I'm not impressed by Ben-Veniste. He's another Bush fixer, just one with a "tough guy" act.
If he intended to uncover the truth, he knows he should be asking better questions of different witnesses. For instance, from Sander Hicks interview of Ben-Veniste:
Sander Hicks: No the question is really about Rudi Dekker and about — he’s a Dutch National. Mohamed Atta was at his flight school doing cocaine with his girl friend. If Mohamed Atta is technically a fundamentalist Muslim, what is he doing cocaine and going to strip bars with Rudi Dekkers’ girlfriend?
Ben-Veniste: You know, that’s a heck of a question.
http://sanderhicks.com/benveniste.htmlAnd note how skittish Ben-Veniste gets when Hicks asks about his defence of Bush drug runner Barry Seal:
SH: There was a gentleman you may know of, named Daniel Hopsicker? He’s a former producer of NBC and he wrote a book called, "Barry and the Boys." You are mentioned in it. It’s about a former client of yours who is now deceased, Mr. Barry Seal. Are you familiar with this book?
RB: No, I haven’t read the book but I did represent Barry Seal, who was convicted. He thereafter, on his own, became a government informant. He worked against the Sandinistas and that certainly is not the subject of this....
SH: That’s not the subject of ....
RB: We have quite a bit to do here in our Commission without going into all my private practice. I certainly wouldn’t want this to be an infomercial for Richard Ben-Veniste as a private attorney.
SH: Not at all. But the question was, Daniel Hopsicker is
RB: So, if you wouldn’t mind staying on our subject...
SH: Not at all.
RB: I’d appreciate it.