9/11 commissioner: 'I've received threats'

[DealMonkey]

How far will conservatives go? Do they want Gorelick dead now? Is that it?

9/11 commissioner: 'I've received threats'

Gorelick says she won't step down; FBI investigating

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Jamie Gorelick, a member of the commission investigating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, said Saturday that she received death threats this week after a number of conservatives alleged that her former work in the Justice Department may have contributed to failures leading to the attacks.

In the mid-1990s, Gorelick served as deputy attorney general of the United States. During that time, she wrote a memorandum establishing distinctions between intelligence that could be used for law-enforcement purposes and intelligence that could be used for national security purposes.

That separation was originally required as a safeguard against abuse of citizens' rights by government investigative agencies. But passage of the Patriot Act in the wake of the attacks eliminated the requirement.

The so-called "wall" governing intelligence uses has been a key subject at hearings of the commission. It has been blamed for being a main obstacle to better sharing of information in connection with the September 11 attacks.

"I can confirm that I've received threats at my office and my home," she told CNN on Saturday. "I did get a bomb threat to my home."

She added, "I have gotten a lot of very vile e-mails. The bomb threat was by phone."

ABC News first reported the story Saturday.

The threats were "scary," she said, but added that she was "not intimidated enough to resign from the commission."

A law enforcement source told CNN that the FBI is investigating the threats.

The existence of the memo, disclosed Wednesday by Attorney General John Ashcroft in his testimony before the commission, led House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner to call for her resignation earlier this week.

"Gorelick has an inherent conflict of interest as the author of this memo and as a government official at the center of the events in questions," Sensenbrenner said in a written statement.

But Gorelick said she planned to continue her current duties.

"This is not a basis for resignation," she said, noting that Ashcroft's own deputy ratified the memorandum in August 2001.

Gorelick said she has recused herself from reviewing any actions that occurred while she was at the Justice Department.

Democratic and Republican commission members, including Chairman Tom Kean, supported her decision.

 

[XMan]

:disgust:

So because a handful of people with issues sent her death threats, they're automatically conservatives?

Gimme a fsckin' break.

 

[alchemize]

How far will liberals go...will they kill american soliders? See sig...

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: alchemize
How far will liberals go...will they kill american soliders? See sig...

To both your post and DealMonkey's.

There we go. Though a :Q isn't entirely inappropriate either.

 

[alchemize]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: alchemize
How far will liberals go...will they kill american soliders? See sig...

:Q

To both your post and DealMonkey's.

I agree, mine was just as silly as DealMonkey's. Of course, I think he was serious, otherwise why start a thread about it?

Although sometimes I wonder...

 

[DealMonkey]

Woops, did I forget the smiley? There, all better.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: X-Man
:disgust:

So because a handful of people with issues sent her death threats, they're automatically conservatives?

Gimme a fsckin' break.

Exactly. Maybe if she'd testify(under oath and in public) then this wouldn't be such an issue....

CkG

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: X-Man
:disgust:

So because a handful of people with issues sent her death threats, they're automatically conservatives?

Gimme a fsckin' break.

Exactly. Maybe if she'd testify(under oath and in public) then this wouldn't be such an issue....

CkG

By "issue," you mean she wouldn't have to die?

 

[smashp]

just get her to testify about how she REAFFIRMED a policy i effect since the 80's and then testify how the A$$croft justice league did the same.


This is a failed attempt at discrediting the Commission.