IS HE STUPID ?.. Most of his problems stem from allegations from those same people. I ask again. Is he stupid ?. Or is he captive of the " I'm a Unite'er not a Divide'er" hair brained scheme.. He does appear to be a well meaning but dumb as a post official, like his father. I will vote for him because I have no other choice.
Evidently the republican party is living on the Newt Gingrich legacy. But they "Borked" poor ol' Newt and made way for Uniters and not Dividers like George W. Gump. What was that interview with Bob Woodward all about ?. Must've been on advice from his daddy.
W is a good card player, and wants to play his cards at the right time. Look at the timing of the Condi Rice and PDB cards. He has just now played the Gorelick card which is really putting the squeeze on the Demos.
One of the more troubling aspects of the war on terror is how to treat the prisoners of that war. Whether the prisoners are foreigners captured on the battle field, or Americans citizens captured in Chicago, the Administration has often been reluctant to allow enenmy combatants to meet with lawyers.
One reason for the reluctance is that the administration is concerned that the lawyers might become conduits for information from the prisoners to be passed along to others.
What is needed to find highly competent counsel for the enemy combatants who the administration trusts implicitly with the most sensitive information.
The solution is for the high powered Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering to be appointed to represent all enemy combatants.
Now, Wilmer, Cutler may at first seem an odd choice for the job. After all, Wilmer Cutler represents Prince Mohammed al Faisal in the suit by the 9/11 families. The families contend that al Faisal has legal responsibility for the 9/11 attacks. The Prince allegedly had a part in the finances of Al Qaeda.
Despite that representation, it is clear that the administration trusts Wilmer Cutler with the most sensitive of information. Wilmer Cutler partner, Jamie Gorelick is a commissioner on the 9/11 commission. In addition to being a commissioner, Gorelick is also a witness before her own commission.
According to UPI , Gorelick is one of the two officials to whom the White House has granted the greatest access to the most secret and sensitive national security documents, the presidential daily briefings. Thus, the White House does not worry about providing information to the law firm of a Saudi Prince accused of being the financier of Al Qaeda when the firm in question is Wilmer Cutler.
Today, President Bush appointed the allegedly independent commission to investigate pre-war intelligence failures. Among those appointed to the commission was former Clinton White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler. Yes, Lloyd Cutler is the Cutler of Wilmer Cutler.
That commission will have to have access to the most sentitive information about our intelligence gathering. Once again, the White House in unconcered about the law firm for person accused of being Al Qaeda's banker having access to the most sentitive intelliegnce information.
That commission will have to have access to the most sentitive information about our intelligence gathering. Once again, the White House in unconcered about the law firm for person accused of being Al Qaeda's banker having access to the most sentitive intelliegnce information.
So Wilmer Cutler represents a Saudi against the 9/11 victims families. Wilmer Cutler is on the 9/11 commission. Wilmer Cutler is on the prewar intelligence commission. It seems only fitting that Wilmer Cutler also represent the enemy combatants. It is hard to believe that the White House would worry that Wilmer Cutler would pass sentitive information from Gitmo prisoners to Al Qaeda.
Perhaps Wilmer Cutler could also represent Scooter Libby with regard the Valerie Plame matter while it also represents Bob Novak before the grand jury. It could then represent Valerie Plame in a civil suit against Scooter Libby.
It appears that I must have missed the day of law school when they explained the Wilmer Cutler exception to the conflict rules.