The 9/11 Files: The Cover-up Commission | Ep 2 -- 9/30/25

Timestamped Bullet Point Summary of Episode 2 of Tucker Carlson's Investigation into the 9/11 Commission:

• Bush Administration's Immediate Focus on Iraq
[01:58] Rather than investigating 9/11, the Bush administration immediately exploited the crisis to push for an invasion of Iraq, with Rumsfeld saying his instinct was to hit Saddam Hussein at the same time as bin Laden.

• The Jersey Girls' Fight for Truth
[02:35] Four 9/11 widows, including Kristen Breitweiser whose husband Ron was killed, became known as the "Jersey Girls" and were among the only people in public life who wouldn't accept the official story and demanded answers.

• Kristen Breitweiser's Last Phone Call
[04:52] Breitweiser recounts her final conversation with her husband Ron on 9/11 morning, when he called to reassure her he was safe because "it's not my building," only to be killed when the second tower was hit three minutes after they hung up.

• Bush Administration's Opposition to Investigation
[06:36] Despite a 90% approval rating, the Bush administration ferociously opposed any attempt to investigate what happened on 9/11, with two-thirds of Americans by May 2002 understanding the "no silver bullet" explanation was a lie.

• Dick Cheney's Intimidation Tactics
[07:43] In winter 2002, Vice President Cheney called Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and threatened that War on Terror leaders would be "too busy" to testify, implying that pushing for investigation would interfere with the war effort.

• NSA Intercepts and FBI Retaliation
[08:10] When the joint congressional committee discovered NSA had intercepted Al Qaeda messages saying "the match begins tomorrow" and "tomorrow is zero day" before 9/11, someone leaked this to CNN, prompting the Bush administration to sick the FBI on committee members.

• FBI Intimidation of Congress
[08:35] The FBI conducted polygraph tests, interviews, and made threats against congressional investigators, creating a "chilling effect" on the inquiry with potential consequences including imprisonment for committee members.

• John McCain's Political Revenge
[09:25] After Bush's campaign spread rumors that McCain had fathered a "black bastard child with a prostitute" during the 2000 primary, McCain sought political revenge by pushing for an independent 9/11 Commission.

• Deliberately Underfunded Commission
[09:55] Congress appropriated only $3 million for the entire 9/11 investigation - 13 times less than the Monica Lewinsky investigation and 11 times less than Mueller's Russia investigation - with weak subpoena power and an 18-month timeline.

• Henry Kissinger's Failed Appointment
[10:28] Bush initially appointed Henry Kissinger as Commission chairman, but when the Jersey Girls asked about his potential conflicts of interest with Saudi royals and bin Laden family members, Kissinger spilled coffee and resigned the next day.

• Karl Rove Selects Tom Kean
[13:24] Bush's political adviser Karl Rove personally called former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean to offer him the chairman position, with White House advisers telling Kean they wanted him to "stand up" and have "courage" - meaning do what they say.

• Philip Zelikow's Conflicts of Interest
[14:17] The Commission selected Philip Zelikow as executive director, described as a historian but actually an active Bush administration official with extensive ties to Condoleezza Rice, having co-authored a book with her and served on her transition team.

• Pre-Written Report Before Investigation
[15:46] In March 2003, before the investigation had even begun, Zelikow had already prepared a detailed outline with chapter headings and subheadings that matched the final report nearly verbatim, keeping this secret from staff.

• Zelikow's Control and Compartmentalization
[16:15] Zelikow consolidated total control over hiring, blocked staff communication with commissioners, restricted document access, divided staff into separate teams, and made a secret agreement with Justice Department to let White House review files first.

• "Found No Evidence" Strategy
[17:09] The final report contains 61 references to "finding no evidence" of various 9/11 claims, with the explanation being "if you don't look for the evidence, you don't find the evidence" - technically not lying when saying no evidence was found.

• Regular Contact with White House
[17:41] Phone logs show Zelikow regularly took calls from both Condoleezza Rice and Karl Rove during the investigation, despite Karl Rove's denials, with no plausible explanation for why Bush's political strategist would be communicating with the Commission's executive director.

• Attempts to Link Al Qaeda to Iraq
[18:25] Zelikow inserted sentences into drafts trying to link Al Qaeda to Iraq, suggesting the terrorist network had communicated with Saddam Hussein's government and that bin Laden had considered moving to Iraq, though these were later removed.

• Neocon Witnesses Promoting Iraq War
[19:02] Zelikow stacked public hearings with discredited neoconservatives who promoted false connections between Iraq and Al Qaeda, including witnesses who spent most of their 9/11 testimony talking about the need for preemptive invasions.

• Zelikow's Role in Demoting Richard Clarke
[20:45] The man in charge of the official 9/11 story, Philip Zelikow, was revealed to be the Bush administration advisor who decided to demote White House counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke in the months before 9/11 - a detail left out of the final report.

• Commission Chairman Admits Setup to Fail
[21:06] Commission Chairman Tom Kean ultimately admitted the Commission was "set up to fail," confirming that the official story of 9/11 is a lie and the report was a cover-up from beginning to end designed to protect unknown parties.
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Original Source Attribution:

'The 9/11 Files: The Cover-up Commission | Ep 2' | Tucker Carlson and Tucker Carlson Network | Sep 30, 2025 | https://youtu.be/I8egrUkjGJ0?si=dSdWmcu9pLnBoMUf

The 9/11 Commission authorized by Congress was a total fraud from the beginning. Led by the same people who were responsible for preventing the attack, the Commission was deliberately “set up to fail.” 9/11 widow and lawyer Kristen Breitweiser forced the Bush administration’s hand, exposing how the Commission was designed to hide the truth.
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