Bill Clinton actually said...

We have to be able to gather intelligence from people if we have reason to believe that they are threatening to use violence.

Interview With Laurie Montgomery of the Detroit Free Press and Angie Cannon of Knight-Ridder Newspapers

05/03/1995

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The action I took I thought was clearly warranted by the facts.

She is one of the most respected people in our State and a dear friend of mine and of Hillary's.

Don't tread on us.

I hope that this action will potentially save many Muslim as well as non-Muslim lives, both in the Middle East and elsewhere.