Ex-FBI Chief On Clinton's Scandals

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Ex-FBI Chief On Clinton's Scandals

Oct. 6, 2005
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Louis Freeh served as director of the FBI from 1993 until 2001. (CBS)



(CBS) Elevated to the post of FBI director by President Clinton in 1993, Louis Freeh now speaks publicly about his terrible relationship with the president.

“We were preoccupied in eight years with multiple investigations,” Freeh tells 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace this Sunday, Oct. 9, at 7 PM ET/PT.

In his upcoming book, My FBI, Freeh writes, “The problem was with Bill Clinton — the scandals and the rumored scandals, the incubating ones and the dying ones never ended. Whatever moral compass the president was consulting was leading him in the wrong direction. His closets were full of skeletons just waiting to burst out.”

The scandals Freeh mentions include Whitewater, Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers.

The director sought to distance himself from Clinton because of Whitewater, refusing a White House pass that would have enabled him to enter the building without signing in. This irked Clinton. “I wanted all my visits to be official,” says Freeh. “When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president.”

Freeh says the most delicate and unsavory of the investigations was the Lewinsky affair, when the FBI needed to obtain a blood sample from the president to match the DNA on the infamous blue dress.

“But we did it … very carefully, very confidentially,” Freeh says. During a scheduled dinner, the president excused himself to go to the bathroom. Instead of the restroom, he entered another room where FBI medical technicians were waiting to take a blood sample.

Aside from scandals and investigations, Freeh says Clinton let down the American people and the families of victims of the 1996 Khobar Towers terror attack in Saudi Arabia.

After promising to bring to justice those responsible for the bombing that killed 19 and injured hundreds, Freeh says Clinton refused to personally ask Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah to allow the FBI to question bombing suspects the kingdom had in custody — the only way the bureau could secure the interviews, according to Freeh.

Freeh writes in the book, “Bill Clinton raised the subject only to tell the crown prince that he understood the Saudis’ reluctance to cooperate and then he hit Abdullah up for a contribution to the Clinton Presidential Library.”

Freeh also says he was determined to stay on as FBI director until President Clinton left office so that Clinton could not appoint his successor. “I was concerned about who he would put in there as FBI director because he had expressed antipathy for the FBI, for the director,” he says. “I was going to stay there and make sure he couldn’t replace me.”

What a bum.

[Reverend Joe]

[Red Harvest]

Looks like Freeh's excuse for not preparing the agency to do its job in preventing terrorism like 9/11. Instead it appears his major concern was a bunch of irrelevant investigations by the Right wing. At least with this one, part of this is Clinton's fault, he put appointed Freeh.

[solypsist]

the dude hasnt been president for over five years

wow. by now these impotent attacks are just sad. and it's funny, because neocons try their best to try to somehow connect clinton as the cause of all of GWs blunders, but in the photos i see, it's always rumsfeld and george sr. shaking hands with hussein, king fahd, the taliban, and bin laden.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

the dude hasnt been president for over five years

So give him a pass? The guy never shuts his mouth. Hes still comprimising the war on terror and Iraq to this day. He is a bum if there ever was one in office.

[Reverend Joe]

Edit: wrong person. I bow to Czar Soly. And what's your beef with Clinton? Who frickin' cares? He was a do-nothing moderate. Hell, the only reason I liked him was because all the righties used to loathe him.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Edit: wrong person. I bow to Czar Soly

Kiss a$$

[Red Harvest]

So give him a pass? The guy never shuts his mouth. Hes still comprimising the war on terror and Iraq to this day. He is a bum if there ever was one in office.

The guy compromising the war on Terror and Iraq is Dubya, and it has been Dubya since he took office. The country is starting to get wise to it.

[Tribesman]

Hes still comprimising the war on terror and Iraq to this day.
Er , that would be the idiots in office now that are doing that .

edit Damn , must type faster .

[Gawain of Orkeny]

The guy compromising the war on Terror and Iraq is Dubya, and it has been Dubya since he took office. The country is starting to get wise to it.

What do the Irish know and who cares if thats what they believe.

[Reverend Joe]

What do the Irish know and who cares if thats what they believe.

Half Hibernian, thank you very much.

[Tribesman]

Of course a lack of planning , a lack of troops , a lack of funding , a lack of achievable objectives , a lack of intelligence and a lack of unity in no way whatsoever compromises the effort .

[Red Harvest]

What do the Irish know and who cares if thats what they believe.

??? I suppose you were trying to insult someone, but I'm not sure who that might be or what your point was.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

??? I suppose you were trying to insult someone, but I'm not sure who that might be or what your point was.

Well as usual you suppose wrong. Im not trying to insult anyone. Read Tribesmans post again. He said th country is getting wise. Unless Im mistaken hes not an American but from Ireland. I think you can figure out the rest.

Funny how you all try to deflect from the point of this thread. No one is mentioning anything about all the crap Clinton did. You all still resort to bashing Bush.

[Red Harvest]

Well as usual you suppose wrong. Im not trying to insult anyone. Read Tribesmans post again. He said th country is getting wise. Unless Im mistaken hes not an American but from Ireland. I think you can figure out the rest.

Funny how you all try to deflect from the point of this thread. No one is mentioning anything about all the crap Clinton did. You all still resort to bashing Bush.

Well, genius, you quoted my post, not his.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Well, genius, you quoted my post, not his.

And your point oh annointed one? You quoted my response to Tribseman genius.

[Tribesman]

Funny how you all try to deflect from the point of this thread. No one is mentioning anything about all the crap Clinton did. You all still resort to bashing Bush.

Clinton is old news Gawian , move with the times .
Read Tribesmans post again.
Yes perhaps you should Gawain

[Kraxis]

The guy compromising the war on Terror and Iraq is Dubya, and it has been Dubya since he took office. The country is starting to get wise to it.

Note the original author of the quote...

[Reverend Joe]

This is needed here as well.

[Red Harvest]

And your point oh annointed one? You quoted my response to Tribseman genius.

You are really a hoot tonight, Gawain.

Sorry, I don't have any rags for you to wipe that egg off of your face.

By all means, continue on. I'm curious to see how long it takes you to figure this one out.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Clinton is old news Gawian , move with the times .

You should tell the press and Clinton that not me . He and they keep brininging up his name.

Yes perhaps you should Gawain

Since its been edited thats hard to do.

[Red Harvest]

Since its been edited thats hard to do.

What has been edited Gawain? My post wasn't and that is where the quote came from.

[Kraxis]

And here we have a perfect case for the reason as to use the little 'QUOTE' link in bottom right over CPing.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

What has been edited Gawain? My post wasn't and that is where the quote came from.

I didnt say your was editied. Yes somehow I quoted the wrong quote.

[Tribesman]

You should tell the press and Clinton that not me . He and they keep brininging up his name.

Oh that damn Liberal media

Since its been edited thats hard to do.
Ah but Gawain I edit posts to add thing to them , not to try and cover up errors of statement .
Enough eggs to make an omlette yet

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Ah but Gawain I edit posts to add thing to them , not to try and cover up errors of statement .
Enough eggs to make an omlette yet

Well are you denying you said the country is wising up to the war in Iraq or not? Thats what I was replying to. I was merely taking it as your country in jest.

[Tribesman]

Well are you denying you said the country is wising up to the war in Iraq or not? Thats what I was replying to. I was merely taking it as your country in jest.
My post is there as it was written the only change is ...
edit Damn , must type faster .
Would you like some cheese on that omlette ?

[Red Harvest]

I need to go make some popcorn. This just keeps getting better.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

My post is there as it was written the only change is ...

One is the other is missing. Either that or I better put down this joint.

[Tribesman]

One is the other is missing. Either that or I better put down this joint.
You are old enough to know better Gawain , remember what Ronnie said...
"Just say NO"