"Today Show" Lead Story: Bush Admin. stalling 9/11 probe?

[phillybri]

Drip, drip, drip....

And we wonder why Bush is in Africa this week?

Uranium, 9/11, soldiers dying, economy....I can't believe he hasn't jumped in the friggin ocean!!!

[Cha]

1. When I turned on the tv at about 7:30,,,,all I could see on c-span...

was,,,steve was reading about bush's trip to Africa and the question was should "should the rich help the poorer Countries?"
And all the other stations had nothing on about the falling of a selected president.

So I'm glad to hear this from you...that "The Today Show" lead with a 9/11 stalling story!

steve on c-span did read a story about cheney's problem with the energy task force...

[phillybri]

2. Another poster said it was the lead on CNN American Morning...

Drip, Drip, Drip...

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Oh my, this is a change

CNBC almost sounds like the old news network we all once knew, just the facts Ma'am

[meegbear]

4. I saw it this morning ...

Katie talked with Thomas Keans. Keans talked about the "frustration", but basically, he shrugged his shoulders (metaphorically) and said there's not much I can do.

He could have rattled the cage; he just knocked gently.

[molly]

5. He's all over the news this morning and it ain't good

[RedSock]

6. CNN

Stephen Push and Tim Roemer were talking with Bill Hemmer.

I caught the tail end and heard only Push, but he was great. Gave a short, sweet summary of Bush refusing to investigate, then naming Kissinger, then giving no money and now 8 months later, refusing to give documents to people who have security clearances. He said "cover-up" and while he could have blasted away at Bush with both barrels, it was pretty hard for CNN. Impressive.

[UTUSN]

7. What About the ------------MINDERS---------??!!

KEAN, who we here skewered when he was named as a wingnut flunky, DOES a sheepish grin like he IS going to let things slide. HAMILTON acts like he IS going to put a little effort into things, but it's like TOOBIN wrote of Henry HYDE in "A Vast Conspiracy" that he was over the hill and his glory days were behind him, not up to the task.

But they have been out there spilling about the Mal-admin's STALLING in providing requested information.

But the BOMBSHELL was that the Mal-admin is not allowing private interviews with staff, is sending MINDERS---you know, like the Shrubbites were complaining about Iraqi MINDERS with the scientists?

This morning the dynamic duo, KEAN-HAMILTON, ran down a list in public of which agencies were cooperating by school grades: Transportation Dept - good; I&NS - so-so; -----------with Homeland Security getting the worst grade - slow.

As always with everybody covering for the Shrubbites, the Dynamics said that they were NOT saying the Mal-admin was NOT cooperating, just pointing out that the bureaucratic infrastructure makes it slow going. The other thing was whether this report would be released BEFORE the Election or safely buried until afterward. They wanly said they would TRY as hard as hard can be to TRY to get it done "on schedule" (which would be BEFORE the election).

[Garage Queen]

8. It gets even better: NYTimes has an article about the VERY SAME THING

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/09/politics/09TERR.html?hp

9/11 Commission Says U.S. Agencies Slow Its Inquiry

WASHINGTON, July 8 — The federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks said today that its work was being hampered by the failure of executive branch agencies, especially the Pentagon and the Justice Department, to respond quickly to requests for documents and testimony.

The panel also said the failure of the Bush administration to allow officials to be interviewed without the presence of government colleagues could impede its investigation, with the commission's chairman suggesting today that the situation amounted to "intimidation" of the witnesses.

<snip>

While praising President Bush and top aides for their personal commitment to the panel's work, the commission's leaders — the chairman, Thomas H. Kean, the former Republican governor of New Jersey, and Lee H. Hamilton, the former Democratic member of the House from Indiana — said that federal agencies under Mr. Bush's control were not cooperating quickly or fully.

<snip>

Mr. Kean and Mr. Hamilton suggested that the Justice Department was behind a directive barring intelligence officials from being interviewed by the panel without the presence of agency colleagues.

At a news conference, Mr. Kean described the presence of "minders" at the interviews as a form of intimidation. "I think the commission feels unanimously that it's some intimidation to have somebody sitting behind you all the time who you either work for or works for your agency," he said. "You might get less testimony than you would."

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drip drip drip, indeed!

[TomNickell]

9. Very emotional issue...

For the elite media--based in NYC and DC--9-11 must be a searing emotional issue. Even more than for us 'Fly-over people' in the middle of the country. These folks actually saw and smelled the WTC burning. Probably knew someone among the dead.

Initial reaction was childlike, ridiculous, support of Bush. But this could turn hard and fast.

[JM]

10. Sounds to me...

...like the U.S. Media is starting to be pissed about being used as Bush*'s Propaganda Ministry.

Gee. Intel pissed off, media pissed off...

Keep up the good work George. You need information and propaganda to get back into office. Money alone can't do it.

Later,
JM