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Originally posted by lambros56
reply to post by Afterthought
I agree that he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.
That's why Cheney made sure he was with Bush when they both testified before the panel.
Bush woulda blew it had he been alone.
Bush, Cheney to Face 9 / 11 Questioning in Secret By Reuters Tuesday 27 April 2004 Washington (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it would not allow any recordings or transcripts of private testimony this week by President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to the panel investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. Rebuffing demands from families of some of the nearly 3,000 dead and other critics of the administration for public testimony, Bush and Cheney only agreed to Thursday's unprecedented interview under pressure and on the grounds they would appear together and behind closed doors.
At the administration's request, the session will not be recorded and an official transcript will not be made. The White House said Bush was already providing unprecedented access to the panel and that the decision was consistent with previous private interviews. "This is a private interview and it's being treated that way," said commission spokesman Al Felzenberg. Both sides said they will have note-takers present. In preparation for Thursday's session, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush was reviewing documents and meeting with his top advisers.
He said Bush does not plan to make an opening statement and is likely to personally field most of the questions -- rather than Cheney. They will not be under oath. While details of the commission's line of inquiry remain secret, it is clear from previous public hearings that the panel of five Republicans and five Democrats will press for answers to a now-famous Washington question: "What did the president know and when did he know it?" Past testimony has established that elements of the U.S. intelligence apparatus were aware of threats to American targets from the militant al Qaeda network, led by Osama bin Laden. McClellan said the president's demands for secrecy -- which were not applied to national security adviser Condoleezza Rice or other top Bush officials during their public testimony -- would not undermine the process. "The president will tell it exactly how it happened," he said. Stenographers/Recordings Barred But Democrats say the White House insistence the two appear together may be an attempt to eliminate the possibility of contradictory testimony over whether the administration did all it could to head off the Sept. 11 attacks.
Bush is "at risk of being branded as unwilling to stand alone and take the heat," warned University of Texas political scientist Bruce Buchanan, a longtime Bush watcher, could side step future calls for making the full testimony public. Former President Bill Clinton's appearance before a grand jury in the Monica Lewinsky scandal was recorded on video tape and later released. Bush already has met with Rice, Chief of Staff Andrew Card and White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to prepare for the session. McClellan said Gonzales' office has provided Bush with "documents from that time period to refresh his memory." McClellan defended the White House approach, saying that having Bush and Cheney appear together would help commissioners piece together the events of that day and complete their recommendations. He said Cheney would take questions if asked directly, but that Bush was expected to take the lead. Bush's advisers are worried the commission's findings will be critical of Bush, who is running for re-election in November on his record of fighting terrorism. Bush, who initially opposed creation of the independent commission, had earlier insisted he meet with just the panel's chairman and vice chairman, and for only one hour.
Under pressure from the commission, however, Bush agreed to meet all 10 members -- five Republicans and five Democrats -- and to answer questions for as long as necessary. "This is not an adversarial process," McClellan insisted. "He (Bush) looks forward to answering whatever questions they may have." A main area of questioning for Bush is expected to be claims by former U.S. counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke that he ignored an urgent al Qaeda threat before the attacks. The closed-door meeting is expected to begin at 9:30 a.m. (1330 GMT). McClellan said this level of secrecy was justified to protect the highly classified information that may be discussed. McClellan said he expected Gonzales and at least one other member of the White House Counsel's staff to attend. The 9/11 commissioners will be allowed to bring along one staffer, most likely Philip Zelikow, their executive director. All republished content that appears on Truthout has been obtained by permission or license.
Originally posted by jpmail
Regardless of what you think of for 9/11 he is right the people who carried out the attacks conspired to crash planes into buildings.
Unfortunetly the word conspiracy is used nowadays to mock people but the word exsists for a reason. People, compaines, goverments all conspire within themselves and with one another to achieve there goals.
My thinking is he wanted to avoid the word so that the "conspiracy nuts" would not jump on him, pitty he got part of the word out before he stopped himself.
If only we could remove the negitive connitations of the word conspiracy then maybe it could be used correctly as per its dictionary defenition instead of a slurr.
PS I am not calling anyone who does not accept the offical story of 9/11 a nut just trying to point out why I think he wanted to avoid the word.
"What did the president know and when did he know it?"
Originally posted by mbkennel
reply to post by Rubic0n
What I got from that is that Cheney wouldn't let Bush talk to the commission without Cheney present.
Originally posted by samkent
reply to post by EarthCitizen07
That van was shown to be photshopped years ago.
Rumsfeld was talking about the 2.3 trillion long before 911.
Originally posted by samkent
reply to post by EarthCitizen07
That van was shown to be photshopped years ago.
Rumsfeld was talking about the 2.3 trillion long before 911.
Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
9/11 was a conspiracy. A bunch of crazy jihadis conspired to take over 4 planes, crash them into buildings, and kill a bunch of innocent people. So, I'm not seeing the great revelation here....
Dude those were CAVE DWELLING IDIOTS who had never tooken a flight lesson class in their entire life
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
reply to post by EarthCitizen07
Dude those were CAVE DWELLING IDIOTS who had never tooken a flight lesson class in their entire life
I dont think thats true now.....
Originally posted by Rubic0n
reply to post by EarthCitizen07
The van did not actually explode , explosives were found in it and it was used to travel the passengers to the spot were they as according to their own words on israeli tv later "to record the event".