In 1995 she wrote a memo that was seen as enhancing what both law enforcement and intelligence officials called "the wall," which hindered sharing intelligence information between the two communities.
Mrs. Gorelick was deeply involved in the relationship between intelligence and law enforcement, according to testimony she gave before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in 1995. Then, she told that committee she had been specifically tasked by Attorney General Janet Reno to work on the relationship between the FBI and intelligence communities.
"When I came over to be her deputy, she asked me to take this on as a special project," Mrs. Gorelick testified at the time.
Though she was on the dais during this week's hearings of intelligence and law enforcement officials, she recused herself from questioning Miss Reno, her former boss, or former FBI Director Louis Freeh. She cited the commission's policy against interviewing people with whom "a commissioner or staff member has a close personal relationship."
@@@@ Recusing herself from asking questions in public testimony is such a red herring.
Ms Gorelick has been one of a very select few to see ALL the documents sent by the White House. I am sure that she has been the decision maker on Which documents the rest of the panel have been made aware.
more that one million documents
80 staff members
MS Gorelick, terrific person
R Ben Veniste, attack dog mafia-type mouthpiece
8 weak sister panel members, willing to let Ms Gorelick do the work
Recipe for Disaster
Gorelick may have recused herself, BUT she failed to reveal that prior to Reno's appearance before the commissioners, Gorelick prepped her former boss AND gave her (Gorelick's) questions to Slade Groton, who used Gorelick's questions in questioning Reno. Some recusal.
Source: American Spectator, Aug. 14, 2004.
Ms Gorelick has been one of a very select few to see ALL the documents sent by the White House. I am sure that she has been the decision maker on Which documents the rest of the panel have been made aware. I heard Gov. Kean questioned about Gorelick on the radio. He said that she is doing a good job, especially by reading the documents. Could anyone looking for a useful outcome from this committee have allowed this? It seems that most of these commissioners are just there for their fifteen minutes of (additional) fame.
My memory is that the Clinton administration, when under investigation, would send thousands of pages of documents carefully omitting the incriminating ones. For the important ones, many stonewalling tactics were employed.