Sunday, January 18, 2004
From New York Times 2004 01 15:The executive director of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has become a witness in the inquiry and has been interviewed by his own staff about his involvement in shaping the Bush administration's early counterterrorism strategy, officials said on Wednesday.
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Kristen Breitweiser, whose husband died in the World Trade Center and who has helped lead a group of survivors pushing for more answers about the attacks, said the situation called into question the independence of the commission.
"He has a huge conflict of interest," Ms. Breitweiser said when told that Mr. Zelikow had been interviewed. "This is what we've been concerned about from Day 1."
Her concern, Ms. Breitweiser said, is that the commission report "is going to be a whitewash."
"What we want to know is why they didn't investigate Osama bin Laden sooner," she added.
Her group plans to meet commission officials on Thursday, and family members are likely to raise their concerns about possible conflicts, she said. .....---
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