Clinton's Meltdown

The internet and 24 hour news channels are abuzz over President Clinton's meltdown on Fox News Sunday yesterday.  (See Lorie Byrd's roundup for example.) I, like Mr. Wallace, was dumbfounded by the thin skin exhibited by Mr. Clinton as well as his repeated invasion of Mr. Wallace's personal space by pounding on Mr. Wallace's lap. (Wouldn't be the first invasion of personal space for Mr. Clinton, of course.) Anyway, there was one phrase in his outburst that really took me by surprise.  During his tirade, Clinton said that he had "contracts" out on bin Laden while he was President.  Does that mean that they hired bounty hunters to chase down old UBL?  It sounds more like Clinton was acting as a mafia boss calling out secret hits rather than acting as the President.  Why would you need to contract out to kill bin Laden when you have the CIA and special forces at your disposal?  Maybe, I am reading that small point all wrong, but it made me wonder.

-Matthew

UPDATE: Newsbusters.org has the transcript with the curious statement:

CLINTON: What did I do? I worked hard to try and kill him. I authorized a finding for the CIA to kill him. We contracted with people to kill him.