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September 11 Commission Report Revised December THE SEPTEMBER 11 COMMISSION REPORT Revised December 2008 Final Report of the Investigation Into: the Murders of Nicholas Berg, Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley; the Individuals Responsible for the Attack on the World Trade Center; National Security Issues as the Root Cause for the Attack on the World Trade Center. UNPUBLISHED EDITION (Fifth Edition, December 2008) Not for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet:.com ISBN: THE SEPTEMBER 11 COMMISSION REPORT Page 1 FAIR USE NOTICE : This report contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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LIABILITY : The writer(s) disclaims all liability for any loss, damage, injury or expense however caused, arising from the use of or reliance upon, in any manner, the information provided through this report and does not warrant the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information provided. In all likelihood, a few of the hypotheses generated from this information will be shown to be false – when the investigative records are made public, and for that, the writer apologizes in advance. INTENT : The writer warrants that the information presented in this report is an accurate reflection of information presented on public news sites on the internet. Information on these sites is sometimes presented by individuals or organizations which may be viewed as pursuing objectives which are hateful and malicious. If information on such sites appears to have merit, and that information is consistent with other facts in the investigation, the factual information from that site is included as best possible, without any reflection on the merit of that site’s objectives. The intent of this report is to 1) provide a hypothetical explanation for the events of September 11, 2001 that incorporates currently public information not included in the official government report, and 2) focus public attention on circumstances that strongly suggest there has been wrong doing by public officials and organizations involved in misuse of government resources, 3) explain why officials may have been motivated to mislead the American public, and 4) provide a foundation of research and hypothesis for future research. Information presented in this report documents that the federal institutions responsible for investigating these events are currently involved in efforts to suppress the facts under the guise of National Security. Hence, this information is being made public in the hope that unknown officials with appropriate level of authority can re-institute the appropriate investigation, or that private investigative resources can further substantiate (or disprove) these claims. Copyright © 2008 THE SEPTEMBER 11 COMMISSION REPORT Page 2 CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables 6 Summary of Findings 8 Preface 25 Methodology 26 1. UNMASKING THE FACES BEHIND THE 29 TERRORIST THREAT 2. THE SMOKING GUN – NICK BERG 32 2.1 Nick Berg was not killed by Muslim Terrorists 32 2.2 Nick Berg was executed by the elements of the Mossad 34 2.3 Why the Mossad killed Nick Berg -Motive – Cover-up for 39 the World Trade Center Attack 2.4 Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden 45 3. EUGENE ARMSTRONG AND JACK HENSLEY 49 3.1 Working for Gulf Services 50 3.2 Eugene Armstrong 51 3.3 Jack Hensley 51 3.4 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 53 4. CENTRAL ASIAN OIL: MOTIVE FOR 9/11? 56 4.1 Caspian Oil 68 4.2 Azerbaijan 71 4.3 Richard Secord, UBS and the Azerbaijan Connection 74 4.4 Afghanistan 79 THE SEPTEMBER 11 COMMISSION REPORT Page 3 4.5 Afghanistan and the Intelligence Block 89 4.6 Afghan Heroin 90 4.7 Kazakhstangate 94 4.8 Nazarbayev, The Russian/Israeli Mafiya and Angola 100 5. RUSSIAN AND ISRAELI MAFIYA 107 5.1 Project for the New American Century 107 5.2 Follow the Money 110 5.3 The Threat to German Banking 116 5.4 The Link Between the Mossad and German Banking 119 5.5 Unplanned Consequences: The Invasion of Iraq 125 6. DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD TRADE 129 CENTER 6.1 The Link between the WTC, Illegal Gold and Money-139 Laundering 6.2 The Destruction of Buildings Seven and Six 143 7. GOLD TRADING AND MONEY LAUNDERING 151 INVESTIGATIONS CANCELLED BY DESTRUCTION OF THE WTC 7.1 Tonnes of Illegal Gold 153 7.2 Gold Laundering 161 7.3 Burying the Truth 176 8. GOLD BACKED BONDS, CANTOR 179 FITZGERALD AND THE OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE THE SEPTEMBER 11 COMMISSION REPORT Page 4 8.1 Federal Reserve and the Elimination of Regulatory Control 192 8.2 The Naval Intelligence Threat 199 8.3 Collapse of the Soviet Economy and the Brady Bonds 206 8.4 8.4 Riggs Bank as an Agent for the Collapse of the Soviet206 Union 8.5 8.5 Ambassador Lee Wanta and the Riggs-Valmet 226 Connection 8.6 The Yeltsin Family and the Investigations i n the World Trade232 Center 8.7 Armageddon 240 9. BANK CARTEL OR OIL CARTEL? A 243 QUESTION OF GREATER MOTIVE 9.1 The Swiss-German Banking Connection 244 10. REUNION: IRAN-CONTRA AND THE 252 OCTOBER SURPRISE 10.1 The Iran-Contra Syndicate 258 11. WHITEHOUSE ASSASSINS 261 11.1 Threat 1: Texas Whitehouse – August 2001 261 11.2 Threat 2 and 3: Attempts at the Colony Resort –September 10261 and 11 11.3 Threat 4: In the Air – September 11 263 11.4 Lessons from History 265 11.5 Attempted Assassination of Reagan 269 12. POTENTIAL “PERSONS OF INTEREST” 280 THE SEPTEMBER 11 COMMISSION REPORT Page 5 12.1 Murder of Nick Berg 280 12.2 Deutsche Bank Executives 283 12.3 Israeli “Fixers”-Arms Merchants 287 12.4 “Fixers” in Florida 292 12.5 Huffman Flight School “Fixers” in Florida 293 12.6 Mohammed Atta 298 12.7 Atta’s Connections to Pakistani and Syrian Intelligence 305 12.8 Iran-Contra Re-Union 311 13. COVER-UP: CREDIBILITY OF THE AMERICAN 315 PRESS AND GOVERNMENT 13.1 Control of the Media 316 13.2 Systemic Fear 317 13.3 Media Control – the Facts 329 14. POLICY AND PHILOSOPHY: DEMOCRACY 341 AND PATRIOTISM AS COVER-UPS FOR TERROR AND GREED 15. EPILOGUE 350 Appendix A: CIA – Banking Connections 355 Appendix B: Stratesec 357 Appendix C: World’s Greatest Treasure Hunt 361 Appendix D: The Federal Reserve and the Three 370 Card Monte List of Tables and Illustrations Figure 1: Chart of Conspirators 23 Figure 2: Map of Central Asia 56 THE SEPTEMBER 11 COMMISSION REPORT Page 6 Figure 3: US Bases and the Afghan Pipelines 58 Figure 4: US Bases and the Iraqi Pipeline 59 Figure 5: Central Asian Pipelines 69 Table 1: Unclaimed Stock Options 111 Table 2: World Trade Center Deaths By Building 134 Table 3: Towers One and Two: Deaths By Company/Floor 136 Table 4: Other Buildings: Deaths By Company and Floor 134 Table 5: USA Today List of Deaths by Floor 138 Table 6: Investigative & Evidentiary Agencies in the World 144 Trade Center – Building 7 Table 7: Gold Weight/Value Conversion Chart for Purpose of 163 Discussion Table 8: Overview of Gold Price History 163 Figure 6: World Production of Gold (Tonnes) 164 Table 9: Who Owns the Media 340 Examples of CIA – Banking Linkage 355 THE SEPTEMBER 11 COMMISSION REPORT Page 7 Summary of Findings The September 11 Commission Report: Final Report of the Investigation into the Murders of Nicholas Berg, Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley This report uses publicly available information to substantiate a hypothetical explanation of the causes and key conspirators in the attack on the World Trade Center. The findings of this investigation are not meant to be construed as proof or a statement of guilt, but rather are meant to serve as ‘probable cause’ for further investigation. These findings are substantiated, documented and amplified by the report that follows. To that end, this report finds that: I. Murder of Nicholas Berg A. The organization that murdered Nicholas Berg, Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley, reported to be terrorists including Abu Musab Zarqawi, was most likely an Israeli intelligence operation - and in all likelihood part of a larger organization responsible for the attack on the World Trade Center; 1. Nick Berg was probably murdered by a group including Steven Stephanowicz, an employee of Titan Corp., a subcontractor to CACI –which has demonstrable links to Israeli Intelligence, Richard Armitage and the CIA. CACI was responsible for interrogation at Abu Ghraib when Nick berg was killed. 2. Stephanowicz was found (by U.S. military investigators) to be directly and indirectly responsible for most of the atrocities at Abu Ghraib, which demonstrates his ability to orchestrate the executions of Berg, Armstrong and Hensley. His presence at the scene of the crime, and a similarity to the tallest executioner in the photos of the execution makes him a likely candidate for suspicion.
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