Tucker Carlson: “That was a lie. And by May of 2002, more than 2/3 of…”

“They told the country that Osama bin Laden had simply called, caught American authorities off guard. There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 911 attacks. That was a lie. And by May of 2002, more than 2/3 of Americans understood that it was a lie. They wanted an investigation into the so called intelligence failures that led to the attack. The initial effort to investigate 911 was a joint congressional commission led by Senator Bob Graham, a Democrat of Florida, and Congressman Porter Goss, a former CIA officer who would later become the agency's director appointed by Bush.” (06:52–07:04)

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