FBI cover-up artist and 9-11. (Insider Report).

"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, prompting the counsel to send a team to FBI headquarters to search for documents Kelley refused to provide. Even after he was removed from the Waco investigation, Kelley "continued to insert himself into the Waco inquiry," reported the memo, which criticizes him for "unprofessional conduct, poor judgment, conflict of interest, [creating a] hostile work environment and [threatening] retaliation/reprisal" against those who cooperated. Despite this stinging reprimand for his official misconduct, Kelley was tapped to head the portion of the congressional staff devoted to investigating the FBI's role in the Black Tuesday debacle.