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

To: Skywatcher who wrote (27952)	7/1/2004 4:06:48 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

You asked a stupid question, and I gave you an appropriate answer. Stupid, because it's been asked by conspiracy theorists over and over again -- and it's been answered. But, you don't like the answer, so you keep asking it. It's said the definition of insanity is repeating the same actions over and over again and expecting a different result. How many more times are you going to ask the same question, expecting a different answer? Would you feel better if Ashcroft just admitted to being both bin Laden's half brother and a mole planted here by al Qaeda? Here are two simple little pieces I researched just for you, CC. I expect you to commit them to memory and be ready for a quiz about the subject by this time tomorrow: classlesswarfare.com "...At one point, I really had to laugh out loud because Richard Ben Veniste got sucked in by one of the ABB’s biggest myths. The fodder that is regularly cited by the yokels at Democratic Underground, Moveon.org, some liberal blogs, and other assorted kooks made it’s way to the 9/11 commission. For whatever reason, Richard Ben Veniste fell for it. Here’s what he said and then asked: Let me ask you, as my time is expiring, one question, which has been frequently put to members of this commission; probably all of us have heard this one way or another. And we are mindful that part of the problem with the Warren commission’s work on the Kennedy assassination was the failure to address certain theories that were extant and questions and much of the work was done behind closed doors. So I would like to provide you with the opportunity to answer one question that has come up repeatedly. At some point in the spring or summer of 2001, around the time of this heightened threat alert, you apparently began to use a private chartered jet plane, changing from your use of commercial aircraft on grounds, our staff is informed, of an FBI threat assessment. And, indeed, as you told us, on September 11th itself you were on a chartered jet at the time of the attack. Can you supply the details, sir, regarding the threat which caused you to change from commercial to private leased jet? I really couldn’t believe it when I saw it. Here is Richard Ben Veniste, a respected lawyer and prosecutor from the days of Watergate asking questions regarding accusations that have been brought up by loons. Ashcroft almost smiled when the question was asked: Let me indicate to you that I never ceased to use commercial aircraft for my personal travel. My wife traveled to Germany and back in August. My wife and I traveled to Washington, D.C., on the 3rd of September before the 17th – before the 11th attack on commercial aircraft. I have exclusively traveled on commercial aircraft for my personal travel; continued through the year 2000, through the entirety of the threat period to the nation. The assessment made by the security team and the Department of Justice was made early in the year. It was not related to a terrorism threat as a threat to the nation. It was related to an assessment of the security for the attorney general, given his responsibilities and the job that he undertakes. And it related to the maintenance of arms and other things by individuals who travel with the attorney general. And it was their assessment that we would be best served to use government aircraft. These were not private chartered jet aircraft. These were aircraft of the United States government. And it was on such an aircraft that I was on my way to an event in Milwaukee on the morning of September the 11th. It’s a long high fly ball………and that one is outta here! Smacked out the park. It was like Barry Bonds facing off against a Little League pitcher. This entire nonsense about Ashcroft flying private chartered jets has been part of the ABB’s “Bush knew!” meme they’ve been trying to push since September 12, 2001 and for whatever reason, Richard Ben Veniste fell for it hook, line and sinker. Not smart." -------------- salon.com Ashcroft responds to jet questions Attorney General John Ashcroft was asked today about the swirling theories about why he stopped flying commercially in the months before 9/11. The Justice Department has said the AG began using a Gulf Stream 5 jet because of an unspecific threat to his life. But when asked about his flying habits before the terror attac ks, Ashcroft said: "Let me indicate to you that I never ceased to use commercial aircraft for my personal travel. My wife traveled to Germany and back in August. My wife and I traveled to Washington, D.C., on the 3rd of September before the 17th -- before the 11th attack on commercial aircraft. I have exclusively traveled on commercial aircraft for my personal travel; continued through the year 2000, through the entirety of the threat period to the nation. The assessment made by the security team and the Department of Justice was made early in the year. It was not related to a terrorism threat as a threat to the nation. It was related to an assessment of the security for the attorney general, given his responsibilities and the job that he undertakes. And it related to the maintenance of arms and other things by individuals who travel with the attorney general. And it was their assessment that we would be best served to use government aircraft. These were not private chartered jet aircraft. These were aircraft of the United States government. And it was on such an aircraft that I was on my way to an event in Milwaukee on the morning of September the 11th." -- Geraldine Sealey [15:36 PDT, April 13, 2004]