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To: Sully- who wrote (41509)	4/30/2004 10:00:07 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793914

<snip> `Unhappy' with Justice Dept. According to aides and officials in attendance, he also told commissioners he was displeased that his Justice Department, headed by Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, had recently released documents apparently aimed at increasing pressure on Democratic commission member Jamie Gorelick. Gorelick, a former Clinton administration Justice official, has been under attack since April 13, when Ashcroft suggested to the panel that procedures Gorelick helped implement were to blame for making the government blind to the Sept. 11 plot. Republican commissioners have rejected Ashcroft's claims, and Bush reportedly sought to make amends Thursday. "The president does not believe we ought to be pointing fingers in this time period," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. "We ought to be working together to help the commission complete its work." McClellan said the president also conveyed his disappointment to the Justice Department but declined to say whether Bush did so directly to Ashcroft. A White House aide said Bush also made a personal overture to Gorelick, who has been asked by Republicans on Capitol Hill to step down from the commission because of the dispute. Officials present for the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the account from White House aides, with one saying Bush "expressed, in his own words, his unhappiness with the conduct" of the Justice Department. Officials also confirmed that Bush offered Gorelick "a very nice" statement in front of her colleagues at the meeting's end. <snip> chicagotribune.com