[rocklobster11]

The investigation of terror is the responsibility of the FBI and the CIA; more than a year ago, we learned that they dropped the ball on a couple of leads - THAT is where the failure was, but now it's all become politics.

And the only hope they have to pin it on Bush is to say that if the White House had had more meetings they could have gotten the information to bubble up through the CIA and FBI. Which is what Clarke is trying to do now, and what I head Richard Ben Veniste say on hardball last night.

It's really no different than what Time said in the summer of 2002 right before Clarke gave that awesome press briefing supporting Bush.

[Steve_Seattle]

What was Ben Veniste doing on Hardball? This is supposed to be a non-partisan commission, and the commissioners shouldn't be running to the press to spin things their way. Apart from a brief quote or two, the commission should only deal with the media as a collective, not as individual commissioners. Ben Veniste should keep his fat Democratic spinmeister ass off of the television.

[Wolfstar]

...and what I head Richard Ben Veniste say on hardball last night.

Dontcha just love it whenever so-called bipartisan, independent, impartial commission members splatter themselves all over TV pushing their own agendas. Yeah, they're doing this just to try to prevent another 9/11, big-hearted souls that they are. Yeah, right. Now I'm ready for another fairytale.

[CyberAnt]

And .. I believe Clarke has said that Janet Reno did shake the CIA and FBI over some issue .. anybody remember what it was about ..??