Defend Nation From Gorelick
Congressman Sensebrenner has been calling for Jamie Gorelick to resign from the 911 Commission. Bravo, finally, our tax dollars at work!
Sensebrenner is right, Gorelick (Deputy AG under Reno/Clinton) should not be on the panel any more than Cheney, Gore, Clinton, Bush, Reno, Ashcroft, Tenet, Freeh, or Richard Clarke should be on it. And for the same reasons!
She should have known that her previous work made her an inappropriate choice, and she must know that she should be a witness. So, in addition to her conflict of interest we can now surmise this about her, that she is either crooked or an idiot! The suggestion in the article Gorelick's Wall that she may have raised the "wall" to prevent a full investigation of Clinton campaign contributions, and thus created the information sharing restrictions that eventually led to the intelligence service's failure to detect and prevent 911, makes the former a likely choice! Either way, she must go, and it is to the discredit of the entire panel that she hasn't been unamimously removed already.
I sent the following message to Mr. Sensebrenner this morning. I provide his e-maill address with the hope that you will also contact him with your support to remove Gorelick.
sensenbrenner@mail.house.gov
Representative Sensebrenner thank you for your efforts to get Jamie Gorelick to resign from the 911 Commission. I have been watching in stunned disbelief as this body has made a sham of the investigative process, now this Gorelick conflict of interest puts a topper on the mess. She must go, and, for my money, the committee is useless (at this time) and can disband none too soon.
I found this article last night, Ms Gorelick addressed an ABA seminar on the subject of intelligence gathering methods while she was Deputy AG. http://www.abanet.org/natsecurity/nslr/s96panel.html
This is further, and non-classified, evidence that she was involved in setting policy on the issue she is now "investigating"; you are correct she should be a witness.
She made this interesting remark:
JAMIE GORELICK: "I think Reid's point is well-taken. I do agree with Jim that the wall cannot come down...."
Please pin their ears to the wall on this one!
Richard D. Jones
Naples, FlUp
DATE: Always glad to acknowledge our readers; Bithead has an expanded view on this matter.
