A cruel sham is being perpetrated on the American public and especially on the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. One of the expectations of the public is that the Commission established to investigate the attacks will find out what the government (in particular intelligence agencies) knew prior to the attacks. However, both the restrictions on the Commission and the composition of its members are designed to prevent just that.
The Commission was established by the 2003 Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R. 4628) to (1) conduct an investigation, (2) identify, review and evaluate lessons learned, and (3) issue a report to the President and Congress containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
While the first part of Section 604 of the Act defining the Commission’s functions appears to give it a broad mandate of areas for investigation (including intelligence agencies), a following provision limits its inquiry into the “intelligence community” to areas not covered by the “Joint Inquiry” of Congressional Intelligence Committees unless there is new information not reviewed by the congressional investigation.
The Commission was established by the 2003 Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R. 4628) to (1) conduct an investigation, (2) identify, review and evaluate lessons learned, and (3) issue a report to the President and Congress containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
While the first part of Section 604 of the Act defining the Commission’s functions appears to give it a broad mandate of areas for investigation (including intelligence agencies), a following provision limits its inquiry into the “intelligence community” to areas not covered by the “Joint Inquiry” of Congressional Intelligence Committees unless there is new information not reviewed by the congressional investigation.