Opinions on Richard Miniter?

XMan

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. . . not to mention well-researched. I'm halfway through his first book, Losing Bin Laden, and it's hard to put down. It's a pretty scathing indictment of the entire government's red tape nghtmare that kept us from getting Osama before 9/11 . . . not just Clinton, despite the title.

Here's a link to some of his published articles . . .

http://www.richardminiter.com/csite/articles.html
 

Infohawk

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Strikes me as a partisan hack, but I'm sure "The Iraq -- Al Qaeda Connections" is a great read...

If you blame Clinton for Osama I can only hope you recognize Bush is ten times more responsible for dropping the ball... not only did he ignore his terror czar but he couldn't even comprehend the importance of bin laden determined to strike America. Face it, at least clinton was paying attention to al-quada and stopped the millenium bombing.

 

XMan

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The book is not very aptly titled. It's much more damning in regards to the mid-level government officials and Clinton deputy staffers than it is Clinton himself.

There were multiple terror attacks on US interests during Clinton's tenure. The ones that were stopped were a result of blind luck - in the case of the Phillipine attacks planned to kill Clinton and the Pope, the terrorists accidently set fire to their apartment and were arrested by local police before they could activate their plan.

As far as the millenium attacks being foiled goes, the same story is somewhat true. The capture of Ahmed Ressam is more due to the sharp eyes of a Customs Agent than any edicts handed down from those above them. The Clinton administration was making moves to counter any possible acts, but only after receiving hard intelligence from the Jordanians in regards to a potential plot. And their moves came around years after multiple bin Laden attacks - Yemen in 1992, the 1993 WTC bombing, Mogadishu, the attempted Phillipine action, the African embassy bombings. One could even argue that their lack of response to the USS Cole further emboldened al Qaeda.
 

XMan

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Originally posted by: conjur
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

There's nothing here to add *to*. Miniter is largely considered a partisan hack. He might as well be attached at the hip to Gertz.

Do you have anything to back that up, or just your usual BS? I'm intrigued to find out how a so-called partisan hack would be able to get so many interviews with so much candor from members of President Clinton's staff, ie, Sandy Berger, Madeline Albright, Janet Reno, etc.