Sept. 11 Panel to Press, Not Subpoena Rice

AP ^ | March 28, 2004 | AP

[Terry Mross]

I don't get why she can "testify" on Sixty Minutes but not before the Commission on TV. She needs to get up there and refute this garbage. If it is, in fact, garbage.

[Destro]

I am tired of the Bush traps that turn out not to be so. CFR, immigration - all these Bismarkian like "traps" that never pan out.

[jackbill]

The independent commission

Independent???? Why in the hell is Jaime Gore-lick on the commission? She was the General Counsel (top lawyer) for the DOD under Clinton and the number two under Janet Reno for the DOJ under Clinton.

Can you imagine the ourcry, among the RATs and the Partisan Media if the Republicans had named John Ashcroft's number two man to the commission?

Give it a break. The RATs have made this commission a kangaroo court. The President should ignore it.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

"If I was Bush I would have fired Condi on 9/12"

You're not, and I thank God for that.

"Well I would like to find an NSA advisor who could have imagined."

I guess he should have hired Tom Clancy for the job. In actuality, I wish to God Tom Clancy would STOP WRITING.

[Milligan]

Maybe your right. FDR Administration watched the Japanese taking over the Pacific but didn't do anything until the attack on Pearl Harbor. Maybe Churchill knew but kept that information from FDR. The American public didn't want to go into war until the attack happen. The US military wasn't ready for war and they were terrible underfunded at the start. My father said he had to train on wooden rifles and was in bootcamp for one week before he was shipped off to the Pacific.
If they did have a Pearl Harbor Commission, they waited after the war. Imagine if they had a open commission while troops were trying to fight a war? This 9-11 Commission goes back to Kerry's Testimony back in 1971. It's undermining our leadership and morale.

[Destro]

Why thank God for that? Defend her record? Go ask the people of FYROM how good Condi is.

[MNJohnnie]

Any NSA that claims that they did not feel it was possible that Muslim terrorists would try and slam planes into buildings should be removed from their posts. We owe nothing to Condi Rice. When did White house officials aquire a cult of personality?
Planes slame into buildings and a president fires no one who was responsible for preventing acts of terror? I have a problem with that. It may not have been her fault but it happened on her watch.

We complian that Liberals always don't take responsibility for actions. I am tired of fault free policies.


OK, so instead you favor scapegoating the guitless while those responsbile walkaway scot free? Perhaps instead of being so hysterically determined to find someone to blame we look in the mirror. WE ALL dropped the ball. We thought the world was a nice safe place after the Berlin Wall came down. We let the Clinton crowd gut defense and intelligence cause HEY we were the load superpower now and no one could hurt us. Instead of playing the childish hate Bush bigot's game, let's deal with the reality that we are ALL partly to blame for 9-11. Frankly I am sick of this partisan blame game. So what????? EVEN if EVERYTHING Clarke accuses is true, SO WHAT? I am more intrested in what Bush has done SINCE 9-11 and what he WILL DO in his 2nd term then I am in this hystericly bigoted 9-11 Comission's hunt for a scapegoat.

[MNJohnnie]

Any NSA that claims that they did not feel it was possible that Muslim terrorists would try and slam planes into buildings should be removed from their posts. We owe nothing to Condi Rice. When did White house officials aquire a cult of personality?
Planes slame into buildings and a president fires no one who was responsible for preventing acts of terror? I have a problem with that. It may not have been her fault but it happened on her watch.

We complian that Liberals always don't take responsibility for actions. I am tired of fault free policies.


OK, so instead you favor scapegoating the guitless while those responsbile walkaway scot free? Perhaps instead of being so hysterically determined to find someone to blame we look in the mirror. WE ALL dropped the ball. We thought the world was a nice safe place after the Berlin Wall came down. We let the Clinton crowd gut defense and intelligence cause HEY we were the load superpower now and no one could hurt us. Instead of playing the childish hate Bush bigot's game, let's deal with the reality that we are ALL partly to blame for 9-11. Frankly I am sick of this partisan blame game. So what????? EVEN if EVERYTHING Clarke accuses is true, SO WHAT? I am more intrested in what Bush has done SINCE 9-11 and what he WILL DO in his 2nd term then I am in this hystericly bigoted 9-11 Comission's hunt for a scapegoat.

[MNJohnnie]

Any NSA that claims that they did not feel it was possible that Muslim terrorists would try and slam planes into buildings should be removed from their posts. We owe nothing to Condi Rice. When did White house officials aquire a cult of personality?
Planes slame into buildings and a president fires no one who was responsible for preventing acts of terror? I have a problem with that. It may not have been her fault but it happened on her watch.

We complian that Liberals always don't take responsibility for actions. I am tired of fault free policies.


OK, so instead you favor scapegoating the guitless while those responsbile walkaway scot free? Perhaps instead of being so hysterically determined to find someone to blame we look in the mirror. WE ALL dropped the ball. We thought the world was a nice safe place after the Berlin Wall came down. We let the Clinton crowd gut defense and intelligence cause HEY we were the load superpower now and no one could hurt us. Instead of playing the childish hate Bush bigot's game, let's deal with the reality that we are ALL partly to blame for 9-11. Frankly I am sick of this partisan blame game. So what????? EVEN if EVERYTHING Clarke accuses is true, SO WHAT? I am more intrested in what Bush has done SINCE 9-11 and what he WILL DO in his 2nd term then I am in this hystericly bigoted 9-11 Comission's hunt for a scapegoat.

[Ciexyz]

Stick to your guns, Condi. Don't give in.

[MNJohnnie]

I don't get why she can "testify" on Sixty Minutes but not before the Commission on TV. She needs to get up there and refute this garbage. If it is, in fact, garbage

Do you understand the terms "Partisan Witch hunt"? Do you understand why you do NOT establish the precedence that anytime a hyper partisan minoirity Congress party wants it can demand the NSA Advisor (A president employee not currently subject to Congressional Oversite) be subject to a Public show trial to feed their hysteric partisan bigotry? Why should Condi go before a Comission that is currently whitewashing the Clinton's role in 9-11? It is fairly obvious that no real solutions are being sought by the Comission only scapegoats. I say treat the Comission with the contempt it's actions demonstrate it deserves

[freeperfromnj]

Whatever happened to the report that Phillipine intell found a plot in a Manila. The deal was to fly airplanes into buildings in the US. They turned it over to the US in 96 or 97, I think.

You bring up a point that I haven't seen discused anywhere. Maybe they should call Sandy Berger back and ask him about it.

[Just mythoughts]

"Any NSA that claims that they did not feel it was possible that Muslim terrorists would try and slam planes into buildings should be removed from their posts. We owe nothing to Condi Rice. When did White house officials aquire a cult of personality?
Planes slame into buildings and a president fires no one who was responsible for preventing acts of terror? I have a problem with that. It may not have been her fault but it happened on her watch.

We complian that Liberals always don't take responsibility for actions. I am tired of fault free policies."


Well then why are the LIBERALS slinging around in the grass, accusing and seeking to destroy others when the "responsibility" lies in their own dust?

[breakem]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/635142/posts

someone linked me to this on another thread.

[freeperfromnj]

Thanks for the link. You'd think the "concerned" 911 families would want to know everything. This seems like an important piece for intelligence that should not be overlooked by the "bipartisan" committee. Oh, I forgot - they're only interested in the few months that Bush was in office.

[breakem]

The issues for me are: weak response after terrorist attacks for 8 years.

Failure to grab Osama when we had the information.

Illiegal immigration (at least 7 of the 9-11 bad guys were here illegally.

Being here illegally and attending flight school.

After the Phillipine intelligence, you should have been background checked for glight school and no immigrants unless approved by a federal agancy.

[Destro]

So why were no Clinton hold overs fired by Bush after 9/11?

[Just mythoughts]

"So why were no Clinton hold overs fired by Bush after 9/11?"

There was not a friendly Senate awaiting President Bush, confirming his appointments. Somebody had to continue to work.

One does expect career people to be "nonpartisan" and those who get appointed to positions work to follow the Constitution not work to destroy it.

Hindsight is 20/20 and President Bush does not have the "EVIL" mind of leftist liberals that seek to divide and conquer.

[Tolik]

The Dems should be careful what they wish for.

Dick Morris came up with a very interesting angle (on the Hannity show): it does not matter what details are in the whole Clark story. What matters is that according to nationwide polls, voters favor Bush to fight terrorism and favor Kerry to improve economy (regardless of my personal opinion about Kerry). That means that as long as 9/11 and terrorism are in agenda, it favors Bush, REGARDLESS of specifics.

[marron]

(dang, I hope you're right, and I hope I'm right)