why the Sept 11 commission may be toothless

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: March 14, 2004 – March 20, 2004 Archives

Joshua Marshall connects the dots: one of the key people in the Bush fils administration sat in on and ignored the repeated warnings about non-state terrorism and is now in a position to make sure we never find out who knew about the risks and when they knew them.

Apparently, this fellow — Philip D. Zelikow, a member of the Bush fils transition team and part of Bush pére’s staff — is Executive Director of the 9/11 commission. Does it seem reasonable to expect that someone who ignored the warnings that 9/11 was possible, perhaps even probable, will be willing to deliver the facts about it?