The fabled 9-11 Commission looked only where they wanted to look, surprise surprise. One of the few reporters who actually report, the living legend Claudia Rosett reports

A 9/11 Commission spokesman confirms that the commission did not request Oil-for-Food documentation from the U.N., and none was offered.

The piece is largely speculative but 9-11 should have at least looked at it.

That same day, February 23, 1998, Osama bin Laden published his "Kill the Americans" fatwa. An intriguing feature of this fatwa was its prominent mention of Iraq, not just once, but four times. Analysts at the CIA and elsewhere have long propounded the theory that secular Saddam and religious Osama would not have wanted to work together. But Saddam's secular style seemed to bother bin Laden not a whit.

Link courtesy of Reynolds, if you haven't read it yet be sure you do.