9/11 inquiry head 'tried to shield George Bush'

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/05/winquiry105.xml

By Tom Leonard in New York
Last Updated: 1:55am GMT 05/02/2008



The head of the commission that investigated the Sept 11 terrorist attacks had closer ties to the White House than he admitted and tried to limit the Bush administration's responsibility for the incident, a book claims.


Philip Zelikow was a friend of Condoleezza Rice


Philip Zelikow, the 9/11 Commission's executive director, allegedly attempted to intimidate staff to avoid findings that would be damaging to President George W Bush, who was running for re-election, and Condoleezza Rice, his then National Security Adviser.

The claims are made by Philip Shenon in The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation, published today.

Although it was known that Mr Zelikow was a friend of Miss Rice and that they had written a book together in 1995, Mr Zelikow had pledged not to talk to senior White House figures during the investigation.

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1. He also was in frequent contact with Rove

And there’s an odd development thereafter, which is Zelikow calls in his secretary, shuts the door and informs her that she is no longer to keep phone logs of his contacts with the White House. The secretary is alarmed by this, worries that she’s being asked to do something improper and then contacts the chief lawyer for the commission to alert him to what’s happened. As I say, this whole sequence creates a great alarm and a great suspicion about what Zelikow was up to.

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/5/new_book_alleges_9_11_commissioner

[Disturbed]

2. Bush/Cheney testify together, not under Oath & no transcripts.

When that happened it was obvious that the 911 Commission was a complete White Wash!

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3. Is this book published as fiction or non-fiction?

Just asking