Joe Lieberman: “It is the intention of the sponsors that the work of this commission build on and complement the work of the joint…”

“It is the intention of the sponsors that the work of this commission build on and complement the work of the joint intelligence committee in investigating the events of September 11, 2001. The joint intelligence committee has done some very important work. It already produced some material, just yesterday released publicly, that was riveting and in its way raised an additional set of questions to be answered either by the committee and its later investigation or by this commission. Again, the purview, the focus of the commission we intend to create is much broader and would build on what the joint committee on intelligence has done but then go into other areas we talked about: Defense, foreign policy, immigration policy, law enforcement, commercial aviation, et cetera.”