Kean Says 9/11 Panel Will Be More Low-Key

[True_Blue]

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Sept. 11 commission denies panel members are grandstanding or showing partisanship but says they plan a more low-key approach as they put together recommendations for a final report.

"There will be a lower profile," Republican chairman Thomas Kean, a former New Jersey governor, said in an interview. "Trying to do anything in Washington is very, very difficult because the atmosphere is so poisonous and there are rockets coming from the right and the left.

"But I believe we'll steer through the distractions and write a fair and balanced report."

Five Democrats and five Republicans are on the commission. Claims of partisanship intensified after recent public hearings that featured some of the foremost members of the Clinton and Bush administrations, including the highly anticipated testimony of National security adviser Condoleezza Rice. Critics on both sides of the political aisle contended commission members were engaging in "gotcha"-style questioning and seeking to promote their own agendas.

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[leftistagitator]

1. ughh, a "fair and balanced" report

Fruedian slip, or inside joke?

[Old and In the Way]

2. "fair and balanced"

oh ohhh....

[gandalf]

6. We know what to expect anyway

Perhaps some strong comments, but as for the causes of 9/11, nothing more than many mistakes. Structural problems.

[mbperrin]

3. Yes, a low profile for the greatest loss of American life on American soil

since Pearl Harbor would be the ticket!

After all, it's no big deal, right?

[w4rma]

4. "Low-Key" = less people will hear about their report. (nt)

[booksenkatz]

5. So typical... get out the whitewash

So the committee gets close to the truth -- the core of the boil -- but the whiny toddlers on the right howl "Waaaah!" and the committee dutifully rolls over onto its back and pisses itself like a puppy.

No spines, no courage anywhere. We are doomed, my friends.