Bush officials reluctant to talk to British panel investigating Iraq war

[deminks]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031804927.html

Senior Bush administration officials involved in the Iraq war have been asked by a British panel investigating that country's role in the conflict to chat about administration activities and policies from before the March 2003 invasion until 2009.

The government-commissioned panel, which has no subpoena power or legal status over there, much less here, has nonetheless gotten most every significant British government official and senior military officer involved in the war to give evidence, in public even.

But we're hearing that the response from Bush administration folks has been decidedly cool, even though the panel apparently is willing to do the interviews in private, specify the subject areas in advance and accept statements on background, without naming names.

Unclear how many officials got the panel's invites, e-mailed about three weeks ago. It would seem likely the list would include some of the usual top-tier suspects -- George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley, Donald Rumsfeld, and their deputies and senior assistants. Word is about 10 officials, most of them involved in the post-invasion period, have agreed to talk this spring. Unclear whether those in on the pre-invasion "mushroom cloud" campaign are going to participate.

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C'mon, Smirky, Rummy, Deadeye. You know you want to. What have you got to lose (hide)? Your poodle did it and is still making millions. In fact, he's gonna take his "faith offensive" with Rick Warren on the road here in North America real soon. I mean that's bigger than the Pope, right? Brown lied all over hisself to the Inquiry and is running for re-election in weeks. No worries. /sarcasm off.

[Botany]

1. You can smell their fear

They lied to start a war and 1.3 million people are dead, 7 years later to this day we started that mess and we are still there,
bin Laden is still unaccounted for, no WMDs, Iraq is going to elect Islamic extremest to power, Iran is stronger and looking
to get nuclear weapons, and we have 3,000 + dead along w/ over 60,000 wounded, sick, non combat injuries, traumatic
brain injuries, and God knows how many PTSD cases.

[peacetalksforall]

3. You forgot one thing - they did it for the corporations and the baron group.

[malaise]

4. They're scared shitless

How I'd love to see them in chains.

[ixion]

2. Well, yeah, they've committed war crimes, and they know it

of course they wouldn't want to talk about it.

In any case, I hope their sorry asses wind up in the Hague.

[opihimoimoi]

5. Reluctant??? RELUCTANT? They are SCARED SHITLESS...Their Sreat Towels are dripping