9-11 widows: Too Little, Too Late From the Sept. 11 Commission

[spooky3]

Kristin Breitweiser and Monica Gabrielle wrote a LTTE in today's Washington Post.

"As widows of men who were killed on Sept. 11, 2001, we are appalled by John Lehman's Nov. 16 op-ed column, "Getting Spy Reform Wrong; Sept. 11 Commission's Proposals Were Turned Into Bureaucratic Bloat."

We fought tirelessly for the creation of the Sept. 11 commission, of which Lehman was a member. We spent the next 20 months battling with the commissioners to hold hard-hitting, meaningful hearings, to aggressively gather all relevant evidence via their subpoena power and to compel key witnesses to testify under oath. We also repeatedly fought for the assignment of accountability in the commission's final report. We knew that without accountability, no true reforms would take place."

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"How can Lehman now have any legitimate expectation of leadership and cooperation from the Bush administration to follow through with recommendations and reforms when the same administration stonewalled, dragged its feet and withheld vital access, information and evidence from the commission during its work? How can Lehman berate the government for holding no one accountable when his own commission refused to do so?

Please. Enough of the feigned shock and disappointment. After months of futile attempts by the Sept. 11 families to steer this commission in the right direction, only the victims' families and the American people should be entitled to declare their disappointment. Moreover, as history has begun to make clear, the Sept. 11 commission's final report was a political whitewash, a negotiated coverup, and ultimately a shroud of protection for both the Clinton and Bush administrations. Americans should feel defrauded, disgusted and, most alarming, less safe knowing this chilling fact; we certainly do."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/25/AR2005112500992.html

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. I agree, but their outrage is also too little too late

I wish they'd have spoken up when Fuckface refused to testify unless two of his conditions were met:

1. that he not have to swear an oath (both Clinton and Fuckface One took the oath when they testified), and

2. that Dickless Cheney accompany him when he "visited" (his word) with the commission.

That he was allowed to get away with this outrageous and irresponsible behavior told me everything I needed to know about the validity of this so-called "commission" and I really wish these wonderful women had screamed their heads about this when it took place.

[spooky3]

3. "I can't understand why... the president and vice president...

"I can't understand why these elected officials, particularly the president and vice president, aren't willing to come before the American public and testify," said Kristen Breitweiser of New Jersey, whose husband, Ronald, died in the World Trade Center. "That raises a concern they're hiding something."

2/25/04

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/25/national1534EST0715.DTL

[OldLeftieLawyer]

5. Thank you, and yes, I remember this

But, my issue was with when the events actually took place.

Those women should have been on camera the whole time those two thugs were in "visiting" with the commission. That was their fatal error, and one from which we'll all never recover.

Timing is everything.

The cover-up is complete now.

[Quakerfriend]

2. I've been wondering when they would start to really

SPEAK OUT! Sounds like they know...MIHOP.

[Wilms]

4. It's their website, with a list of unanswered questions...

...that made me realize MIHOP.


http://www.911independentcommission.org/questions.html

[spooky3]

6. kick for Sunday AM crowd

[SpiralHawk]

7. MIHOP

'nuff said.