Maybe there are only “conspiracy stories” about Khobar because we never got to the root of it.

The “left-wing” doesn’t have any concerns about Khobar because they were not (and still aren’t) taking the Jihad seriously. E.g. what does it matter whether the Jihadis carry al Qaeda business cards or not?

Counter-Counter-Counter-point from the “vile” mediamatters.org (“vile” is a Bill Oreilly description)

http://mediamatters.org/items/200510110002

MSNBC wrote :

More than the scandals, however, Freeh says President Clinton failed to follow through on his promise to pursue the killers behind the 1996 Khobar towers bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 Americans.

Freeh says, “That’s the order that I got, [but he] then did nothing to assist and facilitate that investigation, in fact [he] undermined it.”

Freeh charges that, rather than pressure Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah for access to the bombing suspects, Mr. Clinton asked the kingdom for a contribution to his presidential library.

The conservativevoice reports:

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=8815

Rich Lowry says:

http://www.nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry200311030753.asp

“…the Clinton administration deliberately looked the other way after the Khobar bombing and made a near-apology to the perpetrator of the attack.”

Dont let the 9/11 commission off the hook…

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/10/9/103449.shtml

Freeh under the microscope: (note the date)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june01/freeh_6-22.html

There is numerous right-wing conspiracy stories linking Khobar Towers to Al Quaeda. Clinton let the Saudi’s have their way, the Saudi’s executed the only link, Freeh made a stink, Bush steps in, Saudi’s make nice and “share” intel and what do we get after all that?

9/11

What concerns me, as well, is the “Able Danger”-esque reports and references to Clinton that always point to his administration as ignoring or even obstructing terror investigations prior to 9/11. No one bothers to ask these “fact witnesses” why they didnt run to the White House with this evidence as soon as Bush took office.

Then of course we have Sandy Berger trying to steal evidence from the National Archives (flippity) and what some have called the greatest espionage story (and under-reported) since the Rosenbergs with Leandro Aragoncillo using his VP Cheney/Gore staff security clearance to steal classified info for the filipino-government “opposition” parties. (floppity)

What will be really interesting on this espionage story is the timing of the activity (cheney years?) and whether this was foreign espionage or US-backed. Regardless of the outcome, some how I think this story will be lost.