"Oh, by the way, Mr. Secretary, remember those 900 FBI Files?
See this one, Number 398? And that name on the top?"
"Bow before me, Rummy..."
Posted on 08/17/2004 7:13:56 PM PDT by wagglebee
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton questioned Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday about claims that the Bush administration missed a chance to kill Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks, asking him to explain the failure to 9/11 victim families.
Rumsfeld was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee about revising the military force structure when committee-member Clinton switched gears, asking him about the 9/11 Commission report.
Citing a commission finding calling the Bush administration's failure to arm Predator drones a "missed opportunity" in the hunt for bin Laden, Clinton asked Rumsfeld to respond to questions from 9/11 victim families.
In testimony before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee earlier in the day, 9/11 family spokeswoman Kristin Breitweiser complained about arguments between the Pentagon and the CIA over the use of Predator drones.
"As their heated debate continued over money and responsibilities, al Qaida was already here in the U.S., lying in wait, fully embedded and prepared to kill 3,000 innocent people," Breitweiser said, in quotes picked up by CNN.
"If that does not illustrate how off-the-mark our military and intelligence community was in the months leading up to 9/11, I don't know what does," she complained.
"The status quo has failed us," 9/11 relative Stephen Push testified. "The current allocation of intelligence budgets failed to prevent the murder of nearly 3,000 people in one day on American soil."
Rumsfeld had not responded to Sen. Clinton's request by the time the Armed Services Committee hearing ended.
Don't know much. He was testifying to the Armed Services Committee and McCain started whining, literally whining, about not being informed. Rumsfeld gave them a very crisp list of all the steps that had been taken to keep the committee informed. Then when they said 'that wasn't specific,' Rumsfeld said that's because we don't know specifics yet. You could almost hear him put the word 'dummy' after every sentence to McCain. Voice dripping with sarcasm, as only Rumsfeld can do.
Ah, the all-purpose fall-back complaint when there's nothing real to complain about.
Thanks!
She has more access to Rumsfeld.
Hillary let the cat out of the bag about the 17 Senators knowing about AbuGharaib abuses before Rumsfeld or DOD did and Rumsfeld called her on it in public hearings.
She's probably been waiting for some opportunity to try and strike back at him.
As for this Kristin Berk-person, I'm betting there are MANY 9-11 families who cringe at the idea of her being labeled as their "spokesperson". I know I would.
Prairie
YUP, she knows, she's the expert!
< /sarcasm
I didn't hear the sarcasm, but thought Rumsfeld played it straight -- which was all he had to do to profoundly embarrass McCain. I would have loved to hear Rumsfeld's response to Hillary -- just for the record. She is what she sits on.
You ain't gonna believe this garbage ping.
I have a feeling you're right. There are only so many reasons why so many people are so deferential to this grotesque hag. There are times I truly believe that she is the anti-Christ and her skirt-chasing consort was merely a pawn.
And you know he practically bit his tongue off, refraining from that response, wishing it was November 4th, instaed of 10 weeks out from election day.
"I didn't hear the sarcasm, but thought Rumsfeld played it straight -- which was all he had to do to profoundly embarrass McCain"
You're right, he did play it straight. Maybe I just hear sarcasm in everything Rumsfeld says, particularly to Senators! At any rate, he definitely put McCain in his place.
Queen Beech!
LOL!
What the H E double L? Just like the Democrats. Take something Clinton has been accused of for years (and had a lousy explanation why he didn't) and turn it around and try to blame the Bush Administration.
Why isn't she asking her dear Hubby why HE DID NOT TAKE BIN LADEN WHEN HE WAS OFFERED (BY SUDAN)?????
I hope Sean Hannity has a field day with this one!!!
A "REMEMBER THESE LINKS" BUMP!
Thanks!
He should have asked this witch where her hubby was when the the Twin Towers were attacked for the first time. How come he couldn't catch these terrorists after we were attacked time and time again!
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