Live Thread - September 11 Commission, Day 2, Wednesday, March 24, 2004

CSPAN 3, CBS webfeed ^ | March 24, 2004

[tapatio]

Tenet asks"Can I give you some historical perspective?"Gorlick says if it is short.Is not the purpose of these hearings to find out what happened?Shouldn't he be given the time to give that perspective,or should Gorlick be cutting him short so she can yammer on about nothing worth listening to!

[kabar]

Tenet was a Dem staffer on the Intelligence Commitee. He is a career bureaucrat who knows how to play the system. He should have been removed a long time ago. The Dem Commission members will handle him with kid gloves.

• Graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University with a bachelor's degree, 1976, and from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University with a master's degree in 1978.

• Research director, American Hellenic Institute, a Greek-American lobbying organization, 1978-79.

• Worked for the Solar Energy Industries Association, 1979-82.

• Legislative assistant and then legislative director to Republican U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III of Pennsylvania, specializing in national security and energy issues, 1982-85

• Staff member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1985-89. Designee to vice chairman, Democratic U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont.

• Staff director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1989-93. Served under chairmanship of Democratic U.S. Senator David C. Boren of Oklahoma.

• Member, President Bill Clinton's national security transition team, 1993.

• Special assistant to the president and senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council, 1993-95.

• Deputy director, Central Intelligence, 1995-96

• Acting director, Central Intelligence, 1996-97, following departure of director John Deutch.

• Sworn in as director of Central Intelligence on July 11, 1997 following unanimous votes by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and full Senate. Position heads Central Intelligence Agency and network of about a dozen branches of intelligence.

• Became first CIA director in 28 years to remain in office after the White House switched occupants, after George W. Bush became 43rd U.S. president, January 20, 2001.

[Miss Marple]

I believe the President nominated the chairmen, and they named the people from their respective parties. I could be wrong, though.

[ohioWfan]

Well, that's what he's going to DO with his time, but why did the commission GIVE him the time?

Seriously.

[Howlin]

What on EARTH is John Dean's book about?

[windchime]

Is that Omarosa from 'The Apprentice' with Gore?

[Diogenesis]

"In all fairness, the Bush administration itself is opposed to the lawsuits by the 9-11 victims. Ted Olson is point man on that.
I disagree with Gorelick's firm, and the White House on this one. The Saudis need to be exposed."

You got that right.
In truth, there are probably more than one hundred thousand FReepers who agree with you.

[maica]

Thanks for that info.

[AdmSmith]

Did you notice that GT said that one of the complicating factors was that if they would have sent a cruise missile to the terrorist camp it would as well have wiped out half the royal family of some of the arab countries (was it UAE?)

[pitinkie]

yep

[Howlin]

To promote his book, my guess.

Roemer will probably put up a book display for him and let him sign copies of it afterwards.

Not that I don't think that "selective members" don't already have it.

[EllaMinnow]

Is it just me, or does Miz Gorelicker look a lot like the old Gore himself?

You know? When he was all rouged up for the debates.

[Solson]

I fully expect this to turn into a "Church-like commission" with the intent of formalizing a US policy against any sort of pre-emption and a fully partisan slap down of the Bush doctrine.

This commission isn't going away anytime soon. Listening to Madeline Albright yesterday really pissed me off.

[arasina]

Finally, someone is coming back at the committee with a little gusto! Good for Tenet.

[RightWingMama]

I took the day off work to listen to the hearings...don't tell anybody...:)

I did yesterday. Unfortunately, I was at work at the time.;-)

[Types_with_Fist]

Well, that's what he's going to DO with his time, but why did the commission GIVE him the time?

Sorry. Guess I'm just in a silly mood this morning. I honestly don't know why he has been given the extra time, and I don't think I've seen a post that says why. Just thank God for it. The longer he is on, the more juice will get splattered onto the griddle.

[Miss Marple]

Tenet making a good point. Says that the error was that we raced from threat to threat, rather than dismantling the whole system.

[Howlin]

I heard somebody say that last night......I'm like *perk*????

[dogbyte12]

John Dean's book is called "Worse than Watergate", in which he claims that the "false WMD excuse" to invade Iraq, was a high crime and misdemeanor worse than the crimes of Watergate.

Dean's book is not going to have legs though. Clarke is the one who can potentially do damage.

[EllaMinnow]

I think Tenet wants to slap her as much as I do.