RADIO TIDBITS

John Gibson CORRECTED a caller who was claiming that Ollie North warned a Senate committee about Osama bin Laden back in the '80s. This is from the Senate's own website:

Is it true that . . . Oliver North said during the 1987 Iran-Contra hearings that Osama bin Laden had threatened his life?

The answer is no. This Internet hoax says that under questioning from an unidentified senator, Col. Oliver North said he had a home security system installed because a terrorist had threatened him and his family. When asked who this terrorist was, Col. North said it was Osama bin Laden.
The facts: Oliver North testified about a home security system during a July 7, 1987 joint Senate-House hearing on the Iran-Contra investigation. The questioner was not a senator, but committee counsel John Nields. Col. North testified the security system was installed because threats were made on his life by terrorist Abu Nidal.

This was a step in the right direction but Gibson reverted to his old ways by claiming "they" wanted to appease the Islamic terrorists. Mark Levin used the same tired line.