Post-gubernatorial Political Activities
In 2002 he was appointed to serve on the 9/11 Commission, where he aggressively questioned Richard Clarke, the former chief counter-terrorism adviser on the United States National Security Council. The report of the commission was released on July 22, 2004.
During the 2008 Presidential primary campaign, Thompson came out in support of former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani for the 2008 Republican nomination. He stressed that Giuliani was the only Republican in the field who could win Illinois.
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