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Ties Between White House, Sept 11 Chief
By HOPE YEN – 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Sept. 11 commission's executive director had closer ties with the White
House than publicly disclosed and tried to influence the final report in ways that the staff
often perceived as limiting the Bush administration's responsibility, a new book says.
Philip Zelikow, a friend of then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, spoke with her
several times during the 20-month investigation that closely examined her role in assessing the
al-Qaida threat. He also exchanged frequent calls with the White House, including at least four
from Bush's chief political adviser at the time, Karl Rove.
Zelikow once tried to push through wording in a draft report that suggested a greater tie
between al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and Iraq, in line with White House claims but not with
the commission staff's viewpoint, according to Philip Shenon's "The Commission: The Uncensored
History of the 9/11 Investigation."
Shenon, a New York Times reporter, says Zelikow sought to intimidate staff to avoid damaging
findings for President Bush, who at the time was running for re-election, and Rice. Zelikow and
Rice had written a book together in 1995 and he would later work for her after the commission
finished its job and she became secretary of state in 2005.
