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911 Title: Revealed: Ashcroft, Tenet, Rumsfeld Warned 9/11 Commission About ‘Line’ It ’Should Not Cross’
The notification came in a letter dated January 6, 2004, addressed by Attorney General John Ashcroft, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and CIA Director George J. Tenet. The ACLU described it as a fax sent by David Addington, then-counsel to former vice president Dick Cheney. In the message, the officials denied the bipartisan commission's request to question terrorist detainees, informing its two senior-most members that doing so would "cross" a "line" and obstruct the administration's ability to protect the nation. "In response to the Commission's expansive requests for access to secrets, the executive branch has provided such access in full cooperation," the letter read. "There is, however, a line that the Commission should not cross -- the line separating the Commission's proper inquiry into the September 11, 2001 attacks from interference with the Government's ability to safeguard the national security, including protection of Americans from future terrorist attacks." The 9/11 Commission, officially called the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, was formed by President Bush in November of 2002 "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks" and to offer recommendations for preventing future attacks.
"The Commission staff's proposed participation in questioning of detainees would cross that line," the letter continued. "As the officers of the United States responsible for the law enforcement, defense and intelligence functions of the Government, we urge your Commission not to further pursue the proposed request to participate in the questioning of detainees." FireDogLake's Marcy Wheeler speculates that this was an attempt by the Bush administration to ensure that its torture of certain detainees, which has since been widely documented, remained secret. "[W]hoever made these annotations appears to have been most worried that Commission staff members could make independent judgments about the detainees and the interrogations," Wheeler wrote on her blog. The official "didn't want anyone to independently evaluate the interrogations conducted in the torture program." Eventually, the commission's co-chairs harshly criticized the administration for having purportedly "destroyed" tapes of its interrogations with terror suspects, as Raw Story reported last year.
The letter can be found on page 26 of the ACLU's set of unveiled documents. (1 image) Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest (chuckle) Kooks are funny. my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #2. To: Gen'rul Boofer (#1) Page 26, Boof.... Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #3. To: Brian S (#0) (Edited) Condi Rice so obviously perjured herself at that hearing that it spiked any chance that she might have for an elected position above the local school board. And for what? Rather...whom? An abject failure as POTUS. Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #4. To: war (#2) Page 26, Boof.... It's the only way some concrete thinkers can deal with discomfort. Think of the little boy peeing on whatever he doesn't like.... that's boofer. Name calling from the side lines is all he has left. He's all hat...no cattle.
#5. To: mininggold (#4) ...said the kook. my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #6. To: Gen'rul Boofer (#5) ...said the kook. ...said the Boof... Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #7. To: war (#3) Condi Rice Condi who? ;)
#8. To: Brian S (#7) The girl who sent Boy Blunder back to the Jim Beam... Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #9. To: Brian S (#0) "There is, however, a line that the Commission should not cross -- the line separating the Commission's proper inquiry into the September 11, 2001 attacks from interference with the Government's ability to safeguard the national security, including protection of Americans from future terrorist attacks." Makes perfect sense. What's the problem?
#10. To: dont eat that (#9) Its only a problem in kookland infected with Bush Derangement Syndrome. my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #11. To: Badeye (#10) Its only a problem in kookland infected with Bush Derangement Syndrome. Sez the chief Bushbot here (who claimed he never knew one), trying out his mail order Psych degree. LOLOLOL.
#12. To: dont eat that (#9) Makes perfect sense. What's the problem? Israel keeps stirring the ME pot.
#13. To: mininggold (#11) Only a bland kook thinks I'm a blind follower of the former President. my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #14. To: Gen'rul Boofer (#13) Only a bland kook thinks I'm a blind follower of the former President. Please Boof...the LP database doesn't lie. (eyes rolling) Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #15. To: Badeye (#13) (Edited) Only a bland kook thinks I'm a blind follower of the former President. Your posting behavior says otherwise, plus the data base doesn't lie. Most of the time you will be found spinning on the Bushbot side. Of course you did say "blind" which I doubt applies to anyone of any political stripe. lolol
#16. To: war (#14) Please Boof...the LP database doesn't lie. (eyes rolling) He was sure to parse the statement with the word "blind". lol
#17. To: mininggold (#15) The most hilarious thing about his last year at LP is that he spent it claiming to oppose the GOP while not only hoping and predicting that they would maintain power but defending their record as well. Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #18. To: mininggold (#16) (Edited) Blind can be metaphorical too... he's been claiming that we "won" in Iraq from the staged for Fox News statue toppling on... Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #19. To: Badeye (#13) Only a bland kook thinks I'm a blind follower of the former President. You didn't earn the nickname boteye without just reason...(chuckle)
#20. To: war (#17) The most hilarious thing about his last year at LP is that he spent it claiming to oppose the GOP while not only hoping and predicting that they would maintain power but defending their record as well. And calling anyone who disagreed with the Bush doctrine names and insinuations. Same with domer and the "Alaskan" bunch.
#21. To: mininggold (#15) Obviously you've never actually LOOKED at the database. Run along kookie. my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #22. To: Fred Mertz (#19) Uh huh, you didn't earn the nickname 'mommies basement boy' for nothin... my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #23. To: Fred Mertz (#19) (Edited) (laughing) His last year before his total meltdown was one case of Dueling Boofers after another... "Why I won't vote GOP" to "I'm voting for Ken Blackwell who will win!!!" "I will vote for the dem candidate against DeWine whoever he is" to "I am not voting for the dem candidate running against DeWine" and we all know goddam well that he voted for both DeWine and the GOP candidate for Congress. Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #24. To: Badeye (#21) Obviously you've never actually LOOKED at the database. Run along kookie. The data base sez you will jump on anyone who was not a total Bush supporter regardless of the deceit you post.
#25. To: Gen'rul Boofer, Fred Mertz (#22) (Edited) Uh huh, you didn't earn the nickname 'mommies basement boy' for nothin... Nobody calls him that, Boof. But "Boofer" sure seems to have struck a chord... (laughing) Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #26. To: Badeye (#22) you didn't earn the nickname 'mommies basement boy' Challenge! Nobody calls me that.
#27. To: Badeye, Fred Mertz (#22) (Edited)
Since he "earned" it from you Neocon Bushbots in this post only, it's just considered another lie. Fred can hardly hold a candle to you in that department. He doesn't post one hundredth of what you do and actually can post authoritatively on other topics.
#28. To: Fred Mertz (#26) Wait a miniute tho...since it's "Mommies" and not "Mommy's" it might not be a bad thing... Got MILF? Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #29. To: war (#28) Wait a miniute tho...since it's "Mommies" and not "Mommy's" it might not be a bad thing... More of Badeye's ESL stuff. They have a tough time with the slang.
#30. To: mininggold (#29) More of Badeye's ESL stuff. The idjit refuses to use the edit feature. Either that or he's too dumb to. Take your pick.
#31. To: Fred Mertz (#30) Either that or he's too dumb to. He wears Hagar suits. ...'nuff said... Day 24 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 22 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... #32. To: Fred Mertz (#26) (chuckle) my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #33. To: mininggold (#29) kookie, you have a tough time with reality. my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #34. To: mininggold (#24) Like I said, and you just underscored, you haven't actually looked. run along kookie. my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #35. To: dont eat that (#9) Makes perfect sense. What's the problem? I don't see one. Makes sense to me too. It's a bullshit article. So why do you bother soiling this site with your vacuous and inane commentary? ... yukon haha lots of laughing out loud #36. To: Badeye, mininggold (#33) kookie, you have a tough time with reality. This is the irony of the day statement...(grin)
#37. To: Badeye (#34) Like I said, and you just underscored, you haven't actually looked. run along kookie Like I said before neobot, you don't have dibs on being the chooser here.
#38. To: Fred Mertz (#36) Mommy yell that down to the basement for you to post? my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #39. To: mininggold (#37) Sure I do, kookie. my anti groupie can't get through life without me. #40. To: Boofertop (#38) Mommy yell that down to the basement for you to post? You are horribly unwitty to the point of painfully so, Boof. Day 25 of Packrat refusing to register here. Day 23 of Boofer The One Eyed Wonder Bot refusing to answer: When is Blackwell going to have the recount? Jan 30, 2006 ... by saveliberty (Proud to be Head Snowflake, Bushbot... Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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