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against the 911 families!!!!!!!! Gorelick, formerly the number two person in the Clinton Justice Department is a Democratic appointee to the Commission charged with preparing a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Gorelick was an inappropriate choice for that position because she is a partner in the Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. According to Newsweek, Wilmer, Cutler represents Prince Mohammed al Faisal in the suit by the 9/11 families. The families contend that al Faisal has legal responsibility for the 9/11 attacks.
Given that the findings of the commission, to be prepared at least in part by Gorelick, could impact the outcome of litigation in which Gorelick’s firm has an interest, Gorelick remaining on the Commission posed a clear conflict of interest.
Gorelick failed to heed my advice and remained a 9/11 Commissioner. Now a second, even more egregious conflict of interest has arisen requiring Gorelick to resign. The Executive Director of the Commission, Phillip Zelikow, must also resign for the same reasons.
Via Julia, I located this UPI story. UPI reports that Gorelick, as well as Zelikow have been called as witnesses before Commission investigators. Gorelick’s testimony appears to relate to her position in the Clinton Justice Department while Zelikow’s testimony appears to relate to his position on the Bush-Cheney transition team.
Gorelick is charged with preparing a complete account of the events leading up to 9/11. To prepare that report, Gorelick will have to assess the credibility of the evidence. Part of that evidence is her own testimony. Gorelick, therefore, is in the position of deciding whether or not her own testimony is to be believed.
Further, it is possible that Gorelick’s decision as to whether or not to credit her own testimony will impact a civil suit being defended by Gorelick’s firm. Is it possible for the relationship to become more incestuous? Lewis Carroll would have rejected that scenario as unbelievable. Gorelick must resign immediately.http://wampum.wabanaki.net/archives/000697.htmlbut wait, it gets WORSE! check this, the guy whose the REAL power behind the scenes is TOTALLY corrupt: Phillip Zelikow must resign as Executive Director of the Commission. Zelikow, a history professor at the University of Virginia, has also been called as a witness. UPI reports:
The panel set up to investigate why the United States failed to prevent the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, faced angry questions Thursday after revelations that two of its own senior officials were so closely involved in the events under investigation that they have been interviewed as part of the inquiry.
Philip Zelikow, the commission's executive director, worked on the Bush-Cheney transition team as the new administration took power, advising his longtime associate and former boss, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, on the incoming National Security Council…
The families have said for many months that they are not happy with Zelikow's role, which they argue creates at least an appearance of a conflict of interest. They were furious Thursday that they learned from the newspapers he had given evidence.
"Did he interview himself about his own role in the failures that left us defenseless?" asked Lori Van Auken, the widow of Kenneth. "This is bizarre."
Zelikow -- an historian based at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia -- has also come under fire from some critics for his close ties to senior administration officials. He has had a longstanding relationship with Rice, who hired him to work for her when she was a White House official in the first Bush administration. The two have written a book together.
More recently, some relatives have accused him of being in touch with White House political supreme Karl Rove -- the man widely believed to be the most powerful figure in the administration.
Zelikow was not available to answer questions Thursday, but Felzenberg did not deny the allegation.
Zelikow’s role on the transition team is critical. UPI reports:
The question of the transition is a significant one, because critics of President Bush contend that the incoming administration "dropped the ball" on the fight against Osama bin Laden, which had been ramping up under President Clinton, especially after a suicide attack by his al-Qaida network nearly destroyed the USS Cole in Yemen in October 2000.
According to one former Bush White House official, the incoming administration downgraded the interagency committee that handles the nation's counter-terrorism policy and operations on a day-to-day basis.
The Counter-Terrorism Security Group had, under Clinton, reported directly to the so-called Principles' Committee, the meeting of Cabinet-level officials that sets policy for presidential consideration.
"They stopped it reporting directly," the former official told UPI on condition of anonymity. "It had to report to deputies. ... It slowed down consideration of policy initiatives quite a bit."this MUST have been brought out here before, but I wasn't paying attention. this kind of garbage hasn't been reported in the major media at all....that's for sure why not? why bother asking, right? |
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