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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (25169)	7/10/2003 5:19:36 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 25898

Re: the Kean Commission. July 9, 2003 Wrestling for the Truth of 9/11 The Bush administration, long allergic to the idea of investigating the government's failure to prevent the Sept. 11 terror attacks, is now doing its best to bury the national commission that was created to review Washington's conduct. That was made plain yesterday in a muted way by Thomas Kean, the former New Jersey governor, and Lee Hamilton, the former congressman, who are directing the inquiry. When these seasoned, mild-mannered men start complaining that the administration is trying to intimidate the commission, the country had better take notice. In a status report on its work, the commission said various agencies - particularly the Pentagon and the Justice Department - were blocking requests for vital information and resources. Acting more like the Soviet Kremlin than the American government, the administration has insisted that monitors from various agencies attend debriefings of key officials by investigators. Mr. Kean is quite correct in objecting to this as a thinly veiled attempt at intimidation. Meanwhile, the clock is running for the commission to complete a full report to the nation by next May. Too polite to use the word "stonewalling," the bipartisan commission nevertheless warned the nation that thus far the administration had "underestimated the scale of the commission's work and the full breadth of support required." The White House has repeatedly pledged cooperation while stressing the delicacy of protecting classified secrets. There are techniques and precedents for the commission to be extended access to critical information without compromising security. Two serious areas of dispute that should be quickly settled in the commission's favor are access to the minutes of National Security Council meetings and to the daily briefing memorandums prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for President Bush. Mr. Kean assumed the chairmanship after questions were raised about potential conflicts of interest for the White House's initial choice, Henry Kissinger. "The coming weeks will determine whether we will be able to do our job," the commission warned in prodding the administration to protect the nation's future security as passionately as it clings to its past secrets. nytimes.com

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (25169)	7/10/2003 5:55:07 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 25898

The book by Thierry Messyan and a multiplicity of sites available on the Internet, all conclude that there are vast gaps in the "official story". Yeah.. uh-huh... What was his theory again?? If I recall correctly, Flight 77 didn't actually hit the Pentagon, it was a missile... The plane actually landed at Reagan-National and the passengers off-loaded and conveniently and quietly "disposed of". Claims the hole was too small for an airliner.. But doesn't understand that the particular "Wedge" of the Pentagon which the plane hit had recently been refurbished and hardened against blast effects and impacts, and that such hardening caused debris to take the path of "least resistance", namely being sucked INTO the hole the nose of the plane punched all the way into the service driveway between the B and C rings... Had that plane hit any of the unrefurbished parts of the Pentagon, the damage would have been catastrophic, both in terms of damage, as well as loss of life... Yes, via PM when you provide the name and phone # of your purported witness, or you can simply do a white pages search on the Internet. :) You first... Hawk