Philip D. Zelikow

thumb|Zelikow in 2010 Philip D. Zelikow (born September 21, 1954) is the Counselor of the United States Department of State. He was also director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia until February 2005. He is perhaps best known as the executive director of the 9/11 Commission. Sourced One reason you tend to doubt conspiracy theories when you've worked in government is because you know government is not nearly competent enough to carry off elaborate theories. It's a banal explanation, but imagine how efficient it would need to be. Quoted in Conspiracy Theories Flourish on the Internet Morello Carol The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13059-2004Oct6.html 2004-10-07 B1 External links Category:Bureaucrats Category:People from New York City Category:Living people Category:1954 births