The Bush administration is blocking the 9/11 commission from examining about 8,000 classified documents from the Clinton administration turned over for the commission to review.

The files contain classified documents about the Clinton administration’s efforts against Al Qaeda.

An attorney for Clinton’s presidential foundation accused the Bush White House of blocking the release of material that would be valuable to the 9/11 commission.

The 9/11 commission has announced National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice will testify publicly under oath before the panel next Thursday, April 8.

Meanwhile Salon.com is reporting that former U.S Senator Gary Hart is accusing the Bush administration of ignoring his warnings before Sept. 11 about the threat of terrorism. Hart personally warned Rice a week before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Hart had served as co-chair of the U.S. Commission on National Security, a bipartisan panel that conducted the most thorough investigation of U.S. security challenges since World War II. He is now working as an advisor to Sen. Kerry on his presidential campaign.