Bill Clinton Defends Bin Laden Handling

iWon News - Bill Clinton Defends Bin Laden Handling:

"In a combative interview on 'Fox News Sunday,' former President Clinton defended his handling of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden, saying he tried to have bin Laden killed and was attacked for his efforts by the same people who now criticize him for not doing enough.

'That's the difference in me and some, including all of the right-wingers who are attacking me now,' Clinton said in the interview. 'They ridiculed me for trying. They had eight months to try, they did not try.'

Clinton accused host Chris Wallace of a 'conservative hit job' and asked: 'I want to know how many people in the Bush administration you asked, 'Why didn't you do anything about the Cole?' I want to know how many people you asked, 'Why did you fire Dick Clarke?''

He was referring to the USS Cole, attacked by terrorists in Yemen in 2000, and former White House anti-terrorism chief Richard A. Clarke."