Philip Shenon
Events (66)
- July 20-22, 2001: During G8 Summit, Italian Military Prepare against Attack from the Sky 2001-07-20
- September 13, 2001: Air Force General Gives Inaccurate Account of Fighter Response during Attacks 2001-09-13
- December 3-14, 2001: Bush Administration Officials Tip Off Reporters About Raids on Suspect Charities 2001-12-03
- December 14, 2001: Two US-Based Charities Are Shut Down for Links to Al-Qaeda and Other Militant Groups 2001-12-14
- December 20, 2001: Bush Says He Did Not Feel ‘Sense of Urgency’ to Deal with Bin Laden Before 9/11 2001-12-20
- January 24, 2002: President Bush and Vice President Cheney Pressure Senator Daschle to Avoid 9/11 Inquiry 2002-01-24
- May 16, 2002: Condoleezza Rice Incorrectly Claims President Bush’s Pre-9/11 Warning Contains Only Historical Information 2002-05-16
- May 17, 2002: White House Misstates Title of Key Presidential Daily Brief on Bin Laden 2002-05-17
- June 11, 2002: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Richard Clarke Briefs Congressional Inquiry, Apparently Holds Back Information Damaging to Bush and Rice 2002-06-11
- August 2, 2002: FBI Questions Members of 9/11 Congressional Inquiry about 9/11 Leaks 2002-08-02
- Before November 27, 2002: Lee Hamilton Considered for Vice Chairmanship of 9/11 Commission, but Republican Ties Count against Him 2002-11-27
- After December 16, 2002: 9/11 Commission Chairman Gives Vice Chairman Additional Power 2002-12-16
- January 27, 2003: Richard Clarke Amazed at Zelikow’s Hiring by 9/11 Commission, Thinks ‘The Fix Is In’ 2003-01-27
- Shortly Before January 27, 2003: 9/11 Commission Hires Philip Zelikow as Executive Director Despite His Links to National Security Adviser Rice 2003-01-27
- March 2, 2003: 9/11 Commission Executive Director Zelikow Tries to Prevent Staff Talking Directly to Commissioners 2003-03-02
- 9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. March 31, 2003: 9/11 Commission Says It Will Not ‘Point Fingers,’ Family Members Are Disappointed 2003-03-31
- 2:00 p.m. March 31, 2003: First Expert Witness for 9/11 Commission Promotes Iraq War 2003-03-31
- 9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. March 31, 2003: New York Officials Testify to 9/11 Commission, Mayor Tries to ‘Blindside’ Inquiry 2003-03-31
- Before April 24, 2003: 9/11 Commission Executive Director Zelikow Cuts off Commissioners’ Access to Congressional Inquiry Files 2003-04-24
- May 23, 2003: General Claims Military Notified of Flights 77 and 93 Earlier than Apparently Happened 2003-05-23
- July 9, 2003: ’Jersey Girls’ Lambast Zelikow over Author’s Testimony Linking 9/11 to Iraqi Government 2003-07-09
- July 9, 2003: Mylroie Testifies Before 9/11 Commission, Airs Theories of Connections between Iraq and al-Qaeda 2003-07-09
- September 16, 2003 or Shortly After: 9/11 Commission Executive Director Zelikow Reportedly Understates Amount of Contacts with Rove in Interview with Reporter 2003-09-16
- October 8, 2003: 9/11 Commission Interviews Own Executive Director Zelikow over His Role in Events before Attacks, Conflicts of Interest 2003-10-08
- October 9, 2003 or Shortly After: 9/11 Commission Executive Director Zelikow Recused from Some Aspects of Investigation due to White House Links 2003-10-09
- November 6, 2003: 9/11 Commission Issues Subpoena to Pentagon 2003-11-06
- December 16, 2003: 9/11 Commission Staffer Is Appalled by Zelikow’s Interview of Clinton Attorney General, Thinks He Displayed Partisanship 2003-12-16
- January 22, 2004: CIA Director Tenet’s Memory Losses Alarm 9/11 Commission 2004-01-22
- Before January 22, 2004: CIA Director Tenet Spends Much Time Reading Material in Preparation for Interviews with 9/11 Commission, Focuses on Surveillance of Malaysia Meeting 2004-01-22
- March 21, 2004: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Goes Public with Complaints against Bush Response to Terrorism 2004-03-21
- March 22, 2004 and Shortly After: White House Hits Back at Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ over Allegations 2004-03-22
- March 24, 2004: White House Discloses Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Was Anonymous Official Who Gave Background Briefing 2004-03-24
- Morning, March 24, 2004: White House Helps Draft Lists of Questions 9/11 Commission Will Ask Former Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ 2004-03-24
- March 25, 2004: Bush Says He Would Have Done Everything to Prevent 9/11, If He Had Known Plot Involved Aircraft 2004-03-25
- March 30, 2004: White House Makes Deal to Prevent Additional Public 9/11 Hearings for Bush Officials 2004-03-30
- April 13, 2004: Attorney General Ashcroft Blames ‘Wall’ for 9/11 Failures, but 9/11 Commission Believes He Is Exaggerating 2004-04-13
- April 14, 2004: 9/11 Commission Fails to Ask FBI Director Mueller about Pre-9/11 Failings at Public Hearing 2004-04-14
- April 29, 2004: President Bush and Vice President Cheney Privately Meet with 9/11 Commission; They Decline to Provide Testimony under Oath 2004-04-29
- May 19, 2004: 9/11 Commission Reaches Self-Confessed ‘Low Point’ in Giuliani Questioning 2004-05-19
- July 13, 2004: CIA Analysts Who Drafted August 2001 PDB about Bin Laden Tell 9/11 Commission Briefing Was Neither ‘Historical,’ Nor Ordered by Bush 2004-07-13
- February 4, 2008: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Calls for New 9/11 Inquiry 2008-02-04
- January 2001: Future 9/11 Commission Executive Director Zelikow Not Offered Full-time Job with Bush Administration, Returns to University
- January 2004: Staffers Appalled at Zelikow’s Rewrite of 9/11 Commission Statement to Imply Connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
- January 2004: Karl Rove Orders Poll to Determine Public Interest in 9/11 Commission
- January 2004: 9/11 Commission’s Zelikow Backs Down on Allegations of Connections between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
- (February-April 2003): 9/11 Commissioners Rarely Visit Commission’s Offices, Giving Executive Director Zelikow More Power
- (February 2003): White House Repeatedly Contacts 9/11 Commission Chairman to Discuss Appointment of Commission’s Counsel
- March 2003-July 2004: White House Has Better Relationship with 9/11 Commission’s Democratic Vice Chairman than Republican Chairman
- 2003: 9/11 Commissioner Becomes Involved in Fraud Scandal, Has Little Time for Commission
- (April 2003): Zelikow Fires ‘Saudi Connection’ Investigator from 9/11 Commission in Dispute over 28 Redacted Pages from Congressional Inquiry