From: Glen Closson (glen@closson.com)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 12:54:45 PDT
This was a hoax - Ollie never said that.
Regards,
Glen
May the Joys of today be those of tomorrow!
May thy goblet of life hold no dregs of sorrow!
Work like you don't need the money,
love like you've never been hurt and
dance like nobody is watching.
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Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [MV] [Fwd: Ollie was right]
>
> Subject: Ollie was right
> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 19:41:36 -0700
> From: "Cull Log" <mldg14@hotmail.com>
>
> Anyone remember this??
> It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news
> video of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings
> during the Reagan Administration.
> There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree,
> but
> what he said was stunning!
> He was being drilled by some senator; "Did you not recently spend
> close
> to $60,000 for a home security system?"
>
> Ollie replied, "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 asked.
>
> "Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir."
>
> "Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.
> "By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.
>
> "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly 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 an 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.
>
> By the way, that senator was Al Gore
> Also:
> Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The
> Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo
> agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to
> release
> so-called "political prisoners".
> However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands.
>
> The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of
> State, Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be released.
> Thus
> Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an
> airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center. This was reported
> by
> many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were
> first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports.
>
> If you agree that the American public must be made aware of this fact,
> pass this on.
>
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