Former Gov. of Vermont, Howard Dean, now leader of the Democratic pack for President, has been raked over the coals by conservatives in the media and on the internet for his insinuation that President Bush and a number of his cabinet members may have knowingly permitted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 on the U.S. to occur. One reference can be found reiterated just this week in a Washington Post article entitled Assessing Mr. Dean. This morning I discovered a document filed with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pa. in which a survivor of a victim on one of the attack planes has filed suit alleging that the Bush Administration did just what Dean referenced for profit and election goals.
It will be interesting to see how far this case gets in court, as the Administration asserts Executive Privilege and National Security to deprive the court of requested documents and evidence for discovery, as well as how much evidence the plaintiff, Ellen Mariani, is able to produce. The potential for civil servant leaks resulting from this case is real and if the CIA politically motivated leak was a source of embarassment for the White House, this court case may cause permanent rosacia. Appears Dean was not referring to a rumor at all, but, an actual suit filed earlier this year.
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