Apparently. My politically disinterested wife found Kerrey to be insulting and sleazy when he was interrogating (read: attacking) Dr. Rice last week. He has little to no credibility left.
No .. he just didn't want all of us to know that bit of information
Let's see. We are to ignore a key document that was classified that shaped investigations, but the August classified PDB that was a general document was allowed to be characterized and mis-characterized with abandon to tar the President.
We should not point out all of the mistakes in Dick Clarke's testimony, for to do so is to "attack" him, and his accusations (that turn out to be false) are merely one public servant's valid opinion that will be used to form future policy and maybe make some heads roll in this current administration because that is clearly the aim.
And let the widows applaud and hiss all of the anti-Bush talking points. But when Rice appears and finally sets the record straight and good and decent truth-loving audience members applaud out of relief and appreciation, the hammer is dropped and no more public outbursts will be allowed.
And of course the subjects that ought to get public scrutiny are issues like John Ashcroft's flying arrangements the spring and summer of 2001---even though he informed the panel on Tuesday of the fact that he used Federal transportation for business and commercial flight for personal trips. Not good enough for Kean, as yesterday he proceeded to publicly question Robert Mueller about the veracity of Ashcroft's representations. Yes, that is deemed an appropriate line of public questioning.
But do not explore or examine a memo that established guidelines that stymied investigative bodies from adequately gathering information. That is not germain to the purpose of this commission: Gathering evidence in order to impeach President Bush (as far as I can see. either that or the head of someone high up like Rice, Ashcroft or Rumsfeld).
This commission is an outrage.