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Gorelicks Her Wounds
TAS ^ | 4/15/2004 | The Prowler

Posted on 04/15/2004 3:28:55 PM PDT by swilhelm73

LET BYGONES BE... It shouldn't come as a big surprise that 9/11 commission member Jamie Gorelick has hidden agendas and conflicts of interest out the whazoo. After all, she's an old Clinton Administration hand.

Give her credit, though, she apparently isn't ashamed to hide them.

According to an associate of hers at the D.C. power litigation shop of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Gorelick has made no secret to friends and associates that she has been speaking regularly with people who prepped her former boss at the Department of Justice, Janet Reno.

While Gorelick is said by knowledgeable sources to have not actively participated in the prepping of Reno -- evidence of this was confirmed by Reno's addled testimony before the commission on Tuesday -- they said Gorelick did take an interest in the former attorney general's testimony preparation, and may have tipped the commission's hand on areas of interest. It was all for nothing, however, given Reno's rambling, at time incoherent and often inaccurate testimony.

"How could she not care?" asked a former Clinton staffer. "It was in her interest to have her former boss do well and defend the agency she helped to run."

What set 9/11 commission staffers' off was the bomb dropped by Attorney General John Ashcroft, when he detailed the newly declassified memo that further buttressed the legal wall that forbade criminal investigators from sharing intelligence with the intelligence agencies. That memo, written by Gorelick when she was at DOJ, had not been requested by the 9/11 commission, because they didn't know about it.

"When we did our initial interviews with all of the commissioners, we asked if they had any knowledge, background information or potential insights into areas we might cover," says a commission staffer. "We asked Gorelick point blank about this kind of stuff and she said nothing about it. No one saw it coming. Even she seemed surprised. I don't know what she was thinking."

Gorelick was so stunned that she handed off her prepared questions for the attorney general to fellow commissioner, former Sen. Slade Gorton, who asked them for her.

"It's too late for her to step down. She should have had the sense and ethical makeup to not accept the commissioner's job. Now we're stuck, and everything this commission does now has the further stench of politics," says the staffer.

Gorelick has further conflicts that have not been widely discussed. While she is not part of the litigation team, Wilmer and Cutler does have several Saudi clients who have been identified as a potential defendant in a civil suit brought by the families of those who lost loved ones on September 11.

Late Wednesday, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called on Gorelick to resign her position on the 9/11 Commission. But despite some anger that bubbled over among her fellow commissioners after the hearings closed on Tuesday evening, by Wednesday afternoon the commission members were circling the wagons around their controversial colleague.

"She isn't going to have to resign, and they aren't going to ask her to testify unless there is something else out there that we don't know about," says the staffers. "She told the chairman Tuesday night that there wasn't anything else, and he believed her."

THE DASHING COUPLE Presumptive presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry took his presumptive vice-presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton out for a test drive on Wednesday. And boy did everyone have fun. The dashing couple visited a preschool, where Kerry and his advisers initially balked at having him meet and greet the little tots, in part out of concerns that the candidate would not appear "loose" or comfortable around the little ones.

"It wasn't the photo-op we wanted, but Clinton's people were pushing it," says a Kerry campaign insider.

Kerry is in New York for a big fundraiser that is expected to bring in more than $4 million for his campaign, and perhaps as much as $2 million for the Democratic National Committee.

"The two of them get along great," says the Kerry source. "The problem is she just is so big in personality compared to him. You worry that he can't compete with that kind of star wattage."


TOPICS: Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; 911commission; clintonfailure; clintonfailures; gorelick; gorelickmemo; sensenbrenner; sept11
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1 posted on 04/15/2004 3:28:56 PM PDT by swilhelm73
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To: swilhelm73
"When we did our initial interviews with all of the commissioners, we asked if they had any knowledge, background information or potential insights into areas we might cover," says a commission staffer. "We asked Gorelick point blank about this kind of stuff and she said nothing about it. No one saw it coming. Even she seemed surprised. I don't know what she was thinking."

Lyin' witch!

2 posted on 04/15/2004 3:33:50 PM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: swilhelm73

The Utterly Absolutely Disgraced 911 Commission [by their own choice]

BREAKING:
GOTTA SEE THIS - Who's Who on the 9/11 "Independent" Commission


"Do you really think you are gonna get to ask me why I dared refuse repeat DOJ requests for investigations of dangerous illegal aliens.
Do you really think you are gonna get to ask me why I arranged to stovepipe intelligence to make intraagency effective communication useless.
Do you really think you are gonna get to ask me why illegal aliens who were felons became voters for our Democratic party.
Do you really think you are gonna get to ask me why I OK'd the use of stolen FBI files on DNC computers.
Not a chance. Following LBJ, your gonads are in my fist and your FBI files are in my computer.
Now go away.
"



"Some wonder whether [Clinton] was distracted by the legal and
political quagmire of the Monica Lewinsky case.
And even former Clinton aides now regret that the
battle with bin Laden and his Al-Qaida organization was never fully joined.
'Clearly, not enough was done,' said Jamie Gorelick,
a former deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration.
'We should have caught this. Why this happened, I don't know.
Responsibilities were given out. Resources were given. Authorities existed.
We should have prevented this.
'




BREAKING: Gorelick (put on the Committee by Daschle)
not only created the background for the 911 Atrocities but now is covering it up
for the terrorists. Gorelick is a litigation partner of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.
which represents Prince Mohammed al-Faisal al-Saud, the House of Saud,
against a lawsuit filed by a coalition of 600 Sept. 11 families.


BREAKING: TWA800

On Aug. 22, 1996, just before the Democratic National Convention,
Ms. Gorelick oversaw a critical Justice Department meeting with the FBI.
mmediately after this meeting, as it happened,
all serious inquiry into the fate of TWA 800 came to an end.




Jamie S Gorelick
Vice Chair
Fannie Mae
$2,000 John Kerry
XXXX Williams Ln
Chevy Chase, MD 20815


Jamie Gorelick
Partner
Wilmer Cutler and Pickering
$2,000 Dick Gephardt
XXXXWilliams Ln
Chevy Chase, MD 20815


Jamie Gorelick
Attorney
Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
$1,000 Wesley Clark
XXXX Williams Ln
Chevy Chase, MD 20815


YOU COULD FREEP the Commission and DEMAND THAT GORELICK BE REMOVED!:
Phone Commission at 202-331-4060
Email Commission at info@9-11commission.gov
Put Thomas Kean in the subject line.

WARNING LABEL : DON'T EXPECT ANY HELP.

Commissioner Kean: "Ms Gorelick is one of the finest members
of the commission and one of the most bipartisan members.
People ought to stay out of our business"


THE REAL DEAL: "According to a 1998 Senate testimony of former CIA director James
Woolsey, powerful financier Khalid bin Mahfouz’ younger sister is
married to Osama bin Laden,. (US Senate, Senate Judiciary
Committee, Federal News Service, 3 Sept. 1998, See also Wayne
Madsen, Questionable Ties, In These Times,12 Nov. 2001 )
Bin Mahfouz is suspected to have funneled millions of dollars to the Al
Qaeda network.(See Tom Flocco, Scoop.co.nz 28 Aug. 2002)
Now, "by sheer coincidence", former New Jersey governor Thomas
Kean, the man chosen by President Bush to lead the 9/11 commission
also has business ties with bin Mahfouz and Al-Amoudi.
Thomas Kean is a director (and shareholder) of Amerada Hess
Corporation , which is involved in the Hess-Delta joint venture with
Delta Oil of Saudi Arabia (owned by the bin Mahfouz and Al-Amoudi
clans)...
Now you would think that being a business partner of the brother in
law and alleged financier of "Enemy No. 1" would also be considered a
bona fide "conflict of interest", particularly when your mandate --as
part of the 9/11 Commission's work-- is to investigate "Enemy No. 1".

"(Michel Chossudovsky, New Chairman of 9/11 Commission had
business ties with Osama's Brother in Law , Centre for Research on
Globalization, December 2002 )
Who's Who on the 9/11 "Independent" Commission



info@9-11commission.gov

DONT FORGET - PUT THOMAS KEAN IN THE SUBJECT LINE



FREEP and DEMAND THAT GORELICK BE REMOVED!:
Call the President. Leave a message at the White House.

Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
E-Mail President George W. Bush: president@whitehouse.gov
Vice President Richard Cheney: vice.president@whitehouse.gov FREEP and DEMAND THAT GORELICK BE REMOVED!:



Congressman Tom DeLay
Majority Leader Office
H-107 The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
p. (202)225-4000
f. (202)225-5117

Congressional Office
242 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
p. (202)225-5951
f. (202)225-5241



FLASHBACKS:


"Mr. Clarke, Mr. Clarke, please this is urgent.
We can take out Osama, now. Please answer!!! We have him in our sight."

Clarke: "Nope. Forgetaboutit. No big deal. They told Gorelick and I
that they promise that they will only attack our computers."



PARTIAL LIST OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IGNORED BY GORELICK, CLARKE and CLINTON

1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered



THEN:

NOW


Islamic 911 Attack Calendar which was distriibuted worldwide the year before
the terrorists murdered 3000 Americans per hour in the 911 Atrocities.

INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW BEFORE THE NEXT ATTACK
How many were in the Offices and homes of clients of Gorelick and/or Kean and their associates?


If Gorelick, Clarke and Clinton had been completely HONEST
to the American public about the Islamic-crashed airplanes, like TWA800, in the 90's
Americans WOULD have been on alert on 911
and would have had the opportunity to prevent the 911 Atrocities.


ONLY POSSIBLE CONCLUSION GIVEN THE CONTINUING COVERUP:


"Gorelick and her gang are trying to use 'plausible deniability'.
Book her .... and the rest of them under RICOH, Dano.
"




3 posted on 04/15/2004 3:35:08 PM PDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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To: Prince Charles
I know what she was thinking. She was thinking no one would ever bring up these things. Like many, she underestimated the Bush admin. (I think some people took that "he's stupid" story too seriously.)
4 posted on 04/15/2004 3:36:48 PM PDT by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: swilhelm73
The administration from Hell: President John Kerry, Vice President Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, Secretary of State Sandy Berger, Secretary of Defense Max Cleland, Chief Justice Richard ben Veniste, HUD Secretary Reverend Al Sharpton, Special Mideast Envoy Jimmuh Carter, Director of the White House Travel Office Bill Clinton, etc....
5 posted on 04/15/2004 3:37:21 PM PDT by Argus (And furthermore, I am of the opinion that Fallujah ought to be destroyed.)
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To: Argus; Mo1; PhiKapMom; Miss Marple
"It's too late for her to step down. She should have had the sense and ethical makeup to not accept the commissioner's job. Now we're stuck, and everything this commission does now has the further stench of politics," says the staffer.

Hahahahaha!

They know they are sunk!!!!!!

6 posted on 04/15/2004 3:45:13 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog
LOL!!!!!!!! This is hilarious -- the Commission that was supposed to torpedo President Bush's reelection is going down in flames caused by a RAT. Clintons are not doing very well these days. Hope Kerry puts her on the ticket so we can send them packing once and for all!
7 posted on 04/15/2004 3:50:39 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Support Bush-Cheney '04 -- Losing is not an Option!)
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To: swilhelm73
"It's too late for her to step down. She should have had the sense and ethical makeup to not accept the commissioner's job...

It is NEVER too late to step up to the plate and to the right thing.........jamie gorelick needs to resign AND apologize to this country for her serious trashing of this commission. Just where are those professional widows when there is a real cause for them to protest..........?

8 posted on 04/15/2004 3:53:16 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Dog
Lame stream MSNBC spinning furiously Gorelick talking points: It all goes back to Reagan. 'The wall' strategy was all his fault. (Rolling by over and over on bottom of sreeen; suppose even the liars sitting in the newz chair can't quite come to mouth the words)
9 posted on 04/15/2004 3:53:30 PM PDT by Swanks
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To: swilhelm73
"Gorelick was so stunned that she handed off her prepared questions for the attorney general to fellow commissioner"

A profound, truly magnificent, "GOTCHA" moment! My sincerest congratulations to Attorney General Ashcroft. Liberals dream of such moments, and seldom imagine that they will be on the receiving end.

10 posted on 04/15/2004 3:55:17 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: MizSterious
"How could she not care?" asked a former Clinton staffer. "It was in her interest to have her former boss do well and defend the agency she helped to run."

Leave it to a former Clinton staffer to not recognize a conflict of interest when it's staring him right in the face. I am amazed we survived the Clinton administration at all.
11 posted on 04/15/2004 3:59:23 PM PDT by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: Dog
"They know they are sunk!!!!!!

LOL!

A grinning General Patton Ashcroft, looking through his binoculars:

"GORELICK, you magnificent bastard, I read your MEMO!"

12 posted on 04/15/2004 3:59:37 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: swilhelm73
It is so Clintonesque that the 9/11 "smoking gun" was a memo written by someone with the name GORElick.
13 posted on 04/15/2004 3:59:38 PM PDT by LOC1
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To: swilhelm73
From the article:

Gorelick was so stunned that she handed off her prepared questions for the attorney general to fellow commissioner, former Sen. Slade Gorton, who asked them for her.

She did question Ashcroft, didn't she? At least I thought she did.

14 posted on 04/15/2004 4:00:57 PM PDT by Bob
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To: Bob
I think she recovered enough to ask a few questions out of order, at the end.
15 posted on 04/15/2004 4:02:46 PM PDT by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: LOC1
"We asked Gorelick point blank about this kind of stuff and she said nothing about it. No one saw it coming. Even she seemed surprised. I don't know what she was thinking."

Because - by the commission's own standards - GORELICK IS A DESPICABLE, CONTEMPTIBLE LIAR WHO LIED TO HER OWN FELLOW MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO HELP INFLUENCE THE PROCEEDINGS AND COVER-UP HER OWN CULPABILITY.

What a farce! What an OUTRAGE!

Gorelick MUST TESTIFY! and by testifying she will further demonstrate her conflicts of interest which must result in her RESIGNATION from the commission ASAP.

16 posted on 04/15/2004 4:05:57 PM PDT by Steven W.
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To: Enterprise
My sincerest congratulations to Attorney General Ashcroft. Liberals dream of such moments, and seldom imagine that they will be on the receiving end.

It was like the last 5 minutes of a Perry Mason episode.

17 posted on 04/15/2004 4:06:43 PM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: swilhelm73
"It's too late for her to step down. She should have had the sense and ethical makeup to not accept the commissioner's job. Now we're stuck, and everything this commission does now has the further stench of politics," says the staffer.

Ethical makeup??? From a Clintonite careerist bureaucrat??? They invented the "stench of politics" ... it's the air they breathe.

She may as well stay on the commission ... nothing of any worth will come from this group anyway. They have ZERO integrity, ZERO credibility.

18 posted on 04/15/2004 4:06:50 PM PDT by spodefly (I've decided not to include a tagline with this post.)
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To: Enterprise
LOL!
19 posted on 04/15/2004 4:07:53 PM PDT by Jodi (The Partisan Media sucks.)
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To: Jodi
"She told the chairman Tuesday night that there wasn't anything else, and he believed her." The outrage never ends ... how stupid is Kean? it wasn't enough for Condi Rice to testify for 4 hours ... after pressing by Gorelick and her allies in the Not-So-Breitweiler Coven, she was forced to testify under oath. Given her position on the commission, nothing less should be expected from Gorelick.
20 posted on 04/15/2004 4:11:19 PM PDT by Steven W.
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