White House Influenced 9/11 EPA Report

White House officials instructed EPA to release official statements that were less alarming regarding the air quality at the site of the World Trade Center after 9/11.

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August 12, 2003, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"An investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general into official statements about air quality after the collapse of the World Trade Center has found that White House officials instructed the agency to be less alarming and more reassuring to the public in the first few days after the attack."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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Monday, August 11, 2003 in The New York Times

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