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< IT WAS 1987! < At a lecture the other day they played an old video of Lt. Col. Oliver < North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan < Administration. < There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree. But < what he said was stunning!! He was being drilled by some senator; < "Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?" < Ollie replied, "Yes I did sir." < The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, "Isn't < this just a little excessive?" < 'No sir,' continued Ollie. < No? And why not?" the senator asked. < "Because the lives of my family and I were threatened sir." < 'Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned. < 'By a terrorist, sir.' Ollie answered. < 'Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?" < "His name is Osama bin Laden sir." Ollie replied. < At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't pronounce < it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of people < laughed at the attempt. Then the senator continued. < "Why are you so afraid of this man?" the senator asked. < "Because sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of," Ollie < answered. < "And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the senator. < "Well, sir, if it were up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team be < formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth." < The senator disagreed with this approach and that was all that was shown of < the clip. < < < The Senator was none other than Al Gore.
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