[BillF]

Kristinn called and asked me to post this for him.

This has been or is being given to the press.

[Grig]

[BillF]

Ping DC Chapter ping list.

[Americathy]

Chairman Kean, who has allowed the public hearings of the commission to descend into a circus, needs to remember who he works for. His comments yesterday demanding that the American people and their elected representatives “stay out of our business” is reprehensible and arrogant beyond belief.

And a Republican at that! These people need to get a clue - they are supposed to be servants of us, not we of them.

[Ole Okie]

Mumbles, Bumbles and Conflicted BUMP!

[BARLF]

Right on and God Bless!

[ScaniaBoy]

Wow! Well spoken, Sir.

Isn't it time to call in for instance Kissinger, Mitchell, and Kirkpatrick to form an alternative 9/11 commission. The present is tainted by partisanship beyond belief.

[dmzTahoe]

Here is the resignation scenario:

-People start investigating how the Clinton/Gorelick "wall" hindered Clinton scandal investigations (Chinagate, campaign finance violations, TWA 800...)
-Clinton fears people will discover true intent of "wall"
-Clinton calls Gorelick, telling her to fall on her sword to get this out of public scrutiny before it is too late.
-Gorelick resigns "for the good of the commission"

Case closed, Clinton is safe again.

[FranklinsTower]

I just called the commission and got through. I told them in the politest terms that the honorable thing for Gorelick to do is resign and testify before the commission.

I told the lady on the phone that just as a criminal does not sit in the jury box in his own trial, Gorelick should not be sitting on the commission with such an obvious conflict of interest.

Finally, I said that if Gorelick stays, the commission will have no credibility and the American people deserve a credible report from this commission. Her silence was deafening. Only thing she said was thank you for the call.

Phone Commission at 202-331-4060

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Think I'll send this link to some radio talk shows.

[Taxman]

And not only should she resign, Kristinn Taylor should replace her!

Taxman Bravo Zulu!

[BillF]

Kristinn clarified that the press release was faxed earlier today to the 911 Commission, Congressman Sensenbrenner, Landmark Legal Foundation, and various major media outlets.

[BossLady]

Summary:

Americans to Gorelick - "You're Fired!!"

(Trump hand gesture optional)

[mabelkitty]

Rock On!
Kristinn for President in 2008!!!

[fight_truth_decay]

When Gorelick came aboard CNN's 5pm EDT Wolf Blitzer Reports
on Wednesday afternoon, Blitzer did quiz her about the memo,
though he seemed more concerned with how Ashcroft "blindsided" her
with it than with the substance of it:

"The panel probing the 9/11 attacks has sharply criticized
U.S. intelligence agencies for failing to share their
intelligence. One of the commissioners, Democrat Jamie Gorelick
was a Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton administration. She
is now taking heat herself from GOP critics who say that a memo
she wrote back in 1995 helped block that intelligence sharing. The
House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner wants
Gorelick to resign saying she has, quote, 'an inherent conflict of
interest.' Sensenbrenner adds this, 'I believe the commission's
work and independence will be fatally damaged by the continued
participation of Ms. Gorelick as a commissioner.' Jamie Gorelick
is joining us now live. What say you to Chairman Sensenbrenner?"

Gorelick: "Well, my chairman, Tom Kean and the vice chairman,
Lee Hamilton, I think, have addressed this issue completely. It's
a bogus factual issue. When you ask hard questions of people who
are in office and who have been in office, they take offense."

Blitzer: "Are you suggesting this is politically motivated?"

Gorelick: "I actually have no explanation for it. We're just
going to put our heads down and do our work-"

Blitzer: "You did write this memorandum in '95 that helped
establish the so-called walls between the FBI and CIA."

Gorelick: "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."

Blitzer: "Listen specifically to Ashcroft said yesterday
during his testimony when he announced that they had declassified
that memorandum. Listen to this."

Ashcroft at hearing on Tuesday: "Although you understand the
debilitating impact with the wall, I cannot imagine that the
commission knew about this memorandum so I have had it
declassified for you and the public to review. Full disclosure
compels me to inform you that the author of this memorandum is a
member of the commission."

Blitzer: "That would be you, of course. Were you blindsided,
not necessarily you personally, but the whole commission when
Attorney General Ashcroft released that memorandum yesterday?"

Gorelick: "All of us were. He declassified it on the 10th. And
brought it to the hearing yesterday morning. And talked about it
and we had to ask for it and then he distributed it to us. It, you
know, I -- honestly, I'm just not going to even give any credit to
this. It's just-"

Blitzer: "And I take it you're not going to resign from the
commission?"

Gorelick: "I'm not going to resign from the commission. And
you know, the commission staff is going to treat this fully and
completely. I announced the beginning of the hearing before he
showed up that I was recused from the review of any actions while
I was there. All of the commission members have some government
experience and 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. I'm comfortable with where we are."

Blitzer: "How unusual is it for a government witness in this
particular case, the attorney general, to come before the
commission and inform you at the same time he's informing the
whole world that he's got this declassified memorandum?"

Gorelick: "Wolf, let's talk about -- we had really interesting
hearings over the last two days. I'm just not going to talk about
this. It's not worth it."

Blitzer: "Well, let's move on and talk about some of the other
substantive issues that did come before the committee. What about,
forget about the Ashcroft criticism and Sensenbrenner, what he's
saying, but what about the whole issue of allowing the CIA to talk
to the FBI to talk to the INS, there are substantive issues that
have prevented that from happening dating back to abuses by the
FBI going back in the '70s and earlier."

Gorelick: "That's right. And the Patriot Act which I supported
knocks down a lot of those constraints. Basically it says that it
doesn't matter if the FBI is developing grand jury material, it
still nevertheless has to share information with the intelligence
community, and without going into the details, a lot of those
barriers are gone and it's a good thing."

http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040415.asp

[tgslTakoma]

Thanks for posting this, Bill. If they hadn't recessed the hearings until May (in NYC), I think I would be out on the street today with a sign, protesting Kean, Gorelick and the whole darned partisan three-ring-circus!

Thank you Kristinn, for writing this press release for the chapter. I also left a strongly worded and similar message on the Commission's voice mail late yesterday afternoon. As of this moment, they have not returned my call.

:-)

[jmstein7]

Write a Letter to the Editor DEMANDING Jamie Gorelick's Resignation from the 9/11 Commission

[Arrowhead1952]

Another one here.

[KeyLargo]

It will never happen.

[whadizit]

The chairman, Kean, should also resign for telling everyone to "shut up and stay out of their business". By going public and grandstanding, this so-called commission is a far cry from credible. So typical of a Republican going to bat for a RAT once again!

[spodefly]

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