Condoleezza Rice & the 9-11 Commission [LIVE THREAD] 9AM EST

http://c-span.org/ ^ | 4-8-04 | ME

[OXENinFLA]

Rice Testifies Before 9/11 Cmsn. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testifies before the Sept. 11 Commission.

[prairiebreeze]

I didn't hear it, but I was so glazed over with Condi's ability to recognize her misunderstanding and immediately begin to answer what the question was about.

I'm very impressed.

Prairie

[mware]

Condi: We have made things safer, but we are not safe. They only have to be right once, we have to be right 100% of the time.

I am glad she is being up front with us. We all know it is very possible, actually probable that we get attacked on our home turf sometime in the future.

[Howlin]

Slade Gorton is of counsel at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP. Prior to joining the firm, he represented Washington State in the United States Senate for 18 years, from 1982-2000. While in the Senate, Gorton served on the Appropriations, Budget, Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Energy and Natural Resources Committees. He served as chairman of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee (1995-2001), the Commerce Subcommittees on Consumer Affairs (1995-99), and Aviation (1999-2000). He was also a member of the Republican leadership as counsel to the Majority Leader (1996-2000). Gorton began his political career in 1958 as a Washington state representative; he went on to serve as State House majority leader. In 1968, he was elected attorney general of Washington state, where he argued 14 cases before the Supreme Court. Gorton also served on the president's consumer Advisory Council (1975-77) and on the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (1969-1981). He was chairman of the Washington State Law & Justice Commission (1969-76), served as an instructor in Constitutional law to public administration graduate students at the University of Puget Sound (1977), and has served on the Board of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center since 1987. In 2001, Gorton served on the National Commission on Federal Election Reform.

[MEG33]

Go to cspan.org..I believe they have it streaming.

[johnny7]

...media will present it otherwise

So true. The 'sheeple' will see Ben-Veniste and Gorelick throwing the questions. End of story.

[StriperSniper]

And a nice cool "drink"!

Several!

[Eva]

Did you notice the shot of Jamie Gorelick and her aides after the Benveniste questioning? Gorelick and her aides were nudging each other, smiling and shaking their heads yes, almost like high fiving each other. I had just heard the end of Benveniste's question and am not sure what that was all about except that Gorelick was quite happy about something.

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for that information! Prayers for the hostages.

[1Old Pro]

Now she's blaming klintoon for his tit for tat meaningless attacks on Afganistan

[OldFriend]

She kicked A$$.........BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sarasota]

I'm with you on this. They have lost loved ones and are still looking to blame. Will that bring their loved ones back?

[cajungirl]

Condi just defended the preemptive doctrine!

[Arrowhead1952]

WOW! Why did we wait? Hey Bill and Algore.... Are you listening? Condi has your cahones in a LOCKBOX!

[Quilla]

Cspan kept bombing on me. Bloody Sam Roberts gave me this link

http://home.comcast.net/~bmattscheck/allfeeds.html

and I've been listening uninterupted ever since.

[Numbers Guy]

Reuters is reporting that Japan demands immediate release of hostages and that they will not pull out.

Excellent.

The hostage-holders, by giving a 3-day deadline, made a big tactical error. No way that Japan can cave in that time period even if they wanted to do so. So either they execute the hostages, thereby getting no leverage, or else they don't execute them, in which case they have no credibility.

History shows that holding hostages and making vague threats with no deadlines works far better (i.e. Iran in 1979 or Lebanon in the 1980's).

[You Dirty Rats]

Veni, Vidi, Vinesteci - "I came, I Saw, I kicked the crap out of the Clinton 'Rats on the Panel".

[TomGuy]

Why is Iraq criticised for being presumptive when Afghanistan/al-Qaeda is criticised for not being presumptive?

[Colonel_Flagg]

I expect the lead of the news stories in the liberal media to start, "Sparks flew during Condi Rice's testimony...."

You're close. Try this:

"A defiant Condoleezza Rice attempted to defend the Bush Administration's pre-9/11 terrorism policy under tough questioning from an independent commission today."

[LisaFab]

Oooooooh! Condi is hitting her stride and kicking butt! Slade Gordon is smiling broadly!

[nutmeg]

I guess I am pessimistic. condi has hit it out of the park and the vast media will present it otherwise. Unless you watch this or watch conservative media, you won't have a clue.

Exactly. The sheeple (who are far too "busy" for world events and politics) will latch onto the leftist-selected CBSNBCABCNPRCNNMSNBCPerkyKatie sound bites tonight and tomorrow morning...