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Condi and the 9/11 Commission
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is apparently not keen
on going under oath for the Kean 9/11 commission.
TIME Magazine - by TIMOTHY J. BURGER WASHINGTON

Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003
Poised to convene its first hard-hitting hearings in January, the federal commission investigating the 9/11 attacks continues to be at odds with the White House over access to key information and witnesses. Two government sources tell TIME that National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is arguing over ground rules for her appearance in part because she does not want to testify under oath or, according to one source, in public. While national security advisers are presidential staff and generally don’t have to appear before Congress, the commission argues that its jurisdiction is broader—and it's been requiring fact witnesses in its massive investigation to testify under oath. The exception: it may not seek to swear in President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Bill Clinton or Al Gore in the increasingly likely event they will be asked to speak to the commission.
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Terrible really, how the 'Divine Right of Kings' seems to have diminished to just oath-exemption.