Clinton expresses doubts on 9/11

Washington Times ^ | 4/09/04 | Shaun Waterman, UPI

[kattracks]

The commission looking into the September 11 terror attacks met yesterday with former President Bill Clinton in a 31/2-hour, closed-door session during which, panel members said, he expressed doubts about his administration's response to terrorism.

"He was very frank. He gave us a lot of very helpful insight into things that happened [and his] policy approaches," said Reagan-era Navy Secretary John Lehman, a member of the panel.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Oh, he's 'voluble' alright. He's so full of it he can't help shooting his mouth off, or... whatever.

[EGPWS]

Commissioners said they also asked Mr. Clinton about policy matters. "We asked him a host of big questions, big policy recommendations," said former Rep. Tim Roemer, an Indiana Democrat who also sits on the commission.

Somehow I can picture M. Lewinsky being a part of policy matters.

No wonder his session was "closed doors".

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[HarryCaul]

The fact that Gorelick is on the panel is all you need to know about it.

And I'm sure it's entirely coincidental that Clinton privately testified on a day that would be buried in the news cycle.

[cyncooper]

"He even answered questions we didn't ask," she joked.

It's called BSing you, Jamie.

I swear that woman is as dumb as a box of rocks.

[ladyinred]

Can't you just see him sitting there going on and on and on and on and on? LOL He was in his element, getting attention and feeling our pain! Sheesh! All praise all of the time for Bubba. My Gosh, he is the Anti Christ! :-)

[cyncooper]

Exactly. Per his request I'm sure. And loose-lipped Ben Veniste and the rest didn't leak.

Would that they grant the same courtesy to Republicans, but nay, it is not in their natures to play fair.

[Greenpees]

Imay get flamed for this, but I don't blame Clinton for 9/11.

I also don't blame Bush for 9/11.

I blame America, in this case. (and I hate to blame America)

I think many of us knew there was a threat, but not many realized how far it would go. Oh yes, we had our individual fears, but the truth is quite apart from reality, en mass.

If Clinton would have imposed his own form of Patriot Act, many of us, right here on this forum would have been so suspicious of him that we never would have backed it. Our own Congressmen/women would have destroyed him on the issue.

He was President, responsible for our safety, but in a different time. Playing "Whack a mole" when it came to Terrorism is all we expected.

Today, Bush is doing the right thing, despite the howles of the left. But I submit that he has our support, primarily because we all have the benefit of hindsight, and he's our guy.

The only difference is that I really do think that many of us here would have gotten behind WJC if he'd taken the post-9/11 actions that Bush has, but Democrats only care about getting their guy into office..no matter what hindsight tells them.

So far, we've learned that things were broken in government before 9/11. I think that's akin to someone saying of Las Vegas "There's gambling here? I'm shocked". But, it doesn't matter about hindsight now. Finally, after all we've seen and been through as a nation, what we need is foresight, and Bush is providing it.

[gr8eman]

I agree with you! Let's face it...the people of the US of A voted for Klinton twice! All's fair in love and war and for all the idolatry and phony feel-goodism we got 9/11 and now the War.

[My2Cents]

Why should anyone believe a guy who has no hestitation to lie under oath?

[My2Cents]

Let's face it...the people of the US of A voted for Klinton twice!

He didn't get a majority of the votes in either election; and I think W received more votes in 2000 than Clinton did in either '92 or '96.

[Indy Pendance]

The only terror attacks the Impeached President was worried about was from teeth.

[Dilbert56]

I blame Al Qaeda and request the death penalty.

[dead]

Commissioner Jamie Gorelick, who was Mr. Clinton's deputy attorney general, told CNN that the former president was very voluble. "He even answered questions we didn't ask," she joked.

Oh, Jamie thought Clinton did great!

What a stunning development!

[PigRigger]

"Mr. Clinton's responses to a series of attacks by Islamic terrorists....."

What responses?

Keep in mind, unloading in ones pants by the Commander-In-Chief does not count as a militarty response.

[LurkedLongEnough]

"He even answered questions we didn't ask," she joked.

"Boxers... here, I'll show you..."

[freedom1st]

"He even answered questions we didn't ask," she joked

Yet when Condi Rice answered questions they did ask, they tried to cut her off. What a bunch of partisan hacks this commission has as members.

[Pagey]

"He even answered questions we didn't ask," she joked.

Of course he did Jamie. That friends, is a mindless and totally untrue sentence from a Clinton sycophant. How can a human being answer questions that aren't asked, I ask rhetorically??? She's suggesting that the 10 members of this commission aren't nearly as bright (read manipulative) as he is. Full well knowing he's so far removed from the situation, and nothing he says to them can ever be used against him, he probably took both sides of every question and blathered on and on, endlessly, just like he did when asked questions by the grand jury in the yellow room at the White House. Parsing words and only wishing he could sit there for several more hours,forever trying to fill up that huge hole in his stomach that keeps him up every night. I'll bet we never get to read that transcript.

[An.American.Expatriate]

“The commission — formerly known as the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States – and now known as the John F. Kerry For President Election Committee . . .”