March 30, 200422 yr Author Here it is: WASHINGTON — The White House agreed Tuesday to let National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testify under oath and in public before the commission investigating pre-Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks provided that her testimony does not set a precedent. In return, the commission unanimously agreed that Rice's testimony will not set a precedent that would require future White House aides to testify publicly. The White House has also offered to the commission to have President Bush and Vice President Cheney meet jointly with the entire commission, though they would not be under oath. Rice has already appeared for four hours in front of the Sept. 11 commission to answer questions in private about what the administration had been doing about terror threats. She has rejected testifying in public, arguing that she is prevented by executive privilege from revealing confidential conversations.
March 30, 200422 yr Well at least Dick and George learned from Clinton and aren't going to be under oath. Stay the f*** home then.
March 30, 200422 yr Author Well at least Dick and George learned from Clinton and aren't going to be under oath. Stay the f*** home then. I didn't like that either, but from the story, I don't know if that was the White House's decision of the commission's.
March 30, 200422 yr I didn't like that either, but from the story, I don't know if that was the White House's decision of the commission's. Why would the commission not want them under oath? That is 100% a white house decesion.
March 30, 200422 yr Author Why would the commission not want them under oath? That is 100% a white house decesion. I'm just thinking maybe they were like, (where's that pet peeve thread? ) "Hey, come on over and talk to us, you don't have to be under oath." In other words, they probably knew Bush and Cheney wouldn't do it unless, so the offered first. Just a thought. ou're probably right, though.
March 30, 200422 yr They have already meet with her for 4 hours privately...they are not going to hear anything different now...
March 30, 200422 yr Author They have already meet with her for 4 hours privately...they are not going to hear anything different now... Yeah, it's a PR move.
March 30, 200422 yr Yeah, it's a PR move. Agreed. I imagine that whatever she is going to say has been cleared by the white house so I don't think anything she says will be earth shattering.
March 30, 200422 yr Agreed. I imagine that whatever she is going to say has been cleared by the white house so I don't think anything she says will be earth shattering. NPR just had a Republican panel member commenting on the "incosistencies" between what Rice has said to them in private (not under oath) and what she has said (not under oath) on all the talk shows. Meanwhile Clarke wants his emails declassified. I think I see a winning hand and a losing hand here. I remember President Gerald Ford going to Congress to the House Judiciary Committee to testify about the Nixon pardon.
March 31, 200422 yr It just sucks it took a week of public browbeating before the White House realized this might actually be a good idea. It seems like they don't want this investigated till they realize keeping their mouth shut hurts them that week in the polls. You're a leader. Lead, dammit.
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