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- WASHINGTON - Vice President
Al Gore lost his memory at least 85 times during recent FBI grilling over
his role in various campaign-finance scandals, a computer-aided analysis
of his four-hour testimony shows.
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- The WorldNetDaily analysis reveals that the likely Democratic
presidential nod blanked out once every three minutes under examination
by prosecutors.
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- "That sounds a bit excessive to me," said Republican
National Committee spokesman Bill Pascoe. "I don't think a witness
on a stand would be able to get away with losing their memory every three
minutes."
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- Neither Gore's White House office nor his Nashville,
Tenn., campaign office cared to comment.
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- The April 18 transcripts, released late Friday, show
that Gore answered:
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- *"I have no recollection" or "I have no
independent recollection" at least 30 times.
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- *"I can't recall" or "I don't recall"
at least 22.
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- *"I can't remember," "I don't remember"
or "I'm not remembering" at least 23.
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- *At least one of the following, 10 times: "I have
no memory," "I have no independent memory," "I have
no special memory," "I don't have a memory of it," or "I
have a vague memory."
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- The search, which reviewed all answers in context, did
not include the dozens of times Gore replied "not to my knowledge."
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- Several times, prosecutors tried to "refresh"
Gore's memory by showing him memos and other documents.
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- === Toward the end of the interview, Gore remarked:
=== "I can't even remember now from yesterday." === Here is
the context in which he said it:
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- Q: Are you familiar with an individual, the chairman
of that group (China Resources Holding Co.), named Shen Juren [sic]?
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- A: No.
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- Q Are you aware of a meeting -- A: Now, I was told yesterday
in preparation for this meeting that -- I can't even remember now from
yesterday. But I have no independent recollection of him.
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- Of course, prosecutors asked Gore about events and relationships
spanning some dozen years, which might have taxed anyone's recollection.
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- His "cram-packed" schedule, as he called it,
also may have clouded his memory.
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- But sources say Gore was prepared for the interview and
alert, even testy, throughout.
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- At one point, in fact, his anger seemed to help clear
his head.
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- "I sure as hell don't recall -- I sure as hell did
not have any conversations with anyone saying this is a fund-raising event,"
he asserted, referring to the illegal Buddhist temple fund-raiser he hosted
in 1996.
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- Another time, Gore tried to refresh lead prosecutor Robert
Conrad's memory by reminding him of the text of an e-mail: "You will
recall that I said ... ."
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- After the April 18 interview, conducted under oath, Conrad
urged Attorney General Janet Reno to name an outside special counsel to
investigate Gore.
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- Several other prosecutors, including a high-ranking Justice
political appointee, also have recommended Reno investigate Gore for possible
perjury in earlier interviews.
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