9/11 Panel Clintonista Got Special Access to PDBs

NewsMax.com ^ | 4/09/04 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[traditional1]

Perhaps her name was changed to her current one for a reason?

[plain talk]

Jamie Gorelick is a puke lawyer who served in the Attorney General's office in the Clinton Administration. She and Ben-Veniste should never have been allowed to be on this commission. A basic ground rule should have been to exclude anyone who served in the Clinton or Bush administrations - particularly the Clinton administration since it should be the focus for the investigation - and particularly known partisans.

[kcvl]

April 24, 1996

Web posted at: 4:00 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Clinton signed legislation Wednesday that "strikes a mighty blow" against terrorism, giving the government many of the anti-terrorist powers he proposed a year ago after the Oklahoma City bombing. The law makes it easier for the United States to deport non-citizens suspected of terrorism links and bans fund-raising in the U.S. by terrorist groups(I guess they forgot to tell the terrorists).

The signing comes one day after Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick revealed that the government was flooded with terrorist threats last Friday on the first anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. "I literally could not leave my desk because of all the threats that were pouring in, in the course of that day," she said. A number of federal buildings were closed or evacuated, she said.

Jamie Gorelick, once considered for the CIA job.

Mrs. Gorelick added that even though President Clinton doubled the size of the FBI's counterterrorism budget, the bureau was so slow to hire agents that the money was never used.

"Keeping America Secure for the 21st Century"

Remarks by National Security Advisor Sandy Berger; Dr. Joshua Lederberg, Nobel Laureate; and Jamie Gorelick, Fannie Mae Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, Washington. D.C., January 22, 1999

MS. GORELICK: Mr. President, distinguished guests. Ten years ago I would not have put cyber terrorism at the top of the threats to our national security. But the landscape has changed. Given how well-armed we are, as Josh said, as a nation, but how reliant we are on computers in our everyday business and private lives, our nation's cyber systems become a tremendous target.

I believe that cyberspace is the next battlefield for this nation.

[estpeter]

Did you ever get the feeling that some of our so-called Republican politicians are actually Democrats undercover...

[kcvl]

Remember this?

January 23, 2001

The Bush transition at Justice has not been encouraging. Republican legal activists who turned up for one transition meeting intent on housecleaning were stunned to find Jamie Gorelick, Clinton's former deputy attorney general, in attendance. Consequently, they watched their words. Gorelick spoke freely, however. She praised the Bush team for not replicating Clinton's 1993 mass sacking of U.S. attorneys and commented how dreadful that act was eight years ago.

Not only are Clinton's prosecutors in place for now but Eric Holder, Gorelick's successor as deputy attorney general, now runs the Justice Department as acting attorney general. Holder pleaded with Bush lieutenants for that status to cleanse his reputation, and it is unlikely that he will cause trouble in his temporary role.

[Lucky2]

This just goes to prove one more time that this commission is on a political witch hunt to destroy President Bush at any cost. There is no reason in the world that that gorelick woman should have had access to those files. It's a disgrace.
P.S. Her name leads me to wonder....

[kcvl]

Sept. 20, 2001, 11:49PM

Clinton aides regret letting bin Laden off
Terrorism policy never got going

"Clearly, not enough was done," said Jamie Gorelick, a former deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration. "We should have caught this. Why this happened, I don't know. Responsibilities were given out. Resources were given. Authorities existed. We should have prevented this."

[NativeSon]

This just goes to prove one more time that this commission is on a political witch hunt to destroy President Bush at any cost.

On Fox this morning there was a "9/11 panelist" on the show. When it was put to him that the Dems were obviously attacking and being very partisan he agreed and stated something like, "you must give them leeway because they are under enormous pressure (from the DNC) to score points here". Further statements went deeper and basically it comes to - sure the Dems were playing politics with this, sure they are on a witch hunt but it's not their fault, they are trying to win an election...

[Cold Heat]

Did you ever get the feeling that some of our so-called Republican politicians are actually Democrats undercover...

The problem is that in the attempt to be "Bi-partisan" or "non-partisan" as in the case of the commissioners, we(republicans) always get screwed and the elder statesman types have not yet learned about the new democrat morality or lack of same.

Basically, what I am trying to say is that many republicans are ignorant fools if they think for one minute that the dems are going to play fair on anything!

Anything at all!

[NotchJohnson]

Gorelick needs to be put under the spotlight so people know where this comiission is coming from. I saw her yesterday and am not surprised she worked under Janet Reno. This needs to come to light.

[PogySailor]

Gorelick was the Clinton administration's deputy attorney general under Janet Reno, who repeatedly urged the White House not to attack bin Laden after the bombings of the USS Cole and two U.S. embassies in East Africa.

Blood....boiling...fist....clinched....AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Ah, I feel better now.

[TheGrimReaper]

and that nobody could have prevented 9/11

Well, they must take that position -- because any rational analysis of responsibility for 9/11 includes the following undisputed, out-of-balance equation:

Clinton: 8 Years -- Bush: < 8 months

The libs don't really want to go there...

[Lucky2]

sure the Dems were playing politics with this, sure they are on a witch hunt but it's not their fault, they are trying to win an election...

Finally someone willing to say out loud what we've all been saying on line. This is rich, I hope it gets some airplay elsewhere.

[Wolfstar]

...a position she assumed in March 1994...

Gorelick assumed a position, all right, in '94. It just can't be described in polite company.

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

Should Jamie Gorelick resign from the 9/11 commission?

2627 responses

Yes
47%

No
53%

Go here to vote ---> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/

[nopardons]

I just voted and the numbers remained the same as the ones you posted. That poll is rigged!