Treasury Dept. to Refuse Senate a List of Saudi Suspects

[jbfam4]

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/05/politics/05TERR.html


By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN


The Treasury Department said yesterday that it would decline to provide the Senate with a list of Saudi individuals and organizations the federal government has investigated for possibly financing Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.

The action was the second in two weeks to set the White House and Congress at odds about the Saudis and federal intelligence-gathering related to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Moreover, the move contradicted an assertion made on Thursday by a senior Treasury official, Richard Newcomb, who told the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee in a hearing on Saudi sponsorship of terrorism that the list was not classified and that his agency would turn it over to the Senate within 24 hours.

Yesterday evening, with senators still awaiting the list, the Treasury Department advised the committee that it would soon send a letter declaring the information classified and thus unavailable to the public.

[GainesT1958]

1. During Watergate the question was often asked:

"Is it because of 'National Security'? Or because of 'Nixon Security'?"

I think it's looking more and more as though, these days, reasons--or NON-reasons--like that one are solely because of "Bush Security", and "Saudi Security". :mad:

All the more reason Michael Moore's next film is going to be quite a tale-teller! :eyes:

B-)

[jbfam4]

3. totally agree

Anything that would hurt Bush politically becomes classified.

We need to make lots of noise about this....even Shelby said that 95 % of the 9/11 report didn't need to be classified,other Pubs said that too. This white house is getting away with murder.

[ClintonTyree]

2. Assholes.............

Congress, and more importantly the American people, deserve to know this information. I think this may set up a titanic struggle for this information in the very near future. I use the adjective 'titanic' purposely. I hope the information sinks the Bush administration. There is certainly damning information in those reports for the Bushies. "Bring 'em on".