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Ben-Veniste was a presidential appointee (2000) to the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group, which ultimately declassified some 8 million documents relating to [[war crime]]s in the [[World War II]] and post-war era.
 
Ben-Veniste was a presidential appointee (2000) to the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group, which ultimately declassified some 8 million documents relating to [[war crime]]s in the [[World War II]] and post-war era.
  
Ben-Veniste was a member (2002) of the [[9-11/Commission]].
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Ben-Veniste was a member (2002) of the [[9-11/Commission]]. He was asked why, if [[Mohammad Atta] belonged to the fundamentalist Muslim group, he snorted [[cocaine]] and frequented strip bars?
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Ben-Veniste's reply, as he smiled a little, was to makc no comment, simply acknowledging "You know, that's a heck of a question."<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20040409154402/http://longislandpress.com/v02/i08040226/news_02.asp</ref>
 
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Person.png Richard Ben-Veniste  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer)
Member of9-11/Commission
A lawyer who has taken various legal roles for the US deep state, notably including securing the Watergate coup.

Watergate coup

Full article: Watergate coup

As chief of the Watergate Task Force of the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office, (1973–1975), Ben-Veniste "played a crucial role in the successful fight to secure the secret Richard Nixon White House tapes."[1]

1980s

Ben-Veniste represented both Barry Seal and Bill Clinton in the early 1980s.[1]

2000s

Ben-Veniste was a presidential appointee (2000) to the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group, which ultimately declassified some 8 million documents relating to war crimes in the World War II and post-war era.

=9-11/Commission

Ben-Veniste was a member (2002) of the 9-11/Commission. He was asked why, if [[Mohammad Atta] belonged to the fundamentalist Muslim group, he snorted cocaine and frequented strip bars? Ben-Veniste's reply, as he smiled a little, was to makc no comment, simply acknowledging "You know, that's a heck of a question."[2]

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