Is this any way to run an investigation?

[St_Hereticus]

In late 2002 the 9/11 Commission was created by Congressional legislation and Geprge W. Bush's signature. It was charged with prepareing a full and complete report on the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness and the immediate response, and ways of avoiding such disasters in the future.

So the Commission asked the White House for the relevant Presidential Daily Briefs, but the Bush administration fought tooth and nail to keep from handing them over. Now the Commission has knuckeld under to the pressure, and reached a compromise with the White house that will allow the administration to censor the documents before handing them over. And even then only 4 of the 10 commissioners will get to see the censored papers, and make notes. Then the Bush team will get to censor the notes before any of the other 6 commissioners get to see them.
:mad:

Here is the story at the Daily Moron: Bush Administration Allowed to Censor Documents for 9/11 Commission (http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=1&id=4199)

Here is the story at the New York Times: Deal on 9/11 Briefings Lets White House Edit Papers (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/14/national/14TERR.html)

Here is the story at the Washington Post: 9/11 Panel Reaches Deal On Access To papers (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33881-2003Nov12.html)

I don't see how the panel can produce a "full and complete" report without full and complete access to the evidence. What does the Bush administration have to hide, anyway?

[Zep]

America, don't stand for this! This is the sort of behaviour that belongs in backward and corrupt third-world countries like Libya and Iran! To arms, and go stop your government from deceiving you! Storm those barricades! Stop that deception of the great American public! Seize the truth!





Oh? You're not going to do that? You ARE going to take this lying down after all? Why? Because the president is conservative and can do no wrong?




Hmmmmm.... :i:

[Tony]

Is this any way to run an investigation?


No. This is just another example in long succession of events of the government abusing its power (of which it has too much of already). Yet, people ignore facts like this and STILL support giving the government more power.

[LFTKBS]

Originally posted by Tony

No. This is just another example in long succession of events of the government abusing its power (of which it has too much of already). Yet, people ignore facts like this and STILL support giving the government more power.

So what's the solution, Tony?

[corplinx]

Originally posted by LFTKBS


So what's the solution, Tony?


Close down the useless commission? Its a waste of money. The daily briefs arent evidence, this is just the some on the commission trying to get access to executive branch documents most likely.

I posted a good list of what we learned from 911 a while back in another thread about this commission and ended it with, "there, i just saved you a few billion dollars".

[Judith]

This is the most secretive, paranoid administration since Nixon. I predict if there's another term, the pot is going to boil over somewhere and we are due for a nice juicy scandal involving abuse of power.