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May 26, 2004
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One of the many lies that Michael Moore has been spreading for over two years is the "The Bush administration allowed a Saudi jet to whisk away bin Ladin family members over FBI objections" lie.
Without a doubt, he'll stuff this little nugget into the Mickey Mouse documentary that won the Palm d'Ore in Cannes this weekend.
(A little snippet of trivia, "Palm d'Ore" is french for "Patting ourselves on the back")
In the interest of staying ahead of the Moore-Ons, Kay S. Hymowitz of the City Journal does a little diggin on Mike, Mike, the Dogfaced Boy.
In an appearance on Comedy Central�s Daily Show in March 2002, Moore announced that during the period that planes were grounded for two days after the September 11 attacks, the Bush administration allowed a Saudi jet to whisk away bin Ladin family members over FBI objections. As Snopes.com, an Internet site devoted to tracking down urban legends, points out, the planes did pick up bin Ladin family members�on September 18 and 19, days after commercial flights had already begun flying again, and they did so only after the FBI had questioned the departing Saudis.
And if you want to see their heads explode, just remind them of this...
Richard Clarke, who served as President Bush�s chief of counterterrorism, has claimed sole responsibility for approving flights of Saudi Arabian citizens, including members of Osama bin Laden�s family, from the United States immediately after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Found @ Judicious Asininity
Posted by Nukevet at May 26, 2004 06:04 AM