Franken-Lies-And-the-Lying-Liars-Who-Tell

Wait. Must be the October 21, 2002, Newsweek article, "Cheney: Investigators, Keep
Out." No. That doesn't sound too promising. But what about the first sentence? "Dick Cheney
played a behind-the-scenes role last week in derailing an agreement to create an independent
commission to investigate the 9/11 attacks." Hmm. Well, what about the article's last sentence?
" ‘There's just this general philosophical orientation that the less the world knows, the
better,' says one GOP staffer."
Of course, the fact is the Bush administration fought a 9/11 commission every step of
the way, even though the families of the victims were begging for an independent probe from
day one.
When political reality finally forced the Bushies to give in, whom did they appoint to
head the commission? The families' choice? Former New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman,
who co-chaired the Hart-Rudman Commission on National Security? No. Rudman had
backed John McCain in New Hampshire. Instead, Bush picked Henry Kissinger. You can tell
someone wants to get the truth out about cover-ups, mass killings, and mistakes made at the
highest levels of government when they appoint Henry Kissinger to lead the investigation.
Critics complained that Kissinger had a history of being overly secretive and had potential
financial conflicts of interest. When Kissinger resigned a couple of weeks later, he said
it was because he wanted to be secretive about his financial conflicts of interest.
So why does Hannity go out of his way to lie about who wanted to look into 9/11 and
who didn't? It's because, like so many conservative henchmen, he is doing the dirty work for
the Bush ad ministration. Democrats, according to Hannity, wanted to cover up the intelligence
failure that led to 9/11 because it was all Bill Clinton's fault.