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FBI cover-up artist and 9-11. (Insider Report).(Thomas A. Kelly, who obstructed investigation of FBI actions against Branch Davidians, is heading effort to investigate FBI handling of Sept 11 bombings)(Brief Article)

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"The official in charge of ferreting out information about the FBI for a joint congressional intelligence panel allegedly obstructed a Justice Department probe of the bureau two years ago," reported the June 22nd Washington Post. "As the FBI's deputy general counsel, Thomas A. Kelley was the bureau's point of contact for special counsel John C. Danforth's inquiry into the 1993 Waco debacle in which 75 Branch Davidians died in a fire after a 51-day standoff. Since retired from the FBI, Kelley heads the intelligence panel's probe of the bureau's role in tracking terrorists before the September 11 attacks."

According to a December 2000 internal FBI memo, Kelley acted to "thwart and obstruct" Danforth's Waco inquiry, ...

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