Washington’s Blog
Friday, May 22, 2009
Many people have written on the 9/11 Commission’s budgetary constraints. See this.
Want to Know has a great new summary of the Commission’s scandalously inadequate budget:
The 9/11 commission was originally allotted only $3 million. Eventually, after much begging and haggling, the commission was given $15 million. Yet a CNN article lists the cost of the Lewinsky investigation at $30 million. A Los Angeles Times article states the cost of the Columbia space shuttle disaster investigation was $175 million.
How could 9/11 – the greatest disaster in American history – be given such a small budget for investigation?




