Obstructed Investigations:
For 14 months the Bush administration was able to hinder and obstruct any public investigation of the attack. According to Senator Tom Daschle, both the President and the Vice President lobby him for no 9/11 investigation. Dick Cheney even threatens Congressional Democrats with “interfering with the war on terror” if they press for a 9/11 investigation.When the Commission was formed, the families were none too pleased that its executive Director, Philip Zelikow, had "deep, lasting ties to several members of both the Bush I and Bush II administrations," co-authored a book with Condoleeza Rice, was a part of the Bush II transition team, participated in White House briefings on al-Qaeda in 2000 and 2001, and sat on Bush's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
According to an unnamed source on the Commission Zelikow was "calling the shots" and "skewing the investigation and running it his own way."
Commissioner Max Cleland didn't resign specifically due to objections over Zelikow, although from looking at press reports, he wasn't happy about it. When asked about Zelikow by Amy Goodman, Cleland stated it was "not the staff director’s fault, it is the White House’s fault, it’s president Bush’s fault." So in his view Zelicow was doing the bidding of administration officials, but that doesn't absolve his actions.
In an 2003 PBS interview Cleland levied serious criticism at the Commission, the transcript reads:
Senator Max Cleland, who resigned from the 9/11 Commission after calling it a “national scandal”, stated in a 2003 PBS interview,911truth.org summed it up like so:
“I’m saying that’s deliberate. I am saying that the delay in relating this information to the American public out of a hearing… series of hearings, that several members of Congress knew eight or ten months ago, including Bob Graham and others, that was deliberately slow walked… the 9/11 Commission was deliberately slow walked, because the Administration’s policy was, and its priority was, we’re gonna take Saddam Hussein out.”Cleland, speaking with Democracy Now, said,
“One of these days we will have to get the full story because the 9-11 issue is so important to America. But this White House wants to cover it up”.The article reported that:
Meanwhile, a pair of public interest groups, The 9-11 Family Steering Committee and 9-11 Citizens Watch, have called for the resignation of the director of the independent 9-11 commission, Philip Zelikow.
The calls for resignation come after former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke revealed that Zelikow participated in Bush administration briefings on al Qaeda prior to Sept. 11.
To talk about the commission, we are joined by one of its former members, former Georgia senator Max Cleland. After his appointment to the commission in 2002, Cleland became the chief critic of the White House stonewalling over releasing documents and lack of cooperation.
In October last year, Cleland said the Bush administration was purposely stalling the investigation because of the 2004 election. Cleland said, "As each day goes by, we learn that this government knew a whole lot more about these terrorists before Sept. 11 than it has ever admitted."
In November, after the White House set conditions for the examination of documents Cleland said, "If this decision stands, I, as a member of the commission, cannot look any American in the eye, especially family members of victims, and say the commission had full access. This investigation is now compromised."
The first two years after September 11th saw the rise of the Families’ Movement, which kept the issue of the “unanswered questions” alive, and which forced the creation of the official 9/11 Commission. The Bush administration acted to delay, stonewall and starve all official investigations – with the complicity of the mainstream media, who ignored the festering questions or at best ridiculed those who asked them.Media participation in the cover-up was exposed in a 2007 piece at JonesReport.com. The article summed up the instructions given by Fox Headquarters to reporters on how to cover the 9/11 Commission. Basically, conduct cover-up coverage. The article reads in part:
Many signs confirmed that there was indeed a 9/11 Cover-up: outrageous conflicts of interest within official investigating bodies, such as the appointment of Henry Kissinger and then Philip Zelikow to the 9/11 Commission; destruction of evidence; the silencing of whistleblowers; and the promotion of the very officials who were responsible for the supposed failures of September 11th. For many, the 9/11 cover-up itself became the smoking gun pointing to wrongdoing: the untenable excuses of massive serial incompetence; the endless coincidences; the insulting fairy tale that “no one could have imagined planes as weapons”; the omission and suppression of any evidence contradicting the official story.
It is clear (especially within the context of the other memos presented in the video) that Fox headquarters was essentially instructing its reporters to stay away from reporting anything controversial about 9/11. The memo constitutes evidence that Fox reporters were ordered not to mention that:(1) It was obvious that the administration knew more than enough to stop the 9/11 attacks (that is -- in the words of the Watergate prosecutors -- Bush and Cheney knew a lot, and they knew it before the attacks started)(2) The Commission wanted to interview Bush and Cheney, but they would only testify if they could be interviewed jointly, and if they were not under oath
And as if all that wasn't enough, comparisons of 9/11 to other major catastrophes makes it perfectly clear that foot dragging and underfunding was at hand, despite claims to the contrary.(3) The investigation of 9/11 was important, because the government's story made no senseWhile you might think that Fox News is an especially-biased news source, this is really just business as usual in terms of media coverage of 9/11.
911myths.com nitpicks this info, pointing out why there are such gigantic gaps in funding in some cases, simply based on the differing logistics involved investigating different types of catatrophes. Be that as it may, again, we are talking about the whereabouts of Clinton's penis vs. the death of almost 3,000 innocent Americans and nearly 9,000 American troops. Not to mention some other group of folks that we Americans never seem to keep up with in the 9/11 death statistics. The organization FAIR reports:9-11 Commission Comparisons ... 411 days later ...
9 Days until an investigation was ordered into the Pearl Harbour attack:
7 Days until an investigation was ordered into the Kennedy assassination:
7 Days until an investigation was ordered into the Challenger disaster:
6 Number of days until an investigation was ordered into the sinking of the Titanic:
Number of days until an investigation was ordered into the 9/11 attacks: 411
Amount of money allocated for the 1986 Challenger disaster investigation: $75 million
Amount of money allocated for the 2004 Columbia disaster investigation: $50 million
Amount of money allocated for Clinton-Lewinsky investigation: $40 million
Amount of money allocated for the 9/11 Commission: $14 million
Amount of money authorized by General Mahmoud Ahmad, head of Pakistan�s intelligence agency (ISI), to be sent to suicide hijacker Mohamed Atta prior to 9/11: $100,000 USD
Number of references in the Final Report to foreign governments providing funding for al-Qaeda operatives: 0 references
This is not presented as a conspiratorial fog, these are simple facts pertaining to activity by authorities and known details in the Commission report.
Try and stay on topic, none of the above hints at explosives in the towers, or any such hyperbole. It just seems strange to compare Clintons cock receiving $40 million and this a mere $14 million.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=49d_1190054204#Cksez5z5kGyDAJhB.99
But the major U.S. press rarely considers a most basic measure of that impact: how many Iraqis have been killed. When they do mention the toll, they consistently ignore or malign two major statistical studies, the first conducted by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and published in the prestigious British medical journal the Lancet (10/11/06), and the other released by the British polling firm Opinion Research Business (9/07). Both indicate that over a million Iraqis have now been killed. Yet an Associated Press poll in February (2/24/07) that asked Americans how many Iraqis have died received a median response of less than 10,000.
9/11 Icon Bill Doyle Openly Condemns US Government Complicity and Cover-up
Alex Jones: With your 7,000 members, I'm sure you've talked to most if not all of them. Run the gamut, what percentage, a guesstimation, would you say believe 9/11 is an inside job, to some extent?
Bill Doyle: Maybe half, maybe. It's probably 50-50.
Source:
http://www.911truth.org/bill-doyle-condemns-us-government-complicity-cover-up/
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Families, First Responders, Survivors Speak Out
We, the undersigned Families, First Responders and Survivors of September 11 raise our voice with those from across our country and around the world in support of NYC CAN and the establishment of an independent, impartial subpoena powered investigation into the events surrounding the September 11 attacks on our nation.
We believe a new investigation is our only path forward to the
answers and accountability every American deserves and our only path
back to the moral high ground upon which our great nation was built.
We unite with NYC CAN and the citizens of the City of New York in
support of an unbiased nonpolitical rendering of evidence and fact
wherever they may lead and ask every American and every concerned
citizen of the world, in defense of our nation and in defense of
freedom, to join with us today!
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Donna Marsh O’Connor — Mother of Vanessa Lang Langer
Bob McIlvaine — Father of Bobby McIlvaine
Helen McIlvaine — Mother of Bobby McIlvaine
Jean Canavan — Sister in Law of Sean Canavan
Manny Badillo — Nephew of Thomas Joseph Sgroi
Chris Burke — Brother of Tom Burke
Michele Little — Sister of David M. Weiss
Lorie Van Auken — Wife of Kenneth Van Auken
Monica Gabrielle — Wife of Richard S. Gabrielle
Patricia Casazza — Wife of John Casazza
Mindy Kleinberg — Wife of Alan Kleinberg
Robin Della Rocca — Aunt of Vanessa Lang Langer
Michelle Madden — Mother of Richard B. Madden
Barry Zelman — Brother of Kenneth Zelman
Margaret Canavan — Mother of Sean Canavan
Ciaran Canavan — Brother of Sean Canavan
Celine Traynor — Sister of Sean Canavan
Kathleen McKeon — Sister of Sean Canavan
Teresa McCaffery — Sister of Sean Canavan
Mimi Kelly Donegan — Sister of Bill Kelly Jr.
Gayle Baker — Sister of William A. Karnes
Cynthia Droz — Wife of Charles A. Droz
Cherie Faircloth — Sister in Law of John Resta
Lorraine Moskal — Wife of William D. Moskal
Paul E. Geidel — Father of Gary Geidel, FDNY
Teresa Badillo — Sister of Thomas J. Sgroi
John Sgroi — Brother of Thomas J. Sgroi
Eileen Sgroi — Sister-in-law of Thomas J. Sgroi
Anthony Badillo — Nephew of Thomas J. Sgroi
Lauren Badillo — Niece of Thomas J. Sgroi
Ann F. Rago — Aunt of Thomas J. Sgroi
Susan McCormick — Sister of Lt. Paul T. Mitchell
Thomas Resta — Brother of John Resta,
Sylvia San Pio Resta, and their unborn baby
Robert Carlo FDNY — Brother of Michael Carlo, FDNY
Ivy Moreno — Mother of Yvette Nicole Moreno
JoAnn Meehan — Mother of Collen Ann Barkow
Maureen Santora — Mother of Christopher A. Santora
Al Santora — Father of Christopher A. Santora
Maureen Godshalk — Mother of Bill Godshalk
Adele Welty — Timothy Matthew Welty, FDNY
Gila Barzvi — Mother of Guy Barzvi
Robert T. O’Connor — Stepfather of Vanessa Lang Langer
Robert Andreacchio — John Andreacchio
Dolores LaVerde — Mother of Jeannine LaVerde
Madeleine Zuccala — Wife of Joseph J. Zuccala
Madeline Bergin — Wife of John P. Bergin, FDNY
Nancy Yambem — Wife of Jupiter Yambem
Patricia J. Perry — Mother of John W. Perry
James L. Perry — Father of John W. Perry
Joel R. Perry — Brother of John W. Perry
Janice Perry Montoya — Sister of John W. Perry
Maureen Hunt — Sister of Kathleen Hunt Casey
Patricia Reilly — Sister of Lorraine Mary Riley
Jo Anne Bruehert — Wife of Richard G. Bruehert
Cathy D'Alessandro — Sister of Rocco Nino Gargano
Richard Pecorella — Fiancee of Karen S. Juday
Renee Stahlman, — Mother of Eric Stahlman
Sam Stahlman — Father of Eric Stahlman
Gary Meo — Best Friend of Eric Stahlman
Judith Hobson — Mother of Robert Wayne Hobson, III
Michelle Spinelli — Frank Spinelli
Christopher Spinelli — Frank Spinelli
Manuela Nita-Vasquez — Wife of Cono Gallo
Janine Winter — Cousin of Kathryn LaBorie
Alissa Torres — Wife of Luis Eduardo Torres
Robert Mercado — Brother in Law of Marc David Sullins
John M. Ulhich — Cousin of Bradley Van Hoorn
Madeline Smith — Mother of Jeffrey R. Smith
Audrey Magnuson — Wife of Ronald Magnuson
Christine O'Neill — Wife of John P. O'Neill, FBI
Sally Asaro — Sister of Carl F. Asaro, FDNY
Buzz Smith — Father of Jeffrey R. Smith
Myrta Gschaar — Wife of Robert Gschaar
Joanna Jakubiak — Daughter of Maria Jakubiak
Carol Eckna — Mother of Paul Robert Eckna
Stanley Eckna — Father of Paul Robert Eckna
Richard Eckna — Brother of Paul Robert Eckna
Maria R. Fisher — Sister of Andrew Fisher
Margaret Mauro — Sister of Dorothy Mauro
Eileen Woods — Sister of James Woods
Joyce Woods — Mother of James Woods
Robert Nelson — Nephew of Richard Fitzsimons
William A. Brinnier — Best Friend of Frank DeMartini
Catherine Statz — Sister of Patricia J. Statz
Ira Lassman — Father of Nicholas C. Lassman
Bill Kelly — Father of Billy Kelly
JoAnne Kelly — Mother of Billy Kelly
Kathleen Hamilton — Sister of Billy Kelly
Colleen Kelly — Sister of Billy Kelly
Meigan Keane — Sister of Billy Kelly
Robert Madden — Brother of Richard B. Madden
Susan Newton-Carter — Wife of Christopher Newton-Carter
Laura Paterson — Steven B. Paterson
Patric Tengelin — Brother of David Tengelin
Geraldine Lewis — Mother of Adam Lewis
Patricia Bingley — Mother of Kevin Dennis
John Echavarria — Cousin of Matthew Pedicini
Michael McNulty — Uncle of Sean Peter McNulty
JoAnn Statz — Mother of Patricia Statz
Cathie Ong — Sister of Betty Ann Ong
Valerie Lucznikowska — Aunt of Adam Arias
Bryan Jackson - Cousin of Commander William Donovan Jr.
Jane Pollicino - Wife of Steve Pollicino
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• Who: President Barak Obama
• Sponsored by: 9/11 family members, Michele Little, Jane Pollicino, Bob McIlvaine, Josef PrinciottaMatt Campbell, UK 911 Family Member, refuses to pay the TV licence and appears at Hasting Magistrates Court, March 23rd 2015.
Expert witnesses, Adrian Mallet, Peter Drew and Chris Coverdale are interviwed along with solicitor Mahtab Aziz and Ken O’Keefe.
http://nz911truth.org/news/matt-campbell-vs-the-bbc/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbqinvksUAA
Expert witnesses, Adrian Mallet, Peter Drew and Chris Coverdale are interviwed along with solicitor Mahtab Aziz and Ken O’Keefe.
http://nz911truth.org/news/matt-campbell-vs-the-bbc/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbqinvksUAA
9/11 Family Member Patty Casazza: Government Knew Exact Date and Exact Target
Dan Wallace of NY911Truth, Fallen Firefighter's Son, Found Dead
Manny Badillo, Leslie Young, Tony Szamboti and Bob McIlvaine joined other family members and technical professionals in the latest ad from the Remember Building 7 Campaign
Geraldo Rivera, Bob McIlvaine, and Tony Szamboti make November a month to remember. Geraldo publicly questions the destruction of WTC 7, citing the credibility of "those 1,300 architects and engineers".
"The Jersey Girls" support AE911Truth efforts
911 Families in the UK doubt official account.
Matt Cambell lost his bother in the 9/11 attacks and been speaking out publicly for three years in a so far futile attempt to get the UK and US authorities to release the evidence to support the official theory of how the attacks took place.http://911truthactivism.blogspot.com/2015/06/update-news-on-911-campaign.html
Matt informs us that he is now making progress in persuading other relatives to swallow their disgust at the possibility that the 9/11 attacks may have been some sort of an inside job and start asking questions too.
https://911debunkers.blogspot.com/2017/12/sixteen-years-after-losing-his-mother.html
The conspiracies that won’t go away: Brother of 9/11 victim claim the US orchestrated the atrocity as new study shows it was impossible that the third tower collapsed from fire:
http://911truthactivism.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-conspiracies-that-wont-go-away.html
I just got back from Sarah Van Auken's play entitled, "THIS IS NOT ABOUT 9/11." It was a wonderful experience. She shared some of the most intimate aspects of her life as the child of a 9/11 victim. She reminded us about how important it is to never forget what happened that day, how hard it's been to channel the anger that she feels from the loss of her father, but also how important it was for her to do so. She reminded us about being blind to obvious problems that have come up in this country as a result of the attacks, and to question what we were told about that day. The end made me cry. Something I thought Sarah was going to do throughout the entire play, but did not. She is truly a professional, and so are Bob Stineman and Ellie Ruttenbergand. If you have the chance to see this play, you won't regret it. - Jon Gold, via Facebook
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