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Book: Sept. 11 Panel Doubted Officials
The condensed version: You go to press with the version you want to sign your name to.The Sept. 11 commission was so frustrated with repeated misstatements by the Pentagon and FAA about their response to the 2001 terror attacks that it considered an investigation into possible deception, the panel's chairmen say in a new book. Republican Thomas Kean and Democrat Lee Hamilton also say in "Without Precedent" that their panel was too soft in questioning former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani - and that the 20-month investigation may have suffered for it. The book, a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation, recounts obstacles the authors say were thrown up by the Bush administration, internal disputes over President Bush's use of the attacks as a reason for invading Iraq, and the way the final report avoided questioning whether U.S. policy in the Middle East may have contributed to the attacks. In their book, which goes on sale Aug. 15, Kean and Hamilton recap obstacles they say the panel faced in putting out a credible report in a presidential election year, including fights for access to government documents and an effort to reach unanimity. Nice little poison pen to stick into the Administration's back in an off-year election cycle, guys. Also a nice chunk of red meat to toss to the conspiracy loons while our enemies continue to plot against us. We all knew early on that this Commission was a side show designed to appease the rubes, and that no real Truth would be revealed, since the only Truth is that the Allenists have grown in strength and power, desire only the deaths of us all, and used our own foolishnesses against us. Posted by: gorb 2006-08-05 |
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