Wrong Side of the Table (Jamie Gorelick)

NRO ^ | 4/12/2004 | Ethan Wallison

[Peach]

The Rats HATE the reforms made after 9/11, and especially the Patriot Act.

It's unimaginable how they would have reacted had President Bush put those reforms in place before 9/11.

The Rats want it both ways. Hopefully the voting public is smart enough to see through their illogical positions.

[OXENinFLA]

On Tuesday, former attorney general Janet Reno, under whom Gorelick served for three years beginning in 1994, testifies in open session.

This is going to be SUREAL.

[Mayflower Sister]

I've been saying from day one that she should be the one BEING questioned, not questioning.
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We should be demanding that she be removed from this committee - there is no objectivity here.

[eeriegeno]

Along with Gorelick, I also can't understand how Ben-Venista and Kerry got on this committee? All three are highly partisan and had a stake in the Clinton administration, which is being investigated here?????

[BillyCrockett]

"Along with Gorelick, I also can't understand how Ben-Venista and Kerry got on this committee? All three are highly partisan and had a stake in the Clinton administration, which is being investigated here?????"

True, but I get the sense that it's all SO OBVIOUS that many dems are getting nervous. It won't sit well with most of America either, I don't think.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

In 1993, we had fewer than 600 special agents and 500 support positions funded for CT [Counter-Terrorism]. By 1999, we'd more than doubled our personnel and trebled the FBI's CT budget to $301 million. We knew it wasn't enough. For Fiscal Years 2000, 2001 and 2002 the FBI asked for 1,895 special agents, analysts and linguists to enhance our CT program. We got 76 people for those three critical years. FY 2000 was typical: 864 CT positions at a cost of $380.8 million requested--five people funded for $7.4 million.

This comes from this morning's op-ed piece by Louis Free in the Wall Street Journal... This paragraph sums up the Clintonoids (and the Janet Reno Justice Department that Gorelick was a part of) feckless response to the terrorism threats that were gathering and taking place in the 1990's. The years mentioned above were when record surpluses were being reported and projected -- and even then the Clintonoids couldn't press for more $ for counter-terrorism that would help stave-off something like 9-11.

This factoid should be shoved back at Jamie Gorelick and Bob Kerrey with the question: why weren't YOU pressing for more resources like this to support the Counter-Terrorism effort... Maybe if the FBI had the needed resources, those 70 field investigations mentioned in the 8/6/2001 daily briefing would have had some meat and generated some better leads in advance of the attack. Hey *sshold Kerrey... Why weren't you leading the charge for these kinds of investments requested by the FBI Director? Remember that Bubba didn't exactly like Freeh and was looking for a way to dump him but he had a Monica problem at the time... Just another example of the President's dalliance with a young girl coming before protecting the country from the gathering and growing threat of terrorism... But let's just have a nice conversation with the great Bubba, right all you Demo partisan *ssholes on the Commission???????

[Just mythoughts]

"In 1993, we had fewer than 600 special agents and 500 support positions funded for CT [Counter-Terrorism]. By 1999, we'd more than doubled our personnel and trebled the FBI's CT budget to $301 million. We knew it wasn't enough. For Fiscal Years 2000, 2001 and 2002 the FBI asked for 1,895 special agents, analysts and linguists to enhance our CT program. We got 76 people for those three critical years. FY 2000 was typical: 864 CT positions at a cost of $380.8 million requested--five people funded for $7.4 million.
This comes from this morning's op-ed piece by Louis Free in the Wall Street Journal... This paragraph sums up the Clintonoids (and the Janet Reno Justice Department that Gorelick was a part of) feckless response to the terrorism threats that were gathering and taking place in the 1990's. The years mentioned above were when record surpluses were being reported and projected -- and even then the Clintonoids couldn't press for more $ for counter-terrorism that would help stave-off something like 9-11.

This factoid should be shoved back at Jamie Gorelick and Bob Kerrey with the question: why weren't YOU pressing for more resources like this to support the Counter-Terrorism effort... Maybe if the FBI had the needed resources, those 70 field investigations mentioned in the 8/6/2001 daily briefing would have had some meat and generated some better leads in advance of the attack. Hey *sshold Kerrey... Why weren't you leading the charge for these kinds of investments requested by the FBI Director? Remember that Bubba didn't exactly like Freeh and was looking for a way to dump him but he had a Monica problem at the time... Just another example of the President's dalliance with a young girl coming before protecting the country from the gathering and growing threat of terrorism... But let's just have a nice conversation with the great Bubba, right all you Demo partisan *ssholes on the Commission???????"



Rockey's LEAKED memo should be the required "Preface" to anything that "The Commission" puts forth.

[Diogenesis]

Gorelick was put there to COVERUP what happened.

As a result, there is a tsunami of impropriety.

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[tkathy]

I am sure hoping that the lightweight nursing home brigade from the Republican side takes some charge of the whole thing and questions with some clarity.

[fatrat]

Algorelick should recuse herself from the commission.

[cyncooper]

Ping

[EllaMinnow]

Simultaneous ping!

[cyncooper]

The Rats HATE the reforms made after 9/11, and especially the Patriot Act.

It's unimaginable how they would have reacted had President Bush put those reforms in place before 9/11.

Exactly.

[cyncooper]

Darn, I will probably miss the Reno appearance as I have to be out. I know there should be some good notes on a live thread, though, and I hope there is careful attention to the Gorelick part. I'm going to guess it will be along the lines of "Isn't it true you did everything you possibly could and you aren't to be held accountable for anything that happened in your entire tenure, not only including the issue of terrorism but everything? Isn't that so, Ms. Reno?"

[mtbopfuyn]

America saw her behavior last week and I predict it will be her undoing.

[EllaMinnow]

I'm sure there will be a good LIVE thread!

Any idea about the scheduling?

[cyncooper]

I think the proceedings start at 9am again, which is 6am for me. I'll probably see *some* but not all, and I don't know the order of line up.

[Redbob]

"Were any steps taken after the 1993 attacks to remove barriers that thwarted useful coordination between the FBI and the CIA?"

Those "Barriers" were a post-Watergate LAW, not merely some imaginary interagency rivalry that could have been put aside for the sake of national security, as some would have you believe.

A law, BTW, passed by Dimocrats, some of whom infest Washington to this day.
Should THEY perhaps be called to testify?