A correction
Again, someone sent this to Pournelle's web site:
Jerry,
The person who wrote that Oliver North feared Bin Laden as the reason for buying the $60,000 security fence has a poor, or convenient, memory.
North testified that he feared Abu Nidal. Bin Laden wasn’t around then.
“Nidal, Abu Terrorist. North cited a threat from Nidal as the reason he accepted a security fence from Secord.”
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2807/emiran.html
Larry May
That does sound more realistic. I didn't think Bin Laden was around that long ago either.