Tuesday, April 06, 2004

 

Oh, hell, no! This is simply unacceptable:

White House vetting could delay 9/11 report until after election

The chairman of an independent commission looking into US counterterrorism activities prior to the September 11 attacks warned he could not guarantee the panel's report will be released before the November presidential election because of a protracted White House vetting processThe chairman of an independent commission looking into US counterterrorism activities prior to the September 11 attacks said he could not guarantee that the panel's report will be released before the November presidential election because of a protracted White House vetting process.

Former Republican New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean said he was "surprised" by the situation, but saw no way around it.

Of course, there is an easy "way around it." Someone on that commission, or on its staff, has to have the moral clarity and patriotic fortitude of a Daniel Ellsberg.

posted by Michael 9:12 PM