This from Talking Points Memo. I was flabbergasted, appalled and outraged when I read it.

Remember the speech Condi Rice was supposed to have made on 9/11 but got interrupted by the terrorist attacks? A speech on the threats that faced the nation, in which she was pushing mainly for missile defense, and barely mentioned terrorism at all except as a reason to suspect states like Iraq?

The 9/11 commission told the White House they wanted to see the speech.

The White House said “no.”

Why? It’s confidential. That’s right. A speech that Condi Rice was going to make at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, a speech that would have been 100% available to anyone who wanted to get ahold of it after she made it–it is now a state secret. Coincidentally, it is announced as classified just a few days before Rice is scheduled to testify before the 9/11 Commission and explain how Richard Clarke was wrong about how she and the Bush administration were so intently focused on al Qaeda as she has claimed–a defense that would be slightly difficult to support in the light of her giving a speech on 9/11 that essentially dismissed terrorism as the most serious–or even a fairly serious–threat.

How far does Bush think he can go in the outrageous behavior?