The Democrats are howling because the ABC production did not follow the script of the 9/11 Commission. But the 9/11 Commission script doesn't follow historical reality.
Gorelick (and Ben Veniste and Berger) made sure of that....
Gorelick's surreal presence on the 911 commission investigating Gorelick's Justice Department, a maneuver that effectively removes from the universe of witnesses a central witness, Gorelick, even as it uniquely positions a central player, Gorelick, to directly shape the commission's conclusions. (Is there any question which two people are responsible for Gorelick's insertion on the commission?)Conversely, that it never occurred to anyone on the commission that Gorelick's flagrant conflict of interest renders her presence on the commission beyond farce calls into question the commission's judgment if not its integrity. Washington's mutual protection racket writ large, I suspect....
Reverse Gorelick
by Mia T, 4.15.04