Attacks have been waged against innocent people and allies across the world. and yet terrorists are invited to the White House where their violent rhetoric has been conveniently overlooked. In January 1994. Gerry Adams. the leader of the Irishnational political organization Sinn Fein. was granted a visa on a Presidential foreign policy waiver to travel to the United States. In doing this. the National Security Council overruled a unanimous recommendation from the Department of State. the Department of Justice. and the intelligence community that the waiver should not be granted due to the fact that neither Adams nor the Irish Republican Army have really renounced violence In theory or in practice. This exception represents the current administrations ability to pay lipservice to stopping terrorism while failing to achieve substantive results. In the past. Adams had been denied a visa eight times by previous administrations because of his affiliation with the terrorist organization. But since obtaining a visa in January 1994. Adams has received seven additional visas from the Clinton administration. was received by State Department officials. introduced to National Security Advisor Anthony Lake. raised money throughout the United States while touring in March 1995. and celebrated St. Patricks Day in the White House. All of this transpired even though he has yet to renounce the use of violence to achieve political goals or denounce the plague of terrorist bombings in Great Britain.
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