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Ny Times: Deal on 9/11 Briefings Lets White House Edit Papers

ASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — The commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror
attacks said on Thursday that its deal with the White House for access
to highly classified Oval Office intelligence reports would let the White
House edit the documents before they were released to the commission's
representatives.

The agreement, announced on Wednesday, has led to the first public
split on the commission. Two Democrats on the 10-member panel say that the
commission should have demanded full access to the intelligence
summaries, known as the President's Daily Brief, and that the White House should
not be allowed to determine what is relevant to the investigation. An
umbrella group of victims' families joined the criticism, saying the terms of
the accord should be public.