White House to Review 9/11 Report Before Release

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&ncid=716&e=14&u=/nm/20040404/pl_nm/security_commission_dc

White House to Review 9/11 Report Before Release
Sun Apr 4, 3:28 PM ET By Randall Mikkelsen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will vet "line by line" the report of an independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks before it is publicly released, the commission chairman said on Sunday.

Chairman Thomas Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he was surprised to learn of the White House review, which he said was required under law to ensure any material that could compromise intelligence was not included. <snip>

The commission is expected to submit its report in July on intelligence failures before the 2001 attacks. Kean said he was confident the White House would finish its review so the report could be released well before the November presidential election. Commission vice chairman Lee Hamilton vowed not to let the White House "distort" the report. <snip>

The disclosures indicate that although the White House has made concessions to the panel, including allowing national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify publicly this week, it still retains significant influence over the process. <snip>

[proud patriot]

1. Bastards !

Argggggggggggggggggg :grr: :mad: :grr:

[kainah]

2. Regardless of what else Clarke may or may not have accomplished

he certainly did tip off the press to the fact that there's a 9/11 Commission, didn't he? Prior to this, I'd have bet not 10% of them knew it was around. This is hardly news, except to the vast majority of our fellow citizens who haven't been paying any attention until now.

[Prodemsouth]

3. Maybe a handful more are paying attention - most are not.

most still think everyone screwed up - so it is not important.

[King_Crimson]

4. There should be a duplicate copy made...

and stored in an undisclosed location before handing it over to the Fascists...in case there are changes made or items deleted which I'm positive will happen!

[papau]

5. Delay beyond date of the election is an interesting option for Bush

and for Kerry! The delay would be a great issue.

:-)

[DemoTex]

6. Oh? What a surprise. Not!

It is SOP (standard operating procedure) for the Bu$h regime. It is as predictable as sunrise and sunset. It will be ignored by the media-whores.

[PurityOfEssence]

7. Not an INDEPENDENT Commission; a COMPASSIONATE one

Ooo-ee that smell; can't ya smell that smell?

[DrBB]

8. Lends a whole new meaning to "Independent"

I see. "Independent" means "wholly subservient to the Republican Party."

I do wish they'd made that clear from the beginning. It's so difficult for those of us who still remember what these words originally meant to keep up with things.

[nodehopper]

9. Well, but of course

And anything incriminating will be re-classified as "sensitive"

[Moderator]

10. Please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=462908