Or were you not advised by the Bush Administration on what to include, and what not to include in the 9/11 Report?

Mr. Zelikow,

Putting aside your past and self proclaimed expertise in creating "public myths",1 what were you thinking after the attacks of 9/11--making reference to your statement in 1997 in which you discussed a hypothetical nuclear blast used at the 1993 WTC bombing?

"An act of catastrophic terrorism that killed thousands or tens of thousands of people and/or disrupted the necessities of life for hundreds of thousands, or even millions, would be a watershed event in America’s history. It could involve loss of life and property unprecedented for peacetime and undermine Americans’ fundamental sense of security within their own borders in a manner akin to the 1949 Soviet atomic bomb test, or perhaps even worse. Constitutional liberties would be challenged as the United States sought to protect itself from further attacks by pressing against allowable limits in surveillance of citizens, detention of suspects, and the use of deadly force. More violence would follow, either as other terrorists seek to imitate this great ‘success’ or as the United States strikes out at those considered responsible. Like Pearl Harbor, such an event would divide our past and future into a ‘before’ and ‘after.’”2

1 The idea of 'public presumption'," he explained, "is akin to William McNeill's notion of 'public myth' but without the negative implication sometimes invoked by the word 'myth.' Such presumptions are beliefs (1) thought to be true (although not necessarily known to be true with certainty), and (2) shared in common within the relevant political community."[1]"

from: Philip Zelikow. Thinking About Political History. Miller Center Report, Winter 1999. http://webstorage1.mcpa.virginia.edu/library/mc/mcreport/vol14_num3.pdf

2 http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=a1197studygroup#a119...

Question #2

Dr. Zelikow, given your expertise at creating "public myths", would you ever engage in such fabrications in your role as executive director of the 9/11 commission?

Man, I can't wait until the real trial starts.

“We're an empire now, and when we act we create our own reality."

Do you have anything to say before you are sentenced?

Would you be willing to defend your version of what happened on 9/11 in a public debate with David Ray Griffin, author of "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions And Distortions", and if so, what city and when specifically?

Why did you not discuss the collapse of Building 7 at all in the 9/11 Commission Report