According to the New York Daily News, the federal 9/11 commission plans to ask for meetings with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and former president Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. The requests to appear will not be legally binding. A spokesperson from the commission also said the panel may seek to extend its investigation by several months beyond the May deadline. This will likely cause debate in Washington as to whether the commission’s findings should be released before or after the November presidential elections. Based on preliminary comments from the commissioners, the panel’s findings could be embarrassing to President Bush. The head of the commission Thomas Kean recently said about the Sept. 11 attacks, “As you read the report, you’re going to have a pretty clear idea what wasn’t done and what should have been done. This was not something that had to happen.””