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Bill Clinton White House suppressed evidence of Iran’s terrorism
Sent secret cable accusing Tehran of 1996 Khobar Towers attack, but kept it from public
By John Solomon - The Washington Times
Bill Clinton’s administration gathered enough evidence to send a
top-secret communique accusing Iran of facilitating the deadly 1996
Khobar Towers terrorist bombing, but suppressed that information from
the American public and some elements of U.S. intelligence for fear it
would lead to an outcry for reprisal, according to documents and
interviews.
Before
Mr. Clinton left office, the intelligence pointing toward Iran’s
involvement in the terror attack in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 U.S.
servicemen and wounded hundreds was deemed both extensive and
“credible,” memos show.
It included FBI interviews with a half-dozen Saudi co-conspirators who
revealed they got their passports from the Iranian embassy in Damascus,
reported to a top Iranian general and were trained by Iran’s
Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), officials told The Washington Times.
The
revelations about what the Clinton administration knew are taking on
new significance with the recent capture of the accused mastermind of
the 1996 attack, which has occurred in the shadows of the U.S. nuclear
deal with Iran.
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