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Blowback, 9/11, and Cover-Ups, 1St Ed BBlloowwbbaacckk,, 99//1111,, AAnndd CCoovveerr--UUppss Rodney Stich Author and former Federal Agent His Other Books Unfriendly Skies Drugging America Defrauding America Iraq, Lies, Cover-ups, and Consequences Print and E-book Titles by Rodney Stich, with ISBN for print books: Blowback, 9/11, and Cover-ups, 1st ed. ISBN 978-0-932438-15-7 Defrauding America, 4th ed. Vol. One, 4th ed ISBN 978-0-932438-18-8 Defrauding America, 4th ed. Vol. Two, 4th ed ISBN 978-0-932438-19-5 Drugging America, 2nd ed. ISBN 978-0-932438-11-9 Iraq, Lies, Cover-ups, and Consequences, ISBN 978-0-932438-22-5 Lawyers and Judges—American Trojan Horses, ISBN 978-0-932438-16-4 Subverting America: External & “Internal Terrorists,” Vol. One ISBN 978-0-932438-20-1 Subverting America: External & “Internal Terrorists,” Vol. Two ISBN 978-0-932438-21-8 Terrorism Against America, 1st ed. ISBN 978-0-932438-14-0 Unfriendly Skies: 20th & 21st Centuries, 4th Edition, ISBN 978-0-932438-31-7 Blowback, 9/11 And Cover-Ups Blowback, 9/11, And Cover-Ups Rodney Stich Copyright 2005 by Rodney Stich and Silverpeak Enterprises Silverpeak Enterprises, a Nevada Corporation, PO Box 5, Alamo, CA 94507 and PO Box 10587, Reno, NV 89510. All rights reserved. Short segments of this book may be reproduced by a newspaper, magazine, reviewer, or on the Internet, making reference to the book and the author. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: pending Stich, Rodney—Author Blowback, 9/11, and Cover-Ups ISBN: 978-0-9432438-15-7 This edition: October 1, 2005. Blowback, 9/11, and Cover-ups Contents Chapters Titles Pages 1. Early History of Fraud-Related Airline Disasters 1 2. Second phase: Years of Judicial Complicity 17 3. DOJ Complicity in 1993 WTC Bombing 59 4. Blowback Consequences on 9/11 111 5. Post 9/11 Cover-ups 181 6. Second Phase of Complicity by Federal Judges 287 7. Two Other Terrorist Attacks? 299 8. Media Complicity 323 9. Gloomy Outlook 329 Index 335 INTRODUCTION his book, Blowback, 9/11, and Cover-ups, presents detailed and often documented information on areas of corruption in the three Tbranches of government that made the tragedies of 9/11 possible. Much of the information in this book is based upon what the author, Rodney Stich, discovered during his professional and official duties as a key federal aviation safety inspector and investigator, and what was dis- covered by a number of other government insiders. These include former agents of the FAA, FBI, INS, Customs, CIA, DEA, and others. The areas of primary blame that enabled terrorists to hijack four air- liners on 9/11 have been carefully covered up by members of Congress and the 9/11 Commission. To do otherwise would have revealed arro- gance and corruption in the three branches of government beyond the comprehension of virtually anyone who is not an insider and in the loop. Congress and the 9/11 Commission have focused on the innocent “intelligence failures,” and thereby avoided the areas of arrogance and corruption that were not only the areas of primary blame that resulted in 3,000 deaths, but which caused and enabled many prior airline disasters to occur. But even here, where they focused on intelligence failures within the FBI and CIA, they covered up for the culture and corruption that con- tributed to the “failures.” The areas of primary blame, as revealed in these pages, were various offices in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that repeatedly blocked the federal government from carrying out its aviation safety re- sponsibilities. The area of secondary blame—the so-called failure to act on known intelligence—involved people in the FBI and CIA. But these failures were associated with a culture of corruption that prevented these offices to function as required by law. But there were other areas of blame that involved corrupt and even criminal activities. These include the following: • Federal judges who repeatedly blocked the author and other former government insiders from reporting the criminal activities that they discovered as part of their professional and legal duties, further com- pounding their obstruction of justice with retaliatory actions. • Lawyers and law firms, including at least one CIA-front, that en- gaged in a bizarre scheme to halt the attempts by former federal agent Rodney Stich to report and expose the corruption. • Members of Congress whose decades of cover-ups made many tra- gedies possible. • People in the broadcast and print media who repeatedly engaged in cover-ups. The examples given in these pages are only a few of the many other ex- amples that the author has detailed in his other books, the most important of which are multiple editions of Unfriendly Skies,1 Defrauding America, and Drugging America. If the contents of this book—and the others—are understood, it will be apparent that there are very serious problems within the federal gov- ernment and in certain segments of society that are undermining the United States. 1 The title of the author’s multiple editions of Unfriendly Skies has been duplicated by other publishers. Be sure to get the one by Rodney Stich. ABOUT THE AUTHOR odney Stich has a long history of insider activities that provided him the training and the opportunity to discover vast areas of Rmisconduct in government offices. These experiences have put him into close contact with dozens of other former and present govern- ment agents and other insiders who also discovered corruption in gov- ernment. Their several hundred years of combined experience and exposure to corrupt activities in government is revealed in the books that Rodney Stich has written. The purpose of these books is to inform those people who want to be informed, and reveal to them the misconduct that contin- ues to inflict great harm upon national security and the lives of countless numbers of people. Also, to motivate enough people to show long- overdue outrage and courage, and help bring an end to the arrogance and corruption that has become endemic in government and society. Aviation Background Started Before the Pearl Harbor Attack The author’s background in aviation started while he was in the U.S. Navy, prior to the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. He joined the Navy at the age of 17 and eventually became a Naval aviator, receiv- ing his Navy wings first as a Naval Aviation Pilot (enlisted pilot) and then as a Naval aviator (commissioned officer). He became an instructor in advanced PBY training at Jacksonville, Florida, and then designation as a Patrol Plane Commander in the Navy PB4Y-1 (Liberator) and PB4Y-2 (Privateer). Stich was the youngest Navy Patrol Plane Commander during World War II. Worldwide Commercial Airline Experience After World War II, Stich flew for the airlines in domestic and inter- national operations, and was checked out as captain on virtually every type of plane flown by U.S. airlines. These include the double-deck Boe- ing Stratocruiser, Lockheed Super Constellation, DC-4, DC-3, Martin 202, Convair 340, Curtis C-46, Lockheed Electra, DC-8, and Convair 880. He was one of the first pilots licensed by Japan, holding Japanese pi- lot license number 170. He was also one of the first captains for Japan Airlines, during which time his copilots were former Japanese military pilots from World War II. The Saturday Evening Post had written a series of three articles in 1950 about the pilots at his primary airline, Transocean Airlines, entitled “The Daring Young Men Of Transocean Airlines.” Author Ernie Gann was a pilot for the same airline. In those days, flying overseas, especially in the Middle East, were pioneering experiences, encountering situations that no airline pilot today encounters. In one instance, in 1953, Stich found himself at the center of a revolution in Iran, which he later learned was engineered by the CIA. He flew Muslim pilgrims to Mecca and Medina during the Muslim holy period called the Hajj. He flew pilgrims to Medina, where he landed in the desert outside of the holy city. During these two periods in 1953 and 1953, he resided in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Beirut, Tehran, and Abadan. He visited Palestine refugee camps, and associated with the residents who were, in those days, friendly to the Americans. He had his share of inflight emergencies, including engine failures, engine fires, sudden closing of virtually all airports at his destination, se- rious icing problems on the North Atlantic, sudden shortage of fuel when the head winds over long over-water flights became more adverse than forecast. Aviation Safety Agent for Federal Government Eventually he left airline flying and became a federal aviation safety agent for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He conducted flight checks of airline pilots, evaluated their competency, issued gov- ernment ratings, evaluated safety matters and prepared reports on safety problems and recommended corrective actions. Assignment To Halt Worst Series of Air Disasters in U.S. History Eventually, the federal government gave him the assignment to cor- rect the conditions causing the worst series of airline crashes in the na- tion’s history. It was here that he discovered the deadly politics of air safety and corruption in government offices. To circumvent the blocks preventing the federal government from carrying out its aviation safety responsibilities, Stich exercised legal remedies in ways that had never be- fore been done. He acted as an independent counsel, conducting hearings to obtain testimony and additional evidence that showed the deep-seated corruption in the government’s aviation safety offices that enabled many preventable aviation tragedies to occur. The events of September 11, 2001, were simply an extension of the preventable airline disasters that had preceded them for the prior four decades.
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