Clinton’s officials threatened to support separatists: Jim Bartleman

After an open microphone caught former prime minister Jean Chrétien making jokes about the American political system during the 1997 Madrid NATO summit, the then U.S. administration headed by President Bill Clinton felt so "betrayed" it threatened to support the separatists in a future Quebec ...

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