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A Conspicuous Absence

Stephen Hayes provides more reason to think that we need a commission to investigate the 9/11 Commission:

Why would the 9/11 Commission fail to mention Abdul Rahman Yasin, who admitted his role in the first World Trade Center attack, which killed 6 people, injured more than 1,000, and blew a hole seven stories deep in the North Tower? It's an odd omission, especially since the commission named no fewer than five of his accomplices.

Why would the 9/11 Commission neglect Ahmed Hikmat Shakir, a man who was photographed assisting a 9/11 hijacker and attended perhaps the most important 9/11 planning meeting?

And why would the 9/11 Commission fail to mention the overlap between the two successful plots to attack the World Trade Center?

The answer is simple: The Iraqi link didn't fit the commission's narrative....

...From the evidence now available, it seems clear that Saddam Hussein did not direct the 9/11 attacks. Few people have ever claimed he did. But some four years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and one year after the 9/11 Commission released its final report, there is much we do not know. The determination of these officials to write out of the history any Iraqi involvement in terrorism against America has contributed mightily to public misperceptions about the former Iraqi regime and the war on terror.

While we're at it, it would be nice to complete the investigation of the OK City bombing, and find who else was involved besides McVeigh and Nichols.

Posted by Rand Simberg at August 30, 2005 04:36 AM
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I'm way ahead of you. I am calling for the creation of a commission to investigate the commission that will investigate the 9/11 commission.

It will be chaired by Ken Starr.

Posted by Joe Athelli at August 30, 2005 06:57 AM

Sure, why not? After all, he did such a bang-up job with the Vince Foster case.

Posted by Rand Simberg at August 30, 2005 07:19 AM

Foster was shot by Oswald, who is not dead, but works for Elvis.

Posted by Joe Athelli at August 30, 2005 10:49 AM

I murdered Paul.

Posted by Fred Kiesche at August 31, 2005 06:18 PM


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