9/11 panel considers Rice subpoena

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4401034/

The federal panel reviewing the Sept. 11 attacks has scheduled interviews with former President Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore this month but is struggling to get similar cooperation from President Bush and other administration officials.

Members of the bipartisan commission said they were considering a subpoena to force the public testimony of national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, who has declined to appear at the panel’s two-day hearing later this month.

“The commission wants to go back in the court of public opinion and appeal to the administration for them to reconsider their first stand,” said commissioner Timothy Roemer, a former Democratic congressman from Indiana. “If we don’t get that kind of cooperation, compelling Dr. Rice to come before us is an option.”

The 10-member commission also requested private meetings with Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney about what the administration knew before the attacks, potentially a sensitive subject in an election year.

[CaptainClark23]

1. Enough Considering, Dammit!

Just do it! Or else consider yourselves on the side of the traitors.

[mac2]

15. Right!! It's a bunch of bull crap about not being able to....

get them to testify. They are by law required to answer to the oversight of the legislative branch (which is the people) for their actions. They are public employees.

If they refuse...fire them!!! They are obstructing justice...a criminal act. They are involved in cover up...a criminal act. They are/have refused to submit documents, etc. needed for the investigation, a criminal act.

DA..it's against the law not to do all that is asked. "We the people" demand they do it!!

[indepat]

2. The issue is simply: are our elected and high-ranking appointed officials

accountable to the people or are they above the law, for there is no in between?

[mac2]

16. "No one is above the law even the President.".

Except Republicans.

[gandalf]

3. The commission is damaging its limited reputation

if it several times threatens issue a subpoena and finally agrees to a dubious compromise.

If past experience is a predictor, we will probably neither see a public testimony nor a subpoena. That is sad.

[wicket]

4. what has she got to hide???

This is making me so angry, they MUST be held accountable to the American people!

[mac2]

19. She lied and there was a planned stand down...is all.

[stevedeshazer]

5. Remember Clinton's testimony, anyone?

Remember how his videotaped deposition was aired on national television and was picked apart by rabidly right pundits, who still like to give WJC a bunch of shit about what the meaning of "is" is? Over a sex scandal?

Yet these bastards on the commission are fooling around "considering" subpoenas. What's the holdup?

I want Shaky Condi on TV, darting eyes, trembling hands, quavering voice. She's not a very good liar. Her TV appearances have been disastrous.

Hell, why not Dick and George, too?

[Ready4Change]

6. Subpoena now.

This isn't about "Did someone sleep with someone they aren't married to."

This IS about "Did someone knowingly allow the killing of over 3,000 innocent American Citizens."

[mac2]

17. And used it to take away our freedoms and wage "unending

wars" for profit against any country...anywhere.

The agenda is to take away democracy all over the world.

[mac2]

22. And many more ME innocents...

[calimary]

7. OKAY, guys and gals, check out my sig line... BATTLE STATIONS!

Let's haul CONdi onto the stand and see how many times she takes the 5th. EVEN SO.

Call your reps! Demand this! NOW! PLEASE!!

[Leilani]

8. These people should be dragged

up to Capitol Hill, kicking & screaming, if necessary.

[mac2]

21. They should be dragged to court like Susan McDougal....

with hand cuffs and leg irons for refusing to testify. Unlike Susan, they were involved, in the worst attack on our nation since WWII, and have a lot to tell us since it was their job to protect us, etc.

It's not about a failed land deal.

Book by Susan McDougal: The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk

[kskiska]

9. Meanwhile, Clinton and Gore are testifying

in front of a full panel, with no time limits. Bush* and Cheney will speak for only one hour to two specified members. What's wrong with this picture?

[calimary]

13. I gotta tell ya - LOBBY YOUR PEOPLE, people!

They SHOULD be dragged kicking and screaming. They have to answer for this. They have ALOT to answer for. It's about damned time they're held accountable!!!

[UpInArms]

10. When Did they Know? Timeline from CBS News

Look at June 2001

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/america_under_attack/clues/timeline.html

June 2001

CIA Director George Tenet warns National Security adviser Condoleeza Rice that a significant al Qaeda attack in the near future is 'highly likely'.

[Beetwasher]

11. How Long Can They Get Away With This?

Outrage after outrage after outrage...

[frylock]

12. shit or get off the pot..

fuckin do it already.

[Malva Zebrina]

14. Look--Cheney got away with everything

the GAO backed down--Daschle backed down --Rice will alsot get away with it. Simply put--this arrogant bunch of criminals simply believe, and with good reasons, that if they forcefully tell the American people to go pound salt, and give us their royal finger, they can get away with more

And, cynic and skeptic that I am, I am sorry to say, that I think they will. It has three years of lies, lies and more lies, and arrogance as a way of life for them. It works. They will just continue that , knowing that the chances are good they will get away with whatever they want.

[tom_paine]

18. Damn straight. Sleezy is a crappy liar and might crack

I doubt the Emporer and his Stooges would allow her on the stand.

Sounds like the Busheviks will be needin' to call on their old pal, the Right-Wing Anthrax Assassin.

There are some more people who ned a little Bushevik-style (for Amerikans...foreigners just get pushed out a window, and soon so will we too) "attitude adjustment".

[TNOE]

23. Why - When Bush & Co. Have Their Apologists

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1089057/posts


They don't have a CLUE ONE.

[PaDUer]

24. Yep, but check the thread now...

a few are asking questions and KNOW that Bush and co are being sued. Let's see how the freepers handle this..

[bushisanidiot]

20. Hell Yeah! Next, They Should subpoena pres. Shitferbrains!

force the lying scumbag to testify under oath that he didn't know it was a terrorist attack, and explain why he ordered the military planes to stand down instead of intercepting the hijacked planes.

[Norquist Nemesis]

25. Ever get the feeling

these people are afraid for their lives? Personally, I think they should haul her in and let the chips fall where they may. She's probably scared shitless that if she testifies and tells the truth she might have an 'unexpected' accident or follow in the footsteps of other victims with unexplained circumstances.

And another thing...Ever since Bush handed out the coordination of Iraq to her (which is another fine disaster), we don't hear a word from her.

</rant>

[PaDUer]

26. I think she'd like to

leave for "family reasons", but doesn't have a "family=children or husband".

[pacifictiger]

27. word is she will not be security advisor

in their next cabinet. I wonder who they plan to replace her with (assuming of course they really do manage to engineer another illegal coup.)

[proud patriot]

28. Heck Yeah !

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !

[Buns_of_Fire]

29. Watch for bunnypants* to start squealing "executive privilege!"

A Brief History Of Executive Privilege, From George Washington Through Dick Cheney

[graphixtech]

30. help get your city on board

with starting a 911 citizen action group and making a difference. It is easy, empowering and fun. There is only a short window in history for citizens to affect this critically important issue. Join this effort NOW, before the 911 Commission expires in a few short months:
http://septembereleventh.org/

911Visibility.org will be donating over 1500 of these signs nationwide for activists to carry on March 20th. These posters are currently being offered to citizens for very low cost pricing at http://www.911sharethetruth.com/

[grasswire]

31. ben veniste

Here's an email address for Richard ben-Veniste:

[email protected]