Relatives of 911 Victims Criticize Agreement Between WH and Commission

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGABJL88ZMD.html

Relatives of Sept. 11 Victims Criticize Agreement Between White House and Commission
By Laurence Arnold Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Relatives of people who perished in the Sept. 11 attacks say a federal commission (which has until May 27 to submit its report on the terror attacks and on related issues of diplomacy, U.S. intelligence-gathering, immigration, commercial aviation and the flow of assets to terror organizations) accepted too many conditions in striking a deal with the White House over access to secret intelligence documents.

The Family Steering Committee, a group of victims' relatives who are monitoring the work of the independent commission, criticized the agreement announced late Wednesday. Under the deal, only some of the 10 commissioners will be allowed to examine classified intelligence documents, and their notes will be subject to White House review.

"All 10 commissioners should have full, unfettered and unrestricted access to all evidence," the group said in a statement Thursday. It urged the public release of "the full, official, and final written agreement." <snip>

The dispute centered on access to the "presidential daily brief," a classified written intelligence report Bush gets each morning.
The White House confirmed last year that one such report in August 2001, a month before the attacks, mentioned that al-Qaida might try to hijack U.S. passenger planes. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice has described the report as an analysis, rather than a warning, and said hijacking was mentioned in a traditional sense, not as it was used on Sept. 11. <snip>

[DRoseDARs]

1. Nothing to see here, folks...

...because we've nothing to hide...

[NoKingGeorge]

2. what you mean 'We' stranger... nt

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[Old and In the Way]

4. So much for transparency.

Only trusted Republicans will view and they can't really document what they learn...it'll still be their word against Dimson's.

Sad that this administration can control the evidence that probably shows their criminal culpability.

[dennis4868]

5. You know damn well that if....

Clinton was in the White House (how I wish) and was hiding this information about what he knew before 911 they (the Repubs and Media)would send Ken Starr after him and begin impeachment hearings for not defending and protecting the country. But once again Bush gets a free pass from the Repubs and the media that is sponsoring this so-called presidency.