May 1, 2003

The Secrets of September 11
The White House is battling to keep a report on the terror attacks secret. Does the 2004 election have anything to do with it?

Does a bear sh*t in the woods?

From Newsweek: "Even as White House political aides plot a 2004 campaign plan designed to capitalize on the emotions and issues raised by the September 11 terror attacks, administration officials are waging a behind-the-scenes battle to restrict public disclosure of key events relating to the attacks.

"At the center of the dispute is a more-than-800-page secret report prepared by a joint congressional inquiry detailing the intelligence and law-enforcement failures that preceded the attacks - including provocative, if unheeded warnings, given President Bush and his top advisers during the summer of 2001.

"Sen. Bob Graham is 'increasingly frustrated' by the administration’s 'unwillingness to release what he regards as important information the public should have about 9-11,' a spokesman said. In Graham’s view, the Bush administration isn’t protecting legitimate issues of national security but information that could be a political embarrassment, the aide said. Graham, who last year served as Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, recently told Newsweek: 'There has been a cover-up of this.'



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