I don’t believe they (the commission) ever got all the documents,

wasn’t about dates and locations. It was about associations and linkages. That’s what the focus was.

[The panel also said that a Bush Administration lawyer?who, sources told TIME, was a National Security Council attorney present as a] minder … found through the effort two of the three cells which conducted the...

we had lots of initiatives to find out where Al Qaeda was.

Not to say they were physically here, but the data led us to believe there was some activity related to the original World Trade Center bombing that these guys were somehow affiliated with,

We wanted all the information we could so we could figure out where they’re at and what they’re doing,

I’m told confidently by the person who did move the material over that the 9/11 commission received two briefcase-size containers of documents, … I can tell you for a fact that would not be …...

I did see the charts and I did handle the charts, but my understanding of them was like a layman, … We had identified them as terrorists. . . . But even now I do...

We discovered two of the three cells which conducted 9/11. If that’s not significant, I don’t know what is,

In my view, there’s no reason to destroy the (

I don’t believe they ever got all the documents, but then again I don’t think that they pressed properly to get all of the documents,

I was at the point of near insubordination, … over the fact that this was something important, that this was something that should have been pursued.

I just walked away shocked that they would kind of change their mind, but I figured someone with equal or better knowledge … probably came and talked to them, so they must’ve taken care of...

I think I can safely say that anyone who is involved in this project will do anything we can to [go to] the appropriate venue [to] present all the truth that we are aware of...

I was at the point of near insubordination over the fact that this was something important, that this was something that should have been pursued,

[Specter added that he was especially] dismayed and frustrated … two brave military officers [who] have risked their careers to come forward and tell America the truth.

The lawyers’ view was to leave them alone, they had the same basic rights as a U.S. citizen, a U.S. person and therefore the data was kind of left alone,

J.D. Smith took eight data points that were common to the original World Trade Center bombers in 1993, … From those eight data points, he matched the profile.

There was a feeling … if we give this information to the FBI and something goes wrong, we’re going to get blamed for whatever goes wrong,

If that’s not frightening, I don’t know what is, … That’s chilling.

there was a significant amount of information that was totally deleted or not provided to the 9/11 commissioners.