The Washington Times reports today on former FBI Director Louie Freeh, yesterday on Meet the Press, describing the Clinton administration approach to investigating the terrorist attack on Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 U.S. airmen:
“Mr. Freeh said that neither Mr. Clinton nor his national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, showed any interest in the case, and accused both men of compromising the investigation.
“‘Talk about ineptness and compromising an investigation … the president of the United States writes a letter to the Iranian president in 1999, a letter that says, we think you may be involved in the murder of our 19 Americans at Khobar. Please help us or you won’t get better trade assistance or foreign relations,’ Mr. Freeh said.
“Mr. Freeh said neither he nor then-Attorney General Janet Reno was told about the letter and that ‘to make matters worse and to show the ineptness,’ the letter was ‘misdelivered to a spiritual leader ‘who went berserk’ and compromised the Saudi government as the informant.
“It would be the equivalent of the attorney general writing [Mafia don] John Gotti a letter and saying, ‘Mr. Gotti, we know a couple of your capos are involved in major racketeering cases. Could you please cooperate with us?’ Mr. Freeh said.
Louie has just written a book: My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton and Waging War on Terror.