Dereliction of Duty (2003 book)
Encyclopedia
Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security is a book
written by Robert "Buzz" Patterson, who was one of the military aides responsible for carrying the so-called "nuclear football
" during part of the Clinton administration. It argues that the Democrat
s never focused on America's enemies. The book alleges that former US President
Bill Clinton
was briefed in 1996 about an al Qaeda plot to employ commercial airliners as weapons but ignored the warning.
Book
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written by Robert "Buzz" Patterson, who was one of the military aides responsible for carrying the so-called "nuclear football
Nuclear football
The nuclear football is a briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States of America to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed command centers, such as the White House Situation Room...
" during part of the Clinton administration. It argues that the Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
s never focused on America's enemies. The book alleges that former US President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
was briefed in 1996 about an al Qaeda plot to employ commercial airliners as weapons but ignored the warning.
External links
- Book details at Regnery PublishingRegnery PublishingRegnery Publishing in Washington, D.C., is a publisher which specializes in conservative books characterized on their website as "contrary to those of 'mainstream' publishers in New York." Since 1993, Regnery Publishing has been a division of Eagle Publishing, which also owns the weekly magazine...