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Condoliar Rice
Perhaps with lies and delusions the Bush administration is looking for a mistrial.
by Knute Berger
The mess in Iraq gets messier, and so does the mess of how we got into this mess. Last weeks visual highlight: the pinched face of Bushs national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, testifying under oath before the 9/11 commission, seeking to answer the questions: What did the president know, and why didnt he give a rats ass?
Dubya couldnt answer that question because he was bass fishing in Crawford, Texas.
Former Washington Sen. Slade Gorton predicted, prior to Rices testimony, that there would be nothing new in it. At most, she will probably only add a little to what we already know, the Republican told the Tri-City Herald.
Gorton should have known better, for it was he who had asked a key, unplanned question of former terrorism honcho Richard Clarke during earlier testimony. Gorton asked Clarke if there was the remotest chance that 9/11 could have been prevented if the administration had heeded Clarkes recommendations from January 2001. No, Clarke said. It was an important admission from one of the administrations most credible critics, an admission that could contribute to helping Bush and company wriggle off the 9/11 hook. Gorton, the scion of a seafood fortune, was delighted with the results of his fishing expedition.
But Rice did make news, even if it took the weekend for it to come out. In her testimony, she insisted that the infamous presidential daily intelligence briefing (PDB) from Aug. 6, 2001, contained only stuff of historical interest. No predictions, no call to action, no real news. This despite the fact that the commissioners already knewand now we all know, since the document was declassified over the weekendthat it outlined Osama bin Ladens intent to attack on American soil, possibly hijacking planes; that operatives were living in the United States; and that someone had been casing federal buildings in New York. (cont.)
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Perhaps with lies and delusions the Bush administration is looking for a mistrial.
by Knute Berger
The mess in Iraq gets messier, and so does the mess of how we got into this mess. Last weeks visual highlight: the pinched face of Bushs national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, testifying under oath before the 9/11 commission, seeking to answer the questions: What did the president know, and why didnt he give a rats ass?
Dubya couldnt answer that question because he was bass fishing in Crawford, Texas.
Former Washington Sen. Slade Gorton predicted, prior to Rices testimony, that there would be nothing new in it. At most, she will probably only add a little to what we already know, the Republican told the Tri-City Herald.
Gorton should have known better, for it was he who had asked a key, unplanned question of former terrorism honcho Richard Clarke during earlier testimony. Gorton asked Clarke if there was the remotest chance that 9/11 could have been prevented if the administration had heeded Clarkes recommendations from January 2001. No, Clarke said. It was an important admission from one of the administrations most credible critics, an admission that could contribute to helping Bush and company wriggle off the 9/11 hook. Gorton, the scion of a seafood fortune, was delighted with the results of his fishing expedition.
But Rice did make news, even if it took the weekend for it to come out. In her testimony, she insisted that the infamous presidential daily intelligence briefing (PDB) from Aug. 6, 2001, contained only stuff of historical interest. No predictions, no call to action, no real news. This despite the fact that the commissioners already knewand now we all know, since the document was declassified over the weekendthat it outlined Osama bin Ladens intent to attack on American soil, possibly hijacking planes; that operatives were living in the United States; and that someone had been casing federal buildings in New York. (cont.)
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