Only the last two planes, I think, had a... by Richard Ben Veniste | We Heart Quotes

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Only the last two planes, I think, had any shot of being intercepted and taken down on 9/11.

- Richard Ben Veniste

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First World

The real question was, here we had this information, Bin Laden intends to strike in the United States. We knew they had struck before in 1993 at the World Trade Center in the first bombing of the trade center.

- Richard Ben Veniste

Investigation Will

Our mandate expects that we will build on the Joint Inquiry's investigation and we will not be re-inventing the wheel. But we go to places which the Joint Inquiry was not permitted to explore.

- Richard Ben Veniste

History Will

Well, our statute provides us with authority to conduct a very broad inquiry basically to provide an investigation of 9/11 that's thorough, complete and will withstand the scrutiny of history.

- Richard Ben Veniste

Time

We've had public hearings. We've had interim reports, which our statute has encouraged us to provide to the public. We have brought the public along with us, trying to make as much available as possible over time.

- Richard Ben Veniste

Connection

No connection between Iraq and the 9/11 catastrophe.

- Richard Ben Veniste

Change

Well, changes have been made. The question is whether we've done enough by way of change.

- Richard Ben Veniste

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