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     Time Magazine
     December 20, 2003

     Condi and the 9/11 Commission

     By Timothy J. Burger

     National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is
     apparently not keen on going under oath for the
     Kean 9/11 commission.

     Poised to convene its first hard-hitting hearings
     in January, the federal commission investigating
     the 9/11 attacks continues to be at odds with the
     White House over access to key information and
     witnesses. Two government sources tell TIME that
     National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is
     arguing over ground rules for her appearance in
     part because she does not want to testify under
     oath or, according to one source, in public. While
     national security advisers are presidential staff
     and generally don't have to appear before
     Congress, the commission argues that its
     jurisdiction is broader-and it's been requiring
     fact witnesses in its massive investigation to
     testify under oath. The exception: it may not seek
     to swear in President Bush, Vice President Cheney,
     Bill Clinton or Al Gore in the increasingly likely
     event they will be asked to speak to the
     commission. "I think that it is in their interest
     to meet with us," says GOP commission member John
     Lehman, saying that they should be invited, not
     subpoenaed, and be allowed to appear behind closed
     doors.

     With such high-profile testimony in the offing,
     it's no wonder the commission chairman, Republican
     Tom Kean, was telling reporters last week to
     expect major revelations from the investigative
     hearings expected to begin in late January.

     He also suggested that the 9/11 attacks might have
     been prevented if mid-level government officials
     at various government agencies had done their
     jobs. As for senior officials like Rice or her
     predecessor, Clinton NSA Sandy Berger, and their
     bosses, Kean said the commission was still
     studying whether they share the blame. Rice could
     face tough questioning. One Republican
     commissioner says a comment by Rice last year-that
     no one "could have predicted that they would try
     to use a hijacked airplane as a missile" - was "an
     unfortunate comment . . . that was, of course, a
     wrong-footed statement on its face," given that
     there was years of intelligence about Al Qaeda's
     interest in airplane attacks.

     Whether she signs up willingly to testify now is
     still an open question. But the commission wants
     to hear from her. Said Democratic commissioner Tim
     Roemer: "The Presidents and Vice Presidents and
     national security advisers in both administrations
     should appear." Spokesmen for Rice and the
     commission had no comment on the talks but a
     senior Rice aide insisted that "Dr. Rice and the
     White House continue to work amiably with the
     commission, consistent with the President's desire
     to make staff available in accordance with his
     ability to fight the war on terrorism."

     http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,565974,00.html



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