“The 9/11 9/11 Commission” (Not a Misprint)

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 20 August 2005 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[bitt]

can this be initiated? see above.....

what about federal employees being 'exempt'.. ?

[openotherend]

Wish we could just "cap" Atta types like Jack Bauer would.

I've been thinking about Jack throughout this whole Able Danger eruption.

[txhurl]

I think everybody should demand a return authorization for their copy of the report- and cash refunded - until some relevant omitted data is put back in.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Thank you for all of your well reasoned responses. Some are asking about the publication of photographs within hours of the attacks. Seems reasonable, and any insight is greatly appreciated.

[Phlap]

I stand corrected, and not for the first time. btw my condolenzes.

Go Pats

[doug from upland]

Great stuff, John. We must burn the phone lines with our demands of new hearings ---- real hearings this time.

[MamaLucci]

....there were republicans ready to defend her.

Including the President, if I'm not mistaken.

[Paleo Conservative]

Enough has come out about the failure of the 9/11 Commission to include critical information about Mohammed Atta and other 9/11 attackers, to suggest a new Commission to investigate the original Commission. The cure may not be that drastic, but it is that important.

I'm sick and tired of these unelected special investigation commissions that are set up to do the jobs congressmen and senators are supposed to do themselves. This commission in particular really rubs me the wrong way. It seems to have been designed from the begining to conceal information rather than reveal it.

[Clock King]

there were republicans ready to defend her.

I saw that too. I tell ya, either they're all in cahoots, or Jaime give the best BJs in D.C.

[ScaniaBoy]

Thanks for an excellent column Congressman.

I remember that during the cold war a scientist working in the US revealed a hitherto unknown nuclear waste accident in the Soviet Union (resulting in an accidental nuclear explosion) using open sources and articles published by Soviet biologists in scientific journals.

Regarding the 911 Commission and the "wall" there is plenty of material in FR archives to show that the "barrier" was erected at about the same time Clinton (and Mrs Clinton) started to entertain John Huang and other Chinese lobbyists. However, this is another scandal the Congress was not able to unearth - how likely is it that they will admit to failing in their duties?

[Alia]

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[yoswif]

From what I've heard, 9/11 Commission staffers never recorded or made transcripts of their interviews. Kind of hard to tell what was said in those interviews without a recording or transcripts. What kind of investigation is conducted without recording or transcribing interviews to allow an acccurate record for follow up?

[George Smiley]

I'm calling Dogbert and tellin him to turn y'all in to the

Department of Redundancy Department.

[.cnI redruM]

Can they arrest Mrs Gorelick for Errorism?

[Carolinamom]

Is it true that Jamie Gorelick was the gate keeper of intelligence reports fed to the Committee? (I read it somewhere on the web but don't remember the source.)

[Congressman Billybob]

Afternoon, my friend,

I had not read that, but it could well be true. Gorelick's job for the Clintons, in every position she's held in the federal government, seems to have been to protect the Clintons and their interests, and to hide any bad information to the contrary.

John / Billybob

[eureka!]

Well done. I missed this article Friday (camping with the family) and caught the link on another thread. As I posted there, that the 9-11 Commission had 4 stories in 4 days speaks volumes to me. That the presstitutes in the MSM have been virtually silent also is quite telling. Otherwise, they would pump Weldon up only to later trash him in a most public way. Thus, methinks this one is not going away without some sparks flying...

[Paul Ross]

Large faux pas...Asimov is known by most as a Science Fiction writer. Otherwise, good essay - but ya kinda spoiled it with the above tinfoil-ish reference.

What are you smoking?

[Paul Ross]

Regarding the 911 Commission and the "wall" there is plenty of material in FR archives to show that the "barrier" was erected at about the same time Clinton (and Mrs Clinton) started to entertain John Huang and other Chinese lobbyists. However, this is another scandal the Congress was not able to unearth - how likely is it that they will admit to failing in their duties?

Indeed. The timing is likely not coincidental...

[ErnBatavia]

Asimov is known by most as a Science Fiction writer. Otherwise, good essay - but ya kinda spoiled it with the above tinfoil-ish reference.

What are you smoking?

You're replying to a post made four days ago, where I pointed out, quite correctly, that Isaac Asimov was primarily a science fiction writet....and YOU are asking "what I'm smoking"????