If Clinton's life is in danger, it is not from the Pakastani's... it is from Al and Hill.

With him dead, they both stand much better chances of getting elected.

It would be so easy for a stinger missile to shoot down Air Force One... or whatever plane Clinton happens to be flying on.

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http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/02/24/timfgnusa01001.html?999Clinton 'at risk' in Pakistan

FROM IAN BRODIE IN WASHINGTON

THE Secret Service fears that President Clinton's life will be in danger if he visits Pakistan next month, according to a report published yesterday. A top-level meeting was held at the White House yesterday to consider whether Mr Clinton should add Pakistan to his itinerary when he visits India and Bangladesh on a trip starting on March 19.

The Pakistani security service had been heavily infiltrated by anti-American militants and there was a threat from Islamic extremists in Afghanistan, a senior US official said.

The report expressing concerns about Mr Clinton's safety if he does go to Pakistan appeared in The Washington Times, which has a noteworthy record of bringing intelligence issues to light.

According to its account, American officials also worry that information on procedures to protect travelling Presidents could be used by terrorists with a global reach to threaten not just Mr Clinton's life, but also those of future American leaders.

The official explained that the host government provides 95 per cent of the protection for a presidential visit, while agents from the Secret Service provide only the last 5 per cent.

"It's where their security people interact with ours that they can learn about our methods, techniques and secrets," the official told The Washington Times. There was no official comment from the Secret Service.

The official claimed that Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence agency, known as ISI, had been working for years with anti-American groups such as Harakat-ul Mujahideen, which is on the State Department's list of terrorist groups. The group is suspected of hijacking an India Airlines jet last December, an action that led to one of its leaders being freed from an Indian prison.

The ISI is also said to have dealt for years with Osama bin Laden, who is now in hiding in Afghanistan and is wanted for the bombing of an American army barracks in Saudi Arabia and the bombings of two American embassies in Africa, all with heavy casualties.

Mr Clinton had hoped that a visit to Pakistan might help to end its 50-year battle with India over Kashmir. He has the support of nine fellow Democrats in the Senate, who wrote to him yesterday urging him to include Pakistan in the hope of making progress on Kashmir and controlling the spread of nuclear weapons. But Mr Clinton would need to explain to Americans why he was visiting a country ruled by a military junta that overthrew an elected civilian Government last October.

India cannot understand why Mr Clinton is even thinking of going to Pakistan. Atal Behari Vajpayee, the Indian Prime Minister, has suggested that Washington should declare Pakistan to be a "terrorist State".

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