[ale] OT: But worth the read!

[rhiannen]

http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/north.htm
synopsis:
Claim:   Oliver North stated during the 1987 Iran-Contra hearings that
Osama bin Laden was "the most evil person alive" and that "an assassin
team [should] be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of
the earth." 
Status:   False. 
Example:   [Collected on the Internet, 2001] 

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rhia
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rob hoppe wrote:
> 
> Subject:  Bin Laden Ooops
> 
>  IT WAS 1987!
> 
>  At a lecture the other day they played an old 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
>  this 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 were 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.
> 
>  The Senator was Al Gore.
> 
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