9/11 Worthless Commission report - extension denied

On February 5th, I posted:

NOW the Commission can have an extension Or maybe not. President Bush, changing his mind again on a politically charged investigation, now says the congressional panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks should have more time to complete its final report. ...An extension must be approved by Congress, and some commissioners worried that the Bush administration, given its resistance so far, might publicly support an extension while quietly encouraging GOP leaders to see that it goes nowhere.....  article

Allow me to update to a CNN article February 25th:

Congress appears unlikely to grant a two-month extension requested by the commission investigating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to finish its report. House Speaker Dennis Hastert told President Bush on Wednesday he would not bring up any legislation to authorize the 60-day extension proposed by the commission and endorsed by the White House, according to Hastert spokesman John Feehery. Feehery said the speaker, a Republican from Illinois, had two reasons. "One, if there are recommendations that need action, we need them sooner than later," Feehery said. "Two, he does not want this to be delayed any further and become a political football in the middle of the campaign." ...White House press secretary Scott McClellan said earlier this month that Bush would support an extension until July 26. White House chief of staff Andy Card spoke to Hastert on Monday to reiterate Bush's support for the extension, but Hastert had made up his mind some time ago and "isn't going to budge," Feehery said. Hastert told rank-and-file Republican lawmakers of his decision at a meeting Wednesday morning and no one publicly challenged the decision, according to Feehery and another Republican aide.

Political football, indeed. It's all a game to your esteemed Congressional and Executive officials.

Earlier Wednesday, the commission said national security adviser Condoleezza Rice had declined its request to testify at a public hearing next month. "We are disappointed by this decision," commission members said in a statement. "We believe the nation would be well served by the contribution she can make to public understanding of the intelligence and policy issues being examined by the commission." Rice met privately with the panel February 7. The statement also asked Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to reconsider their decision to be questioned only by the commission's chairman, former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, a Republican, and its vice chairman, former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton, a Democrat. (Full story) The statement said Bush and Cheney "prefer not to meet with all members of the commission." Former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore have agreed to meet privately with all members of the commission, the statement said. ...Rice's predecessor in the Clinton administration, Sandy Berger, has expressed a willingness to testify... Secretary of State Colin Powell and his predecessor, Madeleine Albright, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his predecessor, William Cohen, all have agreed to appear at the public hearing, Felzenberg said.

So what's with Condi, Cheney & Bush?

Prefer not to meet with all members, thank you.

Disappointed by the decision. We're so disappointed.

And so frigging useless.

Hey. Life itself is a game.

Play on.

....and do what you want....you will anyway.