So convenient that you didn't bother reading the rest of the
article... It was pretty balanced I thought....
To the best of my recollection, there is nothing inconsistent or
contradictory in that testimony and what Mr. Clarke has said this week,"
said Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., a former chairman of the Senate Intelligence
Committee.

Rep. Jane Harman of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence
Committee, also wants to see more information disclosed. She said that
includes 27 pages of the congressional inquiry's report addressing the
involvement of a foreign government in supporting some of the 19 hijackers -
an item of dispute with the Bush administration.

"This is selective declassification, in my view, and it is all about
discrediting an administration critic," Harman said.


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On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:09:42 GMT, felton said:

At the same time, while they
*claim* they wish to desclassify the reports, there has been no effort
to do so, even though the Republicans would easily have the votes.

Lessee:

"Goss [Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee] said he ...... plans
to
request the declassification in case a need for public hearings or other
disclosure arises."

and

"The allegations against him [Clark] could linger for weeks as the
declassification request winds through the appropriate agencies to ensure
sensitive national security information isn't revealed. Often most
protected
are the "sources and methods" of gathering intelligence."

At the same time, they are not suggesting that Clarke committed
perjury.

Now you find the Republican charges credible with NO evidence of the
fact. Which part of that don't you understand?

Lessee here. You figure that because the votes are there they'll just vote
on the matter without any particular study of just what it is they're
releasing. And you find it outrageous that with the evidence still
classified Frist isn't yet ready to label one of Clark's two versions of
the
facts perjury. But with the evidence still classified you are in a
position
to conclude, on the basis of one Democrat's "best recollection," that
there
exists not a scintilla of evidence of a fib. I get it.