violence in the 1960s were wrong. Today, the gang members who use life on the mean streets of America, as terrible as it is, to justify taking the law into their own hands and taking innocent life are wrong. The people who came to the United States to bomb the World Trade Center were wrong....
...How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in tyranny....
...[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or pretending that you can love your country but despise your government....
President Clinton. May 5, 1995.
...But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City....
...And I think the most important thing we can do to make your father safer is to have everybody in this room, whatever their political party or their view, stand up and say, it is wrong to condemn people who are out there doing there job and wrong to threaten them. And when you hear somebody doing it, you ought to stand up and double up your fist and stick it in the sky and shout them down. That is wrong. It is wrong....
President Clinton. June 1, 1995. (Note the weasely way which "condemn" is combined with "threaten").
[W]e can't love our country and hate our government.
President Clinton. December 30, 1995.
I remember seeing that May 5 speech posted here once, except attributed to "the President" (no date given), and people believed it was a Bush statement. It was modded up, until somebody pointed out that it was actually Clinton. It was then modded down to it's "proper" place.
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Re:Not true.
Replying to self, I know, but I found a copy of a November 1996 executive order in Clinton's Presidential Library site that contradicts the GP. http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/111596-ex
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Re:Another nail in the coffin of journalism.Show me where the Clinton administration said "We know where the WMD is", or listed the specific amounts of material that Saddam "had".
" In 1995, Hussein Kamal, Saddam's son-in-law, and the chief organizer of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program, defected to Jordan. He revealed that Iraq was continuing to conceal weapons and missiles and the capacity to build many more.
Then and only then did Iraq admit to developing numbers of weapons in significant quantities and weapon stocks. Previously, it had vehemently denied the very thing it just simply admitted once Saddam Hussein's son-in-law defected to Jordan and told the truth. Now listen to this, what did it admit?
It admitted, among other things, an offensive biological warfare capability notably 5,000 gallons of botulinum, which causes botulism; 2,000 gallons of anthrax; 25 biological-filled Scud warheads; and 157 aerial bombs.
And I might say UNSCOM inspectors believe that Iraq has actually greatly understated its production.
As if we needed further confirmation, you all know what happened to his son-in-law when he made the untimely decision to go back to Iraq. "
Speech to the JCS - Feb 17, 1998"Iraq has failed to provide a credible explanation for UNSCOM tests that found anthrax in fragments of seven SCUD missile warheads. Iraq has been claiming since 1995 that it put anthrax in only five such warheads, and had previously denied weaponizing anthrax at all. Iraq's explanations to date are far from satisfactory, although it now acknowledges putting both anthrax and botulinum toxin into some number of warheads.
Iraq's biological weapons (BW) program, including SCUD missile BW warheads, R-400 BW bombs, drop-tanks to be filled with BW, spray devices for BW, production of BW agents (anthrax, botulinum toxin, aflatoxin, and wheat cover smut), and BW agent growth media, remains the "black hole" described by Ambassador Butler. Iraq has consistently failed to provide a credible account of its efforts to produce and weaponize its BW agents. "
Presidential Letter to Congress on Iraq - Nov 6, 1998"Dear Mr. Speaker: (Mr. President:) Consistent with the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102-1) and as part of my effort to keep the Congress fully informed, I am reporting on the status of efforts to obtain Iraq's compliance with the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). My last report, consistent with Public Law 102-1, was transmitted on December 18, 1998.
In a January 25, 1999, report to the U.N. Security Council President, UNSCOM identified as a priority chemical weapons disarmament issues: VX, the 155mm mustard shells; the Iraqi Air Force file of chemical weapons documents; R-400 bombs filled with CBW (field inspections needed); and chemical weapons production equipment (field verification is needed for 18 of 20 shipping containers UNSCOM knows were moved together). On monitoring, the report identified as priorities the ability to verify Iraqi compliance at listed facilities and to detect construction of new dual-use facilities.
In its January 25, 1999, report to the U.N. Security Council President, UNSCOM identified the following as priority missile disarmament issues: 50 unaccounted SCUD conventional warheads; 500 tons of SCUD propellants, the destruction of which has not been verified; 7 Iraqi-produced SCUDs given to the army, the destruction of which cannot be verified; truckloads of major components for SCUD production that are missing; the concealment of BW warheads; and the lack of accounting for VX-filled war-heads. The report identified as priorities the capability to monitor declared activities, leaps in missile technology, and changes to declared operational missiles. There are 80 listed missile sites."
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Re:Another nail in the coffin of journalism.Show me where the Clinton administration said "We know where the WMD is", or listed the specific amounts of material that Saddam "had".
" In 1995, Hussein Kamal, Saddam's son-in-law, and the chief organizer of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program, defected to Jordan. He revealed that Iraq was continuing to conceal weapons and missiles and the capacity to build many more.
Then and only then did Iraq admit to developing numbers of weapons in significant quantities and weapon stocks. Previously, it had vehemently denied the very thing it just simply admitted once Saddam Hussein's son-in-law defected to Jordan and told the truth. Now listen to this, what did it admit?
It admitted, among other things, an offensive biological warfare capability notably 5,000 gallons of botulinum, which causes botulism; 2,000 gallons of anthrax; 25 biological-filled Scud warheads; and 157 aerial bombs.
And I might say UNSCOM inspectors believe that Iraq has actually greatly understated its production.
As if we needed further confirmation, you all know what happened to his son-in-law when he made the untimely decision to go back to Iraq. "
Speech to the JCS - Feb 17, 1998"Iraq has failed to provide a credible explanation for UNSCOM tests that found anthrax in fragments of seven SCUD missile warheads. Iraq has been claiming since 1995 that it put anthrax in only five such warheads, and had previously denied weaponizing anthrax at all. Iraq's explanations to date are far from satisfactory, although it now acknowledges putting both anthrax and botulinum toxin into some number of warheads.
Iraq's biological weapons (BW) program, including SCUD missile BW warheads, R-400 BW bombs, drop-tanks to be filled with BW, spray devices for BW, production of BW agents (anthrax, botulinum toxin, aflatoxin, and wheat cover smut), and BW agent growth media, remains the "black hole" described by Ambassador Butler. Iraq has consistently failed to provide a credible account of its efforts to produce and weaponize its BW agents. "
Presidential Letter to Congress on Iraq - Nov 6, 1998"Dear Mr. Speaker: (Mr. President:) Consistent with the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (Public Law 102-1) and as part of my effort to keep the Congress fully informed, I am reporting on the status of efforts to obtain Iraq's compliance with the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). My last report, consistent with Public Law 102-1, was transmitted on December 18, 1998.
In a January 25, 1999, report to the U.N. Security Council President, UNSCOM identified as a priority chemical weapons disarmament issues: VX, the 155mm mustard shells; the Iraqi Air Force file of chemical weapons documents; R-400 bombs filled with CBW (field inspections needed); and chemical weapons production equipment (field verification is needed for 18 of 20 shipping containers UNSCOM knows were moved together). On monitoring, the report identified as priorities the ability to verify Iraqi compliance at listed facilities and to detect construction of new dual-use facilities.
In its January 25, 1999, report to the U.N. Security Council President, UNSCOM identified the following as priority missile disarmament issues: 50 unaccounted SCUD conventional warheads; 500 tons of SCUD propellants, the destruction of which has not been verified; 7 Iraqi-produced SCUDs given to the army, the destruction of which cannot be verified; truckloads of major components for SCUD production that are missing; the concealment of BW warheads; and the lack of accounting for VX-filled war-heads. The report identified as priorities the capability to monitor declared activities, leaps in missile technology, and changes to declared operational missiles. There are 80 listed missile sites."
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