W E D N E S D A Y , A U G U S T 1 8 , 2 0 0 4Bush Opposes 9/11 Commission Planby Michael in New York on 8/18/2004 01:02:00 PMDonald Rumsfeld is the latest Bush administration official to hedgevery strongly on central elements of the 9/11 commission'srecommendations.</p><p> Since Bush has supported a weakened, almostuseless head of intelligence with no budgetary power and thereforeno real authority, Rummy supports that too.</p><p> But he says we shouldbe very wary of even half-implementing other recommendations andopposes having paramilitary operations move from the CIA to thePentagon.Okay, the changes in our gov't structure are sweeping andfar-reaching.</p><p> And the 9/11 commission is not God and we don't haveto accept its recommendations as the Ten Commandments.But don't let Bush play it both ways.</p><p> He wants to pretend he supportsits results and wants to implement its recommendations all whileopposing the substance of most of the major changes.Bush opposed the 9/11 commission being formed, against the wishesof the victims' families.Bush dragged his feet repeatedly, refusing to cooperate for months ata time.Bush tried to insist the 9/11 commission wrap up its work early eventhough it had been so slow in responding to requests for info that thecommission would have been unable to do its job properly.Bush administration officials balked at appearing before the 9/11commission.</p><p> Bush himself was too afraid to appear in front of themon his own.Bush pretended to embrace the final report but has clearly andconsistently fought against all the major recommendations itproposed.</p><p> Bush administration officials have come out in opppositionto many of those changes.</p><p> Bush himself wants to castrate the centralidea of creating a head of intelligence that has real authority.And it goes on.</p><p> So every time Bush tries to say he supports thecommission and its findings, the media must and should say, "You'rekidding, right?" Add New Comment Daily KosGoons at Cincinnati "tea party" bullied, intimidatedmedia - WKRC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati,reports that in March one of their reporters wasforced to leave a so-called "tea party" protest aftera small ...9 minutes agoThink ProgressSenate Should Ignore Nutty Glenn Beck ConspiracyTheories And Appoint Harold Koh - Our guestblogger is Henry Fernandez, a Senior Fellow at theCenter For American Progress Action Fund.</p><p> AsThinkProgress recently noted, a small number ofc...13 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsZP Heller: Why Dr.</p><p> King Would Break the Silenceon Afghanistan - We must invest in our owneconomic recovery and in fixing Afghanistan'shumanitarian crisis.17 minutes agoFiredoglakeOperation Stonewall Stalls Johnsen and Koh -While we wait for the last ballot count in theFranken-Coleman contest, I thought I'd tie inOperation Stonewall to the Republicans' bizarreand seemingly ...19 minutes agoPaul KrugmanOne more time - Brad DeLong is, rightly, horrifiedat the great Ricardian equivalencemisunderstanding.</p><p> It's one thing to have anargument about whether consumers are perf...39 minutes agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Watch Bush’s LiesThe first casualty of the Iraq War was thetruth.</p><p> Free videos.www.leadingtowar.comCIA CareersEarn an intelligence degree to help youprepare for a CIA career.www.APUS.eduCommission PlanLearn how to increase sales with betterincentive comp managementwww.xactlycorp.com Watch Bush’s LiesThe first casualty of the Iraq War was thetruth.</p><p> Free videos.www.leadingtowar.comCIA CareersEarn an intelligence degree to help youprepare for a CIA career.www.apus.eduCommission PlanLearn how to increase sales with betterincentive comp managementwww.xactlycorp.com AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Bush ...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/bush-opposes-911-commi... 1 of 64/6/09 8:05 PM
