WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) said Monday his staff is cooperating with an independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, but stopped short of saying whether the White House would hand over top-level papers that may be subpoenaed.
"Those are very sensitive documents," Bush said, adding that White House counsel Alberto Gonzales was working with Thomas Kean, chairman of the commission, on this issue.
"The president is correct on both counts," said Al Felzenberg, spokesman for the commission. "They are very sensitive documents. That's why we are having negotiations. These aren't things you just hand out to folks." But he added that Kean "feels we need certain things to do our job."
Bush's remarks, which he made to reporters in the Oval Office after meeting a meeting with his top advisers on Iraq (news - web sites), were underscored later by White House press secretary Scott McClellan. But McClellan, too, stopped short of saying the White House will turn over certain papers, such as transcripts of the president's daily terrorism briefings.
"We'll work cooperatively with the commission," McClellan said. "We will continue working closely with them to resolve any remaining issues."
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