Gorelick Caught In Lie - Gorelick Says She Did Not Author or Sign the "WALL" Memo

World Net Daily ^ | April 14, 2004 | By Joe Kovacs

[joinedafterattack]

Gorelick Caught In Lie - Gorelick Claims She Did Not Author or Sign the Memo That Bears Her Name and Initials.
When asked specifically by CNN's Wolf Blitzer if she wrote the "memorandum in '95 that helped establish the so-called walls between the FBI and CIA," Gorelick distanced herself from the matter:
"No, and again, I would refer you back to what others on the commission have said. The wall was a creature of statute. It's existed since the mid 1980s. And while it's too lengthy to go into, basically the policy that was put out in the mid-nineties, which I didn't sign, wasn't my policy by the way, it was the attorney general's policy, was ratified by Attorney General Ashcroft's deputy as well in August of 2001. So we are just going to move on from this. This is not a basis for resignation."

[joinedafterattack]

She just lied about it. The pdf pictures of the "wall" memo show that it is from her and she initialled it.

[MNJohnnie]

So we are just going to move on from this. This is not a basis for resignation."

That is what you think Gorlick. You either resign, or the whole Comittee is revealed as a farce.

[FlyVet]

"Given Ms. Gorelick's work as the deputy attorney general under Janet Reno, Ms. Gorelick can be quite valuable to the commission's work preparing 'a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.' However, that contribution should come as a witness before the commission – not as a member."

Oh REALLY. They been using FR for show prep again?

[Delta 21]

"Given Ms. Gorelick's work as the deputy attorney general under Janet Reno, Ms. Gorelick can be quite valuable to the commission's work preparing 'a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.' However, that contribution should come as a witness before the commission – not as a member."

mmmmmmm.....yep !

[AlienCrossfirePlayer]

Yes! Yes! Her initials are on the memo!! I love it when liberals get caught in a firestorm of their own making.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

It depends on what the meaning of "sign" is.
(She initialed it.)

[kayak]

That is what you think Gorlick. You either resign, or the whole Comittee is revealed as a farce.

My vote is for 'all of the above.'

[Delta 21]

Within ten days after the Sept. 11 attack, Gorelick herself was critical of the Clinton administration's lack of persistence in the pursuit of terrorists and concluded there were intelligence breakdowns that led to the onslaught of violence in New York.

...something about the forest....a bunch of trees....and the nose on her face.....

[Outraged]

[Outraged]

[Mo1]

"All of the commission members have some government experience," Gorelick responded. "Everyone is subject to the same recusal policies. You could have had a commission with nobody who knew anything about government. And I don't think it would have been a very helpful commission."

True .. but not everyone on the commission signed a memo that blocked the intell departments from doing their job properly

[tonyinv]

She will resign and the calls for her to be a witness will prevail.

Let's keep up the pressure.

[Prince Charles]

You would think that after 8 years of being schooled in the art of the lie at the knees of Rodham & Gommorrah that Gorelick would be able to lie better....

[Mo1]

"She concealed the existence of her own memo issued in 1995," Limbaugh said. "She concealed her own memo from this fact-finding commission. She concealed her own memo to protect herself and Bill Clinton, pure and simple. ...

[radiohead]

My vote is for 'all of the above.'

Seconded.

Lying friggin' lawyer. (I hate to say this about my people, sometimes you have to call 'em as you see'em.)

On what planet is she not responsible for that memo???

[kitkat]

BUMP

[DustyMoment]

Gee, before their anti-Bush smearing . . . er . . . "work" is completed, it seems that too many members of this investigatory "committee" have too many "issues".

Sounds like the committee is going to be the basis for discrediting their report BEFORE the report is completed.

[Nita Nupress]

I still want to know if this memo was initiated because of OKC, among other things.

[An.American.Expatriate]

While I agree that she needs to be questioned, what she said on CNN is not entirely incorrect (although VERY misleading).

The policies which created the wall betweeen Intelligence gathering and Law Enforcement go WAY back. The first formalization was the FISA act and thereafter the wall simply grew.

FISA made it extremely difficult to collect Intelligence data on "US Persons" (basically any person or organization legally present in the US). There were two tracks for investigations - criminal or intelligence - and the two were kept apart.

This memo again formalized the wall within the FBI and made clear how investigations were to be carried out. Gorelcik did NOT initiate this policy.

She is being very disingenious though when she states that she didn't "sign" it / author it. As with most documents of this type, the DAG probably DIDN'T write it. Instead she would have had her staff do it. She is still responsible for the content and any policy memos originating from her office.

[meadsjn]

I believe the memo was issued in March or early April 1995, slightly before the OKC attack. If so, it opens a whole 'nother can of old worms.