George Bush very much resisted having 9/11 looked into. When he could avoid it no longer, he chose someone to chair it that would soft pedal it, Henry Kissinger. A few weeks later, Kissinger stepped down from the appointment. He did not want to reveal his client list which was a requirement for the job.
4/7/2004, "9/11 Commission: Opposition and Obfuscation," Center for American Progress
"WHITE HOUSE OPPOSED FORMATION OF COMMISSION: President Bush and Vice President Cheney both contacted then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in the months after 9/11 to insist on strict limits in the scope of any investigation into the attacks. And despite entreaties from the families of victims of 9/11 attacks and a bipartisan group of senators and congressmen, the president vocally resisted forming an investigatory commission. President
- Bush only relented on November 27, 2002, a year after the attacks.
BUSH'S HAND-PICKED CO-CHAIRMAN STEPS DOWN: On November 27, 2002, President Bush appointed Henry Kissinger to head the 9/11 Commission.. At the time, the NYT opined the White House had chosen him "to contain an investigation it has long opposed." Less than
- a month later, Kissinger resigned from the post over conflicts of interest."...
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P.S. I don't normally link to the Center for American Progress but in this case they're right. I was motivated to do this post after hearing John Fund on John Batchelor's show tonight say 'important Republicans like Henry Kissinger are supporting Chris Christie.' John Fund should have explained what this really meant. His merely stating it was a big deal means he himself isn't on the side of informing the American people. ed.
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