[.ca] Losing Bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed ... (ISBN 0895260484)

Fool me once/ can't fool me again:
Miniter's book lacks an element of truth. On the evidence Miniter tosses out, Clinton's REPUBLICAN Defense Secretary, Cohen, never advised the President to act against bin Laden. (Check the 9/11 Commission transcripts on this. This is public knowledge.) Richard Clarke and George Tenet (hired on by Bush later) also never advised the President to act on these occasions either. For my money, I'll take Bush's failure at Tora Bora -- after the US public gave the big GREEN LIGHT -- as the one moment that best defines the massive mistakes made along this trail of terror left by Osama and his associates. Where were the U.S. forces when Binny was waltzing across the border into Pakistan? There is enough blame to go around, but Clinton is and was long out of office by then. The failures in Afghanistan went on under Bush's watch and he calls himself a "war president." Miniter completely ignores that. If I could give this book a "0" for "fair and balanced" I would. It deserves worse. This is political diatribe dressed up as reporting, but as Bush says at the end of the movie... "Fool me once...."

Scary If True!:
I was a bit skeptical at first, thinking this was just another Clinton bashing hatefest. I'm not a "Clinton Fan" by any means, but recognize partisan propaganda on both sides and am able to draw my own conclusions. After reading it, I purchased copies for all my friends and realtives that read. It certainly made me see the events of 9/11 and after in a different light. I think this is a must read for everyone that plans to exercise their right to vote for our next President.

Gives Clinton a Fair Shake:
I really thought this book would rip Clinton apart with completely biased views, but instead it gives him a pretty fair shake. It seems like most of the failures are blamed on bureacratic barriers and red tape rather than Clinton himself, especially with the first WTC bombing. Not the kind of insanely conservative propaganda that some reviewers make it out to be. It's a pretty easy read that I enjoyed, and I hope you will too.

Excellent Read!:
I found this book to be an extremely quick and interesting read. Maybe Bill should have stopped wasting time with Monica and taken Bin Laden's declaration of War serious? So what did Bill do for 8 years - didn't improve our situation that's for sure. And I considered myself an Independent...until now!

"Richard Miniter" and lies:
Someone who proclaims to tell the truth about Clinton asserts that Clinton is responsible for all the terror in the world. Since he heard of Clinton being responsible for some terror, he asserts it is the "truth." Well. "Truth" is a strong term. And just because one person has heard something does not make that thing true. Let's consider sources, which are amply footnoted in his book. He claims that because he made so many footnotes, then everything he says must be true. First, his book is not the first to report these facts; they have appeared in the Drudge Report(multiple times) and on the Dennis Miller Show (ditto). Moreover, Sean Hannity, Bush's outspoken supporter, and Bill O'Reilly, Republican Party Spokesman, told him on the record that Clinton was letting terrorists sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom, spotting what they believed was bin Laden three separate times. Other intelligence and Centcom command personnel confirmed the fact. What are we to make of all of this? If Miniter wants to contact me to discuss this, I'd be happy to talk to him. I suggest that he reach me through my press guy, Pete Fabio, at (703) 683-5004 ext. 116--so I'm not deluged with calls from people who have not read this review and assume it is a Miniter hit job. For the general readers, I suggest you read the first few pages on Chapter one in the bookstore and I think you'll agree that this is simply another unsupported(and to my mind, very poorly written), unresearched book by someone looking to cash in on the anti-Clinton band-wagon.