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Here's a letter from one of the far-flung organizers of this effort:
Dear readers:
In my opinion this so-called deal renders the Commission a farce and
their investigation a joke. This so-called compromise has compromised
the now spineless, toothless Commission. The Commission plainly tips
their hand in refusing to reveal to the family members the simple
details of the agreement. It demonstrates to every American told the
world changed forever on 9/11, to all those who harbor doubts about the
official story and who seek genuine transparency and accountability that
it's just business as usual as the truth is buried behind rhetoric, a
dark veil of secrecy and denial, and a convoluted set of conditions of
access. Both the cowed Commission and the duplicitous President who
created it only after his hand was forced by the victims' families are
complicit in this travesty of justice and blatant compromise of
investigative standards.
C'mon folks...two commissioners get to see only portions of the
Presidential Daily Briefs (PDBs). These documents cannot leave the
White House. The two commissioners take notes. Then the notes must be
reviewed by White House counsel before being released to two other
commissioners who then can only talk about them with the remaining six
commissioners. And ultimately none of this might even be released to
the American public because the White House will of course review and
perhaps redact the final report due out on May 27th next year.
In all likelihood based on leaks discussed for months now, there are
details hidden in these presidential papers that indeed there were in
fact somewhat or very detailed warnings about a threat from Osama bin
Laden to the Continental US; a threat that could involve hijackings.
Warnings which the Administration said in the immediate aftermath that
they didn't recieve. Clearly they fear this story might emerge
undeniably in black and white if full access was granted. Given this
understanding it comes to no surprise that they would go to such lengths
to so seriously restrict access to the Commissioners, all of whom have
security clearances making them legally bound not to relate to the
public the contents of classified material.
And what's particularly interesting about the whole bruhaha over these
documents is that there is absolutely no mention of the details of the
even more important National Security Counsel meeting called by
Counterterrorism Director Richard Clarke and held in July 2001. This
song and dance is a smokescreen. The report circulated and discussed at
that time referred to an imminent attack that would occur without
warning and would inflict mass casualties or something to that effect.
Word is that meeting led the President to request a more detailed
briefing on the Al-Qeada threat which he recieved in the form of a PDB
on August 6th.
What's even more interesting to this observer than this neglect of the
NSC's documents of 2001 is the fact that Dr. Zelikow, the Commission's
Director is in compromised position. See, we've compromises all over
the place. This time it's because of a blatant conflict of interest due
to his close ties with National Security Advisor, Condaleeza Rice with
whom he co-authored a book last year and even more importantly, he was a
member of the transition team that established the make-up of the
current National Security Counsel. This is without doubt the worst
conflict of interest to emerge since Kissinger was appointed Chair of
the Commission in December of last year. Yet here again, the Commission
has dismissed the concern of 9/11 families and others. This blatant
arrogance is testimony to a nefarious pattern of shenanigans which by
all appearances, if unchallenged by popular outcry, will insure that the
whole story behind 9/11 never emerges and no one is held accountable.
Please read the following material and inform yourself if you haven't
already. And then please forward this email to your friends and
colleagues before taking some action either in support of Commissioners
Cleland and Roemer or in protest of the White House obfuscation and the
Commission's acquiescience. Come and join CitizensWatch and the family
members at Drew University next Wednesday as well...time to make some
noise about this investigation gone bad turned cover-up -- a sham.
Sincerely,
Kyle F. Hence
[email protected]911citizenswatch.org
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