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Originally Posted by willravel
Hopefully no one who has even a passing interest in politics takes the 9/11 report seriously. Whether liberal or conservative, whether 9/11 conspiracy theorist or not, whether a Bush supporter or not, we can all see that the comission was a joke in the worst possible way. It was theatre put on for the shallow entertainment of the masses to satiate a well wetted apetite for justice; or more accurately vengence.
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I agree that many questions remain and there are gaping holes, but much was brought to light in the 9/11 Commission report that should provide lessons for the future.
Much more could probably have been learned if not for the limited "unsworn" testimony of Bush/Chaney, the unwillingness to pursue contradictions in testimony between Condi Rice and others in the WH national security/counter terrorism office, and the Commission's limited subpoena power (a majority of members was required to issue a subpoena; several were blocked by Repub appointed members) .
On the plus side, the Commission did make a series of strong and detailed recommendations for corrective action to prevent (or minimize the possiblity) of future attacks as well as actions needed for a more effective emergency response,
which is were our attention should be focused.
Unfortunately, the 9/11 Public Discourse Project (the successor to the 9/11 Commission) provided a report card in Dec. 2005 on how well the recommendations were being implemented by the White House and Congress:
http://www.9-11pdp.org/press/2005-12-05_summary.pdf
It is not a very impressive record, but then again, their attention and money has been diverted to Iraq