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Four of the five members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were left out of the decision because the administration believed that they would not approve the bombing, Hersh said...
...director Louis Freeh was not consulted because it was believed that he was disloyal. Attorney General Janet Reno advised against the bombings because of weak links between bin Laden and the embassy bombings, Hersh said...
...terrorism cannot be fought with terrorism, Hersh said. The government's mistakes, he charged, are leading people to become terrorists in the same way that similar faulty tactics produced communists during the Vietnam...
...Hersh suggested another motive for Clinton's bombings...
...Though Hersh's topic was serious, his tone was informal. He entered laden with suitcases, which he dumped in a corner of the room before speaking. He interacted with the audience members, asking them questions of his own after answering theirs...