GOP senator seeks more 9/11 info

[dArKeR]

A leading Republican senator on Sunday called on the Bush administration to release most of the classified portions of a congressional report on the Sept. 11 attacks, saying the sections were withheld only to avoid harming relations with other countries.

 SEN. RICHARD SHELBY of Alabama, who helped spearhead last year’s probe into the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, said the administration wrongly blanked out 27 pages dealing with suspected foreign support of those responsible for the attacks.
       “I think they’re classified for the wrong reason,” Shelby said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “My judgment is 95 percent of that information should be declassified, become uncensored, so the American people would know.”
       Shelby, a former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the section was classified because it “might be embarrassing to some international relations.”
       Shelby had said last week that he felt too much of the report was classified, but had not been as critical of the censorship as Democrats who said the Bush administration had “an obsession with secrecy.”


http://www.msnbc.com/news/943459.asp?0cv=CB10

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[ibegurpard]

1. Senator Shelby can call for an independent investigation

and work with other senators to do the same. Until I see that, I won't believe a word that comes out of his mouth.

[catzies]

6. Who can resuscitate the statute for OIC? We need that back.

The sooner these guys can be under oath, the better. Especially since knowing too much gets you suicided...

Seriously, DUers, what does it take to do that? We need to bring back the Office of the Independent Counsel!





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[diamond14]

2. keep contacting congressional reps....keep up the pressure...nt

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[Pallas180]

3. Call or fax them. they dont read e mails. Fax is in front of them.

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/index.html

[lastliberalintexas]

4. Nope- call AND fax them

A phone call makes the staffers' lives hell. They have to respond to and deal with an irate citizen who is pissed off about something enough to actually call. It's even better if you are a constituent, because otherwise they are completely dismissive (if you are a constituent they're only half dismissive). It is always best to call and call OFTEN.

Trust me- it's no fun being on the receiving end of these calls. I've been there. :-)

Faxing is good too. But don't send in something that's just a form letter or postcard- those are almost always ignored, even if they are from within the district. Even if you take a form letter and modify it just a little, tweak it somehow, it gets more attention than the astroturf.

[Mz Pip]

5. Embarrassing

to some international relations?????? Hah! More like an embarrassment to BushCo for supporting countries that sponsor terrorism.

MzPip
:dem:

[bvar22]

7. Remember the bush* Doctrine.

Those who support terrorists are terrorists!

[goforit]

8. Hope you're not ALL Talk, Sen. Shelby!!!!.....Time to Clean house across

the board!!!!!!

My God ALL those whom hold office in Congress,

The ship is going down and you have a choice, you either go down with it or you start to swim. It is your name and your finger prints!

What the hell are you going to do??????????????

[jody]

9. Shelby is running for reelection. He's just positioning himself if

things get to hot for Bush. Shelby ran for election as a Democrat and then jumped over to the Republican side.

He's an opportunist of the worst type. :puke: