[ScaniaBoy]

That is the only question one should put to the Commission follwed by "why not" if they state that she will not testify.

If she is forced to testify she will have to resign.

And what possible reasons could anyone give for not having the #2 person at DOJ during the critical time period not testifying?

[Lancey Howard]

It was just a few weeks ago that the din grew louder and louder every day for Condi Rice to testify publicly before the commission. Finally, Bush made the extraordinary decision to find a way to let Condi Rice testify publicly (even though she had already testified privately for over four hours).

Bush had decided that the work of the commission to gather all the facts in its efforts to identify national security inadequacies and improve our nation's security warranted this bold and unprecedented action.

Move ahead to last week.

It has now turned out that commission member Jamie Gorelick was very likely the one person in government who was most culpable for the abominable security conditions which allowed the terrorist attacks of 9-11-01 and the murder of over 3,000 American citizens. Clearly, Gorelick must testify publicly. The only thing which could possibly resuscitate the credibility of this sick charade that is the "9-11 Commission" would be Gorelick's resignation and public testimony.

Will it happen? The next few days will determine whether the commission has been a complete waste of time and taxpayers' money, or a serious investigation. Of course, it may be too late to save the commission anyway because who on the commission would have the spine to question Gorelick the way, say, Ben-Veniste questioned Rice and Ashcroft? I fear it would end up being another whitewash, with the Democrats taking care of the spin and the namby-pamby Republicans looking on sheepishly with their thumbs up their butts.

Ahh, forget it.
SHUT DOWN THE COMMISSION NOW!!!