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| 2005-08-17 | |
| Mary Jo White wrote a lot of blistering memos but her follow through was poor. She was angered by the late term pardons issued by Bill but then after investigating them she couldn't connect the dots herself. She thus earned the name Mary Jo Whitewash. President Bill Clinton's team ignored dire warnings that its approach to terrorism was "very dangerous" and could have "deadly results," according to a blistering memo just obtained by The Post. Then-Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White wrote the memo ... [the NY Post doesn't post a copy- too bad] ... as she pleaded in vain with Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick to tear down the wall between intelligence and prosecutors, a wall that went beyond legal requirements. Looking back after 9/11, the memo makes for eerie reading — because White's team foresaw, years in advance, that the Clinton-era wall would make it tougher to stop mass murder. "This is not an area where it is safe or prudent to build unnecessary walls or to compartmentalize our knowledge of any possible players, plans or activities," wrote White, herself a Clinton appointee. [the article mentions some of the other intel problems here] "....Could some of those dots have been connected, absent the wall? There's no way to know — but surely the 9/11 Commission should have examined the issue.
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| Posted by:mhw |
| #12 Wasn't Gorelick on the 9/11 commission. She should have been a subject of investigation instead of a member of the commission. |
| Posted by: canaveraldan 2005-08-17 17:41 |
| #11 Hillary's oponent in '06 is a prosecuter. I hope her opponent goes for Hillary's juggler. |
| Posted by: RG 2005-08-17 17:23 |
| #10 Frank, Good info. HRRC can |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-17 16:23 |
| #9 guess who was responsible for Gorelick's placement at Justice...Her Schemingness Herself! HRC.... the MSM won't allow this "piffle" to deny Hillary her destiny |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-17 16:13 |
| #8 While no one can determine what (on earth) was on J. Gorelick's mind, and since treason is a deliberate act of betrayal, we can debate semantics. However, after being warned by Mary Jo White, and after Gorelick's obvious and deliberate ignoring of these warnings, treason is not so far off. As for Bush v. Clinton administrations---please. Gorelick, Halfbright, Reno, Stuff Pants, Clinton impeachment.... |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-17 12:40 |
| #7 mhw, [amendment] I am "thoroughly convinced" that the Clinton admin's was packed full of "reasonless bastards". /plus some "treasonous bastards". ;) better? |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-08-17 11:50 |
| #6 bugmenot.com |
| Posted by: Sherry 2005-08-17 11:13 |
| #5 what's the place that lists the pwd for newspapers etc? |
| Posted by: Hupomoque Spoluter7949 2005-08-17 10:23 |
| #4 Red Dog. I don't know how serious you were but 'treason' is, in my opinion, the wrong word. I don't think Jamie Gorelick was treasonous (I've met her). She was morally vain, intellectually preening and had some ill-thought out beliefs (not just on law enforcement). Thus she was like a large number of other people in the Clinton administration. She is also engaged in full tilt denial of the ill effect of her work in the Clinton administration. In this she is like a somewhat smaller number of people in that administration. However, too be honest, there are people in the Bush administration who have similar problems (not nearly as many in my experience). |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-08-17 10:07 |
| #3 CLINTONS: The more you know, the less you like them. I just didn't think it was possible to have a lower opinion of them than I already did. But I was wrong. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-08-17 08:55 |
| #2 I am "thoroughly convinced" that the Clinton admin's was packed with "treasonous bastards". |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-08-17 08:44 |
| #1 The story is gaining Mo ....finally. |
| Posted by: Grins Sluper5274 2005-08-17 08:36 |