Live Thread - September 11 Commission, Day 2, Wednesday, March 24, 2004

CSPAN 3, CBS webfeed ^ | March 24, 2004

[TomGuy]

Live thread for Day 2 of the September 11 Commission Hearings.

CSPAN 3 seems to be the only CSPAN covering this in various formats. http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=

Also CBS webfeed opens Real Player. http://cgi.cbs.com/video/video.pl?url=/broadcast/*/livenews.rm&plugin=1&proto=rtsp

CBS news website may have other feed formats.

[StarFan]

FINALLY A QUESTION ABOUT HIS PRESS BRIEFING!!

[LisaFab]

Yes, it seems we were all so safe under Clarke's protection. What's with him and Kerrey.

WOO HOO!!!!!!!! Thompson brings up 2002 briefing: "Which is true?"

[Bahbah]

Woah, Thompson just hit him with the "which is true" question.

[MagnoliaB]

Why does Wag the Dog come to mind? If anyone is trying to 'wag the dog'it's Clarke. What is he doing? Trying to confuse everyone to the point that he takes the heat off of the Clintoons so that he can dilute the fact that when it came to any hard tactics the Dems just ain't going to do it? He gave the impression before this hearing that the Bush administration knew exactly who the hijackers were, where they were in pleanty of time to avoid 9/11 but simply didn't do it. Now all I'm hearing is BS. I don't blame Ms. Rice for not wasting her time with this.

[Miss Marple]

WOW!!! Governor Thompson asks which is true, the book or the press briefing!!! YAY!

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Finally! Thank you, Governor Thompson!

[StriperSniper]

.although Gore's name not associated.

What an obvious omission.

[mombonn]

We have your book, we have your press briefing from 2002 - which is true? WOW!

[Peach]

smooch...

[Howlin]

Agreed.

[Cboldt]

There it is. Thomson asks "We have your book. And we have your press briefing of 2002. Which is true?"

[EllaMinnow]

"WE have your book and the August 2002 press briefing - which is true?"


OMG - YES!!!!!!!!

[hobbes1]

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!

[forward]

Thompson says "Which is True???"

[cyncooper]

Clarke recommended an air defense system?

That's what he says.

Kerrey extremely gracious to him and says he wants to talk more if there is a round 2 (Oh, there might not be?!).

Thompson up: Right off holds up the book and a transcript of the press briefing and asks "Which is true"?

Clarke: "The question is misleading".

[areafiftyone]

YESSS!!!

[PISANO]

SPIN SPIN SPIN

[mikegi]

Question is misleading. No, YOU are misleading the families of the victims and all Americans that you knew what AQ was going to do. You did NOT.

[Spunky]

"His book is the #1 selling book on amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. He is making a fortune bashing the President."

This means nothing.

Read the snippit and check the link below.

SNIPPIT:"What is a best-seller list? It is a ranking of the relative sales of particular kinds of books at certain groups of stores within a one-week period. Best-seller lists tell us not which books sell the most, in absolute terms, but which fiction, nonfiction, or advice books sell the fastest at the bookstores list makers think deserve attention. A how-to book that sells 20,000 copies in one week will shoot to the top of the best-seller lists, whether or not those are the only copies it ever sells. A novel that sells 200 copies a week for 10 years will never appear on the lists, because each week it will be beaten by faster-selling books.""
The Book Industry's Best-Seller Lists

[Carolinamom]

They've admitted they're his friends. To he!! with the truth; let's just be nice and not hurt his feelings.