Lawyer: 9/11 Panel Lacks Clinton Records

[West Coast Democrat]

(Why won't Bushco release the proof that the Clinton Administration was doing its job?)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=3&u=/ap/20040401/ap_on_go_pr_wh/sept_11_commission_clinton

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks isn't getting a full picture of former President Clinton's terrorism policies because the Bush administration won't forward all of Clinton's records to the panel, a lawyer said.

Bruce Lindsey, Clinton's legal representative for records and a longtime confidant of the former president, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that only about 25 percent of nearly 11,000 pages have been turned over.

"I don't want (the commission) drawing the conclusion the Clinton administration didn't do X or Y and then there be a document that contradicts that and they didn't have access to that document because the current administration decided not to forward it to them," Lindsey said.


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[DeepModem Mom]

1. THIS is interesting --

Bring it on!

[KittyWampus]

2. This Could Be Damaging To Junior

It's becoming ever harder for the Media to make it look like he's isn't hiding something.

[Beetwasher]

6. I Can Only Imagine Some of the Memos Clinton Gave the Incoming

admin. I'm willing to bet there are DAMNING memos being withheld that are from Clinton stressing the importance and the dire nature of the threat of Al Quaeda...

[central scrutinizer]

3. you can bet that if the info were damaging to Clinton

they would be sending it over via the fastest means possible.

[underpants]

4. Geesh the paranoia is amazing

They won't even turn over someone else's records.....but then there just might be something in there they don't want known.

[blm]

13. Yeah...that Clinton WAS DOING HIS JOB!

And Bush is an incompetent opportunist.

[Beetwasher]

5. Paging Bill! Paging Bill!

Time to speak up and set the record straight!!!

[htuttle]

8. This points out how f*cked up Bush's EO on past records is

Bush signed an Executive Order shortly after he got into office that said: The records of a presidential administration cannot be released unless both the past administration (who's records they are) AND the current administration in power agree they should be released. This would apply for a period of at least 12 years after a previous administration left office. He also revoked Reagan's far more open (believe it or not) EO on releasing Presidential records.

In other words, while Bill Clinton might want to release his presidential records, the Bush administration can prevent him from doing so. In addition, unless this EO is reversed/revoked, the future Kerry administration will not have any say over the status of the Bush administration's records.

This is the tool that Bush has used to seal his father's presidential records, which of course, contain a lot of information regarding many members of the current Bush administration.

Obviously, this Executive Order needs to be gone in a future Kerry administration.

Here's a link to the Executive Order:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2001/11/eo-pra.html

Here's a link to a bill to revoke this EO:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2003/s1517.html

[louis-t]

7. someone else should have copies of some of this.

even if they do start sending, they won't send anything that makes * look bad. scum.

[pacifictiger]

9. does anyone know when clinton

and gore are scheduled to testify?

[Blasphemer]

10. Wow... these guys are a real piece of work

You would think that with all of the attention their obvious coverup is getting, they would have SOME shame about pulling a stunt like this. Now, they don't even want us to know just how much work Pres. Clinton did compared to their complete inattention to the issue. It really scares me that this Admin is in charge of all those documents. I just hope someone spills the beans when they start falsifying them.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

11. Nice catch by Lindsey...and nice leak to the press.

[bacchant]

12. Man, don't these guys

ever do anything on the up & up? We can't win the game if they constantly change the rules.