9/11 widows call for new investigation after revelations of White House, commission ties

[Joanne98]

February 5, 2008

The widows whose political activism was largely responsible for the establishment of a commission to investigate the September 11 attacks say a new book revealing the backstory of the 9/11 Commission proves that their initial concerns about its executive director were correct and demonstrate the need for another investigation.

Philip Shenon, who covered the proceedings for the New York Times, has written a new book, The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation, which was released Tuesday. The book reveals the close ties between commission executive director Philip Zelikow and White House advisers Karl Rove and Condoleezza Rice.

The Commission also reveals that aside from one staff member, no one on the 9/11 investigative panel reviewed what was perhaps the most robust treasure trove of pre-9/11 intelligence on al Qaeda — records from the National Security Agency, which conducts electronic surveillance and codebreaking for the US Intelligence Community.

“General Michael Hayden, who headed the NSA at the time, was eager to cooperate and share what his organization had with the 9/11 Commission, but Executive Director Zelikow was not interested,” 9/11 widows Patty Casazza, Monica Gabriellle, Mindy Kleinberg and Lorie Van Auken said in a statement reacting to the book.

“Why didnt Phil Zelikow make reviewing these vital NSA documents a Commission priority?” they ask. “It seems clear that not every fact and lead was followed in this investigation compromising the validity of the Commission’s final report and its findings.”
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/911-widows-call-for-new-investigation-after-revelations-of-white-house-commission-ties-by-nick-juliano/

[Iwasthere]

1. EXCELLENT!!

These widows were making HUGH news , for a little while. Hope they get some traction on this

[girl_interrupted]

2. These women have so much courage

You can't help but admire them. Especially after the verbal abuse they took from Ann Coulter. So undeserved. I hope their calls for a new investigation will not be ignored.

[shain from kane]

3. The stall has been successful. To mount a new investigation and complete it while Bush* is still in

office or to effect the November 2008 elections would be impossible.

But what the Hell, let's have it, anyway.

[Kurovski]

4. K&R. (nt)

[petgoat]

5. The widows posed 300 questions to the 9/11 Commission

and were told they would serve as a road map for the investigation.

When they read the report they found only 27 of their questions had
been answered.

http://www.justicefor911.org/Appendix4_FSCQuestionRatings_111904.php

Join 15,700 patriots and sign the Petition of Solidarity:

http://www.justicefor911.org/

[RC]

6. 9/11 is unraveling better that the grassy knoll ever has.

Maybe we can get some justice this time.