Some 9/11 families angered by no apology from Rice (YAWN!!!!)

Reuters ^ | 4/8/04

[areafiftyone]

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - Some relatives of Sept. 11 victims responded in anger on Thursday to what they described as the White House's failure to accept responsibility for the 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Family members were among those in the crowded hearing room to listen to national security adviser Condoleezza Rice tell the 9-11 commission that bureaucratic structure was to blame for the administration's inability to counter the attacks.

"No one wants to take any responsibility. Three thousand people died, and all they want to talk about is structural problems," Bob McIlvaine of Oreland, Pennsylvania, whose son died in New York's World Trade Center.

"They should be ashamed of themselves," he said.

Many 9/11 relatives said the general public should have been warned about the potential for attack during the summer of 2001, when intelligence officials were said to have detected a surge in communications between suspicious operatives.

But during three hours of testimony before the bipartisan commission, Rice denied the Bush administration was negligent, countering testimony of former White House anti-terror czar Richard Clarke. Clarke told the commission on March 24 that the Bush White House ignored the urgent threat from al Qaeda.

"I am angry at the lack of accepting accountability -- that's what the president should have done, accepted responsibility," said Beverly Eckert of Stamford, Connecticut, whose husband Sean died at the World Trade Center.

"Instead, it's been outwardly directed, not just at the terrorists but at previous administrations."

Added New Jersey widow Patty Casazza: "I think it made her look incompetent in her position."

Clarke began his testimony by apologizing to victims and their families for government failings that allowed the attacks to occur.

Carie Lemack, whose mother also died in the attack on New York's World Trade Center towers, told CNN Rice should have admitted errors were made.

"We did not hear that today. I'm hoping we are going to hear that because it is clear that 3,000 people don't just get murdered. There were mistakes made and we need to fix them to make sure Americans are safer."

"... We're glad that she came forward and spoke. We're glad that it was in public, under oath, and we were able to get that information. But there is a lot more truth to be told," she added.

[The South Texan]

I am sick of these people and their outward partisanship that is not called that by the media. If this would have happened under Clinton's watch and a group of family members spoke out against his crew, I can 100% guarantee you that they would be investigted and indetified as Republicans by the media.

[Tax Government]

Some survivor families, also, are probably pissed beyond words at the criminal, corrupt democRats.

[Viking2002]

Screw Reuters. They're a French Al-Jezzera. French, Arab - who cares? Same animal, same smell, different clothes.

[areafiftyone]

OMG I just thought of something - Clinton testifying. EWWWW can you imagine his opening statement with him biting his lip and saying he feel's their pain?? God I hope they keep that out of the camera lens! I just know its going to happen.

[finnman69]

You can watch the usual suspects here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4693043/

scroll down to the link.

[Dog Anchor]

I will apologize.

I am sorry for saying this...but if the U.S. is attacked again I hope it falls right on these peoples heads.

[LowNslow]

Bought to you by the Kerry-Heinz Foundation.

[hobson]

Yes, they are the "usual suspects". I want my tax dollars back that paid these people off.

[50sDad]

Family members were among those in the crowded hearing room to listen to national security adviser Condoleezza Rice tell the 9-11 commission that bureaucratic structure was to blame for the administration's inability to counter the attacks.

Translation: "The Democrats cut the intelligence and military budgets for seven of the eight Clinton years, and using a phlanx of civil rights lawyers hamstrung any hope that our Intellegence services could talk efficiently to one another, while Bill Clinton's foolish desire to treat terrorists like common criminals forced valuable information to be locked up as Grand Jury secret documents, when it should have been circulated to our spies and police."

[finnman69]

Partisan 9/11 widow Kristin Breitweiser with an agenda to get Bush.

[madison10]

Whiny widows & families of Sept. 11: You cried us a river, now take your money and shush up. You wore out the "empathy card" long ago.

[From The Deer Stand]

OK, let President Bush apologize. It should go something like this: "I am sorry that former President Clinton, his National Security staff, and Richard Clark were not able to capture Osama during the three times they had the chance, thereby greatly reducing the dangers that led to their attack on our country."

[finnman69]

Partisan 9/11 widow Mindy Kleinberg with an agenda to get Bush.

[mudblood]

"Amazing that out of all the loved ones of 3,000 victims of 9-11, Reuter's can only find partisan Democrats to interview."

Reuters also uses the word "militant" in place of "terrorist". They think that terrorism is a legitimate form of resistance for people who don't have standing armies at their behest. Bunch of crackheads.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Here's what I don't get. There has to be a group of 9/11 "victims" who like W. Aren't they funded by someone and can't they get their message out? Someone put an ad on TV somewhere telling these professional victims to STFU.

[finnman69]

September 11 Advocates is the group out to get Bush.

[isthisnickcool]

Members of 9/11 families and Condi Rice.

[OpusatFR]

"Many 9/11 relatives said the general public should have been warned about the potential for attack during the summer of 2001, when intelligence officials were said to have detected a surge in communications between suspicious operatives."

People ignore the warnings now. They refuse to prepare for any contingency. Racial profiling and watch-lists are condemned by the ACLU and civil rights groups. The Patriot Act is condemned as a government power grab.

Just what would you have done differently? Nothing could have taken into account 911.

[Argus]

The pc liberalism to which these people dedicated their lives is responsible for the political climate of sheer suicidal stupidity that allowed 19 young Arab men to enter this country on easy-to-acquire visas, go to flight school, do practice runs on the airlines, then board the planes with boxcutters and the perfect assurance that nobody among the passengers or on the crew would interfere with their plan in any way.

The responsibility for this being a fat, dumb, happy target-rich environment full of human sheep belongs to the tolerant, liberal, nonjudmental, I-feel-your-pain multiculturally diverse herd of Democrats who infest our society at every level and control all the levers of the bureaucracy. The same appeasement-minded scum that want to take over again, with the propaganda support of these so-called 9/11 "victim families". To really find out who's responsible for the slaughter of their loved ones, all these fools need to do is look in the mirror.