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From: Harry Hope (rivrvu@ix.netcom.com)
Subject: Bush schemes to delay 9/11 report until after election
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Date: 2004-04-05 18:41:26 PST
Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" television program, Kean said
White House vetters will go over his report "line by line to find out
if there's anything in there which could harm American interests in
the area of intelligence."
A special clearance team led by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card
and made up of top US intelligence and counterterrorism officials has
already been set up, he said.
But the report, expected to contain hundreds of pages of findings and
testimony, is unlikely to be finished before July, according to
congressional officials.
That will leave the vetting team only three to four months to complete
its work, if Americans are to see the document before they go to the
polls on November 2.
Asked if Americans will be able to see the report before the election,
Kean answered, "I have no guarantees."
It took the White House close to seven months to clear a congressional
report on US intelligence in the lead-up to the attacks, which killed
all the occupants of four passenger jets, destroyed the twin towers of
the World Trade Center in New York and severely damaged the Pentagon
building in Washington, leaving some 3,000 people dead in all.
Moreover, the congressional account emerged from that vetting last
July with dozens of blacked-out pages, which experts later said
contained sensitive information about an alleged Saudi role in
financing al-Qaeda and other radical Islamic networks.
Democratic commission vice chairman Lee Hamilton assured on the same
show that the panel will not put up with any political editing of the
document, saying, "We're not going to let them distort our report."
Hamilton also expressed confidence White House vetters will focus on
protecting intelligence sources and information collection methods
rather than on the panel's substantive findings.
But reacting to the controversy surrounding the probe, the John Kerry
election campaign released a compendium of press reports showing the
president's lack of enthusiasm for the commission and its work since
its inception.
"Bush opposed the commission entirely, he initially didn't include
funding they requested after they were established, he still has not
provided documents the commission has said are necessary for their
work," said the campaign of the presumptive Democratic presidential
nominee.
story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/us_attacks_probe_vote
White House vetting could delay 9/11 report until after election
Mon Apr 5
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
The chairman of an independent commission looking into US
counterterrorism activities prior to the September 11 attacks said he
could not guarantee that the panel's report will be released before
the November presidential election because of a protracted White House
vetting process.
Former Republican New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean said he was
"surprised" by the situation, but saw no way around it.
Subject: Bush schemes to delay 9/11 report until after election
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Date: 2004-04-05 18:41:26 PST
Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" television program, Kean said
White House vetters will go over his report "line by line to find out
if there's anything in there which could harm American interests in
the area of intelligence."
A special clearance team led by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card
and made up of top US intelligence and counterterrorism officials has
already been set up, he said.
But the report, expected to contain hundreds of pages of findings and
testimony, is unlikely to be finished before July, according to
congressional officials.
That will leave the vetting team only three to four months to complete
its work, if Americans are to see the document before they go to the
polls on November 2.
Asked if Americans will be able to see the report before the election,
Kean answered, "I have no guarantees."
It took the White House close to seven months to clear a congressional
report on US intelligence in the lead-up to the attacks, which killed
all the occupants of four passenger jets, destroyed the twin towers of
the World Trade Center in New York and severely damaged the Pentagon
building in Washington, leaving some 3,000 people dead in all.
Moreover, the congressional account emerged from that vetting last
July with dozens of blacked-out pages, which experts later said
contained sensitive information about an alleged Saudi role in
financing al-Qaeda and other radical Islamic networks.
Democratic commission vice chairman Lee Hamilton assured on the same
show that the panel will not put up with any political editing of the
document, saying, "We're not going to let them distort our report."
Hamilton also expressed confidence White House vetters will focus on
protecting intelligence sources and information collection methods
rather than on the panel's substantive findings.
But reacting to the controversy surrounding the probe, the John Kerry
election campaign released a compendium of press reports showing the
president's lack of enthusiasm for the commission and its work since
its inception.
"Bush opposed the commission entirely, he initially didn't include
funding they requested after they were established, he still has not
provided documents the commission has said are necessary for their
work," said the campaign of the presumptive Democratic presidential
nominee.
story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/us_attacks_probe_vote
White House vetting could delay 9/11 report until after election
Mon Apr 5
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
The chairman of an independent commission looking into US
counterterrorism activities prior to the September 11 attacks said he
could not guarantee that the panel's report will be released before
the November presidential election because of a protracted White House
vetting process.
Former Republican New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean said he was
"surprised" by the situation, but saw no way around it.