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> Serious
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> 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 Aministration.
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> There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree,
>but what he said was stunning!
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> He was being drilled by a senator; "Did you not recently spend close
>to $60,000 for a home security system?"
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> Ollie replied, "Yes, I did, Sir."
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> The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience,
>"Isn't that just a little excessive?"
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> "No, sir," continued Ollie.
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> "No? And why not?" the senator asked.
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> "Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir."
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> "Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned. < BR>
> "By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered.
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> "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?"
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> "His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.
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> 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.
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> "Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of," Ollie
>answered.
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> "And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator.
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> "Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recomm end th at an assassin
>team be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth."
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> The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was
>shown of the clip.
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> By the way, that senator was Al Gore!
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