The Foul Stench of Republican Leadership
Sep 27th, 2006 at 10:38 am by Susie
Looks like Christie didn’t do it alone:
Condoleezza Rice’s office gave final approval to the infamous Environmental Protection Agency press releases days after 9/11 claiming the air around Ground Zero was “safe to breathe,” internal documents show.
Now Secretary of State, Rice was then head of the National Security Council - “the final decision maker” on EPA statements about lower Manhattan air quality, the documents say.
Scientists and lawmakers have since deemed the air rife with toxins.
Early tests known to the EPA at the time had already found high asbestos levels, the notes say. But those results were omitted from the press releases because of “competing priorities” such as national security and “opening Wall Street,” according to a report by the EPA’s inspector general.
The chief of staff for then-EPA head Christie Todd Whitman, Eileen McGinnis, told the inspector general of heated discussions, including “screaming telephone calls,” about what to put in the press releases.
Clinton backs husband in terror row
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has struck back at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the e
Condi is not a nice lady.
Indeed, she’s as dishonest as they come.
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