SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

Three days after the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Washington Program of the Council on Foreign Relations held a meeting organized around the U.S. Commission on National Security in the 21st Century. Participants in the CFR program included the Commission's two co-chairs, former Senators Warren Rudman and Gary Hart.

The CFR's transcript of its meeting, made available on its website, quoted Rudmanas saying: "There is a chance for the President of the United States to use this disaster [the. September 11th terrorist attacks] to carry out what his father a phrase his father used I think only once, and it hasn't been used since -- and that is anew world order." In fact, this statement was made, not by co-chair Rudman, but by fellow co-chair Hart, as we discovered when we were finally able to view a video of the meeting. Unfortunately, the official transcript was all we had available when we quoted the statement in the October 22nd issue of TNA.

Historically, the CFR has cast a shroud of secrecy over remarks made at its meetings, and has expected attendees to adhere to what it calls a "Non-Attribution" rule., It is indeed ironic that, when it does make a meeting public, the CFR could introduce such a gross mistake into the public record.