WASHINGTON — The panel probing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is defending Jamie Gorelick

Fox News ^ | 4/15/04 | Fox News' Greg Kelly and Anna Stolley contributed to this report

[John_Galt518]

Gorelick, a commissioner on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (search), is causing a stir because she served as the No. 2 official in the Justice Department from 1994 to 1997, during the Clinton administration.

Both the Clinton and Bush administrations are key targets of the investigation, and although the panel is comprised entirely of Washington insiders and elected officials, Gorelick, a Democrat, is the only one who was actively serving an administration

"She is in my mind one of the finest members of the commission, one of the hardest working members of the commission and, by the way, one of the most nonpartisan and bipartisan members of the commission," panel Chairman Thomas Kean (search), the former Republican governor of New Jersey, told reporters Wednesday. "So people ought to stay out of our business."

[Wolfstar]

Thanks for the info. Un-freakin-believable!!!!

[xlib]

Can anyone remember the conflict of interest that cost Kissinger his place on the 911 commission? I could find no references to it in the few news articles I could dig up on the Gorelick controversy.

[Enterprise]

I would think that even the Democrats would not dare claim a woman was a widow of 9/11 unless it were true. However, they have done such shameless things before. But I think you are correct that no reporters are going to dig too deeply into the lives of the widows.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

people ought to stay out of our business."

So, why was the cry for Dr. Rice to testify in public so vocal and repetitive? She had already testified 4 hours in private.

I'll bite - why?

Not that I think you have an answer consistent with Kean's abusive statement.

[ladyinred]

Keane huh? If anyone ever wonders why the rats get away with so much , here is your answer. He even thinks her bias and conflict of interest et al is none of our business! The nerve!

[F16Fighter]

"She is in my mind one of the finest members of the commission, one of the hardest working members of the commission and, by the way, one of the most nonpartisan and bipartisan members of the commission," panel Chairman Thomas Kean (search), the former Republican governor of New Jersey, told reporters Wednesday. "So people ought to stay out of our business."

I think ex-GOP phony Kean is just begging to have himself investigated...

I say OPEN UP THE WHOLE D@MN CAN O' WORMS ON EVERYONE -- especially Kean!!

[F16Fighter]

"The GOP members on this committee are a disgrace to the party."

They almost always are, aren't they?

The GOP chooses RINOs for these "non-partisan" panels and commissions, whereas the fix is always in for the RATS to plant their goon-squad in turning whatever "fair" preceding is taking place into a Kangaroo Court.

[mabelkitty]

"So people ought to stay out of our business."

Thomas Kean's Marie Antoinette moment.

The panel is done.

[mabelkitty]

"So people ought to stay out of our business."

Thomas Kean's Marie Antoinette moment.

The panel is done.

[mabelkitty]

"So people ought to stay out of our business."

Thomas Kean's Marie Antoinette moment.

The panel is done.

[PhilipFreneau]

>> BTW, would Kean be one of those liberal Republicans, affectionately known as RINOs?

Worse. He is a Rockefeller Republican. He was also a Clinton appointee. Clinton appointed Kean to serve on the Advisory Board to the President's Initiative on Race and as Chair of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Kean is on record stating he doesn't really know Bush, but is a good friend of Bill Clinton.

[ride the whirlwind]

Thomas Kean, the former Republican governor of New Jersey, told reporters Wednesday. "So people ought to stay out of our business.

Oh yes it is our business. This is disgraceful.

[marajade]

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/kissinger.resigns/

[Wolfstar]

I don't really doubt that the chosen few are genuine 9/11 widows. But we in the general public have no way of knowing for sure. And the media that purports to act for us, is too busy trying to hound President Bush into apologizing for something — anything.

[feedback doctor]

Question to all,

In a fax to the 9-11 commission, would it be out of line to tell Commissioner Gorelick the she is "hereby ordered to resign by the American people."?

[AndyJackson]

she is "hereby ordered to resign by the American people."?

Are you insane? You act as though we have, a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

[AndyJackson]

Kissinger resigns

You know, this is actually a shame, though if he did it for legitimate reasons then he is a better man for it. I was just thinking as I was fixing dinner about what lightweights these Commissars are and the fact that we need some folks with Kissinger's gravitas on this committee. Have you looked at their resumes - hard core politicians and inside DC lawyers if they are not both at the same time. There is no one you would trust the well being of your children to on this committee.

[marajade]

Kissinger resigned... heck for the same reasons he did, they all should...

[Tuxedo]

What I want to know is why we (Republicans) are never prepared for any conflicts. Here, as I understand it, we appointed five commissioners and a lead commissioner, and we pick a bunch of nobodys. A bunch of RINOs. A bunch of limp-wristed has-beens. While the Dems pick vicious partisans such as Ben-Veniste, Kerrey, and Roemer. What were we thinking? This "new tone" garbage has to end. Conservatives have had enough of this pacifying the enemy. Why are we always bringing baseball bats to a gunfight? Why do we play Old Maid when the game is No-limit Texas hold-em? I am sick and tired of this. We should have put people on this commission like Newt Gingrich, Mark Levin, Ben Ginsberg, Al D'Amato, Dan Quayle, Robert Bork, and Ed Meese. At least then we'd be on the same turf.

[jackbill]

Time to end this panel.

Long past time.

Now it's time to let Tom Kean and the other members of the "commission" that there is nothing that they can come up with that we will believe. It's a farce and a damnable waste of taxpayers' money.

My FAX will be going to Kean tomorrow morning, at:

Mr. Tom Kean, Chairman

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

301 7th Street, SW Room 5125

Washington, DC 20407

FAX: 202-296-5545

"Stay out of our business"?????? Such consumate arrogance!