I'm slow with the news this morning.

Rice to testify in public, under oath

In a reversal, the White House said Tuesday it has agreed to allow national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify in public and under oath before the Sept. 11, 2001 commission. In addition, President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have agreed to testify in private before the entire commission, not just the two co-chairmen as earlier proposed, the White House said in a letter to the panel.

The letter sought written assurances that the panel would not consider Rice's testimony precedent-setting and that no additional public testimony from any White House official would be sought.

Soon after the White House letter was revealed, the commission released its response accepting the terms.

Some truth for a change?

Iraq was invaded 'to protect Israel' - US official

Iraq under Saddam Hussein did not pose a threat to the United States, but it did to Israel, which is one reason why Washington invaded the Arab country, according to a speech made by a member of a top-level White House intelligence group.

Inter Press Service uncovered the remarks by Philip Zelikow, who is now the executive director of the body set up to investigate the terrorist attacks on the US in September 2001 - the 9/11 commission - in which he suggests a prime motive for the invasion just over one year ago was to eliminate a threat to Israel, a staunch US ally in the Middle East.

Zelikow's casting of the attack on Iraq as one launched to protect Israel appears at odds with the public position of US President George W Bush and his administration, which has never overtly drawn the link between its war on the regime of Saddam and its concern for Israel's security.

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Here's a headline:

Why Isn't the Bush Administration Cooperating with the 9/11 Commmission?

Why are they fighting tooth and nail to give up information?

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MoveOn.Org, your message scares me.

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