EDITORIAL LET'S MOVE ON.

DURING Condoleezza Rice's testimony before the 9-11 Commission on Thursday, a briefing document from the CIA to President George W. Bush a month before the terrorist attacks became the suspected smoking gun.

The report, ``Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States,'' contained only historical data, no new information, said the national security adviser.

Under pressure, the Bush administration agreed on Friday to release the report to the commission this week so all will be able to judge for themselves whether Rice's construction or former security adviser Richard Clarke's is the truth.

Perhaps the scrutiny of this internal document will provide more clues into how much the government knew or didn't know about the planned Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but it certainly won't do anything to answer the more-pressing concerns of the moment. What the commission ought to be examining is whether the country is doing everything possible right now to prevent the next 9-11.

The commission hearings have turned into a partisan political game that is not therapeutic to the American public.

This backward debate isn't doing anyone any good, and it certainly isn't helping solve the serious crises facing the country - the quagmire that has become Iraq, the unstable Middle East and the ever-present threat of another terrorist attack.

Let the sun shine on the August 2001 report, then let's move on.