Commission members study statements of Rice, Clarke

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Commission members study statements of Rice, Clarke
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2054568,00.html
By Philip Shenon and Douglas Jehl
The New York Times


WASHINGTON -- The staff of the independent commission investigating the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, is conducting a detailed review of all discrepancies found in public and private statements by Condoleezza Rice and Richard A. Clarke in drawing up questions for Rice when she testifies before the panel, probably next week, commission officials said Wednesday.

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The White House, they said, is hoping to limit any political damage to the president by having Rice testify quickly in the hope of ending the furor over the accusations made by Clarke, Bush's former counterterrorism director.

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We're working with the commission to move forward as quickly as possible," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. "I think most Americans view Dick Clarke and his contradictions as yesterday's news."

Commission members, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the panel's staff had been asked in the wake of Clarke's testimony last week to carefully review all testimony and other remarks that both he and Rice have made since Sept. 11, to determine where they disagree

[No Mandate Here.]

1. Let's hope they do their preparation well...

... so * can be yesterday's president.

[molly]

2. Yep - yesterday's news that won't go away

I can't wait to watch her try to lie her way out of this.

[xchrom]

3. she will be well rehearsed

and her lies will be pat.
there's something fishy here -- as other duers have pointed out.
i don't think we'll see the shape of it until her testimony.
the rest, unfortunately, we won't see. cheney and bush go be hind closed doors.

i was wrong about bush under oath and behind closed doors.

[molly]

4. She is a HORRIBLE liar

she gets nervous and blinks her eyes a lot.

[salin]

5. key excerpt:

The former staff director, Eleanor J. Hill, a former federal prosecutor and congressional aide whose management of the investigation was widely praised by Democrats and Republicans alike, said the congressional investigation turned up evidence to support Clarke's contention that the Bush administration had paid too little attention to terror in the months before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Hill said that while she no longer had access to transcripts of the classified testimony given by Clarke to the joint investigation, she could not identify large contradictions between his testimony last week and his testimony to Congress two years ago.

[seafan]

6. This is what Bob Graham says as well. n/t

[salin]

7. I missed that - good for Senator Graham!

He has had this as a primary concern since the time of the war resolution vote.