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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:42 AM
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Rove's Role In 9/11 Report-"Not Only Did Zelikow FREQUENTLY Talk To Rove, But He Tried To Hide It"
Today's Must Read
By Paul Kiel - January 31, 2008, 9:56AM

The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation

The book is being closely held until its release next month, but Max Holland, a D.C. area blogger and author, was somehow able to snag an advance audio copy at his local bookstore.

A lot of what has been "censored," it turns out, revolves around the commission's executive director Philip Zelikow. According to Holland, Shenon reports that Zelikow 1) hid the depth and breadth of his relationship to key members in the administration, 2) had a number of private conversations with Karl Rove (funny how he keeps popping up) while he was on the panel, and 3) succeeded in softening the final report's judgment on the Bush Administration's responsibility.


Second, about those phone calls. Shenon reports that not only did Zelikow frequently talk to Rove, but that he tried to hide it, even requesting that his secretary not take messages. Zelikow denies this, too, and tells Justin, "I never discussed the 9/11 Commission with him, not at all. Period."

And then there's Zelikow's influence on the final product:

Even after his recusal, Zelikow continued to insert himself into the work of “Team 3,” the task force responsible for the most politically-sensitive part of the investigation, counter-terrorism policy. This brief encompassed the White House, which meant investigating the conduct of Condoleeza Rice and Richard Clarke during the months prior to 9/11. Team 3 staffers would come to believe that Zelikow prevented them from submitting a report that would have depicted Rice’s performance as “amounting to incompetence, or something not far from it.”



http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005182.php
http://www.washingtondecoded.com/site/2008/01/commission-conf.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4218157&page=1
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:45 AM
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1. Did anyone ever really believe that the Commission gave an
honest report????????
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:45 AM
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2. and the real tragedy is that nobody cares
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:48 AM
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4. As a NYCer I do! I was so infuriated by my city being used as Scare Tactics Central
in 2004 and beyond! (Thank you Bloomberg for enabling this, thank you Sharpton for enabling Bloomberg)
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:46 AM
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3. And the friendly-off record of W&Cheney - together was a sign of that obviously
Now it can be said? (after Rudy's demise, I guess) Actually, that's OK too - bring it in the light - as much as possible.
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noise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 10:57 AM
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5. The same officials who failed to do their job
in the lead up to 9/11 now go around selling warrantless wiretapping and torture as crucial tools in the WoT.

For example, current CIA Director Hayden ran the NSA in the lead up to 9/11. Why was he promoted to DDNI and CIA Director after the 'worst intelligence failure in US history?'

NSA Rice and Deputy NSA Hadley were both promoted as well.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 11:06 AM
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6. We didn't need a book to tell us what happened with that report.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 11:10 AM
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7. rec 5--I'll read this at work--Zelikow's job description:
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 11:10 AM by librechik
to make imaginary political worlds real world. Seriously. it's on his resume.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 11:46 AM
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8. Zelikow's denial
I'll bet he wouldn't deny it under oath - not that he'll ever have to.

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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 03:08 PM
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9. It's not just that they can't be trusted we need to anticipate their activities
Edited on Thu Jan-31-08 03:08 PM by underpants
and of course as is often said we have to be right all the time they only have to be right once

Basically anything is on the table. Don't ever leap over any possibility as being "too ridiculous" that is the margin in which they operate.

So quickly I came up with two

Justice and Homeland Security have Republican sleeper cells in them to leak information and general fowl everything up when needed. How do you get staffers to stay there when there has to be more money available in the private sector? I wouldn't be surprised if their income is being supplemented by the same deeeeep pocket funding sources as their extensive think tank establishment feeds off.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:05 PM
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10. Zelikow IMAGINING THE TRANSFORMING EVENT December 1998
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