::frown:: you don't mention that this quote is from Cheney's spokesman
not the commission's. An oversight no doubt? But as best I can tell,
Cheney's spin is that the commission agrees with him. I am not seeing
this from the commission.

Dana

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:13:09 -0400, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "The vice president critiqued some press coverage of the staff report. He
> did not criticize the commission's work."
>
> That line pretty much sums it up, the commission and Cheney are both
> criticizing the press reports not the commission's findings, the commission
> did find links between Al Qaeda and Iraq, just not with regard to Sept 11th.
>
> The media always claims the administration claimed Iraq helped them plan the
> attacks, but I don't recall the administration ever saying that, only that
> Saddam did allow some Al Qaeda to live and operate from Iraq, these are
> items the commission's report never denies as that is out of the scope of
> their investigation.
>
> They are the 9/11 commission, not the Al Qaeda/Iraq link commission.
>
>   _____  
>
> From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:21 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: 9/11 Commission to Cheney - You're still wrong.
>
>
>
> From this morning's Washington Post:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32309-2004Jul6.html
>
> 9/11 Panel Defends Intelligence
> Commissioners Had Access to Same Sources as Cheney________________________________
>
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