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Sept. 11 Commissioners Complain of White House Failure to Cooperate With Follow-Up Study
The Bush administration has not cooperated with efforts of former Sept. 11 commission members to continue their work unofficially, the New York Times reported yesterday (see GSN, June 6). The commission disbanded one year ago after delivering its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. However, some members have created a follow-on group called the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, designed to assess the administration’s record of adopting the commission’s recommendations. Some of the commission’s suggestions have been implemented, such as the establishment of a national intelligence director to oversee all U.S. intelligence activities. Other recommendations have not been taken up, the Times reported. Major nuclear nonproliferation efforts, for example, have not been undertaken as urged by the commission, according to the Times. The follow-on group, led by former commission leader Thomas Kean, has requested information on U.S. antiterrorism programs from the White House, Defense Department, State Department and other agencies, but none has provided any documents or even acknowledged receiving the request. “It’s very disappointing,” said Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey. “All we’re trying to do is make the public safer.” Kean said the Public Discourse Project would release a “report card” on U.S. antiterrorism strategies next month, whether or not the administration cooperated. “Honestly, I thought they would want to cooperate,” he said. “It would give them a chance to tell their story. They have made some progress” (Philip Shenon, New York Times, Aug. 7).
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