Oliver North threatened by Osama bin Laden hoax ...
Sorry folks, the YouTube video showing Oliver North's testimony has been taken down. I am endeavoring to get anoth copy so that you can see an hear the actual testimony of Lt. Colonel North.
Below is the text of a popular Email floating around the internet that refers to the the tetimony of Oliver North before the Senate Select Committee investigating the Irna/Contra affair. The Email claims the Lt. Colonel North described Osama bin Laden as "the most evil person alive that I know of." The Email also claims that Al Gore was the person asking the questions.
The video clip above is part of Lt. Colonel North's testimony. The question of the security system and terrorist threats against Lt. Colonel North comes up about 1 minute, 10 seconds into the clip.
The terrorist Oliver North refers to is Abu Nidal (not Osama bin Laden).
John Nields, Chief Counsel for the Senate Select Committee is asking the questions (not Al Gore).
No one was trying to get a "laugh out of the audience."
About me: I am a conservative who believes the liberal agenda is ruining this country's morals and economy. However, conservatives that pass vicious and innacuurate Emails like this one along damage the credibility of all conservatives and the conservative cause.
Thank you for checking this out.
The text of the Email...
You Might Not Remember 1987......
but, I had forgotten all of this. Do you remember when the senators were giving Ollie North such a bad time? This brings it all into perspective doesn't it? Have a great day.
Do you remember 1987......
Thought you might be interested in this forgotten bit of information.........
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 a 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.
... the text of the Email continued
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 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.
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