[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 33 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 33

Deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency 
                          to FALN terrorists.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 1999

  Mr. Lott (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Hagel, Ms. 
 Collins, and Mr. Thurmond) introduced the following joint resolution; 
                     which was read the first time

                           September 9, 1999

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

                           September 14, 1999

         Modified, considered, read the third time, and passed

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency 
                          to FALN terrorists.

Whereas the Armed Forces of National Liberation (the FALN) is a militant 
        terrorist organization that claims responsibility for the bombings of 
        approximately 130 civilian, political, and military sites throughout the 
        United States;
Whereas its reign of terror resulted in 6 deaths and the permanent maiming of 
        dozens of others, including law enforcement officials;
Whereas 16 members of the FALN were tried for numerous felonies against the 
        United States, including seditious conspiracy;
Whereas at their trials, none of the 16 defendants contested any of the evidence 
        presented by the United States;
Whereas at their trials none expressed remorse for their actions;
Whereas all were subsequently convicted and sentenced to prison for terms up to 
        90 years;
Whereas not a single act of terrorism has been attributed to the FALN since the 
        imprisonment of the 16 terrorists;
Whereas no petitions for clemency were made by these terrorists, but other 
        persons sought such clemency for them;
Whereas on August 11, 1999, President William Jefferson Clinton offered 
        conditional clemency to these 16 terrorists, all of whom have served 
        less than 20 years in prison;
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and 
        2 United States Attorneys all reportedly advised the President not to 
        grant leniency to the 16 terrorists;
Whereas the State Department in 1998 reiterated two longstanding tenets of 
        counter terrorism policy that the United States will: ``(1) make no 
        concessions to terrorists and strike no deals''; and ``(2) bring 
        terrorists to justice for their crimes'';
Whereas the President's offer of clemency to the FALN terrorists violates 
        longstanding tenets of United States counterterrorism policy; and
Whereas the release of terrorists is an affront to the rule of law, the victims 
        and their families, and every American who believes that violent acts 
        must be punished to the fullest extent of the law: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That making concessions to 
terrorists is deplorable and that President Clinton should not have 
granted clemency to the FALN terrorists.
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