9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable
cbsnews.com
NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2003
Excerpt:
" (CBS) For the first time, the chairman of the
independent commission investigating the
Sept. 11 attacks is saying publicly that 9/11
could have and should have been
prevented, reports CBS News
Correspondent Randall Pinkston.
"This is a very, very important part of history
and we've got to tell it right," said Thomas
Kean.
"As you read the report, you're going to
have a pretty clear idea what wasn't done
and what should have been done," he
said. "This was not something that had to
happen."
Appointed by the Bush administration,
Kean, a former Republican governor of
New Jersey, is now pointing fingers inside
the administration and laying blame.
"There are people that, if I was doing the
job, would certainly not be in the position
they were in at that time because they
failed." |
