9/11 Panelists Rebut Cheney on Information

[Scairp]

WASHINGTON, July 6 - The leaders of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday disputed Vice President Dick Cheney's suggestion that he probably had access to more intelligence than the commission did about possible ties between the Qaeda terrorist network and Iraq.

In a one-sentence statement, the panel's chairman and vice chairman said that "after examining available transcripts of the vice president's public remarks, the 9/11 commission believes it has access to the same information the vice president has seen regarding contacts between Al Qaeda and Iraq prior to the 9/11 attacks."

A report issued by the commission's staff last month found that there did not appear to have been a "collaborative relationship" between Iraq and the terrorist network, a finding that appeared to undermine a justification cited by President Bush and Mr. Cheney for invading Iraq and toppling Saddam Hussein.

White House officials questioned the finding and insisted that there had been a close relationship between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. While he did not directly criticize the commission, Mr. Cheney said in a television interview a day after the report's release that he "probably" knew things about Iraq's links to terrorists that the 10-member bipartisan panel did not know.

Sounds a lot like they are saying, "Fuck you back,DICK" to me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/07/politics/07panel.html?pagewanted=print&position=

[burrowowl]

1. No, No

Cheney-you Dickhead.
Will the 9/11 Panel have the courage to really put out some real facts in spite of the mal-adminisration?

[bluestateguy]

2. Sigh

If this commission continues to function after their report is issued, beyond the election, and Bush and Cheney are elected, I could see them firing the whole commission.