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In 1996 after TWA flight 800 exploded, Gore chaired this commission.
His preliminary report recommended strong counterterrorism measure that included better passenger screening, more bomb sniffing dogs and various other security measures.
After the preliminary report was released the airline industry screamed loud and hard about the measures.Airline Lobbyists, including Sen. Tom Daschle's wife Linda jumped all over Al Gore and his report fearing that these measure would badly hurt the industry. Gore wrote to one lobbyist and promised that the measures shouldn't result in any loss revenue.
The VERY NEXT DAY the Democratic national committee received a $40,000 donation from TWA. In the next two weeks checks were coming in from a lot of major airlines. United airlines donated $100,000 and over the next several months, Linda Daschle's clients American and Northwest gave $300,000 to the Gore- Clinton Campaign.
After the election you will never guess what happened! Gore rewrote the recommended security measures!!!!
Three commission members, including CIA director John Deutsh complained and promised to bring political heat down on Gore if he did not reinstate the original preliminary report and safety measures.
So how did Gore react to this? He backed down to Deutsch and restored the safety measures but put no time line on when these measures would be required. So in effect, the measures he restored were absolutely meaningless.
Our vice president sold our security for $500,000.
Where was Richard Clarke during all this?
His preliminary report recommended strong counterterrorism measure that included better passenger screening, more bomb sniffing dogs and various other security measures.
After the preliminary report was released the airline industry screamed loud and hard about the measures.Airline Lobbyists, including Sen. Tom Daschle's wife Linda jumped all over Al Gore and his report fearing that these measure would badly hurt the industry. Gore wrote to one lobbyist and promised that the measures shouldn't result in any loss revenue.
The VERY NEXT DAY the Democratic national committee received a $40,000 donation from TWA. In the next two weeks checks were coming in from a lot of major airlines. United airlines donated $100,000 and over the next several months, Linda Daschle's clients American and Northwest gave $300,000 to the Gore- Clinton Campaign.
After the election you will never guess what happened! Gore rewrote the recommended security measures!!!!
Three commission members, including CIA director John Deutsh complained and promised to bring political heat down on Gore if he did not reinstate the original preliminary report and safety measures.
So how did Gore react to this? He backed down to Deutsch and restored the safety measures but put no time line on when these measures would be required. So in effect, the measures he restored were absolutely meaningless.
Our vice president sold our security for $500,000.
Where was Richard Clarke during all this?