This is simple

[kookomula]

Philip Zelikow is the executive director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, better known as the "9/11 Commission."

http://www.9-11commission.gov/about/bio_zelikow.htm

This web site was frozen on September 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM, EDT. It is now a Federal record managed by the National Archives and Records Administration. External links were active as of that date and time.

A question he should find relatively easy to answer :

William Rodriguez gave a testimony to the 9/11 commission that did not appear in the final report. Why was this?

Was it a question of National Security?

(Is there already an answer to this question?)

I think I may have been a little bit flippant the other day when I said 'I say batten down the hatches, hell has already broken loose' referring to the 'what will happen to our world.....' question.

[kookomula]

Interview with Philip Zelikow
By Eben Miller

You have been sharply criticized by some for your role in the 9/11 commission, and some have posited that the results of the final report are tainted due to your involvement. What is your response to these allegations?

Millions of people have read the report and they will form their own judgments about it. I was honored to lead a large, outstanding, and nonpartisan staff that contributed collegially to the collective work.

[b]We never thought our report would be the last word on such a significant event. We hoped to lay a good foundation for future research and interpretation. So far, I see no reason to revise any of our factual conclusions or policy judgments. [/b]

Incidentally, for those who are interested, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government recently published a *case study* examining how the Commission worked. Their study focused on process and politics.

http://hnn.us/articles/21734.html

*Piloting a Bipartisan Ship: Strategies and Tactics of the 9/11 Commission

From December 2002 until July 2004, former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean and former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton led a politically daunting inquiry into one of the most traumatic events in US history—the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The bipartisan, independent National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States was to determine the facts and make recommendations to forestall future terror strikes. Both Kean and Hamilton wanted the commission report to have a forceful public and policy impact—and set out to design a commission which could accomplish that. They faced numerous obstacles: a reluctant—potentially uncooperative—White House; commissioners chosen for their partisan bonafides; a need to gain unprecedented access to millions of highly classified documents; a restrictive deadline of 18 months.


http://hnn.us/articles/21734.html

[scubadiver]

Buy David Griffin's book on the omissions and distortions of the report. It was a complete whitewash designed to select and distort the evidence to protect the White House, the military and the Pentagon.

Although the FAA took the fall there have been no public reprimands.

[johnnyhotshots]

William Rodriguez gave a testimony to the 9/11 commission that did not appear in the final report. Why was this?



The investigation focused on what to do to prevent future 'attacks' and hardly touch on what happened that day as far as I understand

[kookomula]

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.

"is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks"

http://www.9-11commission.gov/