Via Avedon — “President wants Senate to hurry with new anti-terrorism laws.”
July 30, 1996
Web posted at: 8:40 p.m. EDTWASHINGTON (CNN) — President Clinton urged Congress Tuesday to act swiftly in developing anti-terrorism legislation before its August recess.
“We need to keep this country together right now. We need to focus on this terrorism issue,” Clinton said during a White House news conference.
But while the president pushed for quick legislation, Republican lawmakers hardened their stance against some of the proposed anti-terrorism measures.
See also “Hijacking 9/11” by Sheldon Rampton at firedoglake.
And this blast from the past from April 2001 cannot be repeated often enough (CNN Transcript):
The State Department officially released its annual terrorism report just a little more than an hour ago, but unlike last year, there’s no extensive mention of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. A senior State Department official tells CNN the U.S. government made a mistake in focusing so much energy on bin Laden and “personalizing terrorism.”
Still, Secretary of State Colin Powell says efforts to fight global terrorism will remain consistent.
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POWELL: The results are clear: state sponsors of terrorism are increasingly isolated; terrorist groups on under growing pressure. Terrorists are being brought to justice, we will not let up. But we must also be aware of the nature of the threat before us. Terrorism is a persistent disease.
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Digby and John Amato discuss ABC’s upcoming (and apparently bogus) 9/11 “documentary.” But let us not forget this great moment in the Global War on Terror.