Wow, this seems to good to true. Am I dreaming? Will Congress wake up in time?
Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:15 a.m. EDT
Rep. Ford to 'Inquire' About
Charge Bush Had 9-11 Heads-up
During a Tuesday morning radio interview, Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn., declined to dismiss allegations by his colleague, Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, that President Bush may have had advance warning about the 9-11 attacks, saying he might inquire about details of the charge when he meets with her later this week.
Ford praised McKinney as "another independent voice in the Congress," but told nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus, "What might have motivated her to make that comment, I don't know."
The Tennessee Democrat continued:
"I hope that [the 9-11 accusation] is not true. I would imagine that's not true. I don't even want to get - to suggest that this White House had advanced knowledge and might have allowed it to occur. So I have no reason to believe that any of that is true."
But then Ford added, "I hope to see her this week and maybe even inquire about it."
Imus said he thought McKinney's comments about 9-11, coupled with her charge that former Vice President Al Gore discriminated against blacks, "bordered on being insane."
Disagreeing, the Tennessee Democrat responded, "I don't think that's true at all."
In a March 25 California radio interview, McKinney raised questions about a possible Bush heads-up on the 9-11 attacks.
"What did this administration know, and when did it know it about the events of September 11?" she wondered aloud. "Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? What do they have to hide?"
McKinney said the ensuing U.S. military response benefited firms with ties to the Bush family.
In separate comments, Rep. Ford said that he thought the Bush administration should recruit ex-President Clinton to help negotiate a cease-fire in the Mideast.
"I do hope President Bush gives serious consideration perhaps to asking former majority leader of the Senate George Mitchell and even the former president, Clinton, maybe to serve as Middle East envoys, to perhaps send them back," he told Imus.
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