[eDebate] urgent: MSNBC 9-11 secrets

Thu May 1 18:20:01 CDT 2003

the question has been asked:

"If the testimony has appeared on the floor of Congress, how is it 
'secret?'"

well read the article, dipshit, or do you need spectacles to better read the 
fine print --- RECLASSIFICATION...

quote:
" In some cases, these sources say, the administration has even sought to 
?reclassify? some material that was already discussed in public testimony?a 
move one Senate staffer described as ?ludicrous.?"

your question is exactly the question that should be directed to the 
president and the veep @ 202-456-1111.

TURN BIG TIME BABY -- the white house is fucking up.   trying to reclassify 
public testimony is a CONFESSION OF GUILT.  hence, the criticism from people 
who are normally cheney supporters.   the idea is that you can't RECLASSIFY 
public testimony and get away with it.   it's better just to let the 
information indicting the administration for gross negligence and salient 
incompetence out and try to spin it than it is to illegally suppress, get 
busted, and then be stuck trying to spin it later.   the illegal suppression 
is a damning act that irreparably damages the inevitable spin job.   good 
luck on that nyc rnc.   this fiasco is going to turn the whole thing into a 
joke.

quote:
"Graham?s stand may not be terribly surprising, given that the Florida 
Democrat is running for president and is seeking to use the issue himself 
politically. But he has found a strong ally in House Intelligence Committee 
Chairman Goss, a staunch Republican (and former CIA officer) who in the past 
has consistently defended the administration?s handling of 9-11 issues and 
is considered especially close to Cheney.
? ? ? ??I find this process horrendously frustrating,? Goss said in an 
interview. He was particularly piqued that the administration was refusing 
to declassify material that top intelligence officials had already testified 
about. ?Senior intelligence officials said things in public hearings that 
they [administration officials] don?t want us to put in the report,? said 
Goss. ?That?s not something I can rationally accept without further public 
explanation.?
? ? ? ?Unlike Graham, Goss insists there are no political ?gotchas? in the 
report, only a large volume of important information about the performance 
and shortcomings of U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement agencies prior to 
September 11.
       And even congressional staffers close to the process say it is 
unclear whether the administration?s resistance to public disclosure 
reflects fear of political damage or simply an ingrained ?culture of 
secrecy? that permeates the intelligence community?and has strong proponents 
at the highest levels of the White House." unquote

it's clear enough to me that reclassifying public testimony has nothing to 
do with a culture of secrecy as my interlocutor has poignantly asserted in 
her question but about ineffective political damage control that will fail.  
  maybe we should call the white house and ask them why they are 
"reclassifying" public testimony that indicts their handling of 9-11.   this 
may be an unprecedented compromise of democratic practice in the USA.

stromboli/kolakowski films

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