Confused Here: Are They Letting Condi Have A second Bite @ Commission ???

[WillyT]

A morning news 'teaser' made it sound that way, but the story only stated that WH Counsel had sent a letter to the Commission stating the reasons why she should be let back in for more 'private' testimony.

Has it been decided yet???

:shrug:

[Vickers]

1. They should refuse. She had her chance.

You want to clear the air? Raise yer hand in front of the cameras, you lying sack of shit.

[WillyT]

4. Oh, I Definitely Agree With You !!!

The 'teaser' made it sound like it had been decided. The story did not!

:wtf:

:hi:

[maddezmom]

2. read the same thing in Chicago Tribune

~snip~
In a further effort to respond to criticism, the White House on Thursday wrote the chairman and vice chairman of the commission investigating the attacks asking that National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice get another opportunity to be heard--in private-- by panel members. Such a session, in the words of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, would clear up "a number of mischaracterizations of Dr. Rice's statements and position."
~snip~

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0403260239mar26,1,5132455.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

The commission should say sure, as long as it's in public and underoath. If not, we've already taken enough of you time, Condi.

[Atman]

7. Right...if he's lying, they can prosecute him

Why waste more commission time?

[Vickers]

9. See, there is my main problem...

...if she lies in closed door session, who will know? Do we trust the commission to tell us?

Would you rather have a hand-picked PRESIDENT'S commission ferreting out the lies, or a whole nation (world!) of folks to look at it and see how it jibes with the public record?

[molly]

3. The pugs on the committee are having fits about

Clarke's testimony. I think pressure from the public and the 9-11 victims' families will force them to at least make her testify under oath.

[WillyT]

8. That Should Be The ONLY Way... Public, And Under Oath !!!

Otherwise, so sorry MisCondi!!!

:hi:

[NoPasaran]

5. Apparently she has fresh lies n/t

[mouse7]

11. Condi thinks's she can handle bad lies as well as Tiger Woods

I expect Condi performance with bad lies to be closer to that portrayed by Kevin Costner in the movie Tin Cup when he was standing in his underwear wearing 26 devices in futile desperation to try to cure his "shanks."

[Gman]

14. LOL! Good comparison

[kentuck]

6. No. They could see it was a negative in the polls...

People were reacting negatively to her not going before the Commission. This is an attempt to calm the waters around the issue and so they can say, 'She volunteered to testify again but they refused'...

[WillyT]

10. More Dastardly rePublican Strategery, LOL ???

So you think this is intended to be denied? Hmmm... hadn't thought about that one.

I wouldn't put anything past these guys.

:shrug:

[Vickers]

12. I thought of that possibility, too

and honestly, with all of the recent Rove missteps, I think that too will backfire.

Genius? Rove? Yeah, and I'm a heckuva ballroom dancer.

:eyes:

[Kahuna]

13. It's not "testimony" if it isn't under oath. Another bushco lie.

She has yet to give testimony. She has only been "interviewed."

[buycitgo]

17. thank you!!

that's very important, and NOBODY in the media, of course, are clearing up this misconception

sorta kinda like Saddam/911 constantly conflated/abated by the media, isn't it?

btw, she ALREADY went back and corrected a MISSTATEMENT she made about those awful planes slamming into buildings

did you see the threads on that?

[WillyT]

15. Looks Like She Just Might !!! (From MSNBC)

Rice expected to meet 9/11 commission again
Panel could insist on oath; GOP lawmakers target Clarke testimony

<snip>

WASHINGTON - The commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks indicated Friday that it was likely to grant a request from the White House that national security adviser Condoleezza Rice meet with it in private again to rebut criticism about counterterrorism policies.

“The commission expressed its desire earlier in the week to see her again,” Al Felzenberg, a spokesman for the commission, told MSNBC.com, adding that a response to the White House could come before or after a meeting Tuesday of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

“I imagine that at some point along the way it will happen,” he said. But he said the “commission needs to discuss” the request that Rice not be required to testify under oath.

<snip>

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4601195/

Aaaarrgghh!!!

SHIT!!!

[David Zephyr]

16. Well, Isn't This Just Fine & Dandy?!!!!

"“I imagine that at some point along the way it will happen,” he said. But he said the “commission needs to discuss” the request that Rice not be required to testify under oath."

This is too surreal to happening.

The 9/11 Commission is going to allow this bitch to lie "privately" behind closed doors without being under oath...to counter the testimony of Bush's very own top counter-terrorism chief who testified in public under oath.