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03/03/2004 Archived Entry: "Spine."
Spine.
The 9/11 Commission shows some.
The independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is refusing to accept strict conditions from the White House for interviews with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and is renewing its request that Mr. Bush's national security adviser testify in public, commission members said Tuesday.The panel members, interviewed after a private meeting on Tuesday, said the commission had decided for now to reject a White House request that the interview with Mr. Bush be limited to one hour and that the questioners be only the panel's chairman and vice chairman.
The members said the commission had also decided to continue to press the national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to reconsider her refusal to testify at a public hearing. Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney are expected to be asked about how they had reacted to intelligence reports before Sept. 11, 2001, suggesting that Al Qaeda might be planning a large attack. Panel members want to ask Ms. Rice the same questions in public.
"We have held firm in saying that the conditions set by the president and vice president and Dr. Rice are not good enough," said Timothy J. Roemer, a former Indiana congressman who is one of five Democrats on the 10-member commission.
Can't wait to see Bush' tantrum over this.
Replies: 4 people speak up
Get ready for a diversion.
Posted by Aristophanes @ 03/03/2004 09:45 AM NY
Exactly, Aristophanes. "Look! We caught Osama Bin Laden!! He was hiding in this spider hole--er--cave!"
Posted by The Tater @ 03/03/2004 10:02 AM NY
my first question to bush would be "did you allow the attacks to happen for your personal gain, or was it something that your handlers talked you into?"
i probobly wouldnt get to ask my second question, because i would have died mysteriously by then.
Posted by justin @ 03/03/2004 10:49 AM NY
"A spokesman for the National Security Council, Sean McCormack, said Tuesday that the White House believed it would be inappropriate for Ms. Rice to appear at a public hearing as a matter of legal precedent. "White House staff have not testified before legislative bodies," Mr. McCormack said. "This is not a matter of Dr. Rice's preferences.""
What the fuck is this guy smoking? I guess he's never heard of Watergate, because I saw Nixon's White House Staff publicly testifying in front of the Congressional hearings convened back in the seventies. Or maybe I just imagined Chuck Colson, John Dean, Gordon Liddy, and the rest of them speaking before the investigative panel. Anyone else share in my delusion?
Posted by Stentor @ 03/03/2004 06:51 PM NY
