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Condi was going to give a speech, in public, and the 9/11 Commission can't get a copy of it? Is that ridiculous, or what?

he White House has refused to provide the panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with a speech national security adviser Condoleezza Rice was to deliver on that day touting missile defense as a priority rather than al Qaeda, sources said on Tuesday.

With Rice slated to testify publicly before the commission on Thursday, the commission submitted a last-minute request for access to Rice's aborted Sept. 11, 2001 address, sources close to the panel said.

But the White House has so far refused on the grounds that draft documents are confidential, the sources said.
(via Reuters)

Then again, maybe Bush will cave.

The White House could still back down and provide the full speech to the panel. Bush has backed down in the past.

Heh.

Condi's never-given speech, of course, focussed on Republican boondoggle missile defense, and not on terrorism or AQ, showing the Bush administration was focussed on states, instead of entities like AQ, so it's entirely natural that Bush would hold it back.

Stupid, but natural.