HOW GORE ABORTED AIR SAFETY

World Net Daily ^ | 9-34=01 | j farah

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...As a result, 10 days later, Gore sent a letter to airline lobbyist Carol Hallett promising that the commission's findings would not result in any loss of revenue. ..

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now that the rats have set the stage (attempted trap )for condi rice it is time to demand that gore testify under oath and in public.

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THE TIMES OF LONDON

June 18, 1997

Gore Sued in Row Over Report on TWA Crash

FROM TOM RHODES IN WASHINGTON

A WOMAN who lost her husband in the Lockerbie disaster and was appointed to a White House airline safety commission is suing Al Gore, the United States Vice-President, over the report into last year's TWA Flight 800 crash.

Victoria Cummock has filed a suit in federal court against Mr Gore and the Department of Transportation, alleging that the Vice-President forced her to abandon a call for specific counter-terrorism measures and demands for their implementation. A magazine report claimed yesterday that Mr Gore's decision may have been influenced by large-scale campaign contributions from the airlines.

Mrs Cummock has not endorsed the accepted theory that the Boeing 747 was brought down by mechanical failure and believes a terrorist bomb could have been the cause of the disaster.

She claims that Mr Gore, as chairman of the commission, refused to publish her detailed dissent as part of the group's official recommendations after last July's TWA crash off Long Island in which all 230 passengers and crew were killed.

The report, when presented to President Clinton in February, was said to have the unanimous support of all 21 members of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. It recommended that special bomb detectors should be installed at only 54 of America's 450 airports and, even then, only bags deemed suspicious would be checked.

Mrs Cummock refused to sign the report and, according to The American Spectator, she then received a fax from Gerry Kavauer, the commission's executive director, promising her dissent would be published if she relented. She was later told Mr Gore would not agree to include her comments. The magazine alleges that Mr Gore's initial enthusiasm for anti-terrorist measures, which could have cost airlines up to $1 billion (about £600 million), was curbed by large donations to the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign by many airlines, including TWA.

Federal Election Commission documents show that airlines gave nearly $500,000 in soft money to the Democratic Party after Mr Clinton appointed the commission.

In September last year on the day that Mr Gore promised the airline lobby there would be no expensive new counter-terrorism measures, the Democratic National Committee received a $40,000 contribution from TWA headquarters.

In her suit, Mrs Cummock claims that the commission and the Department of Transportation intended to file the final report without her complete dissent. She says the body violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act which requires committees to publish full minority dissents.

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[Sacajaweau]

There is/was some woman related to a big Dem who deemed it too expensive for airlines to take on safety measures. I forgot who it was but remember that this came out shortly after 9-11 happened.

[Fawnn]

Gore has blood on his hands. I believe it's important for the commission to determine what he knew and when he knew it!

Will Mrs. Cummock be appearing before the commission?

[Triple Word Score]

Linda Daschle, lobbyest for the airlines at the time.

Rush had the story. I can't find it now!

Gore took hundreds of thousands in campaign donations from the airlines after he toned down airport security proposals at her behest.

[Rummyfan]

And Linda Daschle is still a lobbyist for the airline industry. How Daschle gets away with this BLATANT conflict of interest is appalling.

[Maria S]

I hope this hasn't been revived just in time to innoculate Clinton from 911 blame! Al Gore was, after all, only following Clinton's instructions, IMHO.

[aimhigh]

Victoria Cummock has filed a suit in federal court against Mr Gore and the Department of Transportation...

So, it's been 7 years. What happened to the law suit?

[JulieRNR21]

Can you post the email & phone # of the 911 Commission so we can inform them of their oversight in not calling Mr. Gore?

[Sacajaweau]

This is a story that should be revived. It is important because just the cockpit entry prevention bars would have changed the plans of the terrorists.

[Triple Word Score]

And Gore sold it like the prodigal son sold his inheritance.

Frankly, this was his chance to have done something great, and he blew it.

Sad.

Maybe he should go get a cable news network or something....

MHKing might wanna do something with this. Gore almost did something good...just...

Come on, if Gore almost getting something important right almost in time to have almost saved the WTC isn't a JD, what is?

[montag813]

Linda Daschle, lobbyest for the airlines at the time.

Actually, I believe Linda Daschle was still FAA Administrator at the time of the Commission (or at least the bombing)

[Triple Word Score]

I appreciate the correction, thanks.

[nutmeg]

Check these out also: Rush quotes WND, grabs TWA 800 tiger by the tail

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Check these out also: Rush quotes WND, grabs TWA 800 tiger by the tail

EXTREMELY Damaging Kerry Quote From 9/11 Unearthed!!! (Must read and pass on) Kerry Quotes

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