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9/11 commission stories: 9 news summaries

New 9/11 Probe Looks Headed for NYC Ballot

Group has enough
valid signatures for
Nov. referendum: city

Sep 10, 09 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New York City group has secured enough valid signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot to force a new investigation into the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A press release from the New York City Coalition for Accountability Now says city lawyers conceded today that at... More »

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New York City • September 11 • 9/11 commission • referendum • conspiracy theory • 9/11 attacks • New York City Coalition for Accountability Now • ballot measure • first responders

OPINION

 Oval Office Handover Opens Critical Security Gap 

9/11 Commission members call for changes to smooth transition

Jul 16, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - January's transition in Oval Office occupants opens up a national security gap for America's enemies to exploit, Jamie Gorelick and Slade Gorton write in the New York Times. The handover from Clinton to Bush was deeply flawed, the 9/11 Commission members note, with "no effective dialog" between the two.... More »

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national security • president • 9/11 commission • nominee • transition • presidential candidates

OPINION

WTC Rebuilding an Emblem of Can't-Do Politics

Morass of competing parties and gridlock mirrors US system

Jul 3, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - We’re having an entertaining campaign season, Daniel Henninger allows in the Wall Street Journal, but the US' fundamental political system is in deep trouble: “It’s an open question whether we have one, or are losing the one we’ve got.” He finds a microcosm in the... More »

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terrorism • World Trade Center • government • 9/11 commission • rebuilding • 9/11 attacks

 US Visitors
 Face Tough New Rules 

Tourists must register online information 3 days before trip

Jun 3, 08 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Visitors to the US who don't need visas will have to register personal information online before traveling this summer, reports ABC News. The information will be used for background checks and scrutiny of travel plans. European officials have threatened to introduce similar rules in retaliation. The new regulations would apply... More »

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travel • United States • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • 9/11 commission • Zacarias Moussaoui • visas • background checks • visa waiver program • Richard Reid

OPINION

AG's 'Invented' 9/11 Claim Is Scare Tactic

Salon scribe blasts Mukasey claim that law blocked key eavesdrop

Apr 3, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Mukasey’s recent claim that surveillance laws barred eavesdropping on a crucial pre-9/11 phone call is either an attempt to scare up support for spying or a revelation of massive US failure, Glenn Greenwald writes in Salon. The 9/11 Commission never mentioned the mysterious phone call—and the executive... More »

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September 11 • FISA • Michael Mukasey • 9/11 commission • warrantless wiretapping • Lee Hamilton • Glenn Greenwald • Philip Zelikow

OPINION

CIA Obstructed 9/11 Inquiry, Commission Heads Charge

Destroying tapes at odds with probe

Jan 2, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - By withholding and ultimately destroying videotapes of the interrogation of al-Qaeda detainees, the CIA willfully obstructed the 9/11 commission, its top two members charge in today’s New York Times. Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton say the CIA repeatedly stonewalled their investigation in 2003-04, answering questions vaguely, denying access to... More »

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CIA • George Tenet • detainee • 9/11 commission • Thomas Kean • interrogation techniques • CIA videotapes • Lee Hamilton • al-Qaeda

CIA Withheld Tapes From 9/11 Panel

Commission chairmen slam CIA
for not disclosing interrogation videos

Dec 22, 07 7:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The 9/11 Commission made repeated requests to the CIA for details on the interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects and were told they'd been given everything the CIA had, the New York Times reports. A member of the commission reviewed classified records of the panel's work after the CIA said the agency... More »

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CIA • 9/11 commission • CIA videotapes

Dems Demand Probe Over
CIA Tapes

Kennedy draws Nixon comparison; others see obstruction of justice

Dec 7, 07 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrats accused the CIA of a cover-up today in the wake of the revelation that the agency destroyed interrogation tapes and called for the attorney general to investigate. Ted Kennedy rejected the agency's excuse that it scrubbed the tapes to protect interrogators and suggested the censors merely knew how “... More »

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CIA • Ted Kennedy • Michael Hayden • 9/11 commission • interrogations • Abu Zubaydah • Porter Goss

Kean Slams US Security Effort Since 9/11

Americans are no safer, says commission head; foreign policy a disaster

Sep 9, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six years after 9/11 and three years after the 9/11 Commission report, commission chairman Thomas Kean assesses the nation's progress in protecting itself against the threat of terrorism.  On the domestic front, our defenses are better, he writes in the Washington Post., but internationally we have lost ground... More »

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Islam • terrorism • Muslims • homeland security • September 11 • Osama bin Laden • foreign policy • 9/11 commission • Thomas Kean • Iraq war

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