“On April 4, 2004, [9/11 Commission members] Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton went on Meet the Press and reluctantly acknowledged-in response to [host Tim] Russert’s questions–what many on the commission’s staff believed had been obvious since the early days of the investigation: The 9/11 attacks could have been prevented. They should have been prevented.”
– Philip Shenon, The Commission, Page 262