On February 10, 1995, a counterterrorism bill drafted by the Clinton Administration was introduced in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. For the record, these bills are almost IDENTICAL to what the Bush administration has adopted.

However, when Clinton presented them, the Republicans SCREAMED!! "The Clinton bill is a mixture of: provisions eroding constitutional and statutory due process protections, selective federalization. . .of state crimes (minus state due process rules), discredited ideas from the Reagan and Bush Administrations, and the extension of some of the worst elements of crime bills of the recent past."

Treasury and Justice Department officials balked at President Clinton's first attempts to pressure foreign banks to seize al-Qaeda accounts.

Clinton was successful at grounding Ariana, the Afghan national airline used by al-Qaeda for international travel and weapons smuggling.

Clinton also began amassing a list of businesses and charities suspected of aiding terrorists. This list was used by the Bush administration after 9/11.

Clinton also asked for the development of a Predator drone; it would be armed with Hellfire missiles. It was not operational until President Bush came in. Bush never used it.

Clinton had submarines on quick standby attack. President Bush asked them to stand down when he came into power.

Clinton had, in published accounts, death squads from Pakistan, Afghanistan, from the United States' CIA and Northern Alliance all trying go after bin Laden.

the federal budget on anti-terror activities tripled during Clinton's watch, to about $6.7 billion.

Most important: Clinton handed over a plan to attack the al-Qaeda network. Bush ignored it for eight months. After 9/11, Rice implemented Clinton's plan.

Also handed over to Bush when he took office was a detailed assessment of Osama Bin Laden's network, and how to combat it.

by: i_got_mine_u_get_yours

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