The REAL reason is that she did not want to 'incriminate' herself or her colleagues, in the mishandling of information prior to the attacks, and the subsequent falsehoods that led to the illegal war with Iraq. \n\nShe would be admitting that a very few people are directly responsible for the deaths of more than 100,000 people (9/11 victems, our soldiers, innocent (and guilty) Iraqi's)...