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Sauron · 07-10-2003, 10:25 PM

*Sigh*. After a certain amount of time, it's just mind-numbing how many of these bullshit stunts that our Thief-in-Chief can get away with:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in562575.shtml

Quote:

The White House never wanted an independent commission established to answer that question. Calls for a heavyweight inquest came from both parties. The administration fought the bad fight and eventually lost. Thankfully.

[...]

Now the 9/11 Commission has made some real news and it�s not good. In its first Interim Report, Kean and Hamilton warned that the commission is not getting the cooperation it needs from the executive branch (surprise, surprise). The report was especially critical of John Ashcroft�s Justice Department (surprise, surprise) and the Pentagon.

The investigators also protested the administration�s refusal to let government officials (essentially, the witnesses) be interviewed without �minders� from their agencies monitoring or �intimidating� them.

More broadly, the report said �the Administration underestimated the scale of the Commission�s work and the full breadth of support required.� Translation: without the White House cracking the whip of cooperation, agencies will cover their political posteriors.

dpkm · 07-10-2003, 10:37 PM

I think what is more newsworthy than the actual story is that this appears on CBSNews.com and the writer is "Dick Meyer, the Editorial Director of CBSNews.com...he was a political and investigative producer for The CBS News Evening News With Dan Rather."

It seems to me that questioning and "dissent" are finally starting to gather steam outside of the constituencies you'd normally expect them (i.e., the progressive press).

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07-10-2003, 10:37 PM	#2
dpkm Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Burnaby, Canada Posts: 6	I think what is more newsworthy than the actual story is that this appears on CBSNews.com and the writer is "Dick Meyer, the Editorial Director of CBSNews.com...he was a political and investigative producer for The CBS News Evening News With Dan Rather." It seems to me that questioning and "dissent" are finally starting to gather steam outside of the constituencies you'd normally expect them (i.e., the progressive press).

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