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But it's still testifying. And no matter how you want to twist definitions about, Island, Bush loses credibility by pulling this stunt with Cheney, and behind closed doors.

If Bush is so resolved, then come out with it publicly and under oath. But he can't. He shows, if anything, poor ability to stand on his own feet. He needs Cheney to hold his hand.

And War, as you state - what a ridiculous argument. You should know better, particularly because 9/11 "happened" and this commission is interested in events leading up to 9/11. How can 9/11 be connected with the war in Iraq unless Bush was already preoccupied with Iraq? See how the pieces fit together? He testifies in secret because we're at war - does that mean Bush and Cheney fear they might divulge intimate plans to invade Iraq before 9/11 when they, in fact, should have been concentrating on al Queda.

See, Glenn, you're all crossed up - and if you were my press secretary or advisor - I'd can you in a hot second. Bush and Cheney screwed up by doing this in private. If they want to give the illusion 9/11 happened because of a reason other than an obsession with Iraq, they would have done so in public. But now, because they're behind closed doors and we're "at war with Iraq" this intervention with the commission smacks of the secrecy and poor judgment that got us in this quagmire in the first place.

Like Bush/Cheney, your own defensive arguments of "we're at war" is turning around to bite back.

I guess Bush by doing this in secret has already answered everyone's question: he has to testify privately because we're at war - that's right, war with Iraq after AND BEFORE 9/11.