Live 9/11 Commission Thread [testifying today Freeh, Reno, Ashcroft]

I read that here the other day, I'll see if I can find a link.

1,521 posted on 04/13/2004 1:32:37 PM PDT by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)

Valerie Plame, aka CIA operative. Did she write PDBs?

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I would not be surprised. Truth IS stranger than fiction..

1,522 posted on 04/13/2004 1:32:48 PM PDT by maica (World Peace starts with W)

To: StriperSniper

Thank you! It is worse than I thought.

1,523 posted on 04/13/2004 1:32:54 PM PDT by eleni121 (Preempt and Prevent---then Destroy)

Here comes the mob lawyer.

1,524 posted on 04/13/2004 1:33:20 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)

"Reno aptly illustrated today how inept she is/was, thus Gorelick as 2nd in command at the DOJ was in the catbird seat of authority."

Who was the black Asst. Attorney General that served under Reno and who it was believed was to be Gore's Attorney General if he had been elected?

1,525 posted on 04/13/2004 1:33:23 PM PDT by mass55th

Next thing we know she'll be claming that a bomb went off at the Pentagon and there was no plane.

Breitwieser is a nutcase and belongs on Chrissy Matthews playing field.

Two crackpots feeding into each others' hatreds.

1,526 posted on 04/13/2004 1:33:52 PM PDT by OldFriend (Always understand, even if you remain among the few)

What did Ben Vinesta give condolences to Ashcroft for?

1,527 posted on 04/13/2004 1:33:52 PM PDT by Peach

OK, I could be biased but I would like to nominate John Ashcroft
as one of the most effective attorneys general that we have had in this country:

United States Attorneys

Edmund Randolph 1789-1794 George Washington
William Bradford 1794-1795 George Washington
Charles Lee 1795-1801 George Washington, John Adams
Levi Lincoln 1801-1805 Thomas Jefferson
John Breckenridge 1805-1806 Thomas Jefferson
Caesar A. Rodney 1807-1811 Thomas Jefferson, James Madison
William Pinkney 1811-1814 James Madison
Richard Rush 1814-1817 James Madison
William Wirt 1817-1829 James Monroe, John Quincy Adams
John M. Berrien 1829-1831 Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney 1831-1833 Andrew Jackson
Benjamin F. Butler 1833-1838 Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren
Felix Grundy 1838-1839 Martin Van Buren
Henry D. Gilpin 1840-1841 Martin Van Buren
John J. Crittenden 1841-1841 William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
Hugh S. Legare 1841-1843 John Tyler
John Nelson 1843-1845 John Tyler
John Y. Mason 1845-1846 James Knox Polk
Nathan Clifford 1846-1848 James Knox Polk
Issac Toucey 1848-1849 James Knox Polk
Reverdy Johnson 1849-1850 James Knox Polk
John J. Crittenden 1850-1853 Millard Fillmore
Caleb Cushing 1853-1857 Franklin Pierce
Jeremiah S. Black 1857-1860 James Buchanan
Edwin M. Stanton 1860-1861 James Buchanan
Edward Bates 1861-1864 Abraham Lincoln
James Speed 1864-1866 Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
Henry Stanberry 1866-1868 Andrew Johnson
William M. Evarts 1868-1869 Andrew Johnson
Ebenezer R. Hoar 1869-1870 Ulysses S. Grant
Amos T. Akerman 1870-1872 Ulysses S. Grant
George H. Williams 1871-1875 Ulysses S. Grant
Edwards Pierrepont 1875-1876 Ulysses S. Grant
Alphonso Taft 1876-1877 Ulysses S. Grant
Charles Devens 1877-1881 Rutherford B. Hayes
Wayne MacVeagh 1881-1881 James Garfield
Benjamin H. Brewster 1881-1885 Chester A. Arthur
Augustus Hill Garland 1885-1889 Grover Cleveland
William H.H. Miller 1889-1893 Benjamin Harrison
Richard Olney 1893-1895 Grover Cleveland
Judson Harmon 1895-1897 Grover Cleveland
Joseph McKenna 1897-1898 William McKinley
John W. Griggs 1898-1901 William McKinley
Philander C. Knox 1901-1904 William McKinley
William H. Moody 1904-1906 Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Joseph Bonaparte 1906-1909 Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Wickersham 1909-1913 William Howard Taft
James C. McReynolds 1913-1914 Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Watt Gregory 1914-1919 Woodrow Wilson
A. Mitchell Palmer 1919-1921 Woodrow Wilson
Harry M. Daugherty 1921-1924 Warren G. Harding
Harlan Fiske Stone 1924-1925 Calvin Coolidge
John T. Sargent 1925-1929 Calvin Coolidge
William D. Mitchell 1929-1933 Herbert Hoover
Homer S. Cummings 1933-1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank Murphy 1939-1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson 1940-1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Biddle 1941-1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tom C. Clark 1945-1949 Harry S Truman
J. Howard McGrath 1949-1952 Harry S Truman
James P. McGranery 1952-1953 Harry S Truman
Herbert Brownell, Jr 1953-1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
William P. Rogers 1957-1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert F. Kennedy 1961-1964 John F. Kennedy
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach 1965-1966 Lyndon Johnson
Ramsey Clark 1967-1969 Lyndon Johnson
John N. Mitchell 1969-1972 Richard Nixon
Richard G. Kleindienst 1972-1973 Richard Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson 1973-1973 Richard Nixon
William B. Saxbe 1974-1975 Richard Nixon
Edward H. Levi 1975-1977 Gerald Ford
Griffin B. Bell 1977-1979 Jimmy Carter
Benjamin R. Civiletti 1979-1981 Jimmy Carter
William French Smith 1981-1985 Ronald Reagan
Edwin Meese III 1985-1988 Ronald Reagan
Richard Thornburgh 1988-1991 Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush
William Barr 1991-1993 George H. W. Bush
Janet Reno 1993-2001 Bill Clinton
John Ashcroft 2001-present George W. Bush

1,528 posted on 04/13/2004 1:34:02 PM PDT by OESY

It will be interesting to see the reaction of the New Jersey widows.

1,529 posted on 04/13/2004 1:34:05 PM PDT by freeperfromnj

Thanks for the link!

1,530 posted on 04/13/2004 1:34:05 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)

Kathryn Jean Lopez asks if Gorelick doesn't question Ashcroft, isn't that tacitly admitting *she shouldn't be there*? YES!

Then Jonah Goldberg says that Thompson didn't seem to know about the memo and asks if Gorelick was the only one who knew about the memo, why didn't Gorelick mention it, and says it wasn't up to her to decide herself whether the commission should know. YES!

1,531 posted on 04/13/2004 1:34:34 PM PDT by GOPrincess

Call for Gorelick's removal from the committee here:

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
301 7th Street, SW
Room 5125
Washington, DC 20407

Washington Office*
Tel: (202) 331-4060
Fax: (202) 296-5545 info@9-11Commission.gov

1,532 posted on 04/13/2004 1:34:34 PM PDT by jimbo123

John Ashcroft is a proud conservative and a true patriot.

Yes...and I am sure he seeks the Lord's guidance in all his decisions.

1,533 posted on 04/13/2004 1:34:36 PM PDT by Freedoms Chaser (Doing the "right thing" builds character...doing the "wrong thing" breeds corruption.)

Ben the Nasty is on and at at again.."Unlike the previous administration"

1,534 posted on 04/13/2004 1:34:40 PM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)

It was continued condolences for Ted Olson

1,535 posted on 04/13/2004 1:34:48 PM PDT by Guenevere (..., .Press on toward the goal!)

To: freeperfromnj

My thoughts exactly.

1,536 posted on 04/13/2004 1:35:11 PM PDT by MasonGal

The Viper Veniste starts off by speaking in a condescending tone saying the Ashcroft maybe hasn't seen some memo that the committee received last week and would be enlightened if he reads it.

Ben Veniste knows that he probably can't intimidate another attorney with scheister lawyer tricks. So he's staying cool and talking down to Ashcroft

Prairie

1,537 posted on 04/13/2004 1:35:13 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (America recognizes those responsible for the killing of our troops. It's the Demon-cRATS.)

How is it that the commission has a document, received just last week, that BenVeniste hints to Ashecroft has not had access to and would possibly change his testimony if he knew of it?

1,538 posted on 04/13/2004 1:35:39 PM PDT by Carolinamom

I've written the 9/11 commission three times and received the same canned response.

Call them at 202--331-4060

I got hung up on by the woman who I spoke with but at least I got my licks in.

1,539 posted on 04/13/2004 1:35:59 PM PDT by Republican Red ("I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it,")

Thank you; husband talking to me again.

I'm surprised but pleased Ben Venista would say that to Ted.

1,540 posted on 04/13/2004 1:36:07 PM PDT by Peach

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