Bush Asserts He's Helping 9-11 Commission http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20031027/ap_on_go_pr_wh/sept_11_bushBy LAURENCE ARNOLD, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - President {sic} Bush said Monday his staff is cooperating with an independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, but he 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.
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Bush made his remarks on the sensitive nature of documents while talking to reporters in the Oval Office after a meeting with his top advisers on Iraq.
The president's comments were underscored later by White House press secretary Scott McClellan, who also stopped short of saying the White House will turn over certain papers, such as transcripts of the president's daily terrorism briefings.
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