Statement of the Family Steering Committee for The 9/11 Independent Commission
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<<...This Administration has not fully cooperated with the 9/11 Commission, which is charged with investigating widespread government failures, encompassing current AND prior administrations. President Bush opposed the creation of the 9/11 Commission and his administration has set up roadblocks that have inhibited the Commission's progress. Currently, the White House is trying to limit both the time of and the number of Commissioners who can participate in the president's interview, despite the fact that all 10 of the Commissioners have the highest levels of security clearance. And some documents that have been inaccessible to these Commissioners were apparently made available to the author Bob Woodward, who has no such clearance, during the course of his research and development for his book, Bush at War.
President Bush also opposed a January, 2005 extension for the Commission because it meant that public hearings on 9/11 failures would continue during the Presidential campaign season. Public hearings, which inform Americans about issues involving their national security, are highly relevant to the public's ability to be informed citizens. The short extension that finally received approval from the White House was of insufficient duration and resulted in the cancellation of several public hearings.
Additionally, this Administration advocates a global, “War on Terrorism”, yet has declined to hand over the relevant evidence necessary to convict three terrorist linked to 9/11: Moussaoui, Motassedeq and Mzoudi. Furthermore, President Bush refuses to declassify the 28 pages in the Joint Inquiry of Congress’ Final Report that relate to the foreign sponsorship of Terrorism.
President Bush has said publicly that he has an obligation to those who died and he welcomes a discussion regarding 9/11.”How this administration handled that day as well as the war on terror is worthy of discussion," Bush told reporters. We wholeheartedly agree...>> |
