MADISON, N.J. (Feb. 12) - The federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks will soon ask President Bush, former President Clinton and their vice presidents to testify in public about possible warnings they might have received from U.S. intelligence sources before the attacks.
''We need them to testify,'' former New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean, the bipartisan commission's chairman, told The Record of Bergen County in a story published Thursday. He said the panel would issue formal invitations within the next few weeks, although he conceded that all four men would probably decline to be questioned at a public forum.
However, Kean said their cooperation was crucial to the commission's work, so he hoped they would at least consent to private interviews with the panel.
Should Bush and Clinton agree to testify before the 9/11 commission?
Yes 78%
No 16%
Undecided 6%
Do you think either president could have done more to prevent the 9/11 attacks?
Yes, Clinton could have 26%
No -- there's nothing either could have done 25%
Yes, both could have 25%
Yes, Bush could have 24%
Total Votes: 132,387
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''We need them to testify,'' former New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean, the bipartisan commission's chairman, told The Record of Bergen County in a story published Thursday. He said the panel would issue formal invitations within the next few weeks, although he conceded that all four men would probably decline to be questioned at a public forum.
However, Kean said their cooperation was crucial to the commission's work, so he hoped they would at least consent to private interviews with the panel.
Should Bush and Clinton agree to testify before the 9/11 commission?
Yes 78%
No 16%
Undecided 6%
Do you think either president could have done more to prevent the 9/11 attacks?
Yes, Clinton could have 26%
No -- there's nothing either could have done 25%
Yes, both could have 25%
Yes, Bush could have 24%
Total Votes: 132,387
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54724-2003Sep23?language=printer