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.

[EdReform]

Anyone with half a brain and a semblance of ability to reason knows that this commission is just Monday morning quarterbacking.

Agreed. However considering that Gore received ~50 million votes in the last election, it seems that a signifcant number of people in this country are operating with less than half a brain and an impaired ability to reason.

It will be interesting to see how the media spins this and how the sheeple respond.

[cyncooper]

Matthews is going to be citing the memo title ad nauseum.

Heard Andrea mischaracterize (to put it charitably) that Rice said the "Bin Laden" document contained no threat. That is false, Ms. Mitchell. Rice said "no specifics".

[Mo1]

Chrissy saying AGAIN it's interesting that Condi mentioned that Rummy and Paul Wolfowitz wanted to go after Iraq when we were attacked on 9/11

[livius]

Hm, now it says "after" 9/11. I think either I got over-excited when I was typing or somebody put the initial headline up too fast and revised it.

[Numbers Guy]

Just did a quick google on that Hence person. He's an Indymedia (i.e. anti-Semitic) conspiracy theory peddler. Not exactly credible.

[nunya bidness]

My take:

She exposed the effect of the Church Commission, the failure of stove piping between the FBI and the CIA, and the ultimate failure of treating terror as a legal matter rather than a military one. But the only way that profound changes could have been made was after an attack like 9/11. What’s most pressing is that any disclosure of operational success or failure on both sides (us and the terrorists) provides guidelines for the bad guys to adjust their procedures. And in the cases of trials and hearings involving the first WTC bombing, the Cole, etc. operational details were revealed that could and possibly did affect current US efforts both domestically and abroad. Transparency is a key element of our republic but there comes a point where transparency leads to future disaster. In that respect, the commission should have been held behind closed doors and at a time when it would be less damaging to current events including the campaign season. Having said that, it is clear to anyone who cared to watch Dr. Rice that she is competent enough for the position she holds and has the command of her assets such that we are in good hands. Indeed, what’s most notable is that very few people won’t know who the most powerful black woman in the world is after today. For that, we can thank this commission.

[highlandbreeze]

As we ALL knew she would! :-P

[Joe Hadenuf]

Read 2,957.

[Mo1]

Matthews is going to be citing the memo title ad nauseum.

Yep and that is why Ben Vesti harped on it

[MEG33]

I just switched to CNN..Trent Lott is on.Holbrooke was annoying me.Everyone knows the CIA and FBI did not work together and that the two Al Queda guys in country,flight lessons,Moussaui(sp)were not shared,and pursued.No headline..!The Memo,the Memo..He Knew He knew! will be the mantra.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think, David Kay is a leftist twit under the surface!

[Carolinamom]

Let's see if Sen. Kerry says the commissioners' questioning of DOCTOR Rice is "rude".

[cyn]

I know I am! It took a special person to handle that as well as she did, different folks (not me!).

[NYC Republican]

Note the photo MSNBS still has... Rather than using a pic from today's testimony, they're still using the most awful, mean-looking pic they could find. How disgraceful

[Reagan Man]

Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell are on msnbc, spinning todays testimony by Dr.Rice as a failure of the Bush administration to prevent the events of 9-11. They are using the Aug.6th 2001 PDB as solid evidence the President somehow knew that this pointed directly at 9-11 happening. That's pure BS!

This is more concrete evidence that hindsight is 20-20.

Here come the 9-11 witches.

[Mr. Silverback]

Up to 42%

[Mo1]

The Widow are on now

They are not satified with Condi's Answers .. SHOCKING

[kabar]

Unless I missed it, Condi didn't mention that over 4 months had elapsed since the attack on the USS Cole and when the Bush administration took over. She should have stressed that. I would have also mentioned that the East African embassy bombings deserved more of a response than launching some missiles at a training camp in Afghanistan and blowing up an aspirin factory in Sudan.

[Mo1]

Saying that Willie Brown was told not to fly that day

[Joe Hadenuf]

No, she didn't. But thanks for playing.

Read 2957 before you get all emboldened