Loose ends in the 9/11 Commission Report

[Adrian II]

But so a cover up was done as telling the truth might be embarrassing and uncontrollable... But were the people in charge that to leave such a vacuum has meant that there is no reposte to any and every theory?

Frankly, I believe I don't understand the above.

So, we know that the truth must have been viewed as worse than the government being complicit in a cover up. What could be that bad?

Well, the involvement of Castro or even, as Lyndon Johnson indicates in the course of that phonecall, the involvement of the Russians. Johnson said he'd rather not wait for the day when Khrustchev would be forced to go on tv to explain whether or not he had killed the President of the United States, as the right-wing idiots in Dallas were clamouring.

You have to remember that Johnson had just been sworn in and that he had been immediately advised, as was customary, of the ins and outs of a certain briefcase and all that it implied, including the death of 40 million Americans in the first round of a nuclear exchange. That was the going estimate at the time and that was the number he mentioned to Russell. I really admire that SOB by the way for his inimitable capacity to strike deals; he would have able to get the Devil to work for him if he wanted to.

"Now, of course you don't like Earl Warren.. but you'll like him before this is over with."

In the case of the modern event I feel that the actions prior to the day were the problem, namely the monstrous arrogance of the USA that the entire world appreciates their ham fisted and usually myopic attempts to sort out problems that are not as simple as their leaders hope.

This phenomenon is known as 'blowback' and it was dealt with extensively in the 9/11 Commission report. I guess Vladimir is right that the contents of that report are, shall we say, little known...

There would of course have been international ramifications to the 9/11 investigation if the hijackers had turned out to be foreign agents. Hence, that lead was not exactly pursued with great vigour by the 9/11 Commission. But there is no doubt in my mind that the 19 gentlemen mentioned were the perpatrators and that their attack was a complete surprise to the American security establishment.