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Wow! Is this ever interesting! I sure remember the trial but none of

us would remember this detail. Is it for real?

What a difference 14 Years Makes

Do you remember this?? It was 1987!

At a lecture the other day they played an old news 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

that 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 was 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.

If anyone is interested, the senator was none other than Al Gore.