Benj,

Criticisms of the 911 Commission abound on both the right and on the left side of the aisle. The difficulty with your father’s perspective is that the questions posed to the president and the answers sought by the commission had to focus on the lack of intelligence to act on, available to the President.

The report on Al Quada as briefed by NSC Director Rice, contained no actionable intelligence. The question I have is ‘why?’ I think the commission attempted to answer that. Your fathers’ curiosity led him in a different direction.