Bush Says Sept. 11 Panel Needs More Time

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WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites), changing his mind again on a politically charged investigation, now says the congressional panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks should have more time to complete its final report.


After previously opposing any kind of extension, the president on Wednesday said the Sept. 11 commission should get the two extra months it says it needs to finish its work.


It marked the second time this week the president has reversed course on an investigation. On Monday, he agreed to form a separate, independent panel on intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq (news - web sites).


Formally known as the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, the Sept. 11 panel is scheduled to release on May 27 a report assessing the Bush administration's handling of pre-attack intelligence. But last week it asked that the deadline be extended to July 26, citing a need to conduct more interviews and analyze documents.

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[XNASA]

1. Interesting. He says the 911 panel needs more time.......

...which is exactly the opposite of what he said about the UN Inspectors.

I find this fascinating.

[MajorFlaw]

3. I suspect Bush lite would like to postpone the delivery of this . . .

report until after the election.

[Tim4319]

2. All this is doing is

giving him more time to conceal information like those pages of information out of the initial investigation into the 9/11 attacks. Probably storing them in his fathers library, right next to his DUI records!

[blue agave]

4. How does this timing relate to ...

the republican convention date ?

I wonder if he is beginning to worry about his nomination if this blows up in his face.

On edit: repub selection is Sep 2, so I'm not sure what is going on here with the timing.

[FloridaPat]

5. He originally would't approve it unless the report came out

after the election. I bet he finds some way to get it further extended. Don't forget, he's stonewalling all over the place. He'd probably say the whole thing is security and hide the whole report.