When an Apology Doubles Down on a Lie: Christie Whitman and 9/11
September 11, 2026 When an Apology Doubles Down on a Lie: Christie Whitman and 9/11 Bill Wolfe Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email Christie Whitman testifies before the House Judiciary Committee – June 25, 2007. Photo by Bill Wolfe. Lying under the guise of issuing a non-apology apology after thousands of people died because of your lies is just about as low as you can go. I have been writing for 25 years about how then US EPA Administrator Christie Whitman lied about the air in southern Manhattan after the 9/11 attack. I’ve followed the story closely and have been consistently disgusted by the media’s inability or unwillingness to hold Whitman accountable. And – as expected – it happened again today. The NY Times story today on NY City Mayor Mamdani’s release of city records of the 9/11 disaster lets former NJ Gov. and Bush EPA Administrator Christie Whitman off the hook, based upon a so called “apology”: After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality In a...
