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| Book: Sept. 11 Panel Doubted Officials |
| 2006-08-05 |
| 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 |
| #4 Saw a poll the other day that said about 1/3 of Americans polled thought there was a 911 conspiracy. Can there be that many moonbats running around? Scary thought since many of them vote, drive, etc. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-08-05 16:27 |
| #3 Fact is there is gonna be a certain amount of cover-your-ass in this sort of investigation. Fools and idiots take this to mean conspiracies but what do you expect of fools and idiots, that is their nature. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-08-05 15:16 |
| #2 Form the same commission which protected the author of the directive which shut off intel sharing between government agencies and which buried the disclosure of the Able Danger project which ID some of the highjacker before 9/11. Basic Facts. 1-During the Clinton Administration the downsizing of the military resulted in the basic elimination of much of the interceptor force covering America. Another Peace Dividend. 2-NORADs detection system was aimed at external threats entering American airspace. 3-Vectoring information was dependent upon relay by person to person from the FAA to the military. 4-Fighters were scrambled and put into the air, some unarmed because the threat profile established in fact #1. 5-As a consequence, everything had to improvised as they went. Any surprise there would be confusion? |
| Posted by: Chinese Whuger3858 2006-08-05 12:34 |
| #1 Capt Ed has a post about the DOD Inspector general refuting any perjury accusations from these hacks |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-05 12:15 |