9/11 Panel to Ask Congress for 60 More Days

[paulthompson]

Looks like a confrontation between the White House the relatively spineless 9/11 commission is brewing:

Panel to Ask Congress for 60 More Days

by Robert Cohen
The New Jersey Star-Ledger
January 27, 2004
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1075186474273260.xml



WASHINGTON -- The commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks voted last night to seek a two-month extension of its May 27 deadline, setting up a possible confrontation with the White House and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill.

Commission spokesman Al Felzenberg said the bipartisan panel met after their public hearing yesterday and "reached a consensus that they need another 60 days to do their work."

An extension would require a vote by Congress and the signature of President Bush. GOP leaders and the White House already have spoken against the idea.

[hang a left]

1. Just a guess. That would mean that the deadline would be

July 27. When would the report become public? Since I believe that the fix is in for *dubya, the timing of this report would come real close to election time. What do you wanna bet they get their extension?


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[paulthompson]

5. I understand...

the report would become public then, though maybe there will be a battle over what gets censored that drags it past the election. There's also a two month period they are allowed after the deadline for addendum reports.

[joeunderdog]

8. I bet they don't.

They do NOT want it out near the election. There will be no flowers and candy for Bush on this. Even if they don't finger the guilty bastard, he will be associated with a major breakdown of security. Not good for his sterling reputation as a terrarist fighter against evildoers.

[Sperk]

2. Someone help me to understand....why does an "independent"

commission need permission from the pResident to do their work?

[zanana]

3. "Unrestricted" is to "independent" as...

"Healthy Forests Initiative" is to "conservation".

[proud patriot]

9. Because

The Republic is dead as long as Bush is Emperor

It can be revived with mouth to mouth recesitation perhaps.

[Caution]

4. The closer to the election

the better. News will not be good for the White House. I hope they push this out until September. Make the failures of the Bush administration on 9/11 a big theme in the run up to November.

[onehandle]

7. I want it to come out during the week of the GOP CONvention.

Bush, I imagine, wants it to come out on November 3rd.

[KansDem]

6. Remember how quickly the Repubs got the Starr report on the Internet...

...in an effort to embarrass the President and sway public opinion?

One hopes this report will appear as quickly.

[BadGimp]

10. NYT by way of Sludge has it now

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/28/national/28TERR.html?ei=5062&en=6f6d24ae738db297&ex=1075870800&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&position=

or http://babyurl.com/6Dtmdi

This could be jsut the thing we need in the middle of a heated Democratic primary race to excite the base and fire up the presses.

wishful thinking I know...

[dbt]

11. How much time did Kenneth get

For his Starr Fishing Expedition?

How much did it cost?

And how Prime was the Crime?

:evilgrin:
dbt

[0007]

12. 'Tis just all part of the show, to try and make the 911 look creditable -

Much like the World Wrestling Federation show.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO212A.html

junior has the up most confidence in Thomas Kean.