David Remer: American Political HeadlinesPolitical headlines & news of domestic politics.Clarke Stays Cool as Partisanship Heats Up- March 25, 2004 Washington Post: Nation and Politics By Dana Milbank The Sept. 11 commission shed its bipartisan spirit and turned a Senate hearing room into a courtroom yesterday for the testimony of Richard A. Clarke, the White House counterterrorism chief-turned-Bush administration whistle-blower.http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,34530981,2086,f/ AIDING AND ABETTING TERRORISTS- March 23, 2004 SFGate: "A former U.S. Army sergeant who trained Osama bin Laden's bodyguards and helped plan the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya was a U.S. government informant during much of his terrorist career." "Newsweek has learned that in the months before 911, the U.S. Justice Department curtailed a highly classified program called 'Catcher's Mitt' to monitor Al Qaeda suspects in the United States, after a federal judge severely chastised the FBI for improperly seeking permission to wiretap..http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/2004/03/23.html#a2249 Powell denies ignoring 911 warnings- March 23, 2004 The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, today denied that his administration ignored warnings of a terrorist threat. Guardian Unlimitedhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,11209,1176221,00.html?=rss 911 PANEL SCAM- March 23, 2004 What I have seen of the 911 panel till now is just a scam. The Republicans blame the Clinton administration and tell us they "wanted to...", "warned about...", "were making plans to...". We know the Bush clique wanted a war with Iraq at all costs. They lied and cheated to get the world behind them. AZCentral: "National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice refuses to testify under oath, insisting that presidential advisers need not answer to legislative bodies." Rice is one of those responsible...http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/2004/03/23.html#a2251 White House Assails Ex-Official Critical of Antiterror Effort- March 23, 2004 The counterterrorism coordinator said that the administration did not take Al Qaeda seriously enough before the 2001 attacks. By David Stout. New York Times: NYT HomePagehttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/22/politics/22CND-PREX.html?ex=1395378000&en=5a53e4... Bush ignored threats, says ex-aide- March 23, 2004 US: Former chief counter-terrorism adviser accuses Bush of doing "a terrible job" in protecting America against attack. Guardian Unlimitedhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1175309,00.html?=rss Feds May Stretch Out Mercury Cleanup- March 23, 2004 AP Politicshttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,34333715,1467,f/ A Day For Marching- March 20, 2004 Washington Post: Editorial "Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction and wasn't connected to the September 11 tragedy. George Bush lied, and my son died," said a tearful Fernando Suarez at an unofficial memorial for the fallen soldiers outside Dover Air Force Base, where the bodies of U.S. soldiers are brought home and which is off limits to scrutiny by the media.http://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,34178592,2093,f/ Washed-Up Credibility - Secrecy Kills- March 20, 2004 Washington Post: Editorialhttp://www.newsisfree.com/iclick/i,34178590,2093,f/ Clinton Aides Plan to Tell Panel of Warning Bush Team on Qaeda- March 20, 2004 Senior Clinton officials say they repeatedly warned their Bush administration counterparts in late 2000 that Al Qaeda was the worst security threat facing the nation. By Philip Shenon. New York Times: NYT HomePagehttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/20/politics/20PANE.html?ex=1395118800&en=65438ebcc0... |