COMMISSION MEMBER'S REGRET: We were too easy on Rudy

COMMISSION MEMBER'S REGRET:
We were too easy on Rudy
Democrat Gorelick says she and her colleagues let 9/11 families down by failing to grill Giuliani

BY THOMAS FRANK
WASHINGTON BUREAU; Staff writers Graham Rayman and Dan Janison contributed to this story.

May 21, 2004


WASHINGTON - A member of the Sept. 11 commission expressed regret yesterday over the questioning of former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday and said the panel should have pressed him on failures in the city's response to 9/11 instead of praising him so lavishly.

Commissioner Jamie Gorelick said she was "disappointed in us in a way that I haven't been in the past" after the hearing Wednesday. Many relatives of people killed in the World Trade Center criticized and in some cases jeered the commission for not asking Giuliani about problems they say may have led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians and firefighters.

"This commission would not exist but for these families, and they fought for these hearings and they deserved to hear themselves the answers to the questions," Gorelick said in an interview. "They deserved to have the questions asked, and we did not do that."

Commission chairman Thomas Kean suggested the criticism may be valid.

"It's not that we didn't find the facts. We have them," Gorelick said, referring to commission disclosures about problems with police and fire communications and coordination. "We should have recognized the importance of asking the four or five critical factual questions, not wasting a lot of time in complementing the mayor."

more...........

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-uscomm21q3812321may21,0,3398821.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines

later complained that Rudy didn't seem to have thoroughly washed his ass that morning as most of the commission still had a funny taste in their mouths..

Bush appointed everyone and he wouldn't testify under oath, wouldn't make his statements public, and wouldn't even testify without Cheney by his side? What a god damn joke.

i can hardly make myself care anymore.

it's credibility for me when it accepted the conditions for * to appear with Cheney for a "chat" not under oath and with no transcripts.

:puke:

People pondered whether or not he could do a legitimate job, and decided to give him the benefit of a doubt. Pity.

What a perfect match. Neither one knows how to dress.

He only recently learned how to comb his hair.


Cher

Judy Whatsername, and tried to install in Gracie Mansion, while trying to pitch his wife and kids outta there!

You remember the truly trashy right-wing media outlets started trying to devaluate his first wife, once he was "dating" Judy, pointing out the fact she was connected with "The Vagina Monologues," undoubtedly betting all the rightwingnuts would rise up and riot when they heard this shocking news, and forgive Rudy on the spot.

Yeah, we were treated to the most lurid, intimate parts of Bill Clinton's affair, to the point it felt we were co-participants, but they were all scandalized that Rudy Giuliani's actress wife was in a production with such an unconventional title.

If I remember correctly, LOL! I believe it was 911 that squelched the Rudy Giuliani scandal.

Thanks for the photo and the information, JudiLyn

because Hillary was going to hand him his ass on a silver platter, the whole thing just turned into a joke. Donna, held her ground and she and the kids stayed at Gracie Manson. Rudi moved in with a couple of gay guys and went very public with his adultery. However, I'm sure he still receives communion.

I was incredibly disappointed and frustrated in the commission Wednesday. They had much to learn from Giuliani and Bloomberg about the 'thens' and the 'nows'. There were discrepancies between their prepared (political) statements and the answers (heartfelt) from the police and fire commissioners, and OEM the day before.

I expected better of Gorelick, whom I have had much respect.

I don't doubt that it was agreed before hand that these two men would be given a pass; it had nothing to do with the pounding the other men received the day before, who hold no political office - we don't want to hurt these two politicians now do we? This orchestrated fellatio was planned in advance.

I suppose I shouldn't have expected much more, considering how Bush* and gang were given their passes too. When it comes to politics and politicians, there are many secrets to keep secret.

Hopefully this backfires on the whitewash committee.

This commission is a farce! When they allowed Cheney & his puppet to appear in secret and not under oath that was the clue folks.

they kissed Rudy's ass while he was in front of them. Then, when it was safe to be critical of Rudy (when he was gone and the questions that needed to be asked weren't), they do so at their leisure. I loath these career politicians almost as much as I loath cockroaches.

This commission is a sham and a disgrace to the memories of those that died on 911.

In the case of NYC services like police and fire departments, the questions should be more like now that this has happened, what are gaps and faults that were uncovered and what is the best way to fix them? I have a real problem with blaming the NYPD, FDNY, and Port Authority workers. I personally think that if it wasn't for them and the great job they did on 9-11, there would be 10,000 dead instead of 2700 or so. I was actually expecting a death toll in the tens of thousands and was surprised it wasn't that high.

Agree with posters who see this commission in total circus mode. Hard to expect anything else from a BushCo setup.

refeed 7:00am CST 8:00 am EST Sunday 5/23, a must hear if you're interested in the Giuliani hearing

http://gcnlive.com/sunday.htm

Kyle Hens

Co-founder of 911 Citizen's watch
and contributer to
unansweredquestions.org,

Hens was present at the Eleventh public hearing of the 9/11 Commission, with testimony by Fmr. Mayor Rudy Giuliani where Guiliani was confronted by activists.

Also joining Hens will be

Christopher Brodeur
Investigative Journalist and activist who confronted Guiliani at the 11th public Hearing of the 9/11 commission


Later in the Show:

Former Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey who has come out and told the world, 'I killed innocent people for our government'

and

William Bunch
of the Philadelphia Daily News on the Berg beheading and his article, "BERG MET WITH SHADY IRAQI," which exposes that "Berg teamed up in Baghdad with an ex-Philadelphia man who led a controversial group of Iraqi expatriates encouraged by the U.S. government - even as he faced deportation for his role in Russian-emigre crime ring selling millions of vials used for crack."

refeed..if anyone's interested

:kick:

why should city staff be grilled.