Rice Was ‘Uninterested In Advising The President’ Before 9/11, Wanted To Be His ‘Closest Confidante’

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Rice Was ‘Uninterested In Advising The President’ Before 9/11, Wanted To Be His ‘Closest Confidante’


Tomorrow, New York Times reporter Philip Shenon will release his book The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation, revealing “failure at the highest levels of the United States government.”

Shenon singles out Condoleezza Rice as inept, more interested in being President Bush’s buddy than securing the nation. Newsweek editor Evan Thomas writes a preview of the book:

"The official ineptitude uncovered by the commission is shocking. Dubbed “Kinda-Lies-a-Lot” by the Jersey Girls, Ms. Rice comes across as almost clueless about the terrorist threat. “Whatever her job title, Rice seemed uninterested in actually advising the president,” Mr. Shenon writes. “Instead, she wanted to be his closest confidante — specifically on foreign policy — and to simply translate his words into action.” "

An example of this incompetence is the fact that on July 10, 2001 — two months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks — then-CIA director George Tenet met with Rice and warned her about a threat from al Qaeda that “literally made hair stand on end.” Rice was polite, but gave them the “brushoff.”

The 9/11 commission, however, heard about this meeting only after it completed its report. Shenon reveals that commission executive director Philip Zelikow, a close friend of Rice, stopped staffers from submitting a report depicting Rice’s performance prior to 9/11 as “amount to incompetence.”

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/04/rice-911-commission/

[Donk Yore]

1. husbands and wives

always something!

[yardwork]

2. Incompetence or deliberately letting the attacks take place?

Bushco needed 9/11 to launch their profitable wars and take away personal liberties. It was all done in the name of profit. It's still being done. What are a few thousand lives lost? They don't care.

[laststeamtrain]

3. The Magic 8 Ball says: Could be. n/t

[blogslut]

4. I am SO buying that book

kick

[paparush]

5. Memo From the DUH! Department

Condi's gonna take the fall for 9/11.

[NNN0LHI]

8. That would be kind of hard seeing Bush hired and promoted the idiot

The buck has to stop somewhere.

Don

[tanyev]

6. Kick.

[Richard Steele]

7. K&R