The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Friday, April 09, 2004  

THE EDITORS RESPOND
A National Roundup of Editorial Reviews of
Condoleezza Rice’s Performance

Readers will find below links to responses of editors many of the nation’s leading daily newspapers to the performance, and that really is the only word for it, of national security adviser and professional prevaricator Condoleezza Rice gave to both the nation and the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States yesterday, Thursday, April 8. (Note: Some newspaper sites require registration.)

Albany Times-Union: “The Rice Testimony”

Arizona Republic (Phoenix): “A Competent Witness

Austin American-Statesman: “Bush Should Release Pre-Sept. 11 Memo About bin Laden”

Baltimore Sun: “Going Strategic”

Boston Globe: “Condoleezza’s Contortions”

Charlotte Observer: “Rice’s Recollections”

Chicago Tribune: “Condi’s Counterattack”

Cincinnati Enquirer: “Rice Testimony Helps Along the Process”

Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Dangers Remain”

Dallas Morning News: “Terrorism Neither Ignored nor at top of Agenda”

Denver Post: “Still Seeking 9/11 Answers”

Detroit Free Press: “Failed Intelligence”

Hartford Courant: “Ms. Rice on the Stand”

Indianapolis Star: “Rice Skillfully Defends Bush Policy”

Kansas City Star: “Testimony Highlights Inaction by Rice”

Los Angeles Times: “Is America Safer Now?”

Madison State Journal: “Condi Rice Spins Out”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Rice’s Reluctant Testimony”

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: “Connecting Dots/Bush’s Culpability for 9/11”

New York Daily News: “What Exactly Was Condi Rice’s Job?”

New York Post: “Condi’s Coup”

New York Times: “The Rice Version”

Orlando Sentinel: “No Smoking Gun”

Philadelphia Daily News: “Depends What You Mean by ‘Mistake’: Condi Plays Some Old Word Games With Sept. 11 Commission”

Philadelphia Inquirer: “Panel Huffed, Rice Puffed”

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “No Contrition for Condi / Long-awaited Gestimony on 9/11 Disappoints”

Providence Journal: “Staple of Life in D.C.”

Rocky Mountain News (Denver): “Rice Provided Panel a Sound Accounting”

St. Petersburg Times: “The Terror Bureauacracy”

The Wall Street Journal: “Rice on the Record” [Ed.: Subscription required.]

The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City): “Rice: Little Chance of Thwarting 9/11”

Washington Post: “Ms. Rice’s Account”

Washington Times: “A Panel of Partisans”

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