Another Republican 9/11 Commissioner Defends "The Democrat The Wall Builder"

On Wednesday, April 14, 2004 I wrote this in my old Blog:

Republicans on the 9-11 Commission

It is now clear to me why former Republican U.S. Senator Slate Gorton lost his reelection to the United States Senate from the state of Washington. Washington State Representatives decided not to re-hire a RINO (Republican In Name Only), they went for the real deal, a Left-Wing Liberal Democrat. Now serving on the 9-11 Commission, Slate Gorton is vociferously defending fellow Commissioner Democrat former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jamie S. "Gore"lick on her memo in 1995. Those who are thinking clearly can logically attribute her memo to be the basis onwhich the intelligence agencies were made impotent and their not seeing 9-11. Congressman James Sensenbrenner, Republican of Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is one of few elected officials with the spine to call for Commissioner "Gore"lick's resignation and to compell her to testify before the 9-11 Commission under oath. Commissioner Gorton is defending Commissioner "Gore"lick in a manner consistant with my arguments that Republican leaders have fallen in love with their political enemy (not political rival) even at the cost of facts, truth, blind hypocracy, and Party loyalty. If Commissioner Gorton was as agressive at defending Republican principles and platform as he displays in defending Commissioner "Gore"lick he would still be a U.S. Senator and not a 9-11 Commissioner. Commissioner Gorton needs to be pressured to force Commissioner "Gore"lick's resignation and compel her to testify before the Commission under oath.

This past Monday, Gorton was a guest on the O'Reilly Factor, defending fellow Commissioner Democrat former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick against more concrete evidence that she and the Clinton Administration have a larger burden of responsibility than the 9/11 Commission report detailed. Slate was in his usual RINO Form - protect the Democrat Commissioner in charge of the Wall!

It is becoming very clear to a large number of political decision makers that Gorelick should have been a witness before, not a Commissioner on, the 9/11 Commission. There seems to be increasing suspension that Gorelick's March 1995 Memo was the pivot by which information whas not shared with the appropriate agencies and people who could have prevented the terrorist attacks on 9/11.

More information has come to light that the Clinton Administration could have prevented the terrorist preparation that executed the 9/11 terrorist attacks against our nation. Army Lt. Col Anthony Shaffer, former member of a Department of Defense intelligence gathering program called Able Danger, and more recently Navy Captain Scott Phillpott, former Manager of Able Danger, have both laid out devastating claims that must themselves be investigated for accuracy. Republican Chairman Thomas H. Kean and Democrat Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton issued a three page Joint Statement detailing their dismissal of any relevance or significance to Able Danger with respect to the 9/11 Commission investigation or report.

Another angle to this investigation could be former Clinton National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger. As we all know, Berger pled guilty to a charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. That charge is a misdemeanor which carries a penalty maximum of a year in prison and up to a $100,000 fine. His formal sentencing was delayed from July 8 of this year to September of this year. What did Sandy Berger REALLY steal? Could it have been some Able Danger Documents? Members of the 9/11 Commission should instead be writing a joint request to Federal District Court U.S. Magistrate Deborah Robinson, who is presiding over the Berger case, that she reject the plea agreement pending further questioning by 9/11 Commission members and/or any Congressional Committee investigators with regard to Able Danger and list ALL documents that did he destroy.

It is unfortunate that these "dispassionate, independent, searching-only-for-the-truth" Republicans are spending more time defending this one Democrat Commissioner [Gorelick], then they are about uncovering the facts of this potentially monumental discovery of information about what led to 9/11. The antics of Slate Gorton are to be expected by Democrats, but it is horrifying that Gorton seems seems to eager to join them.