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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (13031)	6/4/2002 12:44:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

It is so easy for you to slur good people.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (13031)	6/4/2002 1:04:52 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 93284

Bush Concerned About Sept. 11 Congressional Probes Tue Jun 4,12:23 PM ET By Arshad Mohammed FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) expressed concern on Tuesday that congressional probes into the Sept. 11 attacks might take government experts away from their central job of preventing another attack. "What I am concerned about is tying up valuable assets and time and possibly jeopardizing sources of intelligence," Bush said as congressional hearings were beginning on Capitol Hill into the failure of U.S. intelligence to thwart the attacks. Bush made the comment to reporters as he toured the headquarters of the top-secret National Security Agency, a massive intelligence-gathering operation that essentially eavesdrops on the world. The NSA is located at the Fort Meade Army base, a sprawling and heavily guarded military facility between Washington and Baltimore. Bush gave a pep talk to employees that was closed to the press. The NSA work force represents an unusual combination of specialties: analysts, engineers, physicists, mathematicians, linguists, computer scientists and researchers. Bush told reporters it was clear the FBI (news - web sites) and the CIA (news - web sites) were not communicating properly before Sept. 11 but that the two agencies are now in much closer contact. One of the main criticisms of the U.S. security agencies has been that they failed to share intelligence. Bush said he saw no evidence suggesting the United States had information that would have allowed it to prevent the attacks on New York and Washington, in which some 3,000 people were killed. "In terms of whether or not the FBI and the CIA were communicating properly, I think it is clear that they weren't," Bush said. "Now we have addressed that issue. The CIA and the FBI are now in close communication." "I have seen no evidence to date that said this country could have prevented the attack," added the president, standing beneath a banner that said: "We won't back down. We never have. We never will." As the FBI and CIA traded blame in the newspapers, Bush said he was less concerned about finger-pointing and more concerned about congressional investigations turning into distractions. The intelligence committees of the Senate and House of Representatives plan to hold a series of hearings through the end of the year, with the proceedings to be opened to the public from the end of this month. "Yes I am concerned about distractions from this perspective. I want the Congress to investigate, but I want a committee to investigate, not multiple committees to investigate ... because I don't want to tie up our team when we were trying to fight this war on terror," he said. "In terms of the gossip and the finger-pointing -- level 3 staffers trying to protect their hides -- I don't think that's (of) concern. That's just ... Washington, D.C." Asked if the finger-pointing was hurting morale, Bush said he was "more worried about their being overworked" because "these good people are putting in long, long hours." He said he wanted to convey to them that he appreciated their sacrifice. "I'd rather have them sacrifice on behalf of our nation than endless hours of testimony" spent before congressional committees, he added. Also asked if a military move against Iraq had now been placed on the backburner, Bush referred reporters to his speech on Saturday in which he said the U.S. military must be prepared to launch preemptive strikes to keep "terrorists and tyrants" from obtaining weapons of mass destruction. Bush has singled out Iraq, Iran and North Korea (news - web sites) as "axis of evil" nations bent on obtaining such weapons. "One option of course is the military option ... I have no plans on my desk at this moment in time but nevertheless these nations ... that I have named need to take America seriously." "We're very serious about this. We expect them to change their behavior." More from > Top Stories - Reuters Next Story: Bush Concerned About Sept. 11 Congressional Probes Tue Jun 4,12:23 PM ET - (Reuters)

To: TigerPaw who wrote (13031)	6/4/2002 1:09:27 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"alliance between religious extremists who want catastrophe for the sake of prophesy, and opportunists who want power and greed and are willing to court catatsrophe " If the opportunists are so sincere, then give up the secrecy and disclose everything. What makes them look like opportunists is their concealment of the public's business. Not to mention threatening the public for "unpatriotic" questions. Today is another good one: Junior in secret meetings with CIA personnel, to "raise morale". What a joke. If you are not enamored of Junior & Co., the message behind closed doors is probably a bit different. "We'll be ok, guys, no problems, right? No more whistleblowers, ok? We can still keep a lid on it. Trust me. We'll hang the FBI out to dry, and we'll all skate. Pop says so, ok?"