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To: Bilow who wrote (128989)	4/12/2004 8:42:59 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

Losing Touch with Reality commondreams.org <<...Predictably, Dr Rice's first objective was to protect the president from criticism. But she failed to satisfy those watching her testimony that the received image of the pre-9/11 White House - that it barely feigned interest in foreign affairs - was inaccurate. Her exchange with commission member Richard Ben-Veniste was particularly revealing, over if she had told President Bush there were al-Qaida cells in the US, after that information had been passed to her by Mr Clarke. To say - as Dr Rice did - "I really don't remember whether I discussed this with the president," should be called the Reagan defense, after the former president repeatedly used the phrase "I don't recall" in an inquiry into the Iran-Contra scandal. What is questionable is whether that is a credible defense from someone reputed to be the smartest person in the White House. The idea that President Bush was fully briefed about al-Qaida, and that the White House understood that it "posed a serious threat to the United States", simply does not ring true. That feeling is supported by the fact that both the administration and Dr Rice were more interested in pushing for a pointless missile defense shield in the months before September 11. To say that a memo entitled "Bin Laden determined to attack inside the United States" did not warn of an impending attack, according to Dr Rice, suggests the administration has begun to lose touch with reality...>>

To: Bilow who wrote (128989)	4/12/2004 2:38:22 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Are you really related to Norman Finkelstein? He's a piece of work, that guy.