Clarke Book Takes 9/11 Commission by Surprise

Can anyone please tell me what Richard Ben-Veniste is doing on this commission?

If scumbags like him are on this commission, I wouldn't trust it as far as I could throw it.

Or maybe he is there as legal advisor, which is still not a very comforting fact.

Kerry requests book on Iraq by ex-Bush official
By Patrick Healy, Globe Staff, 3/22/2004

KETCHUM, Idaho -- Adding to his vacation reading list of historical biographies and award-winning fiction, John F. Kerry asked to see sections of a new book by a former White House counterterrorism chief that accuses the Bush administration of trying to falsely link Iraq to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the senator said yesterday.

Passing by reporters as he prepared for a third day of snowboarding and skiing at the Sun Valley resort here, the presumptive Democratic nominee was circumspect when asked about author Richard A. Clarke's criticisms of Bush, including Clarke's contention that Bush personally pressured him to supply evidence that Iraq played a role in the 2001 attacks.

"I've asked for -- several chapters are being FedEx'd out to me here," Kerry said. "I would like to read them before I make any comment. They should be getting here tomorrow, I hope."

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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/03/22/kerry_requests_book_on_iraq_by_ex_bush_official/

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