Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 1

The Report of the Citizens Commission on 9/11 An updated non-partisan analysis of events before, during and after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and how the War on Terror is changing America

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Official Flight Timelines. . 3. 9/11 Commission. . .7 “10” hijackers. . .8 $4.00 9/11, Inc. . .12 Painful Questions. . .15-18 “We are under attack”. . .20-21 Lucky Larry. . .23 Dust. . .24-25 Phase Three. . .28 Resources. . .30 A publication of The Idaho Observer www.idaho-observer.com Sixth printing 2009 2 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 3 What do you think about 9/11? Was 9/11 the work of Osama’s al Qaeda terrorists or were In this way, the images of destruction on 9/11 have been they merely the cover story of a deeper conspiracy? married to bin Laden, Arab terrorists and al Qaeda in the Network news has shown those planes crashing into the minds of many Americans. Twin Towers and the towers’ subsequent collapse thousands Outlined below are three categories of 9/11 belief systems of times. The official explanation for these tragic events is that cover a full-spectrum of post-9/11 thinking in America. that 19 of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda terrorists hijacked They are arranged numerically from the most conventional four commercial airliners and crashed them into the World to the most controversial. Each thought is followed by a Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. sampling of logical extensions to the basic belief system.

1. Beliefs based solely on the This scenario implies the belief that: and their al Qaeda affiliations were accu- official explanation for 9/11: a. all 19 hijackers bypassed airline and rately identified. Unexpectedly and without provocation, airport security undetected and without d. the Bush administration used the attacks America was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, by incident at three different airports. to justify mobilizing for pre-planned wars in 19 Arab terrorists. According to the Bush b. all four commercial airliners turned off Afghanistan, Iraq and a preplanned, global administration, the plan was masterminded their transponders, dramatically deviated “war on terror.” by Islamic fundamentalist Osama bin from their registered flight plans and “dis- e. the 9/11 attacks were allowed to hap- Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network appeared” in U.S. airspace for up to 46 min- pen so the U.S. could accomplish military because “they hate Americans” and “they utes without being located and intercepted control of oil supplies while weapons and hate our freedom.” by U.S. air defenses. reparations contractors could realize war c. one of the hijacked airplanes crashed and reconstruction profits. The Report of the into the World Trade Center (WTC) North Citizens Commission on 9/11 Tower and resultant fires caused that build- 3. Beliefs based on explanations PO Box 457 ing’s collapse 103 minutes later; a second derived from independent research hijacked airplane crashed into the WTC Persons at the highest levels of U.S. Spirit Lake, Idaho 83869 (208) 255-2307 South Tower and resultant fires caused that government planned, ordered and exe- www.idaho-observer.com building’s collapse 56 minutes later; a third cuted the events of 9/11 to secure control hijacked airplane crashed into the Pentagon of dwindling oil reserves, to assure the The Report of the Citizens and; heroic passengers overcame hijackers oil resource remains exclusively mone- Commission on 9/11 is a community service publication of a fourth commercial airliner, forcing it to tized in U.S. dollars, help war industry sponsored by crash in a field near Shanksville, PA. manufacturers/reparations contractors The Idaho Observer newspaper d. Islamic fundamentalists who hate the reap billions of dollars in wartime profits U.S. are planning future attacks on Amer- and keep Americans fearful of another Editor ican soil. In order to disrupt those plans, the attack. Don Harkins U.S. must preemptively strike them first. This scenario implies belief that: e. Congress and the Bush administration a. U.S. government insiders and their busi- Associate Editors have been passing laws making it easier ness associates—not Arab terrorists—con- Ingri Cassel for the government to protect Americans ceived and executed the 9/11 attacks. Jason D. Werde by broadening their authority to identify, b.the war in Afghanistan was waged to Contributors investigate and detain suspected terrorists. establish a military stronghold in the unde- Eric Hufschmid, Dave von Kleist, veloped, oil-rich Caspian Basin. Tom Fowler, Greg Szymanski, 2. Beliefs based partially c. the war in Iraq was commenced to gain David Ray Griffin, on interpretation of official control of Iraqi oil. Sven Holmgaard explanation: d. anti-terror legislation (such as the Patriot The Bush administration could have Act) passed after 9/11 restricts Americans’ The Report of the Citizens Commis- prevented the 9/11 attacks but did not, civil liberties under the guise of protecting sion on 9/11 is the result of thousands of then used the attacks as justification to America from future attacks. hours of independent investigation into the begin waging premeditated war in the e. the president’s 9/11 Commission facts surrounding the attacks of Sept. 11, Middle East. concluded that human error allowed U.S. 2001. This report’s editors and contributors This scenario implies belief that: believe that justice can only be served when national defenses to fail Sept. 11, 2001, all of the facts and evidence are objectively a. airport security was relaxed allowing by intentionally concealing evidence that considered and properly investigated. The terrorists the opportunity to devise ways to would expose high-level complicity in the Report of the Citizens Commission on 9/11 exploit weaknesses. attacks. was published in loving memory of the b. national air defenses were ordered to men, women and children who died that “stand down” to give all four hijacked com- Note: This report has been compiled to fateful day: May those ultimately respon- mercial airliners time to hit their targets. help us all better understand what really sible for their deaths be brought to justice. c. within hours of the attacks, 19 terrorists happend on 9/11. 2 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 3 Flight timelines raise questions not answered by government claims of widespread human error The 9/11 Commission found that standard air defense protocols about why military fighter planes weren’t able to intercept the were not observed on 9/11. Not addressed by the Commission, commercial airliners that eventually crashed into the Twin Towers, however, is how, or why, our national airspace defense systems the Pentagon and into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. experienced seemingly coordinated failures of standard operating Senator Dayton’s accusations are supported by analyses from procedures (SOP) that fateful morning. numerous aviation experts, both civilian and military, who have The first clue of hijacking came at 8:14 a.m.; the second at 8:19. dedicated countless hours studying, second-by-second, 9/11 flight SOP would dictate immediate alert of air defenses, scrambling patterns and the military’s late response to what should have been fighters from McGuire AFB by no later than 8:29 with intercept seen as a national emergency of the highest order. by 8:33—13 minutes before AA-11 struck WTC North Tower. NORAD admits to running attack simulation drills on 9/11. Timelines offered by North American Aerospace Command De- The following are timelines of events involving flights AA-11, fense (NORAD) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UA-175, AA-77 and UA-93 on the morning of 9/11 as established indicate they were not notified of hijackings until it was too late. by the president’s 9/11 Commission. Indicated by large dots are Senator Mark Dayton (D-Minn.), on the Senate floor and before approximate locations of each ill-fated plane when air defense the 9/11 Commission, accused NORAD and the FAA of lying commanders were notified they had been hijacked. American Airlines Flight 11 United Airlines Flight 175 Boston 2 7:59 am: Takeoff, AA-11 1 8:14 am: Last routine communication; likely hijacking (1) 3 • • 8:19 am: Flight attendant reported the aircraft hijacked(2) • 8:21 am: Transponder turned off (3) 8:25 am: Boston Center (BC) aware of hijacking Boston 8:38 am: BC reports hijacking to Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) 1 8:46 am: NEADS scrambles fighters from Otis AFB to search for 2 • New York City AA-11— presumed to be headed for New York City 8:46:40 am: AA-11 strikes World Trade Center (WTC) North Tower1 3 • New York City 8:53 am: Otis AFB fighters airborne • 9:16 am: AA aware that AA-11 struck WTC 9:21 am: Boston Center advises NEADS that AA-11 is headed for Washington, D.C. 8:14 am: Takeoff, UA-175 8:42 am: Last routine communication; likely hijacking (1) American Airlines Flight 77 8:47 am: Transponder code changes (2) 7:59 am: Takeoff, AA-77 Dulles 8:52 am: Flight attendant reported the 8:51 am: Last routine communication; likely hijacking (1) aircraft hijacked (3) 8:54 am: AA-77 turns south 1 8:55 am: New York Center (NYC) sus- 8:56 am: Transponder turned off (2) • Pentagon pects hijacking 9:05 am: AA aware AA-77 has been hijacked (3) 2 9:03:11 am: UA-175 strikes WTC South 9:2 5 am: Nationwide air traffic grounded by order of • 3• Tower2 Herdon Command Center 9:15 am: NYC informs NEADS that UA- 9:32 am: Dulles Tower observes high-speed approach of aircraft later identified as AA-77 175 is second plane to strike WTC 9:34 am: FAA advises NEADS that AA-77 is missing 9:20 am: UA aware UA-175 had crashed 9:37:46 am: AA-77 strikes Pentagon3 into WTC South Tower 10:30 am: AA confirms AA-77 struck Pentagon Immediate concerns United Airlines Flight 93 According to the 9/11 Commission: 8:42 am: Takeoff, UA-93 1. AA-11 crashed into WTC North Tower 32 min- Newark 3 2 1 9:24 am: UA control alerts UA-93 of possible utes after it was known to have been hijacked. 2. UA-175 crashed into WTC South Tower 21 • • • cockpit intrusion minutes after it was known to have been hijacked. 9:27 am: Last routine communication; likely 3. AA-77 crashed into the Pentagon 46 minutes Shanksville hijacking (1) after it was known to have been hijacked. 9:34 am: Herndon Command Center advises 4. UA-93 crashed near Shanksville, PA, 36 min- FAA that UA-93 has been hijacked utes after it was known to have been hijacked. 9:36 am: Flight attendant notifies UA of hijacking; UA attempts to contact cockpit (2) After disappearing from radar, all four planes could 9:41 am: Transponder turned off (3) have been intercepted had SOP been observed that 9:57 am: Passenger revolt begins day. NORAD admits to running attack simulation 10:03:11 am: UA-93 crashes in a field near Shanksville, PA4 drills such as “Vigilant Guardian” on 9/11. The 9/11 10:07 am: Cleveland Center advises NEADS of UA-93 hijacking Commission did not investigate how said drills may have caused national air defenses to stand down on 10:15 am: UA control aware UA-93 crashed in PA; Washington Center informs NEADS 9/11—or prove these were the planes that crashed. that UA-93 has crashed in PA 4 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 5 Political realities reshape 9/11 timeline Official conclusions influenced by agendas, not evidence Who’s in

Investigators have been reconstructing unofficial 9/11 investigator uses, one critical what seats? the events of 9/11 by attempting to arrange factor remains: Within one hour on the morn- Even prior to 9/11, every airline ticket known facts within timelines that make ing of September 11, 2001, four commercial purchaser had an identity and a seat as- chronological sense. airplanes went way off course and officially signment. Before takeoff, flight attendants The media, military, airlines and the Bush “disappeared” in U.S. airspace for up to 46 procedurally counted passengers and, if administration have compiled timelines built minutes. the count did not come out right, departure from “facts” collected largely from the same Though official sources claim to know the was delayed until the correct names were sources. By looking at them we can infer that routes taken by the four planes before crash- attached to the correct seat assignments the different reporting agencies colored the ing into their final destinations, there is no and everyone was accounted for. It would record to upstage or downplay certain events evidence at our disposal to confirm or deny in an attempt to minimize their culpability for these routes (see page 3); all we have is faith seem that, if four commercial, transconti- actions taken (or not taken) on 9/11. in official investigators. nental flights were suddenly and unexpect- The government’s 9/11 Commission ana- To take official investigators on faith edly hijacked, identifying the passengers lyzed these timelines and came up with its requires an admission that hijackers need and crew on board would be simple. Not own timeline. Its official timeline reflects merely turn off transponders to fly airplanes so for these four ill-fated flights on 9/11. shortened military response times and casts anywhere in North America they desire. To this day crew and passenger lists have a shadow of negligence on the Federal Avi- The 9/11 timeline is very important. Each never been fully reconciled with official ation Administration (FAA). For example, event caused other events to happen in an or- death records. Though the 19 alleged hi- the original official timeline shows the FAA der that is strictly governed by time. The 9/11 jackers are included as “fatalities,” there informed NORAD of the UA-93 hijacking timeline, therefore, becomes the foundation is no evidence to suggest that they were at 9:16 a.m.; the government’s new official for understanding what really happened the given seat assignments after going through timeline claims the FAA informed NORAD morning of Sept. 11, 2001. of the hijacking at 10:07 a.m.—after UA-93 It is prudent to question the motives of any- the ticketing process that requires showing had crashed near Shanksville. The original one who attempts to change the timeline by positive ID. So, we must ask, “If these hi- official time of the crash was 10:06 a.m.; the even one minute. Why? Because those seek- jackers were on the plane, how did they get new official time is 10:03 a.m. ing to preserve the truth would never consider on, what seats were they assigned—and No matter which timeline an official or altering it by so much as one second. by whom?” Where was everybody? The Report of the Citizens AA-11 (Boeing 767-223ER): Seating Capacity, 181—Fatalities, 92 UA-175 (Boeing 767-222): Seating Capacity, 181—Fatalities, 65 AA-77: (Boeing 757-223): Seating Capacity, 200—Fatalities, 64 Commission on 9/11 Hundreds of investigators not satisfied with official UA-93: (Boeing 757-222): Seating Capacity, 200—Fatalities, 44 explanations of what happened Sept. 11, 2001, have Only 265 (about 30 percent) of the 765 seats available for the four overturned every 9/11 stone they can find in search of the intercontinental flights noted above were occupied when the planes truth. Their efforts have produced thousands of pages of text crashed in their respective locations in New York, Washington, D.C. and hundreds of images revealing one of the worst betrayals and Pennsylvania. Both American Airlines and United Airlines have of public trust in world history. The Citizens Commission declined to provide data showing historical occupancy averages for has reviewed much of this material before compiling this the flights in question. However, most intercontinental flights have report. The editors have attempted to pare the events of 9/11 a seat occupancy average of 70-90 percent. down to its essential elements to better understand what Similarly, soon after the Twin Towers collapsed, it was estimated happened on that tragic day. that as many as 50,000 people may have been trapped in those build- ings. Yet the final death toll of 3,056, tragic as it may be, is less than Quantity prices 17 percent of the number we would expect to have perished had Sept. 50 copies—$40 200 copies—$150 11, 2001, been a normal business day. 100 copies—$77 500 copies—$360 The Citizens Commission on 9/11 For orders in excess of 500, please call, write or email Several years have now passed since Sept. 11, 2001. 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Tarpley, Paul Thompson, Barry Zwicker...... and thousands of unnamed John and Jane Does www.idaho-observer.com 4 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 5 A brief history of presidential commissions mission Report and the end of WWII, docu- part of the Reagan administration to secure by Don Harkins ments have been declassified and witnesses the release of U.S. prisoners held in Lebanon have come forward. It is now known that FDR by supplying arms to Iranians at war with Iraq had prior knowledge of the attack and chose while raising money to support Contras at- The president periodically exercises execu- not to inform Pacific fleet commanders of the tempting to overthrow the socialist Sandanista tive authority to commission “independent” plan to attack their command. government in Nicaragua. investigations into significant events of do- The attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in an The first Iran/Contra investigation was led mestic concern. immediate declaration of war on Japan and, by former U.S. Senator John Tower who was An overview of several such commissions, two days later, FDR implicated the Nazis in appointed by President Reagan. The Tower The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks the attack and declared war on Germany. Commission’s final report of February 26, Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) Americans, who had re-elected FDR in 1987, criticized President Reagan for im- being the most recent, reveals a pattern and 1940 largely based on his campaign promise properly managing the affairs of state but process that consistently achieves the same to avoid involving the U.S. in another Euro- barely scratched the surface of the scandal. result. pean war, were suddenly ready to fight the Congress began televising hearings for its 1. An event occurs. Germans and the Japanese. own investigation on May 5, 1987. Out of the 2. The public demands an inquiry. hearings came several indictments (which cen- 3. In response to public demand, the pres- The Warren Commission tered on lying to Congress and destroying evi- ident appoints a commissioner to investigate On November 29, 1963, LBJ appointed U.S. dence) and a few convictions, most of which and the commissioner chooses a staff. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren to were quietly overturned on appeal. 4. Throughout the lifetime of the commis- chair the commission which would investigate Later investigations revealed the large-scale sion, corporate media helps create an impres- the assassination of JFK. The Warren Commis- trafficking of cocaine conducted with the as- sion that the investigation is independent. sion concluded that President Kennedy was sistance of the CIA. A few scapegoats were 5. The commission issues subpoenas, takes killed by communist sympathizer Lee Harvey convicted and sent to prison. testimony and generates headlines. Oswald and there was no conspiracy involved The real scandal has never been acknowl- 6. A huge body of evidence accumulates (either foreign or domestic). The Warren Com- edged by the government: Tons of Contra co- while many possible avenues of investigation mission also concluded that Oswald fired three caine was smuggled into this country, fueling are not considered by the commission. shots from his position behind the president’s the crack cocaine epidemic of the 80s. 7. The commission then reviews the evi- motorcade through a third-story window at dence it chose to consider, arrives at conclu- the book depository building. According to The Starr Commission sions, makes recommendations and publishes the Warren Commission, one shot missed, one Independent Prosecutor Kenneth Starr led them in a final report. struck the president in the back of the head and the investigation into the activities of former 8. Most people are satisfied with com- the third shot, a “magic bullet,” entered below governor and sitting President Bill Clinton. mission conclusions and recommendations JFK’s collar, exited his throat, took a left hand- Starr’s commission led to the impeachment while a minority is outspokenly dissatis- turn, hit Texas Governor John Connelly in the (but not conviction) of Clinton. fied with the commission’s conclusions/ right shoulder, continued on to shatter his right Though public perception was that Starr was recommendations. wrist and changed directions one last time to independently investigating the president for 9. The final report becomes government’s lodge in his left thigh. a laundry list of, professional and public final word, the case officially closes and the This conclusion defies common sense, the transgressions, hindsight shows that Starr event becomes buried in history; life goes laws of natural science, basic ballistics, witness was prosecuting smoke screens—Clinton’s on. accounts, expert testimony, forensic evidence sexual escapades and the Whitewater land and film footage taken immediately before, investment scam. The Roberts Commission during and after the event. Since the movie The investigation, which lasted nearly two On January 23, 1942, FDR appointed Su- JFK was released in 1994, most Americans years and cost some $49 million, resulted in a preme Court Justice Owen Roberts to head a no longer believe in the Warren Commission’s few convictions and Clinton’s disbarment. commission to investigate events that led to “lone-nut/magic-bullet” theory. Not investigated was Clinton’s role in Iran/ the “surprise” attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. Warren Commission members Sen. Arlen Contra (Mena, Arkansas, was the central 7, 1941. Spector (R-Penn.) is still in the Senate and smuggling point for Contra cocaine while The Roberts Commission concluded that nei- Sen. Gerald Ford (R-Mich.) became pres- he was governor); not investigated was his ther Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Hus- ident. relationship with known drug traffickers; band Kimmel or his subordinate commanders not investigated were the deaths of some 60 were at fault for not being prepared to defend Iran/Contra people close to him, including White House against the Japanese air attack that day. On October 5, 1986, a U.S. cargo plane Chief Counsel Vince Foster. The commission did not publicly consider was shot down over southern Nicaragua. Two the myriad of political and economic pressures crew members died but CIA operative Eugene Conclusions FDR placed on Japan prior to the attack. In Hasenfus was captured by the Sandinista army. Each of these federally-commissioned inves- the months preceding Dec., 1941, FDR was Hasenfus’ capture set in motion what we know tigations resulted in the publishing of reports politically provoking Japan into attacking U.S. today as the “Iran/Contra scandal.” meant to be the government’s final word on the interests while Japan was doing everything Eight different investigations uncovered a events investigated. Each commission avoided in its diplomatic power to avoid war with the bizarre web of intrigue among State Depart- legitimate avenues of inquiry that would likely U.S. As late as October, 1941, Japanese dip- ment officials, members of Congress, known reveal high-level incompetence or complicity. lomats had travelled to Washington, D.C., in drug traffickers, international arms dealers, If no one questions the deficiencies when they an attempt to reconcile these issues. mercenaries and military intelligence opera- are published, posterity will regard them as Since the publishing of the Robert’s Com- tives. Revealed was a botched attempt on the history. 6 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 7 Independent investigators not satisfied with official 9/11 investigation conclusions Before the dust settled after the Twin 1. How could four commercial airplanes as evidence to support the government’s Towers collapsed, President Bush told the be hijacked and fly around in U.S. airspace Boeing 757 theory? American people the terrorist attacks on The for up to 46 minutes without military in- World Trade Center and the Pentagon were volvement? Only question #1 of these nine, basic the direct result of a “colossal intelligence 2. How could two commercial planes questions has been answered: Everyone blunder.” The president also stated, “Your cause the world’s tallest, steel-framed build- “goofed” that day, according to the Bush government had no advance warning of ings to implode like planned demolitions? administration and the 9/11 Commission. this attack.” 3. How did the FBI identify the 19 Arab The Citizens Commission finds the pres- By early afternoon of Sept. 11, the FBI hijackers if no Arabic names appeared ident’s 9/11 Commission conclusion that released the identities of 19 suspected hi- on passenger or crew lists for any of the everyone “goofed” trivializes the epidemic jackers, all Arabic men with alleged ties to airplanes? of gross incompetence that swept through Osama bin Laden’s militantly anti-western, 4. Doesn’t the FBI’s quick work in identi- and completely immobilized our national pro-Islamic al-Qaeda terrorist group. fying the 19 hijackers and Osama bin Laden’s security apparatus that day. Within days people began questioning the al Qaeda network (without evidence) suggest In the span of 90 minutes, “goofing” explanations coming from the White House. government prior knowledge of an attack? racked up billions of dollars in property Rather than comforting the traumatized 5. How did the fires start in WTC Building damages and over 3,000 Americans were American people with facts to support its 7 and why did the government conclude that killed; due to the 90-minute goof, wars in “whodunit” allegations, the Bush adminis- fire was the primary cause of its collapse in Afghanistan and Iraq commenced report- tration insisted the “unprovoked and unex- 2008 when WTC 7 owner Larry Silverstein edly killing over 4,000 U.S. soldiers and and pected” attacks on the United States were admitted in 2002 that he and the New York an estimated 1.2 million innocent civilians conducted by Islamic terrorists who “hate Fire Department decided to demolish the to date while destroying billions of dollars our freedom.” building at about 5 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2001? in private property. It should also be noted In an internationally publicized address to 6. Why did contractors begin hauling that the international community sees post- the United Nations Nov. 10, 2001, Pres- rubble away from “Ground Zero” before 9/11 U.S. foreign policy as an inexcusable ident Bush stated, “We must speak the truth investigators could study the crime scene? display of bad manners. about terror. Let us never tolerate outra- 7. If a Boeing 757 of known dimensions Because “everyone goofed” that day, 305 geous conspiracy theories concerning the struck the Pentagon, why was the hole in million Americans are trading their essential attacks of September the 11th; malicious the building smaller than a 757? liberties for safety promised by the very lies that attempt to shift the blame away 8. Why were no Boeing-757 parts (wings, politicians whose war-on-terror response from the terrorists themselves, away from fuselage, landing gear, engines) found at the to 9/11 is making enemies of our former the guilty.” Pentagon? Why were no remains of pas- European and Asian allies. The president’s statement foreshadowed sengers or their luggage found? Qualified answers to pertinent questions what is now self-evident: That his admin- 9. Dozens of surveillance cameras inside would aid investigators in their search for istration will not consider any evidence and outside the Pentagon would have the truth. Official silence where answers to or interview any witnesses that challenge recorded high-quality images of what hap- legitimate questions are obligatory obstructs its version of 9/11 events. It was also a pened. Why have none of them been used those efforts. statement calculated to support the official position that everyone in the world is either “Boom, boom, boom—all the way down” “with the U.S.—or with the terrorists.” The most honest and unadulterated truths can often be seen when Tens of millions of Americans depended on their president and the national news me- on-site cameras capture a moment as it’s happening. There are several dia for clues on how they should perceive such cases with 9/11 and many of them are reproduced in the docu- this historic event. By simply dividing the mentaries listed on page 30. world into two camps—those who are for us In Plane Site shows two New York firemen being interviewed right and those who are against us—it was easy to decide which camp to be in. after one of the Twin Towers collapsed. One fireman, who appeared However, a vocal minority insisted upon very aware of what had just happened all around him, was using his relying on their own experiences and ex- hands to help describe how the building came down. Holding his arms pertise to independently investigate the 9/11 up and making right angles inward with his hands, he said, “Boom, tragedy. By refusing to provide these inde- pendent investigators with evidence-based boom, boom—all the way down—as if they had planted detonators.” answers to fact-based questions, the govern- The fireman next to him, who had seen the same thing, agreed, stat- ment has effectively fueled the intellectual ing, “Floor by floor started poppin’ out—I was watchin’ and runnin’.” fires of 9/11 truth seekers. These men were there. What they described had happened only The following questions demand an- swers: minutes before. To see them, you would know they were not lying. 6 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 7 9/11 Commission omits known facts to rubber stamp Bush administration’s original 9/11 story ter protected, so that by David Ray Griffin any aircraft without a The government’s 9/11 military transponder Commission Report was published in July, 2004. The government’s 9/11 Commission Re- would have been The 9/11 Commission port prefaces itself as an “impartial” effort automatically shot proceeded on the assumption to “provide the fullest possible account of down. that 19 Arab terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden and al the events surrounding 9/11.” With regard to the Qaeda hijacked four airplanes In reality, however, the Commission re- FBI, the Report sim- and crashed them. stricted itself to information that can be used ply omits all the sto- The Commission did not publicly consider any evidence to support the official conspiracy theory that ries about its behavior that would disprove the 19- the attacks were planned and carried out that are in conflict with Arab-terrorist assumption. solely by al Qaeda. the official account of The edition of the 9/11 Evidence supporting the alternative con- 9/11, including the Commission Report pictured at right and available for $8.95 spiracy theory—according to which the at- damning allegations at most bookstores, contains tacks succeeded only because of complicity made by former hundreds of footnotes by members of the U.S. government—was FBI translator Sibel without explanations and is not indexed. The Report is summarized in my previous book, “The New Edmonds in her 3.5- illogically organized and reads Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about hour testimony before like poorly-written fiction. In the Bush Administration and 9/11.” the government’s 9/11 other words, the Report, as This information was provided to the Commission. published, is intended to be read like a novel and retired to Commission. In the Commission’s final re- With regard to why the bookshelf without further port, however, all this information is either jet fighters failed to consideration. distorted or simply omitted. intercept any of the To give a few examples: flights, the Report handles the problems Transportation Norman Mineta’s eyewitness The Report simply repeats the official story created by NORAD’s previously announced testimony to the Commission itself—as to about the 19 Arab hijackers, failing to men- timeline by simply creating a radically re- when vice-President Cheney descended tion that at least six of the named men have vised timeline, according to which the FAA to the Presidential Emergency Operations shown up alive. never notified the military about Flights 175, Center. It even suggests that Waleed al-Shehri 77, and 93 until after they crashed. I have documented these and dozens of other stabbed a flight attendant on AA-11 before it This new timeline also changes all previous problems in my book The 9/11 Commission hit the North Tower—even though he visited statements about when the teleconferences Report: Omissions and Distortions, which the U.S. embassy in Morocco after 9/11. between the FAA and the military began, shows that the Report is a 567-page lie. With regard to the World Trade Center, the thereby seeking to show that the military Report fails to mention that fire had never could not have learned about the flights David Ray Griffin has written several caused steel-frame, high-rise buildings to from these teleconferences. highly-respected works on subjects that de- collapse; it says that the core of each of the Perhaps most outrageous is the Report’s mand intensive research. Griffin applied his Twin Towers consisted of “a hollow steel attempt to bolster the claim that the shoot- research talents to 9/11 and has published shaft” (thereby denying the existence of 47 down order was not given until after Flight six books providing critical insight into key massive steel columns, the collapse of which 93 had crashed, contradicting by 45 minutes events that took place prior to and on Sept. cannot be explained by the accepted “Pan- all prior testimony—including Secretary of 11. (see references page 30) cake” Theory); the Report fails to mention the fact that the collapses manifested 10 stan- dard features of controlled demolitions; and Exercising our sense of logic it simply omits any mention of the otherwise Most everyone, whether they agree with it or not, knows that the government inexplicable collapse of Building 7. has insisted—since about noon EST on Sept. 11, 2001, to present—that 19 Arab With regard to the Pentagon, the Report terrorists, armed with boxcutters, hijacked four large passenger planes and flew fails to mention that the West Wing would them into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a field in rural Pennsylvania. Though have been the least likely target for ter- new information has surfaced almost daily since Sept. 12, 2001, the government rorists, that its facade did not collapse until has not deviated substantively from its original explanation of what happened that 30 minutes after the strike, and that there are day. The only difference between the government’s story on Sept. 11, 2001, and several other facts in conflict with the idea now is its admission that widespread defense system failure on 9/11 was largely that the Pentagon was struck by Flight 77. due to professional incompetence and human error. And while claiming that al Qaeda operatives As a matter of logic can we arrive at true conclusions based on false prem- did not strike a nuclear plant for fear that their ises? plane would be shot down, the Report fails to point out that the Pentagon is even bet- As a matter of justice can anyone sitting in judgment establish guilt or innocence beyond a reasonable doubt without first hearing all the facts of a case? Cost to investigate President Clinton’s As a matter of historical record can we trust conclusions published in a presi- adulterous escapades: $49 million dentially-commissioned report while knowing that only a few selected facts brought Budget to investigate 9/11: $15 million forward on false premises were considered? 8 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 9

American Airlines Flight #77 United Airlines Flight #93 American Airlines Flight #11 Boeing 757 United Airlines Flight #175 Boeing 767 7:59 am Departed Boston for Los Angeles Boeing 757 7:45 am Departed Boston for Los Angeles 8:45 9:38 am Crashes into Pentagon 8:42 am Departed Newark for San Francisco Boeing 767 am crashes into North Tower WTC 10:03 am Crashes in Stocy Creek Township 7:58 am Departed Boston for Los Angeles 9:05 am Crashes into South Tower WTC

Khalid Almihdhar Nawaf Alhazmi

Marwan Al-Shehhi Ahmed Alghamdi Waleed M. Alshehri Satam M.A. Al Suqami Wail M. Alshehri Ahmed Alnami Saeed Alghamdi Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan Al Qadi Banihammad

Majed Moqed Salem Alhazmi

Hamza Alghamdi Mohand Alshehri Abdulaziz Alomari Mohamed Atta Hani Hanjour Ziad Samir Jarrah Ahmed Ibrahim Al Haznawi Who were the 19 terrorists? competent by their supposed flight instructors in more like partying playboys than devout Muslim by Thomas Fowler Venice, Florida. fanatics preparing to martyr themselves for Allah. Not one of the men charged with hijacking AA- Soon after the planes crashed on 9/11, a Koran Within hours of the Sept. 11 attacks, the identities 77—Hanjour, Almidhar, Nawaf and Salem Alhazmi was reportedly found in a Florida bar where the of those suspected of hijacking four commercial air- and Moqed—had an instrument rating or any other alleged hijackers used credit cards to party heavily liners and then crashing them into the World Trade rating that would qualify them to perform the ma- their last few nights on earth. Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, neuvers that allegedly caused their 757 to strike If these reports are true, it would appear that the PA, were broadcast all over the world. the Pentagon. suspects were intentionally drawing attention to The FBI has never explained how it was able to The hijackers were able to turn off emergency themselves. quickly identify these men and determine which transponders, reprogram the computers and/or over- False Oswalds planes they were on when not one of their names ride the computers and subdue cockpit personnel on This technique of creating a “backstory” is ex- was included in passenger lists or any other lists four planes without a single crewman hitting the tremely effective. In the last several years we have associated with those airplanes. cockpit distress button. Not one of the 19 (or the 10- discovered that “false Oswalds” were deliberately Compounding the mystery of how the FBI was 13 remaining) alleged hijackers had the wide range drawing attention to themselves in New Orleans, able to identify these 19 men is the agency’s claim of knowledge and expertise necessary to flawlessly Mexico City and Texas in early 1963 to create an that they used false names and identification. How perform these tasks. Oswald backstory before setting him up as a patsy could the FBI compile the real names and photos Lack of evidence for the assassination of JFK. of these men so soon after the event without any There is not one shred of real or circumstantial ev- False photos and inaccurate newspaper and clues? idence to support the 19-boxcutter-wielding-Arab- magazine stories were published after Oswald’s And then there were 10 terrorist-hijacker story. Not even one of hundreds death to emotionally cement his guilt in the col- Since 9/11, media and government sources have of security cameras strategically positioned at three lective American mind. To this day the Lee Har- reported that suspected hijackers Atta, Alnami, different airports show anyone identifiable as one of vey Oswald myth has such powerful roots in the Aghlamdi, Alhazmi, Wail and Waleed Alshehri, the 19 being ticketed, checking luggage or boarding American subconscious that we can know Oswald Alomari, Almihdhar and Alshehhi (9 of 19) have the planes. And, again, none of the passenger mani- was a patsy while still associating him with JFK’s been positively identified as still living. Nearly half fests show that men with Arabic-sounding names assassination. of the FBI’s original cast of terrorist characters are boarded any of the planes in question. Interesting parallels no longer suspects in the hijackings, yet the faces How does the seemingly baseless 19-Arab- The same mechanism used to mold our image of of the still-living Arabic men remain attached to hijacker story survive when 6 or more hijackers Oswald was used to mold our images of 19 Arab the planes they were blamed for hijacking. The have been found alive and no evidence exists to terrorists. In both cases the “patsies” were almost FBI has made no effort to remove their faces, support charging the others? The answer is in our immediately identified and not available to defend apologize for the inconvenience or advance a new subconscious. themselves. Also consistent is the government’s “whodunit” theory. The backstory refusal to consider any evidence that would un- (Note: The number of “positively identified” The passport of Mohammed Atta (who is report- dermine the official version of events. alleged hijackers still living ranges from 6 to 9—a edly still alive) was “found” totally intact curious situation in its own right). on a street in Lower Manhattan the day The competence factor after and; luggage, flight manuals and other Now we know None of the four alleged pilots were capable of incriminating documents were reportedly In the weeks following Sept. 11, we knew performing the maneuvers accomplished before found in a car rented in Atta’s name and very little about the 19 Arab hijackers framed the alleged crashes. Several long-time commercial parked at Boston’s Logan Airport. for 9/11. Since that time, investigators have pilots were interviewed on radio and TV in the It would appear that the 19-Arab-hi- discovered a lot about these men. An entire days following 9/11. The common theme among jacker story survives because nonsensical Chapter in Webster Tarpley’s book “Synthetic these experienced pilots was they themselves could anecdotes, woven into the story by the Terror” is dedicated to their memory and not have manually performed the tight turns and media, live in the subconscious minds of many of the newer 9/11 truth DVDs go into steep descents required to hit targets with such Americans. detail about the lives of the alleged terrorists. precision. It was also reported that several of the Once you read about them, you find these These maneuvers simply were not performed by suspected hijackers attended flight schools people were not just patsies, but were opera- inexperienced pilots deemed incompetent, or barely near Venice, Florida and that they behaved tives working with and for U.S. intelligence. 8 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 9 What caused UA-93 to crash in Shanksville, PA? What most Americans remember of Flight 93 is that valiant passengers struggled “Yes” with the hijackers causing the 757 to crash in a field somewhere in Pennsylvania. The Washington Post reported January The details, however, are much more interesting. 27, 2002, that vice-President Dick Cheney gave the order for UA-93 to be shot down “Pennsylvania state police by military fighters but that the ill-fated officials said on Thursday de- Lambertsville plane crashed before the order could be bris from the plane had been carried out. found up to 8 miles away [from “In the White House bunker, a military the crash site] in a residential aide approached the vice president. ‘There community where local me- is a plane 80 miles out. There is a fighter in dia have quoted residents as the area. Should we engage?’ speaking of a second plane in “‘Yes,’ Cheney replied without hesitation,” the area and burning debris Indian Lake reported the Post. falling from the sky.” The aid reportedly asked Cheney two more The quote above was from a times if the order still stood and then it was Reuters report of September 13, reported that UA-93, Newark to Los An- 2001. The report, published in geles, had crashed in Somerset county, PA. the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also The Post also reported that President Bush stated that the FBI could not rule Shanksville called from Air Force One to ask, “Did we out that hijacked Flight 93 was shot The debris fields left by the crash of UA-93 indicates the shoot it down or did it crash?” down by a U.S. fighter jet before it plane was hit SE of Lambertsville, then banked sharply Heroes crashed in Pennsylvania. and went out of control before crashing into a field. Several reports show that it took the Pen- Immediately after release of the story, Ida- found up to eight miles from the crash site. tagon almost two hours to confirm that the ho Observer reporter Bill Walter contacted The FBI now claims that UA-93 debris plane had not been shot down. By then the the Post-Gazette editor who stated that the was spread by the 10 mph winds blowing act-of-heroism story was being formulated. FBI had confirmed to him that the debris see( that morning. However, Somerset County “I think an act of heroism occurred on board image above) was from UA-93. Coroner Wally Miller confirmed that a that plane,” Cheney said. The story was soon buried by claims that 1,000-pound piece of a UA-93 engine Hours later reports of cell phone conversa- was found 2,000 tions and cockpit voice recordings surfaced, yards away from indicating the passengers had overcome the the crash site. This hijackers. These recordings all stop at 10: suggests the plane 03—the official time of impact according to was shot down and the 9/11 Commission. Two seismology re- disintegrating in the ports pinpoint the time of impact at 10:06:05. air before crashing The 9/11 Commission was unable to explain to the ground. It this critical, three-minute discrepancy. also accommodates Freudian slip? the testimony of at U.S. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld spent least a dozen uncon- Christmas ‘04 in Iraq. The transcript of nected witnesses a CNN report of Dec. 24, 2004, shows who similarly de- that Rumsfeld stated: “And I think all of scribed a white us have a sense of if we can imagine the The A-10 Warthog (pictured) fits descriptions by witnesses who saw a plane they saw in kind of world we would face if the people white plane before and after the crash of UA-93. the area before—and who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the heroic passengers overcame the hijackers after—UA-93 hit the ground. people who did the bombing in Spain, or and forced the plane down in a field, self- “It was white with no markings but it was the people who attacked the United States lessly sparing the lives of more innocents definitely military, it just had that look. It had in New York, shot down the plane over had the suicidal terrorists reached their two rear engines, a big fin on the back like Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon...” unknown target in the nation’s capital—or a spoiler on the back of a car and with two [emphasis added]. maybe WTC 7. upright fins at the side. It definitely wasn’t Aftermath The position that UA-93 was not shot down one of those executive jets,” area resident Within two weeks, the FBI had filled the has been accepted by the 9/11 Commission. Susan McIlwain stated for the London Daily crater in with dirt and a layer of topsoil; Also accepted by the 9/11 Commission is the Mirror Sept. 13, 2001. had cut down, shredded and converted “heroic-passenger” theory. McIlwain also commented that on one into mulch the trees scorched by the event. The debris field pass the white plane was 40-50 feet above Later, the FBI announced recovery of the One-hundred years of investigating air- her head. cockpit voice recorder. Portions of the tape plane crashes shows that debris fields of The FBI, after recanting its earlier theory were played for family members at Princ- planes that break apart on impact with the that it must have been an executive’s private eton University April 18, 2002—after they ground is limited to the immediate area and jet, told McIlwain that she did not see what agreed to waive the right to sue the federal subject to the laws of inertia and gravity. she saw. The FBI told her what she saw right government over what they may hear. Some Debris, such as “clothing, books, papers and above her head was actually a plane taking who heard the tape commented that it raised what appeared to be human remains” were pictures of the crash from about 3,000 feet. more questions than it answered. 10 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 11 Foundational witness testimony, taken secretly by 9/11 Commission, omitted from final report On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, William Rodriguez, journeyman WTC janitor, helped rescue over 200 people before the North Tower collapsed. He was honored by President Bush as a national hero for selflessly saving so many lives that tragic day. But, rather than admit into evidence what Rodriguez and at least 14 others saw, felt and heard before the first airplane hit, their testimony has been omitted from the record because it does not fit the official explanation for 9/11. Rodriguez and 14 other the Sept. 11 attacks. The “National witnesses can’t be wrong Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon On the morning of 9/11 William Rodri- the United States (more commonly re- guez, 44, was with 14 other people in a sub ferred to as The 9/11 Commission) was level 1 WTC basement office preparing for formed. The 9/11 Commission claims a day’s work just like he had done everyday to have interviewed over 1,200 wit- for 20 years. Without warning the group felt nesses before publishing its final report a tremendous explosion emanating from July 22, 2004. Rodriguez was one of somewhere below them in one of the five those interviewed, however, his testi- WTC sub levels. mony was taken behind closed doors William Rodriguez being “honored” by President Bush for his heroic deeds at Ground Zero on 9/11. The Not only did the group hear the explosion, and no mention of his foundational tes- president and his commission have chosen to “edit” all 15 people felt the floor tremble and saw timony, or that of the other 14 people Rodriguez and other eyewitnesses out of the 9/11 story the walls crack just seconds before hearing with him that morning, was included because including them would force the entire script— another distant explosion coming from high in the final report. including the war on terror—to be rewritten. above. Although unaware of the cause, “Now, what really upsets me is that my at 911keymaster.com), I realized that my Rodriguez later learned that the second story never appeared in the 9/11 Commission original story was being changed constantly explosion, occurring seconds after the first report after I told it to them behind closed by the national networks. It was edited, ma- basement blast, turned out to be the jetliner doors,” said Rodriguez about his meeting nipulated, completely deleted, etc. Never strike. with commission members in 2004. “They once have I had my complete story told by a Further evidence of a tremendous basement never followed up with verifying my testimony major news outlet in this country.” blast came moments later when WTC janitor and basically, when the report came out, In June, 2004, an NBC production crew, Felipe David, burnt on his face, arms and there was no mention of my statements and in preparation for a 9/11 miniseries, came to hands, entered the office yelling, “explosion, the other evidence of a basement explosion Rodriguez’ home to conduct a several-hour, explosion, explosion!” when they decided only airliners brought in-camera interview. The miniseries idea was David had been standing at a nearby sub down the towers. scuttled and not one second of that footage level 1 freight elevator shaft when he was “This is totally unacceptable and shows has ever been aired. severely burned from fire comingup the shaft they are trying to cover-up something. Greg Syzmanski contacted NBC investig- from the basement explosion. Rodriguez How could anybody not believe there was a ative unit head Doug Pasternak to ask why pulled David to safety outside the WTC, massive explosion below ground level after the network chose to bury the Rodriguez There is absolutely 100 percent agree- talking with me and the other 14 people who story. “It simply didn’t add anything new,” ment and not one contradiction among these witnessed the very same thing? It refutes the Pasternak told Szymanski. “The part about 15 people as to exactly what happened in government story point blank and that’s why the basement explosion wasn’t the focus those moments immediately before and they wanted me behind closed doors and why of our story. We were concerned about immediately after the jetliner strike on the they never mentioned my name or my story his statements of a hijacker he supposedly morning of 9/11. in their final report. encountered several months prior to 9/11 in For the next hour, until the South Tower “I am asking the American people right the World Trade Center. Again, it wasn’t the collapsed, Rodriguez repeatedly reentered now to demand another open and fair inves- focus of our story and, like I said, his story the building to rescue people and lead (or in tigation—not for my sake, but for the memory didn’t add anything new.” some cases carry) them to safety. of all those good, innocent people who died. Rodriguez said that he lost 200 friends on After the dust had settled, Rodriguez was We can’t allow the real perpetrators of this Sept. 11. It is in their memory, and the mem- honored for his selfless acts of heroism that crime to get away. I believe my testimony, if ories of the other 3,000 or so people who died day. He even met with President Bush who allowed to be heard, will help bring the guilty that day, that the truth must be told. “They thanked him for saving so many lives on the parties to justice once and for all.” deserve nothing less than the full truth,” morning of Sept. 11. Though Rodriguez has been interviewed Rodriguez said. But neither the president nor government by countless mainstream news reporters, Neither government investigators nor the investigators were interested in the explosion he claims that his words have either been mainstream media seem interested in 9/11 he and the14 others felt and witnessed before deleted, manipulated or made to fit the truth. That leaves ordinary people and the the first alleged airplane strike. official government account. Since“ I was alternative presses with the responsibility Finally, on Nov. 14, 2002, the White House pulled from the rubble after saving hun- of honoring our dead countrymen with the conceded to a congressional compromise to dreds of lives (I had the only master key truth about 9/11 so their murderers may be create an “independent” panel to investigate available on that day, see my documentary brought to justice. 10 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 11 and the clues they would hold have failed to turn-up so far in the 1.25 million tons of Black boxes found but not steel, concrete and other material taken from Ground Zero,” CBS reported. The CVR uses a pair of microphones to admitted by 9/11 Commission capture cockpit sounds for at least the last 30 minutes of a crashing aircraft. Witnesses and photos reveal presence of critical The FDR is also significant since it records heading, altitude and airspeed. Both recorders evidence authorities claim has never been found are designed to withstand enormous impact Confirmation and force of at least 3,400 Gs and fires of by Greg Szymanski Thus far DeMasi’s claim has been verified 1,100 degrees Celsius. by another book contributor and Honorary Neither of these limits were exceeded using Three of the four airline “black boxes,” of- Firefighter Michael Bellone, who claims official estimates made at the WTC. ficially never found in the WTC wreckage, he saw a reddish-orange device with white Concerning 9/11, the recorder should have have been under FBI control since January, stripes in the back of DeMasi’s ATV used copied any conversations and radio transmis- 2002, claims New York Fireman Nicholas during the 9/11 clean-up. sions relative to what really happened to the DeMasi in a book entitled “Behind The Internal National Transportation Safety flight crew, the hijackers and possibly even Scenes: Ground Zero—a Collection of Per- Board (NTSB) flight recorder photos reveal the passengers. Also, these recorders are sonal Accounts,” by Gail Swanson. devices of the same color with two white designed to transmit “loud pinging or ring- DeMasi was attached to Engine Company stripes exactly like Bellone described, seem- ing noises” so they can be located in crashes 261, Queens, NY, during the rescue and ingly verifying his eyewitness account. occurring over large bodies of water. cleanup phases of 9/11. DeMasi’s statements Bellone said he was on the scene when De- contradict government claims, including Masi and three FBI agents found one of the It’s happened before those testified to under oath before the pres- boxes but said the other two were uncovered The FBI has a history of obstructing ident’s 9/11 Commission. Buried in Chapter in different locations, adding that the agents investigations by not releasing potentially- 1, footnote 76, of the 9/11 Commission Re- left the scene with all three boxes. revealing evidence known to be in its pos- port is the sole but definitive reference: “The On page 108 of the book, referring to a session. According to Oklahoma State Rep. CVRs [cockpit voice recorders] and FDRs routine clean-up assignment, DeMasi said: Charles Key, head of the OK City Bombing [flight data recorders] from American 11 and “At one point I was assigned to take federal Investigation Committee, the FBI held in United 175 were not found.” agents around the site to search for the black its possession 22 high-resolution surveil- Al Felzenberg, an official spokesman for boxes from the planes. We were getting ready lance tapes of the Murrah Building from the 911 Commission, said about DeMasi and to go out and my ATV was parked at the top of the morning of April 19, 1995, but refused the book published well-before the hearings: the stairs at the Brooks Brothers entrance. to release them to his officially-sanctioned “I can’t tell you if he is one of the 1,200 “We loaded up about a million dollars committee—even under court order. people we interviewed or if his book was worth of equipment and strapped it into the Rep. Key also claims that the FBI has the one of the countless ones we researched. We ATV. When we got in to take off, one of the fingerprints of the infamous John Doe #2, but explored every lead, but I will try to find if agents accidentally pushed me forward. The has never made them available to OK City we talked to him.” ATV was already in reverse. We went down bombing investigators or the court. DeMasi has remained unavailable for com- the stairs in reverse. Fortunately everything ment since his account appeared in the Au- was okay. There was a total of four black WTC black box issue demands gust, 2003 book, featuring numerous heroic boxes. We found three.” investigation efforts, personal accounts of Ground Zero And finding the boxes appears to be Just as release of Murrah Federal Building and over 200 color photographs. standard procedure when it comes to past surveillance tapes and the identity of John The book was dedicated to the memory airplane crashes, according to Ted Lopat- Doe #2 would shed light on what really hap- of the 343 New York firefighters, 37 Port kiewicz, a spokesman for the NTSB: “It’s pened before and during the OK City bomb- Authority officers and 23 NYPD officers extremely rare that we don’t get the recorders ing, the contents of AA-11 and UA-175’s who died on 9/11. back. I can’t recall another case in which we missing black boxes would illuminate the Besides several Internet accounts, the did not recover the recorders.” shadows of the Twin Towers investigation. black box story has surfaced in only one DeMasi’s black box testimony appears to Brian Sacks and Nicholas Levis, two 9/11 mainstream publication, an October, 2004 be supported by that of Bellone and both truth movement representatives, have passed edition of the Philadelphia Daily News. The are confirmed by NTSB plane crash inves- out free copies of DeMasi’s book while en- story, by reporter William Bunch, essentially tigation history. couraging journalists to start investigating recaps DeMasi’s published statements along the black box story. with the usual official denials, including How important are they? “If DeMasi’s story is true, then there has those by New York Fire Department and Growing numbers of 9/11 investigators be- to be others at Ground Zero who may have FBI spokesmen. Bureau and fire officials lieve the FBI is in possession of at least three witnessed the recovery of the black boxes,” continue to deny finding any trace of the of four black boxes and that they contain in- commented Sacks and Levis. black boxes. formation vital to our understanding of what Since FEMA and OSHA monitored the en- The implications of this story are huge really happened during the minutes prior to tire crash site, other photos or video evidence and the clues contained in the CDRs and the planes striking the Twin Towers. showing the recovery of the black boxes must FDRs would provide investigators with In 2002 CBS news hinted at how important exist but have yet to be discovered. tremendous insight into what was really finding the black boxes would be to an in- There is enough evidence here to justify happening inside both airplanes before they vestigation of what caused the Twin Towers an investigation to locate any possible on- crashed. Yet state and federal investigators to collapse. “The efforts to better understand or-off-the-scene witnesses—including other and the mainstream media have failed to the day [9/11] isn’t being made so easy by firefighters, rescue workers, civilians, FBI -of follow well-supported claims that the FBI the fact that the voice data recorders aboard ficials, 9/11 commissioners and FAA authori- is in possession of at least three of the four the two hijacked jetliners that hit the towers ties—who may have vital information leading black boxes haven’t been recovered. The four devices to the whereabouts of the black boxes. 12 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 13 9/11, Inc.: The Public Discourse Project The 9/11 Commission, having published its speakers at various loca- 576-page report on July 22, 2004, was “de- tions throughout 2005 to commissioned” August 21, 2004. Feeling as promote its “nationwide if their work had not yet been completed, the public education campaign commission’s 10 members formed a 501(c)(3) for the purpose of making not-for-profit corporation named “The 911 America safer and more Public Discourse Project (PDP)” to “sell” secure” and “enhancing the recommendations of The 9/11 Commission the understanding of to Congress, industry and the public. American citizens of the The PDP lists the Carnegie and Rockefeller nature of the terrorist foundations among the philanthropic orga- threat; examining key nizations that helped to finance its post-9/11 policy issues contained Commission activities. in the 9/11 Commission’s During its 16-month lifespan, the PDP final report.” published a phenomenal number of in-depth The PDP, or “9/11, Inc.,” analyses on national security-related issues tailored its public relations ranging from domestic preparedness to in- efforts to “a variety of ternational diplomacy and foreign relations audiences, including the The 9/11 Commission/PDP, Inc. From left to right: Top row— (www.9-11pdp.org). While acknowledging following: general public; Richard Ben-Veniste, John F. Lehman, Timothy J. Roemer, James R. Thompson, Bob Kerrey, Slade Gordon; bottom row—Fred F. that current U.S. foreign policy should be national and local news Fielding, Lee H. Hamilton, Thomas Kean, Jamie S. Gorelick. reformed to diminish (rather than increase) media; think tank schol- the likelihood of future terrorist attacks, PDP ars; academic experts; former policymakers recommendations they published in the 9/11 recommendations focus on dramatically in- with national security interest; state and lo- Commission Report on July 22, 2004. creasing domestic government spending to cal policymakers; relevant trade groups and finance the erection of a seamless, multi- associations.” Bad report card jurisdictionally-cooperative and militarized On Dec. 5, 2005, before officially dis- The PDP organized its final report in three system of law enforcement and cradle-to- banding Dec. 31, 2005, the PDP issued its, parts, “Homeland Security, Emergency Pre- grave surveillance of the citizenry. “Final Report on 9/11 Commission Recom- paredness and Response”; “Reforming the mendations.” In this report, the incorporated Institutions of Government” and; “Foreign The 9/11, Inc., roadshow former commissioners “graded” the gov- Policy, Public Diplomacy and Non Prolif- PDP representatives were also featured ernment on how well it had implemented the eration.” On the four-point grade scale, the gov- ernment scored a 1.5 (D) average under “Punished” with promotions Homeland Security/Preparedness and In the private sector, people are fired if their incompetence results in lost Response (in other words, government revenue, property damage, injury or death. In the case of 9/11, public sector needs to spend more money to secure the homeland). incompetence was rewarded with promotions. Under Reforming the Institutions of USAF General Richard Myers was promoted to vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Government, the PDP gave government a Staff (JCOS) August 24, 2001 and was the highest ranking military official at the Penta- score of 1.5 (D). The PDP gave the Bush gon on 9/11. Three days after 9/11, Gen. Myers was promoted to chairman of the JCOS. administration an “F” for failing to remedy USAF General Ralph Eberhart, in charge of NORAD when the colossal national de- its globally-criticized treatment of terror war fense system failed utterly on 9/11, was appointed by President Bush to become the first “detainees.” commander of the U.S. Northern Command established in Oct, 2002, for U.S. military The incorporated version of The 9/11 deployment in case of domestic emergency. Commission gave the government a “D” USN Captain Charles J. Leidig, acting National Military Command Center Director average for its efforts thus far. In essence, (NMCC) responsible for coordinating what was determined to be hopelessly botched the president’s 9/11 Commission determined communications between command leaders on 9/11, was never reprimanded for incom- that, in order to overcome the institutional- petence but was promoted to admiral in 2004. ized inability of existing law enforcement, U.S. Army Brigadier General Montague Winfield arranged for Capt. Leidig to assume intelligence and national defense to work co- his post as NMCC director on Sept. 10, 2001. Gen Winfield was promoted to two-star operatively with one another, the people must general in May, 2003. pay whatever it takes to finance new layers Ben Sliney assumed the position of FAA National Operations Manager in Herndon, VA, on of government to oversee the coordination of public safety and national security. 9/11. Sliney failed to implement routine airplane hijack protocols on the morning of 9/11 The commission also recommended the but flawlessly coordinated the emergency landing of about 4,500 aircraft in the U.S. later passage of laws broadening the scope of the same day. Sliney was promoted and transferred to Long Island and is now retired. Sliney government’s investigative authority and served as a consultant for and played himself in the Hollywood movie, “Flight 93” (2006). the resources to monitor movement, com- Admiral Steven Abbot, coordinator of vice-President Cheney’s task force on problems munication and financial activities of citizens of national preparedness, was promoted to deputy director of Homeland Security under living in the U.S. Tom Ridge in October, 2001. Note: On Dec. 15, 2007, former members And the list goes on to include several ranking FBI and CIA officials who failed to act of The 9/11 Commission publicly admitted on intelligence that would have prevented 9/11. Whistleblowers both inside and outside that there was “no question” that the CIA U.S. military and intelligence circles, such as FBI linguist Sibel Edmonds and Under- intentionally acted to “impede our investi- writer Laboratories Manager Kevin Ryan, however, are demoted or fired. gation.” 12 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 13 9/11 communications: Fantasies and fictions; complications and controversies

We live in an age of advanced communications technolo- Land lines at not in communication. When the NYPD gave gies where we take for granted the ability to instantly be Ground Zero the order to pull its men out of the South Tower, in contact with whomever we desire no matter where they Land lines in the build- the NYFD did not get the message and, as a are. We also take for granted that telephonic and elec- ing were working and result, many firefighters died. tronic communications can be traced and monitored on approximately 94 calls The main emergency communications system demand. Upon reflection we can see how communications were placed from inside for first responders was sited on the 23rd floor the buildings to 911 of WTC 7—a high tech, well-fortified and pro- played a key role in the unfolding of events the morning during the period which visioned command and control center for the of Sept. 11, 2001: Where critical, failsafe communications began shortly after the NY Office of Emergency Management (OEM). capabilities failed, allowing the events to take place, other first attack and ended The $multi-billion bunker, built to preserve the communications magically succeeded to color our beliefs moments before the continuity of government in such emergencies, about 9/11. Following is an analysis of key communic- North Tower collapsed was allegedly evacuated when a few fires mys- ations points surrounding 9/11 and their role in shaping nearly two hours later. teriously started and the OEM communications the actual events and our impressions of them. Rendered into nearly center was abandoned. 2,000 pages of tran- Radio silence scripts, the city of New York resisted releasing Cell phones in airplanes How the four distinct but obviously related the 911 calls to the public until The New York The alleged cell phone calls serve to make terrorist attacks of 9/11 were secretly coor- Times obtained them by court order August Americans proud that their brave countrymen dinated among so many operatives is a bit of 28, 2004. The City even defied The 9/11 fought the Arab hijackers and were used by The a mystery: If there are any communications— Commission’s desire to review the tapes and 9/11 Commission to recreate what must have hap- radio, telephonic or electronic—between the transcripts, reluctantly turning them over upon pened on the four ill-fated Sept. 11 flights. The alleged hijackers or attack commanders in being threatened with subpoena. key question is, “Could 2001 technology connect preparation for 9/11 or on the day their plans Newspapers from all over the world reported cell phone calls from hijacked airplanes?” went into motion, they have not been released on the release of the transcripts and how they Michel Chossudovsky of Global Research to the public. revealed the “terror” being experienced by (www.globalresearch.ca) asked the right It is difficult to conceive how such an intricate those trapped in the buildings. Curiously, they questions; the answers to which represent the plan could have been executed incommun- all quote from the same five or six calls that closest we will likely ever get to the truth about icado. Because the FBI almost immediately were probably made within the first hour. The alleged cell phone calls on 9/11. He determined publicized a list of 19 hijacker suspects led by calls are commenting on the horrible deaths, from wireless experts that cell phones were not Osama bin Laden, one would assume they had the people throwing themselves out of the designed for air-to-ground communications. If been under surveillance and had demonstrated buildings and feeling trapped by the intense a call could connect at all, the caller would have probable cause implicating them in premeditat- smoke. The callers were also questioning to be below 8,000 feet. Even then, the quality ing what turned out to be a very complex and whether they should stay put, try to escape, would be poor and the call would probably terrible plot. It is nearly impossible to believe break a window for fresh air or if they could “drop” quickly. Contrary to the technology that there is no record of communications that expect to be rescued. available on Sept. 11, 2001, The 9/11 Com- must have occurred between the attackers dur- There is no mention of the other 90 or so mission accepted the premise that lengthy trans- ing the event’s planning stages and/or while the phone calls that may give us a more complete missions from airborne cell phones clearly told plot was unfolding that morning. picture of what was happening in the buildings the stories of what happened after three of the just before they collapsed. four planes were hijacked. EAS never activated (Note: Toby Usnik, executive director of pub- However, on July 27, 2004, Qualcomm and The Emergency Alert System (EAS) replaced lic relations at The New York Times, returned American Airlines announced that it was devel- the outdated Emergency Broadcast System in a call in Feb., 2006, requesting information oping technology that would allow passengers 1997. The EAS, administrated by the Federal about the 911 transcripts. With a NYT attorney to talk to people on the ground using their cell Communication Commission (FCC), is net- also on the line, he downplayed the relevance phones “...as early as 2006.” worked through the nation’s TV, cable and of the material. He explained that 2/3 of it The majority of calls were from Flight 93 radio stations which are required to have on is police, fire department and port authority before it crashed near Shanksville, PA. Curi- site EAS encoder and/or decoder equipment. communications was already available. The ously, the only flight data recorder “officially” Though 9/11 was, by all definitions an emer- remaining material was being cleaned up and recovered from 9/11 wreckage was from this gency, the EAS never activated on 9/11. redacted by the New York Fire Department in flight and it contained (with a three-minute dis- preparation for being posted to the NYT web- crepancy) a recording of the alleged struggle Cell phones at Ground Zero site—DWH). between hijackers and passengers. Shortly after the first airplane hit the North William Rodriguez (see story page 11) Tower, cell phone traffic doubled in the area. called family in Puerto Rico from a phone on Federal communications breakdown The volume of calls reportedly overloaded the 20th floor—an indication that hundreds of The 9/11 Commission Report goes into great the network causing it to crash. It was widely other personal calls may have also been made detail of how the various components of the reported that “cell phones were not work- from the towers before collapsing. most expensive and technologically advanced ing.” Networks all along the east coast national security apparatus in world history reportedly overloaded and also crashed. It First responder communications at failed completely on 9/11. To read the most has been noted, however, that at least some Ground Zero comprehensive analysis of this tragic comedy satellite phone services were operative at Due to a mixup on a certain emergency com- of human errors, start at page one of the “of- Ground Zero. munications system, NYPD and NYFD were ficial”9/11 Commission Report. (see page 7) 14 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 15 Tales of an amateur blacksmith as well for forge weld- by Sven Holmgaard ing at white-hot heats, but smaller knives and tools can be forged to Many 9/11 investigators cite the numbers orange and yellow at which jet fuel burns and steel melts. These heats with the draft numbers are irrelevant in determining what system. caused the Twin Towers and Building 7 to Another important collapse. These seemingly certain “facts” are factor is material quite variable in the real world of welding mass. Nails can be and blacksmithing. In considering what could hammered out from have caused these steel-framed buildings to wire and small, thin be the first ever of their kind to collapse from knives can be forged fire, it is much more revealing to discuss the in the coals of an open conditions that must have been present to wood fire, but thicker achieve the temperatures necessary to soften, steel will be difficult liquefy or burn the beams in controversy. (or impossible) to The expensive equipment used to determine work with, melt or how hot “very hot” is (and thereby come up burn in an open, un- with scientifically-axiomatic numbers for text forced combustion books) is neither affordable nor useful to the environment. A one- amateur blacksmith. Color has been used to eighth to one-quar- Pictured is a woman standing where an aircraft entered the North Tower. guide the steel working business since the ter-inch-thick stock Note that she is standing on steel that later “collapsed” from the “heat” Celts first took hammer and anvil to hot, car- of steel will heat to a of burning jet fuel. bonized iron. As steel heats up it begins with working orange or yellow quickly in a forced bustion. The lateral hole from the jet’s entry a dull red, which becomes brighter, turning air forge, but half-inch or thicker stock takes would tend to suppress combustion since it orange, then bright yellow, into a white-hot considerably longer to heat. What would it would have to serve as both intake and ex- and soon thereafter it “thaws” turning from take to heat the massive girders and beams haust. The passive draft forge system requires solid into liquid and possibly even into a of a 110-story building to a “working heat?” a vertical chimney and a regulatable intake. gaseous state, melting or burning away. It’s beyond my experience, but I imagine it The black smoke from the towers indicates The required heat is created by forced com- would be somewhere on the order of hours incomplete combustion; it does not indicate bustion of purified fuels. Wood is reduced to in an insulated, forced-air furnace. intensified, forced air combustion. charcoal, coal is purified into coke and, in And this brings us to the last vital consid- 3: Insufficient insulating materials were some modern forges, propane is used. At the eration in the forging process: Most forges present to contain and reradiate the heat to heart of the process is forcing air into the fuel have some insulating medium such as fire- the steel substructure. If anything, the sheet to intensify the burning rate. Pumping the bel- brick or a wall of upcoming fuel to insulate rock interior walls would have insulated the lows or turning the crank on the forge blower and reradiate the heat back to the work. steel substructure from heat. creates and controls the conditions necessary Propane forges must be lined with firebrick Even if we had the three necessary com- to heat steel to a working temperature—or because, unlike coal or charcoal, a gaseous ponents of constant fuel, forced air and an beyond if you’re not careful. fuel offers no insulative qualities. The jet fuel insulated environment, there was not suffi- Another forge system that I’ve seen draw- which is claimed to have melted steel in the cient time to heat the massive steel in the ings of, but not used, is a draft forge. It uses WTC Towers is a gaseous fuel. buildings’ structure. The fires were going out. the draft of a chimney and regulatable intake So what are the necessary components to Steel cools even quicker than it heats up. And ports to “blow” on the coals and create work- melt steel in the real world? 1: A controlled fuel we have a picture to prove the falsity of the ing heat. This passive system may not work delivery system, in this case, a steady stream jet-fuel-melted-steel theory (see above). of jet fuel; 2: Forced air Small amounts of hot steel can easily be Project for a New American Century? to intensify the burning handled by a blacksmith using hand tools. The neo-conservative think tank “Project for a New Amer- rate; 3: An insulated But massive girders and beams, heated up combustion chamber to ican Century (PNAC)” published a report in Sept., 2000 to a working heat would melt the clothes contain and reradiate the or skin off anyone in close proximity to entitled, “America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces And heat and; 4: One through them. The picture of the woman standing Resources For A New Century.” Drafted at the behest of three must be maintained in the hole where the jet crashed into the Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush constantly over sufficient building, the primary intake and exhaust and “Scooter” Libby in pre-election anticipation of a Bush time to heat the given of the “WTC forge,” shows it was not at a presidency, the document describes in detail how the U.S. mass of steel. “working heat” where steel is meltable or plans “...to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional None of these condi- even malleable. security” and how “…the unresolved conflict with Iraq pro- tions were present in the I can’t cite from memory the relative vides the immediate justification” for military intervention WTC Towers. 1: The jet temperatures to prove or disprove the gov- in the Middle East. “[T]he need for a substantial American fuel burned up quickly, ernment’s jet-fuel-melted-steel theory, but I force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the much of it immediately have burned steel. The conditions necessary regime of Saddam Hussein,” PNAC observed.Valuable after impact in fireballs to melt steel were not present before the insight into the minds behind current U.S. foreign policy emitting from the far WTC collapse. Therefore, it did not happen. can be gained upon review of documents posted to the side of the buildings. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either a 2: There was no forced liar or has never generated heat to fabricate PNAC website at . www.newamericancentury.org air to intensify com- useful implements from metal stock. 14 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 15 Structure, physics and the law of falling bodies We know that for something to be true it must fit within a framework of known facts. Even in our personal lives, we are “tipped off” that people are not telling the truth when what they say is inconsistent with known facts. The following four pages by Eric Hufschmid will test the official version of what happened to the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and col- lapse of WTC Building 7 against known facts. With known facts in mind, we will be better qualified to determine what really happened that tragic day. at only two locations, by Eric Hufschmid but the floors were grids of steel. In order for a We all agree that America was attacked floor to fall, hundreds of on September 11, 2001, but there is a con- joints had to break almost troversy over some of the details of that simultaneously on 236 attack. The reason for the controversy is exterior columns and 47 that most of the photos, video, seismic data core columns. and eyewitness reports conflict with many FEMA omits an expla- portions of the official story. In other words, nation as to how this the evidence repeatedly conflicts with the could occur. official story. FEMA claims the At the beginning of its collapse, the top section of the South Tower tipped about 22 degrees, indicating FEMA’s “Pancake Theory” was Such a conflict exists between the laws of breaking of the first floor disproved before it was ever mentioned. natural science and the official explanation started a chain-reaction for why the Twin Towers of the World Trade when it hit the floor below it by breaking on the collapse of the Twin Towers. Center collapsed. the joints holding that floor. This resulted It is possible that the FEMA investigators in two floors falling, which then broke the had never seen the photos published in The Pancake Theory floor below them, and so on. FEMA refers Painful Questions and this could explain The official story is that the collapse of to this as “a pancake-type collapse of suc- why FEMA assumed that the floors in the cessive floors.” tower fell down like pancakes. However, the Professor Zdenek Bazant of Northwestern FEMA report is discredited in the presence University promoted this Pancake Theory a of new evidence and a new investigation few days after the September 11 attack, so should take place. FEMA may have picked up this theory from Unfortunately, mainstream news reporters A Exterior Core Column Column the professor. have not yet mentioned that this book—and the evidence it contains—exists; most peo- Floor The top of the South Tower ple, therefore, are oblivious to it. Truss cracks and tips It is possible that the people at FEMA Photographs of the collapse of the South do not know that Painful Questions exists, Tower do not support the Pancake Theory. which would explain why they seem obliv- The first visible event in the collapse of the ious to the fact that their Pancake Theory is South Tower was the tipping of the top sec- a structural impossibility. Exterior Core tion towards the crash zone. This top sec- B Column Column tion is about 300 feet tall. This enormous Clouds of concrete section begins falling over. Why would Prior to the collapse, wisps of black smoke FEMA claim the floors fell like pancakes were seeping from the tower and rising up- Floor when photos show otherwise? ward. When the top section began to tip Truss The photos in the book Painful Ques- (see photo above), enormous clouds were the towers began when fire caused steel tions—An Analysis of the September 11th expelled horizontally out of the tower. These beams to expand, which then caused the Attack, were not available to the public joints to break. until September, 2002, which was several The Federal Emergency Management months after FEMA had produced its report Continued next page Agency (FEMA ) has two diagrams in its May, 2002 report to explain this theory (see Of the thousands of steel and reinforced-concrete figures A and B above). The first diagram shows the fire heating the floor above it, and high-rise buildings and skyscrapers built in the last the expansion of that floor is pushing against 100 years, not one has ever collapsed due to fire. Yet the exterior and core columns, causing them it is the position of government officials that, on Sept. to deflect. FEMA’s second diagram shows a floor 11, 2001, three such structures (WTC buildings one, falling down. This diagram makes it ap- two and seven) collapsed from fire. pear as if the floor was held to the columns 16 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 17 and gypsum. from previous page Gypsum is a soft material so it is easy to believe that the gypsum was crushed to pow- clouds were not the smoke of a fire. Rather, der during the collisions of such massive something was occurring inside the tower to pieces of building, especially the gypsum create large amounts of powder, which was that was roasted in the fire. However, con- then expelled at high velocity. crete does not turn to powder very easily, even after it has been roasted in a fire. What What could the powder be? was occurring at the crash zone to convert The U.S. Geological Survey analyzed the the concrete and gypsum to powder? powder on the streets of Manhattan after Before we try to answer that question, we these buildings collapsed. Their analysis must study the photos of the rubble of the showed the powder to be primarily concrete World Trade Center.

Only steel survived Every photo of the rubble shows nothing but steel remained. One of the firemen searching for survivors told a reporter that the largest item he found, aside from the steel Another photo showing that something besides beams, was a small piece jet fuel is turning everything but pieces of steel of a telephone into dust as the South Tower comes down. keypad. How can build- ings fall down without at least some of the floor- ing, computers, office furniture, plumbing fixtures and concrete sur- viving? How is such total anni- hilation possible? We are sup- posed to believe that the people Every photo taken at ground zero after the towers’ who designed the collapse shows that only lengths of steel beams This photo of the South Tower (above) shows that everything World Trade Cen- survived—everything else was pulverized into dust. but steel beams were pulverized into powder as it collapsed. Significant explosive force is required to accomplish this level of ter towers never object inside the towers is evidence that disintegration. provided enough of a explosives had been placed in these towers safety margin to handle before the attack. a rise in temperature caused by a serious fire. Building 7 collapses This could be true, but that At about 5:20 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, does not explain why the WTC Building 7 suddenly collapsed. Video entire building turned into of the WTC 7 collapse shows that it came powder and small pieces down much differently than the towers. of steel. The Twin Towers shattered into huge Rather, it would only clouds of powder starting near the crash explain why some of the zone and working downward to the ground, steel beams buckled un- rather resembling a fireworks display. But der the stress and it could WTC 7 collapsed at its bottom much like a explain why some of the typical demolition of an old building. joints broke. It would not Most people assume that fires in WTC explain why every con- 7 caused the building to collapse. In May, crete floor disintegrated 2002, FEMA released its report on the col- into tiny particles before lapse of the buildings. Unfortunately, the hitting the ground. Seismologists commonly describe the explosive power of a volcano report doesn’t explain what happened to in terms of megatons of TNT. Volcanic eruptions deposit the dust The enormous clouds WTC 7. of pulverized rock; the Twin Towers’ collapse deposited the dust of concrete dust that Rather than explain how the fires caused of pulverized concrete. It is impossible for jet fuel to accomplish flew out of the building the level of destruction apparent with the Twin Towers’ collapse. That means additional explosives must have contributed to these at high velocity and the events. pulverization of every Continued next page 16 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 17

about this building. As a Seismic Record at Pallisades, NY 34 km North of the WTC Disaster from previous page result, most people jump to the assumption that WTC First impact 08:46:26 ML-0.9 12:40 WTC 7 to collapse, the FEMA report says 7 had extreme fires burn- 273 nm/s Second impact this: “The specifics of the fires in Building 7 ing inside it and that the UTC 09:02:54 ML-0.7 and how they caused the building to collapse horrendous fires caused 13:10 remain unknown at this time.” [Emphasis the building to crumble. 09:59:04 First collapse ML-2.1 added] However, the photos and 13:40 Various government agencies spent seven video show only a few 4,545 months investigating the collapse of the World tiny fires in only a few of 1600 nm/s NMS 14:10 Trade Center buildings. Not one of them ad- the hundreds of windows 10:28:31 vanced a plausible theory as to what caused the and only small amounts of Second collapse ML-2.3 collapse of Building 7. smoke were produced. 14:40 [Note: The National Institute of Standards 11:01:07 EDT, A fire of the magnitude Further collapse and Technology (NIST) released the results necessary to collapse a 11:15:04 EDT, Further collapse 15:10 of its “extensive three-year” investigation into 47-story, steel-framed 11:29:46 EDT, the collapse of WTC 7 on August 21, 2008 (see building would have set Further collapse 10 min 20 min 30 min page 30). NIST concluded that WTC 7 was the fire to a lot of office fur- 0 min first steel-framed building to ever collapse from niture, carpeting and other Record start time: 09/11/2001 08:40 EDT, 12:40 UTC fire alone. Curiously, WTC 7 never erupted into flammable objects. This in East-West component of motion at PAL, filtered 0.6 - 5 Hz flame but a few small, inefficient fires were burn- turn would have caused a Seismology reports provide data for the accurate analysis of earth- shaking events. The report above shows that each tower recorded ing when the building suddenly collapsed]. lot of flames to be visible a significant seismic event followed by several smaller ones as they in many windows. Also, a collapsed. This official report calls into question the government’s Incredible fires should be visible large fire of this type would “Pancake Theory.” However, the 9/11 Commission chose not to Most people have never seen photos or video produce a lot of smoke and consider this seismic record as evidence. of WTC 7 because the conventional news re- would likely cause many windows to shatter. decided to walk back toward the debris. It was porters have not provided much information How could such a massive fire burn in the between 4 and 5 p.m. I would say I was 150 building without any photos yards away when I saw the firefighters raising The law of falling bodies showing evidence of large the flag.” Still universally accepted by scientists and engineers flames or plumes of smoke? Franklin’s remarks show that somebody told throughout the world is “The Law of Falling Bodies” first the firemen by about 4 to 5 p.m. to stay away advanced by Galileo in the early 1600s. Somebody knew from WTC 7 because it was going to collapse. According to the scientists who analyzed the seismic data, WTC 7 would collapse Franklin obeyed and walked away from the the North Tower collapsed in 8.1 seconds. The collapse Tom Franklin, the photog- area, but he did not bother to take photos of started at about the 94th floor, near the woman seen in the rapher who took the famous the raging fires. “Iwo Jima flag raising” photo on page 14. How could he walk away from a 47-story If that woman had tossed a steel beam off the edge, it photo on Sept. 11, was near building that was engulfed in flames and about would have hit the ground about 8.4 seconds later. The WTC 7 at about 4 p.m. In to collapse on him without taking a few photos? formula to figure this out is very simple: his description of how that He should have been able to feel the heat on his Time in seconds = the square root of distance in feet photograph came about, he head. How could he ignore the first fire ever to divided by 16. makes an interesting remark destroy a steel building? Or did Franklin look about WTC 7: “Firemen Example: at WTC7 but not see any flames? 94 floors at 12 ft. per floor is 1,128 feet. evacuated the area as they Several people took photos of the side and 1,128 divided by 16 = 70.5 prepared for the collapse rear of the building because they saw a few The square root of 70.5 is 8.4. The amount of time it would of Building Seven. We were flames, but apparently nobody took a photo take for an object to freefall 1,128 feet is 8.4 seconds. catching our breath, drink- of the front of the building. ing water and juice, when I What evidence could anybody have that WTC 7 would collapse? Since a steel build- ing had never before collapsed from fire, why would anyone believe WTC 7 was about to col- lapse from a few tiny fires? Who told the firemen to evacuate the area? Cont’d The sequence of photos above show that WTC 7 was not consumed with flames before collapsing. Something brought the next building down and it was not fire. WTC 7 owner Larry Silverstein later admitted publicly that he and the New York Fire Department decided to go ahead with the (planned) demolition of WTC 7 on that day (See “Lucky Larry” article page 23). page 18 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 19 The towers fell at free-fall speed time it crashed into another floor. from previous page Scientists who analyzed the seismic data Since the seismic data and video footage tell us that the towers collapsed in 8 to 10 show that the rubble was falling down at The rubble was extremely hot seconds. Considering that the towers were free-fall speeds, the logical conclusion is NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey 1,300 feet tall, this means that the pieces that the floors were being shattered with ex- created a thermal map of the surface of were falling at free-fall speeds without any plosives just before the rubble from above the rubble five days after the attack. Obvi- type of resistance. crashed into it. ously, the rubble would be cooler after five The official story is that one floor fell Explosives can also explain why enormous days than it was on Sept. 11. Also, firemen down and hit the floor below it, then those clouds of dust were blown hundreds of feet sprayed water on the rubble during those five floors fell to the floor below them, and so outward, and why everything inside the days. However, one location in the rubble on. However, every time the rubble crashed buildings was pulverized to dust. of WTC 7 was above the melting point of into the floor below, there aluminum, and so was one location in the should be a slight delay rubble of the South Tower. from the “resistance” it When the rubble had finally been removed would encounter from from the basements of WTC 7 and the tow- the floor below. ers, news reports claim that workers found Rubble cannot crash steel that had previously melted. through a hundred steel These incredible temperatures are more and concrete floors with- evidence that explosives were used. out slowing down every Where is the airplane that crashed into the Pentagon? The government tells us it was AA-77—a Furthermore, the sci- Boeing 757 with 64 people on board—that entists who analyzed crashed into the Pentagon. seismic data from sev- A Boeing 757 is 60 tons when empty eral stations in the area and has two large engines that are nearly produced a report claim- 8,000 pounds each. The landing gear of ing there was no seismic The photo above shows the damage caused by whatever struck the Pentagon at 9:38 on this aircraft is also massive. evidence to indicate that the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The Photos taken after the crash show only one a large airplane crashed first question that comes to mind small engine and a few other small scraps— into the Pentagon. is, “Where’s the airplane?” evidence indicating that the aircraft credited How can we assume The image at right depicts a Boeing 757 and a with crashing into the Pentagon was much AA-77 was the aircraft scaled rectangle in red smaller than a Boeing 757. that hit the Pentagon representing the area of Photos taken before the Pentagon of- when the photos and the Pentagon that was damaged in the attack. fices collapsed do not show a hole in seismic data suggest that In our lives we are occasionally the Pentagon large enough for a Boeing the offending aircraft called upon to to resolve square 757; there are no large airplane scraps in was much smaller? peg/round hole problems. This is front of the Pentagon. These photos are To accept the theory one of those occasions. more evidence that the aircraft was much that AA-77 hit the Pen- in Painful Questions and other document- smaller than AA- 77. tagon requires that we admit that our air aries noted on page 30 ) that a Boeing 757 traffic control system is virtually did not crash into the Pentagon. worthless. AA-77 disappeared from The question then becomes, “What did air traffic controllers near Ohio. Air crash into the Pentagon?” traffic controllers at Indianapolis im- Eric Hufschmid published Painful mediately sent out a call for help in Questions (full-color book) in Sept., locating the aircraft, but no air traffic 2002 and subsequently released Painful controllers in the area could find it. Deceptions (DVD). Hufschmid’s original Most people assume that AA-77 analyses have served as a foundation for was hijacked near Ohio and trav- 9/11 truth to build upon. Information eled all the way back to the Pen- and evidence that has surfaced since the tagon without anybody noticing it release of Painful Questions and Painful on their radar screens. Deceptions tend to support Hufschmid’s This theory requires that our foundational work. radar system be so lousy it can- not locate a giant Boeing 757 as Note: For sure there was no wreckage it flies hundreds of miles through from a Boeing 757 at the Pentagon crash American airspace. site nor was the resultant damage consistent If that were the case, then Amer- with what one would expect from a large ica, in essence, has no national air commercial airliner. But, many people defense system. claim they saw a large airplane flying low A Boeing 757 has huge engines that weigh four tons each. over the Pentagon. Evidence is surfacing No 757 engine parts were found at the Pentagon. However, If not a 757, then what? to suggest that a large plane did approach pieces of a much smaller jet engine were found and can be It is apparent from video and pho- the Pentagon then pulled up at the last seen in this FEMA photo. To our knowledge, neither FEMA nor the 9/11 Commission have explained why this piece of tographic footage, physical evidence moment, disappearing from view behind small jet engine wreckage showed up at a 757 crash site. and witness testimony (reproduced a fireball (go towww.pentacon.com ). 18 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 19 Where did all the Saudis go? A compilation of newspaper articles, tember 11 terrorist attacks,” said Judicial that the order to allow the Saudis to leave witness reports and official documents Watch President Tom Fitton. “It is difficult the country came from the highest levels of obtained by Judicial Watch indicate that a for me to imagine a greater insult to the government. total of about 300 Saudis were allowed to American people, especially those whose In The 9/11 Commission Report: Omis- leave the U.S. between Sept. 11 and Sept. loved ones were [allegedly] murdered by sions and Distortions, David Ray Griffin 15, 2001. Among those allowed to leave bin Laden on that day.” closed his chapter on the officially-sanc- were members of the bin Laden family, the The government’s 9/11 Commission tioned Saudi exodus by noting that The 9/11 Saudi royal family and others who should Report acknowledges that 10 flights—one Commission failed to attach the appropriate have been identified by the FBI as “persons Saudi flight and nine chartered flights— amount of significance to the Bush admin- of interest.” “with 160 people, mostly Saudi nationals, istration’s intent to obstruct the questioning Judicial Watch, a Washington, D.C.-ad- departed the United States between Sept. of persons with known ties to Osama bin vocacy for justice and civil oversight of 14 and 24.” Laden. “...here, as with most other issues, government affairs, issued a press release Another document obtained by Judicial [The 9/11 Commission] seemed more con- April 20, 2005, stating that it obtained doc- Watch under FOIA from the Department cerned with defending the White House than uments through the Freedom of Information of Homeland Security showed that, be- in giving the American people ‘the fullest Act (FOIA) in which the FBI invoked pri- tween Sept. 11 and Sept. 15, another 160 possible account of the events surrounding vacy right protections on behalf of Osama Saudis were allowed to leave the country 9/11,’” Griffin stated. bin Laden—the man identified by the Bush on 55 mostly commercial administration as masterminding the Sept. flights originating from 11 attacks. over 20 cities. Many Under the provisions of FOIA’s Exemption of these flights were 6, as memorialized in a declassified “secret” airborne while all U.S. Admissions from former Homeland Security FBI report dated Sept., 24, 2003, the gov- flights were grounded. Director Tom Ridge indicate that the Bush ernment was authorized to withhold all In his book “House of administration has been intentionally manu- information it had about Osama bin Laden. Bush, House of Saud,” facturing fear of another attack. Ridge stated Exemption 6 (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6) (2000)) Craig Unger effectively April 15, 2005, that the color-coded terror states that the government may withhold establishes the Bush/bin alert system was designed to keep Americans from public inspection information on U.S. Laden family connection in a perpetual state of worry by periodically, persons in “personnel and medical files and and the rapid departure of and without any hard intelligence, increasing similar files” when the disclosure of such “many Saudis who may the alert stage to orange or red. The point is information “would constitute a clearly un- have been able to shed that none of the post-9/11 policies now in warranted invasion of personal privacy.” light on the greatest crime place—the Patriot Act, heightened airport “It is dumbfounding that the United States in American history.” security or the terror alert system—make government has placed a higher priority on Numerous individuals, Americans feel safer. In fact, the opposite is the supposed privacy rights of Osama bin including former FBI true and, it appears, the federal government Laden than the public’s right to know what agent Manny Perez, have is intentionally cultivating an atmosphere of happened in the days following the Sep- been cited as claiming fear in the “home of the brave.” Eighty-four percent of Americans now reject the government’s “official” explanation for 9/11 An Anderson Cooper/CNN poll from 11/14/04 revealed that terror war detainees and the 9/11 Commision chair and co-chair 89 percent of over 10,000 people polled believed there is a published “Without Precedent,” a book detailing official lies and 9/11 cover-up. About the same time, a Zogby poll revealed obstructions. that 66% of New York city residents and 60% of the state’s On October 16, 2006, the results of a “scientific” New York citizens believed the 9/11 investigation should be reopened; Times/CBS poll were released. According to the poll, only 16 49% of New York City residents and 41% of New York citizens percent of Americans still believed the government was “telling the overall said that some U.S. leaders “knew in advance that truth” about 9/11. The poll also noted that 53 percent of Americans attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and felt the government was “hiding something,” 28 percent believed that they consciously failed to act.” the government is “mostly lying” about 9/11 and 3 percent were By Dec. 16, 2005, the war in Iraq had officially become “un- “not sure.” popular” and President Bush admitted that the FBI routinely Informally, we can safely state that over half of all Americans spies on Americans. These developments caused new waves now suspect that the 9/11 attacks were “an inside job.” of people to look deeper into the events of 9/11. Global opinion. A global 9/11 opinion poll from World Public Then gas prices began to soar, the FBI admitted it has no Opinion.org was released on Sept. 12, 2008. According to the evidence linking Osama bin Laden to 9/11 and 9/11 truth was poll of over 16,000 participants from 17 nations, 46 percent still broadcast on C-SPAN July 30, 31 and August 1, 2006. blame al Qaeda, 15 percent blame the U.S. government and 7 By fall, 2006, Congress passed a bill authorizing the torture of percent believe Israel masterminded the 9/11 attacks. 20 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 21 “We are under attack, Mr. President” To accept official explanations for the events of 9/11 we must believe that several hundred persons manning duty stations created to prevent attacks such as the ones that occurred Sept. 11, 2001, chose, of their own free will, to ignore their duties and training that day. The epidemic of unusual behavior was not confined to air traffic and national security personnel on that memorable morning.

During an interview at a townhall meeting again asked, “What was the first thing dated December 4, 2001, President Bush that went through your head when you candidly described his personal thoughts and heard that a plane crashed into the first official actions after being told that the first building?” plane had hit the WTC North Tower. Though President Bush said, “Yes. Well, I was the president’s comments describe behavior sitting in a schoolhouse in Florida. I had that is not becoming of a commander-in- gone down to tell my little brother what chief, they are still posted to the official White to do, and—just kidding, Jeb. (Laughter.) House website at www.whitehouse.gov/ And—it’s the mother in me. (Laughter.) news/releases/2001/12/20011204-17.html Anyway, I was in the midst of learning In response to the question, “…how did about a reading program that works. I’m you feel when you heard about the terrorist a big believer in basic education, and it attack?” President Bush said, “Thank you, starts with making sure every child learns Jordan. Well, Jordan, you’re not going to to read. And therefore, we need to focus believe what state I was in when I heard on the science of reading, not what may about the terrorist attack. I was in Florida. feel good or sound good when it comes And my Chief of Staff, Andy Card—actually, to teaching children to read. (Applause.) I was in a classroom talking about a reading I’m just getting a plug in for my reading program that works. I was sitting outside initiative. the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an “Anyway, I was sitting there, and my airplane hit the tower—the TV was obviously Chief of Staff—well, first of all, when we After claiming to have seen the first WTC crash and on. And I used to fly, myself, and I said, well, walked into the classroom, I had seen this after being informed that a second plane had struck there’s one terrible pilot. I said, it must have plane fly into the first building. There was the first tower’s twin, President Bush did the strangest been a horrible accident.” a TV set on. And you know, I thought it was thing: Rather than assume the commander-in-chief The only known footage of a plane hitting pilot error and I was amazed that anybody role for a nation under attack, he continued reading the first tower was taken by French videogra- could make such a terrible mistake. And “My Pet Goat” to a classroom of second graders. phers Gedeon and Jules Naudet while filming something was wrong with the plane, That means a closed-circuit system must have a documentary about a New York fireman- or—anyway, I’m sitting there, listening to been set up in anticipation of the first strike in-training and was not known to be in exis- the briefing, and Andy Card came and said, and it had been determined that the president tence until hours after the crash had occurred. “America is under attack.’” must see the spectacle before his scheduled Text from the entire meeting is still appearance at Booker Elementary school. available at www.whitehouse.gov/ The plane hit the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. news/releases/2002/01/20020105- At that time, President Bush was somewhere 3.html between his limousine and the classroom at It is plain from his own, never- Booker Elementary in Sarasota, Florida, rescinded recollection of what which he entered at 9:03 a.m. happened the morning of Sept. 11 A reporter in the classroom noted that White that President Bush did, in fact, see House Chief of Staff Andy Card came into Flight 11 hit the North Tower. It is the room at 9:07 and whispered something in not likely that George W. Bush the president’s ear. Later it was determined could incorrectly remember the that this was the moment President Bush was events as they unfolded before him informed the South Tower had also been hit that morning because he was the and Card told the president, “America is president of the United States dur- under attack.” ing the most defining 90 minutes in American history. Apologists claim “An interesting day” that President Bush is just confused In retracing President Bush’s steps that on first tower/second tower termi- day, from the moment he left The Colony This simple map shows the approximate locations of the nology, but he has not changed his Resort where he had spent the night to the president during those first critical minutes of an unfoldingstory and he has never been asked national emergency. moment many hours later when he arrived in to publicly clarify these statements, Washington, D.C., it would appear that stan- Nevertheless, President Bush later reaffirmed which still stand after several years. dard security protocols, both for the national his admission of having seen the first plane The unanswered question of how he saw the defense and the safety of the president, were hit the North Tower only minutes after the first impact leads us to contemplate theories not observed. crash occurred. that have dire implications: He must have At a town hall forum on the economy in seen a live recording but the only known California, Jan. 5, 2002, the president was footage of the event was not yet available. Continued next page 20 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 21 The Bush/bin Laden family connection Official investigations into 9/11 avoid considering aspects of the But many other sources have confirmed the Bush/bin Laden con- event that may involve President Bush’s personal life. The most nection to such an extent that we can trace the billions of dollars in significant officially-non-considered issue is the well-documented, joint ventures, mutual interests and commerce that have been flowing multi-generational business and social relationships between the between the two families for decades. Bush and bin Laden families. “That the CIA, the Bush family and Osama bin Laden have been Though there are decades of public records, photos, newspaper cooperating and doing business for decades is now extremely well doc- articles and anecdotes memorializing an uncommonly intimate rela- umented and part of the 9/11 ‘cover-up’ being alluded to by [Senator] tionship between the two families, Congress, the 9/11 Commission and Bob Graham, the former chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the mainstream press have all remained curiously silent on the issue. in his public remarks,” wrote former LAPD narcotics investigator The most notorious attempt to bring awareness to the Bush/bin Michael Ruppert in “Crossing the Rubicon: Decline of the American Laden connection was the controversial documentary “Fahrenheit Empire at the End of the Age of Oil,” a 674-page book documenting 911” produced and directed by Michael Moore. numerous 9/11 anomalies. The film enjoyed tremendous box office success and contained The Citizens Commission finds there is ample documentation many irrefutable facts. But, it was not successful in compelling full available to link the Bushes and the bin Ladens as international busi- public disclosure of the two families’ business dealings and how they ness partners. Official investigators and mainstream media refusal may have benefitted financially from 9/11. Rather, the messenger, a to publicly acknowledge the link infers intentional omission of facts flamboyant, liberal socialist, was easily discredited as a shill for the pertinent to an impartial investigation of 9/11. Democrats and the Kerry presidential campaign. See suggestions for additional reading page 30. 9:29 a.m.—President and motorcade leave a thorough briefing in which President Bush is from previous page Booker Elementary. The president stops to informed that Osama bin Laden is suspected Compiled from reports is the following keep a prearranged appointment with the press. to have masterminded the attacks. timeline of what President Bush was later to No precautions are taken to deviate from his 6:34 p.m.—Air Force One, escorted by describe as “An interesting day.” publicly-announced schedule. two fighters, arrives at Andrews AFB in 8:00 a.m.—National Security briefing with 9:40 a.m.—AA-77 crashes into Pentagon. Washington, D.C. National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice. 9:43 a.m.—President and entourage arrive 8:30 p.m.—President Bush addresses the 8:30 a.m.—President and motorcade leave safely at the Sarasota airport. It is confirmed nation for five minutes. He states, We“ will The Colony Resort. that President Bush is now fully informed of make no distinction between the terrorists who 8:46 a.m.—First plane hits North Tower; the situation; does not committed these acts and within minutes Navy Captain Deborah order that Flight 93 be those who harbor them.” Loewer receives word of first WTC impact engaged. He also stated, “Imme- from a White House Situation Room staffer. 9:55 a.m.—Aide diately following the first By this time it is known that three airplanes informs vice-President attack, I implemented our have been hijacked. Cheney that Flight 93 government’s emergency 8:55 a.m.—President and entourage arrive is 80 miles out and response plans.” at Booker Elementary. headed for Wash- There is no evidence 9:00 a.m.—Chief of Staff Andy Card of- ington, D.C. Asked if that any such emergency ficially notifies president of the first WTC fighters should engage plans were implemented impact—12 minutes after the event had made the commercial airliner and this statement has international news. President Bush is taken to and shoot it down, never been repeated. a secure room and briefed by National Security Cheney says, “Yes” 9:00 p.m.—National Advisor Condoleeza Rice. and confirms the order security briefing. 9:01 a.m.—According to the president’s twice. The Washington Post comments, this is when he sees the first impact 9:57 a.m.—Air Force reported January 27, on TV and thought at the time that whoever One leaves Sarasota The map above charts the route Air Force One 2002, that before going did it must have been “a terrible pilot.” No airport, shoots high up took from Sarasota to Washington, D.C. to sleep around 11:30 footage of the first impact was known to exist above normal airplane traffic and circles the p.m. the night of Sept. 11, President Bush at this time. area for approximately 40 minutes while White “…wrote in his diary, ‘The Pearl Harbor of 9:03 a.m.—President Bush enters the class- House and Secret Service decide what to do. the 21st century took place today....We think room and begins reading “My Pet Goat” to Air Force One pilots take evasive action in it’s Osama bin Laden.’” Booker Elementary second graders. response to threats that the plane may also be Note: A complete reconstruction of the 9:07 a.m.—Card informs Bush of the sec- an attack target. Threats turn out to be false. president’s Sept. 11, 2001 words, actions ond impact. About this time vice-President 10:06 a.m.—Flight 93 “crashes” in a field and travels was compiled by Allen Wood of Dick Cheney is escorted from his office in near Shanksville, PA. 911citizenswatch.org. Wood gleaned clues the White House to a safe location by Secret 11:45 a.m. — Air Force One lands at Barks- from official sources and press reports to Service agents. No moves are made to protect dale AFB in Louisiana. Though there is much uncover a strange maze of contradictions, the president and rush him to a safe bunker. controversy as to what all happened between inconsistencies and untruths. It would ap- 9:16 a.m.—President Bush continues read- takeoff in Sarasota and landing at Barksdale, pear from available data that there have been ing to children and is unavailable as com- fighter escort for the president’s plane was not several instances where times were adjusted, mander-in-chief to a nation under attack. accomplished until sometime between 11:00 details omitted and vague explanations given 9:24 a.m.—NORAD still has not scrambled and 11:30. regarding the president’s activities that morn- fighters to intercept flights 93 and 77, which 1:30 p.m.—Air Force One leaves Barks- ing in Florida. It is apparent that the president’s are known to be heading toward Washington, dale. timeline for Sept. 11 has become fluid so it can D.C. 3:00 p.m.—Air Force One arrives at Offut be adjusted to fit with other timelines as they 9:27 a.m.—Still at Booker, President Bush AFB, SE Nebraska. evolve while being consistent with evidence talks to Cheney, who is in a secure location. 4:30 p.m.—Air Force One leaves Offut after as it surfaces. 22 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 23 Tangled in the webs they’ve weaved From the moment an airplane hit the North Tower to present, there is not one claim uttered or published in support of the Bush administration’s 19-boxcutter-wielding-Arab-terrorist theory for 9/11 that cannot be challenged by another claim of equal or greater merit. Perhaps the strongest evidence that the “official story” is a complete fabrication is the litany of “untruths” that surround the president’s pretext for a global war on terror and his domestic war on American civil liberties. Following are just a few of the hundreds of lies that have been spun around 9/11: “I don’t think anybody could have predicted that they would try This comment was made nearly four months after his 9/11 Com- to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile.” mission had published its final report which contained the observation ~National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, 5/16/02 that it had found no “collaborative relationship” between Iraq President On August 6, 2001, the president personally “received a one- Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. In other words, the president was still and-a-half page briefing advising him that Osama bin Laden publicly “insisting” that Saddam Hussein had collaborated with al Qa- was capable of a major strike against the U.S. and that the plot eda on 9/11 when his own commission had published its findings that could include the hijacking of an American airplane.” In July the Iraqi president had nothing to do with the Sept. 11 attacks. 2001, the Bush administration : On May 1, 2005, the London Sunday Times was also told that terrorists had The Downing Street Memo “Imagine those 19 hijackers published what is now known as “the Downing Street Memo”—minutes from explored using airplanes as mis- a July 23, 2002 meeting between British and U.S. officials discussing the pos- with other weapons and other siles. [Source: NBC, 9/10/02; sibility of a war with Iraq. Transcribed by defense policy aide Matthew Rycroft plans—this time armed by LA Times, 9/27/01] and considered “top secret,” the memo states, “Military action was now seen as Saddam Hussein.” ~President inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by George Bush, State of Union “...we didn’t know they [the the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being Address, Jan 28, 2003 19 al Qaeda terrorist hijackers] fixed around the policy.” The memo prompted some 80 members of Congress Aside from there being no were here plotting until it was to demand an explanation from the Bush administration. But, like so many other evidence linking Iraq President too late.”~Vice-President Dick challenges to Bush camp post-9/11 motives, the memo seems to have been Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 Cheney to the Heritage Foun- dropped into the memory hole. tragedy, by this time, six to dation Jan. 4, 2006, in support The White House memo: On Feb. 2, 2006, the BBC reported that it has nine of the 19 alleged hijackers of warrantless NSA spying seen the minutes of a meeting between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and are reportedly alive and living The vice-president claims that, President Bush at the White House Jan. 31, 2003, in which the two heads of legally in other countries. had the Bush administration been state discussed plans to attack Iraq by March 10, 2003—with or without UN empowered to secretly eavesdrop approval. The minutes, contained in “Lawless World,” a new book by British “I said, ‘You know, we’ve on the U.S.-to-overseas conver- human rights attorney Philippe Sands, cite the following, “The U.S. would put had such terrible loss of life, sations of two 9/11 hijackers, the its full weight behind efforts to get another resolution and would ‘twist arms’ and maybe the smartest thing to do Sept. 11 attacks may have been ‘even threaten’. But he had to say that if ultimately we failed, military action would is, is pull it. And they made prevented. He did not mention follow anyway.” To which Prime Minister Blair replied that he was, “Solidly behind that decision to pull and then that the FBI had extensive dos- the president and prepared to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam.” we watched the building col- siers on alleged hijackers Almi- The CIA report: In October, 2004, LA Times reporter Robert Scheer broke the lapse.’” ~Larry Silverstein, hdhar and Alhazmi and that The story of a CIA report detailing who was responsible for the intelligence failures that PBS documentary “America caused 9/11 to happen. The report, which has been acknowledged to exist by 9/11 Commission had concluded Rebuilds,” Sept., 2002 members of Congress, would have been extremely damaging to members of the that bureaucratic ineptitude, not Bush administration. It was generally anticipated that the report would be released On Sept. 9, 2005, Silver- lack of intelligence, facilitated after the 2004 elections. Apparently it, too, has found the memory hole. stein Properties spokesman the 9/11 tragedy. Besides, the Dara McQuillan stated, after U.S. has been secretly monitoring U.S.-to-overseas communic- nearly three years of silence regarding his boss’ initial “pull ations since WWI. [Source: The Washington Times, 1/5/06] it” comment, that by “it,” Silverstein meant the contingent of firefighters remaining in the building. “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has He could not have meant that they should “pull” the firefighters weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing from the building because there weren’t any firefighters in the them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against building, at least according to FEMA, NIST, and Frank Fellini, us.”~Vice President Dick Cheney to the Veterans of Foreign the FDNY Assistant Chief responsible for WTC 7 at that time. Wars, 103rd National Convention, Aug. 26, 2002 The “WMD” claim was the cornerstone of Bush administration “Our tests show that it is safe for New Yorkers to go back to justification for invading Iraq. It has since been proven to be a work in New York’s financial district.” ~EPA press release from globally scandalous falsehood. The costs of this blatant lie in Sept. 16, 2001, upon instructions from the White House to dollars: nearly $600 billion (and counting). The cost in human downplay the potential health effects of Ground Zero air lives: Somewhere between 1 million and 1.5 million (depending quality so that Wall Street could reopen for business. on who is counting and who gets counted). On this recommendation, rescue and cleanup crews stowed their breathing apparatus and continued their work. Severe respiratory “The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship be- complications began appearing almost immediately; chronic and tween Iraq and Saddam and al-Qaeda is because there was a fatal respiratory symptoms have since plagued people working and relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda.” living around Ground Zero in proportions well beyond pre-9/11 ~President George Bush, Oct, 2004 averages for the area (see pages 24, 25). 22 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 23 Lawsuits filed in wake of 9/11 terrorist attacks prove futile By 2003 several lawsuits had been filed in 2005 on the “sovereign immunity doctrine”; the Anyone who has been involved in civil ac- federal court in an effort to make public alleged judge chose to grant the president, et. al, im- tion in federal court knows that the system can crimes committed by various officials and agen- munity from prosection without considering the be slow, frustrating and expensive. Those who cies within the federal government for their roles evidence. have attempted to sue the federal government in the events of 9/11. All of them, with one excep- The whistleblower lawsuit filed by Sibel Ed- in a federal court can attest to the federal court’s tion (see page 25) seem to have been dropped or monds seems to have gone nowhere. Edmonds was partiality in favor of agents and agencies of the dismissed for one reason or another . a translator working at the FBI’s language division federal government. WTC Janitor Wiliam Rodriguez’ RICO suit with after 9/11. Edmonds claims she can prove that offi- To read the respectfully submitted and well-sup- Attorney Phil Berg fizzled in 2007. Ellen Mariani cials ignored highly sensitive information heard on ported pleadings filed on behalf of the people of whose husband died when Flight 77 allegedly hit wiretaps which would have alerted the government this country by those close to 9/11 is to know be- the Pentagon, also represented by Berg, withdrew to potential terrorist attacks in advance of the Sept. yond a shadow of a doubt they have merit; to know her suit for a variety of reasons that were publicly 11 tragedies. Edmonds’ original 2004 lawsuit was that not one of them has been able to move forward categorized as “health.” quietly dismissed. The former FBI linguist refiled in a court of law is a sign that the federal courts A $7 billion class action lawsuit filed by attorney a more detailed complaint in 2005 which was also are preventing—not facilitating—the hearing of Stanley Hilton on behalf of the families of some dismissed. Edmond’s appeal was denied without legitimate citizen claims of official wrongdoing 400 9/11 victims was thrown out of court in early reason or opinion May 6, 2005. with regard to 9/11. Lucky Larry’s $2+ billion bonus Just six weeks before 9/11, Larry Silverstein had secured privately trolled demolition. According to Silverstein, he and the New York Fire leased control of the WTC complex. The WTC had been public property Department decided to “pull” Building 7 and, at approximately 5:20 p.m. since opening its doors in 1972. on Sept. 11, 2001, the building was “pulled.” On July 24, 2001, a $3.2 billion, 99-year lease It takes weeks to plan a demolition of this type, set the charges in precise agreement for the Twin Towers and WTC build- locations and time their detonation. Silverstein’s admission infers prior ings 4, 5 and two nine-story office buildings was planning of Building 7’s collapse. finalized between the Port Authority of New In February, 2002, Industrial Risk Insurers paid Silverstein Properties, Inc., York and New Jersey (PA) and Silverstein Prop- $861 million to rebuild on the WTC 7 site. It is estimated that Silverstein erties, Inc. Upon consecration of the complex, had invested about $386 million in Building 7. In raw numbers, Building multi-billion dollar deal, Silverstein took out a 7’s demolition netted Silverstein almost $500 million. full-coverage insurance policy that specifically Even though Silverstein admitted Building 7 had been demolished, FEMA Larry Silverstein making protected the Twin Towers from losses due to has not revised its May, 2002 report, the 9/11 Commission did not address a statement at a post- settlment press conference acts of terrorism. it (see page 22 for an interesting twist to this story) and NIST concluded with then NY Governor On December 6, 2004, a federal jury decid- that Building 7 was the first steel-framed building in history to collapse Elliot Spitzer at his side. ed that the attacks on the Twin Towers were from fire see( story page 31). two different events, awarding Silverstein and the PA a total insurance policy recovery of $4.55 billion. The nine insurance companies involved What a day it was appealed the decision but settled for the $4.55 billion on May 24, 2007 The 9/11 Commission never investigated the possibility that Silverstein’s (Silverstein’s “award” was reported at about $2 billion). pre-9/11 land management activities were influenced by prior knowledge of an attack on the WTC. In economic terms, one could safely say that Building 7 Sept. 11, 2001, was the luckiest day of Larry Silverstein’s life. The 47-story office building known as Building 7 be- longed to Silverstein. On the morning of 9/11, a few small fires started on two floors of Building 7. It is not clear how the fires began. Hours after the Twin Towers col- Insider trading and 9/11 lapsed, Building 7 came down. The Federal Emergency The first rule of investigation is to follow the money. The CIA knows this rule which is why Management Agency’s report of May, 2002, states, “The one of its duties is to monitor, in real time, large financial transactions in the interest of national specifics of the fires in Building 7 and how they caused the security. What may be one of the largest insider trading scams in history took place during the building to collapse remain unknown at this time.” weeks before 9/11. Insider trading is facilitated by investment activities known as “shorts” and Four months later, Silverstein told the world what hap- “puts.” Incidence of such trading increased dramatically with regard to American Airlines and pened to Building 7. The Public Broadcasting System United Airlines stock, reported the Chicago Board Options Exchange. $Millions were made by (PBS) aired the documentary “America Rebuilds” in a few investors when these airlines’ stock crashed after the attacks. No investigation has com- September, 2002. The show contains an interview with menced to determine if the lucky speculators had prior knowledge of 9/11. As an aside, “Buzzy” Silverstein in which he stated, “I remember getting a call Krongard was investment bank A.B. Brown’s chairman until 1997. Brown managed United from the, er, fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the Airline’s pre-9/11 “puts.” Kronegard is now—and was during 9/11— CIA executive director. fire, and I said, ‘We’ve had such terrible loss of life, maybe In Crossing the Rubicon, Michael Ruppert provides evidence proving $millions were made the smartest thing to do is pull it.’ And they made that de- from curiously-timed investments that capitalized on the 9/11 tragedy. Because it could not tie cision to pull and we watched the building collapse.” them to al Qaeda, The 9/11 Commission did not pursue leads strongly suggesting that certain The term “pull” in this case means to initiate a con- insiders profited from 9/11 prior knowledge. 24 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 25 Messages in the dust When the Twin Towers collapsed, all that remained intact were lengths of steel; all else had been reduced to particles of dust. That means we can inventory the buildings, assess quantities of inventoried items and add the relative weights of their various elemental components. From there we can calculate dust cloud composition. The results of this mathematical ex- ercise—astounding; the official response to the WTC dustcloud prior to an analysis being conducted—curi- ous; the official silence after the analysis—disturbing. compiled from WTCEO reports

Before the dust began settling after the the moment it is collapse of the Twin Towers, video cam- mined to the mo- eras were recording trained rescuers and ment it’s discarded selfless citizens engaging in activities best as waste. This photo was taken moments after the North Tower had collapsed. Two described as acts of heroism. With little Levels of days later, the government declared the air around Ground Zero safe to regard for their own safety, hundreds of polychlorinated breathe. Not surprisingly, non-government scientists found extremely people selflessly pitched in to help those biphenyls (PCBs) high levels of several of the most toxic and regulated substances known at Ground Zero who needed them. were measured at to man in the breathing mixture. ~Photo from wtceo.org On Sept. 13, 2001, U.S. Environmental 75,000 times the previous record for the lapse, scientists and laypersons formed Protection Agency (EPA) Director Chris- area. PCBs are primarily used as insulat- the World Trade Center Environmental tine Todd Whitman declared that the air ing fluids for heavy-duty electrical sys- Organization (WTCEO). at and around Ground Zero was safe to tems such as those found in power plants The group has staged protests attempting breathe, prompting rescue workers to and large buildings. Due to their extreme to bring national attention to the environ- continue their efforts without the aid of toxicity PCBs are heavily regulated by mental issues that have lingered around breathing apparatus. the EPA and their use scheduled to be Ground Zero since 9/11. On March 11, Regardless that the government phased out. 2002, WTCEO member Dr. Marjorie had declared Ground Zero air safe to The smoke detectors found throughout Clarke, Ph.D., from the City College of breathe, large percentages of workers the Twin Towers contained radioactive New York, testified before a Senate inves- began experiencing moderate to severe americium-241. The EPA cautions against tigation committee on 9/11. She described respiratory problems and related health inhalation exposure to americium-241 for the record the toxins and pollutants at complications. Scientists such as Dr. Cate and that inhaled particles of the radioac- Ground Zero and the effect they have had Jenkins, Dr. Marjorie Clarke, Paul Bartlett tive substance may become lodged in the on people in the area: and others warned of the consequences of lungs. · Over 400,000 pounds of lead inhaling the toxic dust and fumes but were In early October, 2001, Dr. Thomas · Over 200,000 pounds of asbestos unheeded by the agencies in charge. Cahill of the University of Davis at · More than enough mercury to con- Recipe for a toxic cloud California found levels of very fine and taminate 2,500 city blocks Each 110-floor tower weighed ap- ultrafine particulates in the Ground Zero · Radioactive americium 241 from thou- proximately 500,000 tons and contained breathing mixture that were the highest sands of smoke detectors 100,000 tons of steel and 213,000 cubic he’d seen of 7,000 samples taken around · Highest levels of vanadium ever re- yards of concrete. Each tower had ap- the world—including those he took while corded proximately 6,000 miles of electrical wire Kuwaiti oil fields were burning at the end · Children in nearby schools have de- and 198 miles of heating ducts. of the first Gulf War. veloped serious respiratory problems Aside from the tons of toxic components Months after the disaster the EPA re- · Half of those who cleaned ground zero of pulverized concrete, aluminum, cop- corded unprecedented levels of dioxin in have serious health problems per, rubber/plastic and sheet metal, the the breathing mixture near Ground Zero. · Hundreds of firefighters can no longer Twin Towers also housed approximately Dioxin, is an extremely persistent toxin work 100,000 computers—each one of which that is heavily regulated by the EPA. Toxic · 14 rescue dogs have died contained four to 12 pounds of lead. quantities of dioxin were released when Each of the tens of thousands of fluo- plastics, resins and bleaches in the towers It is odd that the government prefers not rescent light bulbs contained measurable were incinerated. to investigate or cleanup the toxic legacy amounts of mercury—the most toxic non- Frustrated that the government refused of the Twin Towers collapse when it has radioactive substance on earth. Mercury to acknowledge the ongoing ecological a mandate, the authority and an obligation is heavily regulated by the EPA from disaster caused by the Twin Towers’ col- to do so. (See update next page) 24 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 25 BBC reported WTC 7 collapse—23 minutes before it happened On Feb. 27, 2007, a video clip from the refused to intelligently com- BBC appeared on YouTube and was instantly ment on the clip. made available to the world—over and over On September 9, 2006, 9/ again. The clip, which only aired once and, 11 victims’ advocate Robert according to the BBC, was “lost” shows McPadden told an audience BBC correspondent Jane Standley talking at the Community Church in about how the Saloman Brothers Building New York City how, while (WTC 7) had just collapsed. The report was stationed at a Red Cross op- broadcast approximately 23 minutes before erations center, he was told WTC 7 actually collapsed. that WTC 7 was going to be The still at right, taken from the live BBC brought down. broadcast, clearly shows WTC 7 still stand- We have known since WTC ing in the background (see circle to the right complex leaseholder Larry of her ear). The source of the clip claims the Silverstein stated on the PBS spot was originally aired at 4:54 (21:54 GMT) documentary “America Re- p.m. WTC 7 collapsed at 5:20 p.m. builds” (see page 23) that the Still available on YouTube is BBC correspondent Jane Standley The BBC clip indicates it had prior knowl- decision had been made to reporting live near Ground Zero that the Saloman Brothers edge that WTC 7 was to collapse, though “pull” WTC 7 and it collapsed Bldg. (WTC 7, circled) had collapsed—23 minutes before it Standley made no mention that the collapse as a result of a planned demo- happened. was preplanned. lition. But now we have an overwhelming prove the fact. It would be prudent to find out Both Standley and the BBC have thus far body of mutually corroborating evidence to who planned the demolition and why.

At a 9/11 “Confronting plaintiffs’ attorneys have done the Evidence” conference about $110 million in pro bono at the Manhattan Center on Legacies in the dust legal work to date. The case is Sept. 11, 2004, Jenna Orkin before Federal Judge Alvin Hell- of the World Trade Center Environmental Dept. of Health and Mental Hygeine says it’s erstein who has presided over all 9/11-related Organization announced that, “...since then, too early blame the post-9/11 air quality in cases, including the Silverstein insurance over half our heroes have begun manifesting lower Manhattan for widespread respiratory claim (see page 23). respiratory problems.” tract ailments in the area. The “since then” to which Orkin refers was Robin Herbert is the director of a post 9/11 Note: A study released Sept. 5, 2006 by Mt. Sept. 13, 2001—the day EPA Director Chris- health monitoring program of over 14,000 Sinai Hospital in New York reveals that 70 tine Todd Whitman put her name to a White workers exposed to “Sept. 11 dust and de- percent of WTC rescue workers are suffer- House-edited release claiming that the air near bris” that is being administrated through Mt. ing new and lingering symptoms from toxic Ground Zero was safe to breathe. The “heroes” Sinai Hospital. Westfeldt quoted Herbert as exposures they received while performing to which Orkin referred are the thousands of stating, ‘“Certainly it is not inconceivable’ their duties at Ground Zero. first responders and citizens who worked tire- that a person could die lessly in rescue efforts during those first days of respiratory disease after the collapses (see previous page for a related to Sept. 11.” breakdown of toxic substances released by At this time, attorneys the WTC collapses). for the City of New York It appears that public health and safety took deny any direct medical MURDER OF U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; a back seat to business as the doors of Wall link between exposure CONSPIRACY TO MURDER U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED Street reopened promptly after the EPA made to WTC toxic debris and the “all clear” announcement. respiratory illnesses. STATES; ATTACK ON A FEDERAL FACILITY RESULTING IN DEATH New Yorker Judy Andreas noted that in Attorney David Worby the days following 9/11, many people were is representing more than USAMA BIN LADEN complaining about upper respiratory distress 10,000 plaintiffs who are [Note: Perhaps now we know and “joggers were reporting nosebleeds...And alleging government offi- why Osama bin Laden has yet , the media was virtually silent,” Andreas cials and construction con- never been apprehended. observed. tractors exposed workers On June 5, 2006, FBI publicity The sheer volume of 9/11-related breath- agent Rex Tomb admitted to toxic cleanup conditions to reporter Ed Hass that, ing problems among Ground Zero workers without providing proper “The reason why 9/11 is not is finally forcing the media to acknowledge protective gear. mentioned on Usama Bin the growing problem. Associated Press writer Worby claims that, Laden’s Most Wanted page is Amy Westfeldt noted in her Jan. 13, 2006 ar- since the middle of 2004, because the FBI has no hard evidence connecting bin Laden ticle, “Sept. 11 workers die of health problems; more than 100 of his cli- to 9/11.” direct link to ground zero unclear,” that three ents have died from Sept. If you want to see the most men who worked Ground Zero in the 9/11 11-related illnesses. “This current FBI wanted poster for aftermath have died of respiratory illnesses in is just the tip of the ice- Osama bin Laden, just type the last seven months. Though the friends and berg. Many, many more “FBI wanted poster Osama” into your favorite Internet families of James Zardoga, Timothy Keller people are going to die search engine and see what and Felix Hernandez are convinced that these from the aftermath of this happens. If neither bin Laden nor Iraqi President Saddam men died of complications directly associated toxicity,” Worby said. Hussein masterminded 9/11, who did? with their work at Ground Zero, the NYC Worby claims that 26 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 27 The not-so grand inquisition On November 27, 2002, over a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush announced his signing of an act of Congress to create “...a national commission to investigate the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and the years that led up to that event.” He also stated that [the] “investigation should carefully examine all the evidence and follow the fact [sic] wherever they lead. We must uncover every detail and learn every lesson of Sept. the 11th...It’s our most solemn duty.” Since that day, the Bush administration has faced broad-spectrum accusations describing its ongoing attempts to obstruct a full investigation of 9/11. Two years after publication of The 9/11 Commision Report, about half of all Americans are now convinced Bush administration officials have actively participated in a “cover-up” with regard to 9/11. It took 441 days for President Bush to announce the formation 2. Bush/Cheney contacted then Senate Majority Leader Tom of The 9/11 Commission to investigate the deadliest and most de- Daschle (D-SD) expressing their desire for House and Senate in- structive attacks ever perpetrated on American soil. That is the first telligence committees to confine a 9/11 investigation to intelligence clue that the Bush White House was in no hurry to investigate the apparatus failures that day. They felt that a broader investigation events of 9/11. Following is an overview of “evidence” suggesting would take valuable resources away from the “war on terror.” that the Bush administration has frustrated efforts to fully investigate 3. Bush’s first choice for the9/11 Commission chairman was Henry 9/11 and make details publicly available. Kissinger who resigned a month later due to “conflicts of interest.” 4. The 9/11 Commission was given $3 million and 18 months to “As soon as we began looking for answers, we were blocked... complete its investigation. The White House resisted giving the The White House is just blocking everything.” commission additional funds to complete its investigation. ~Monica Gabrielle, wife of 9/11 victim 5. The White House opposed giving the 9/11 Commission a two- month extension to complete its work and finally relented due to a 1. The City of New York accepted a bid by Demolitions, Inc., to lot of bad press. Ironically, the delays were largely due to lack of remove WTC rubble 11 days after the attacks. Amid many objections cooperation from the White House. by citizens and investigators, the crime scene debris/evidence was 6. For months, the White House denied The 9/11 Commission quickly cut up and removed—much of it sold to China as scrap. access to 360 presidents’ daily intelligence briefs (PDFs) dating back to 1998. After lengthy negotiations, only four com- missioners were allowed to see just 24 of the 360 PDFs that were germane to the investigation. 9/11 and facts 7. The four commissioners were denied access to their own notes regarding the 24 PDFs. On March 14, 2004, the White House provided The 9/11 Commission with a on the ground 17-page summary of al-Qaeda-related PDFs. • Internationally-organized crime—trafficking of contraband and “I am going to assume the White House is stonewalling the investigation.” human misery, graft, larceny and extortion— is a multi-trillion-dol- ~Stephen Push, director, Families of September 11 lar-a-year industry. 8. Prior to a March 4, 2004 9/11 Commission hear- • This money is circulating throughout the international banking ing to take the testimony of former counterterrorism system. chief Richard C. Clarke, U.S. Attorney General Alberto • International banking is about 80 percent government regula- Gonzales gave the commission information intended to tion—accounting, reporting, tracking and taxing. discredit Clarke and, therefore, his testimony. 9. National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice tried to • International banking regulations are enforced by international avoid testifying before The 9/11 Commission but relented law enforcement and international intelligence communities. under tremendous public pressure April 8, 2004. The inescapable facts on the ground in our world of today is that 10. The 9/11 Commission was “allowed” to take the tes- organized criminals, organized bankers, organized governments, timony of Bush and Cheney April 29, 2004, provided their organized law enforcement and organized intelligence are all key testimonies were taken together, not under oath, behind components of internationally-organized crime. closed doors and their comments remain classified. Think of the human misery, cultural devastation and environ- 11. On April 1, 2004, it was widely reported that the Bush White House had refused to turn over 75 percent of mental degradation attributted to this one industry. 11,000 pages of Clinton administration records pertinent Now ask yourself, “Is it so unlikely that 9/11 was perpetrated to to the 9/11 investigation. further the interests of organized criminals?” 12. It’s now 2009: We still don’t know what happened. Whodunnit? The widely read newspaper Corriere della Sera quoted former Italian Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga on Nov. 30, 2007, as stating that 9/11 was a false flag operation planned and executed by the CIA and the Mossad. Cossiga's opinion of intel- ligentsia is qualified: He was the former head of the Italian secret service and his 1990 testimony ended NATO's “Operation Gladio.” Gladio's operatives, among other subversive activities, staged murderous false flag attacks and blamed them on leftist groups. 26 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 27 Federal Actions Taken in Violation of Civil Rights But Now Allowed Global war on terror: Under the “Patriot Act • More than 8,000 South Asian and Arab immigrants have been interrogated because of their religion or ethnic background and The domestic front not because of actual wrongdoing or ter- Shortly after 9/11, the Bush administration declared a global “war on terror.” rorist activity Military operations that commenced almost immediately in Afghanistan and then • American citizens suspected of ter- in Iraq are expected to spread into Syria and Iran. Here at home Congress has rorism are being held indefinitely in been passing “anti-terror” laws that represent, in very real terms, a legislative military custody without being charged, war on American civil liberties. Beginning with enforcement of Patriot Act (2002) without legal counsel and without speedy provisions, we are now living in a nation where the government routinely conducts trial protections. warrantless surveillance operations and authorizes itself to arrest, detain and • Thousands of men, mostly of Arab torture its enemies. and South Asian origin, have been held in secretive federal custody for weeks, even Since Sept. 11, 2001, the laws have it broad and unfettered access to phone and months—and sometimes without being been changing in America. Under the Internet usage, as well as access to highly told why they are being held. pretext of protecting Americans from ter- personal information such as medical, • The public and the press have been rorists, civil liberties that we tend to take financial, mental health and education banned from immigration court hearings for granted—freedom of speech, freedom records. Such scrutiny can now be made of those detained after 9/11. Courts have of the press, the right to privacy in our with minimal judicial oversight, leaving been ordered to keep the proceedings persons, papers and effects; our right to surveillance to the arbitrary discretion of secret and to not provide public notice of peaceably assemble, the right to keep and overzealous law enforcement agents. future hearings. bear arms and other “rights” are being • Permits citizens to be detained and • The government is now allowed to legislated away. questioned without counsel on mere sus- monitor communications between federal Perhaps the most significant civil liberty picion of terrorist activity, which could detainees and their lawyers, destroying the or constitutionally-guaranteed right that include political dissent. attorney/client privilege and right to fair has been undone by new legislation (and • Permits non-citizens to be jailed based and impartial counsel. recently upheld in the U.S. Supreme Court) on mere suspicion and denied re-entrance • The new attorney general guidelines is that Americans are no longer protected to the United States for expressing views allow FBI spying on religious and po- against unwarranted searches and seizures. not appreciated by authorities. Suspects litical organizations, including individual City, county, state and federal police now convicted of no crime may now be de- members, without direct evidence of have the authority to, on hearsay or with tained indefinitely in six-month increments wrongdoing. self-determined probable cause, enter and without judicial review. • President Bush, in violation of the sep- search anyone’s home or secretly monitor aration of powers doctrine, has ordered their communications. Bill of Rights violations military commissions to try suspected Following is an overview of what the • 1st Amendment: Freedom of religion, terrorists who are not citizens. These tri- “Patriot” and other acts of Congress ac- speech, assembly and the press. bunals can enter a conviction on hearsay tually do to increase police powers across • 4th Amendment: Freedom from un- evidence by only a two-thirds vote. the country: reasonable searches and seizures. • Expands terrorism laws to include • 5th Amendment: No person is to be What lessons in history apply? “domestic terrorism” which could subject deprived of life, liberty or property without History tells us that once government lawful political organizations unpopular due process of law. is allowed to unilaterally invade and to the present administration to unlawful • 6th Amendment: Right to a speedy indiscriminately kill foreigners, the surveillance, wiretapping, harrassment and public trial by an impartial jury, right to next step is to persecute and subjugate criminal penalties—simply for advocating be informed of the facts of the accusation, its own people. Welcome to post-9/11 unpopular political viewpoints. right to confront witnesses and have the America. • Allows FBI agents to investigate Amer- assistance of legal counsel. The fall of Athens and Rome came after ican citizens for criminal matters, no matter • 8th Amendment: No excessive bail or police authority had expanded to allow how trivial, without probable cause if an cruel and unusual punishment. warrantless searches and seizures and agent deems the activity is warranted for • 14th Amendment: All persons, whether due process had devolved to the point “intelligence purposes.” citizens or not, while within the borders of that citizens were tried by secret tribunals • Greatly expands law enforcement’s the United States, are entitled to due process authorized to arbitrarily sentence them to ability to conduct secret searches, giving and the equal protection of the laws. hard labor or death. FBI refusal to answer petition—revealing; the implications—disturbing The FBI’s Pentagon/Twin Towers Bombing (PENTTBOM) investigation is allegedly ongoing. Over 200 people recently petitioned PENTTBOM investigation Director Justin Tolomeo to respond to the following allegations: 1) The contract termination date for WTC security company Stratosec was Sept. 10, 2001; 2) seismographs detected explosions in the basements of the Twin Towers before being struck by airplanes; and 3) all three WTC towers fell at free-fall speed, disproving the government’s pancake col- lapse theory; WTC 7 was not struck by an airplane. The PENTTBOM investigation office has refused to respond to the petition (POGO Petition 200701 at www.voicesofsafety.com). Petition originator Don Meserlian of New Jersey, while pressing the FBI to answer the petition, claims an NYC FBI legal affairs attorney agreed with him when he commented telephonically, “The right to petition the government for grievances implies an obligation to respond, otherwise, the right to petition is a meaningless right.” 28 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 29 The cost of 9/11 not measured in dollars alone Within hours of the Twin Towers collapsing the Bush ad- the guns, bombs and other items purchased for war; we can also ministration responded by committing the reputation and estimate the price of administrating wartime policies at home resources of America in a costly direction. That direction? and abroad. Waging global war on terror and claiming the “right” to Following are some astounding numbers that are important preemptively strike anyone who is perceived as posing a to consider as the White House uses 9/11 to justify leading threat to the interests of the U.S. or its allies. Americans into an era of armed global conflict. Note that we We can mathematically qualify property damage and have kept the figures reported as of 1/31/05 and updated them reconstruction costs in terms of dollars; we can inventory as of 11/8/08.

National debt as of 1/31/05 at least $8.8 billion was unaccounted for as of Other costs $7,630,852,511,764.70 ($7.63 trillion) January, 2005, according to a report from Iraq • The U.S. dollar is decreasing in value as The estimated population of the United reconstruction Inspector General Stewart Bowen. foreigners lose confidence in its stability due to States was 295,464,494; each citizen’s share CBS reported Dec. 6, 2007, that about $1 billion increasing public debt. of this debt—including newborns—was in military equipment is “lost” and contracts total- • America’s reputation as defender of freedom $25,826.63. ling $643 million have an audit trail of only $83 has been replaced with a reputation as an aggressor The National Debt continued to increase million. nation; global opposition to U.S. foreign policy an average of $2.05 billion per day since is having a chilling effect in areas of commerce September 30, 2004. Iraq body count as of 1/31/05 and diplomacy. Americans: 1,435; Iraqi civilians: 3,029 (re- • Thousands of our sons and daughters are National debt as of 11/8/08 ported). coming home with severe injuries and chemical $10,637,751,504,416 ($10.6 trillion) exposures that will likely result in lifetime dis- The estimated population of the United Iraq body count as of 11/8/08 abilities ranging from 10 percent to 100 percent; States is 305,066,912; each citizen’s share Americans: 4,193 an epidemic of about 17 U.S. military veterans are of this debt—including newborns—is The Department of Defense does not count enemy committing suicide each day. $34,870.31 casualties or noncombatant deaths. Such figures are • Indefinite military presence as an occupying The National Debt has continued to in- obtained by humanitarian organizations. In Oct., force in the Middle East is providing the breeding crease an average of $3.99 billion per day 2006, a team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists ground for mounting opposition to U.S. foreign since September 28, 2007. published a report estimating that 655,000 Iraqi ci- policies; the number of “terrorist attacks” against (http://brillig.com/debt_clock/) vilians have been killed since March, 2003. Current the U.S. and its allies have at least tripled since estimates of Iraqi civilian deaths as of November, 2001. Homeland security 2008, range between 1 million and 1.3 million. • President Bush has admitted to ordering the 2007: $59.8 billion National Security Agency to spy on American 2008: $64.9 billion; Afghani civilian deaths civilians. He even claims that such surveillance 2009: $66.3 billion While the U.S. occupation of Iraq drags on, the is “legal” under the Constitution. (www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/) fact that U.S.-led hostilities in Afghanistan are still • On Sept. 7, 2006, Congress passed a bill killing innocent civilians is rarely in the news. that “legalizes” unwarranted surveillance and Cost of Iraq war as of 1/31/05 Though the U.S. is no longer actively “looking” searches of terror war “suspects.” Those identi- $152.4 billion for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, the estimated fied as enemies of the state may be detained number of civilians killed to date is nearing 5,000, without being charged with crimes and tortured Cost of Iraq war as of 11/8/08 up from an estimated 3,800 by mid-2006. while in custody. $570 billion (www.nationalpriorities.org) The Congressional Budget Office pro- The Financial Costs of Conflict jected last September that the wars would As you can see from this chart, the U.S. has been at war almost perpetually cost $1.4 trillion over 10 years at current since The Revolution. Note the steady increase in the costs of war. War is not levels of operations, and $400 billion less if a down payment on peace; it is a balloon payment for more war. they were gradually reduced. Conflict Cost in $Billions Per Capita Congress approved $25 billion for Iraq and Current* 1990s** (in 1990 $s) Afghanistan military operations in August The Revolution (1775-1783) .10 1.2 342.86 ‘04, and had signed off on $180 billion War of 1812 (1812-1815) .09 0.7 92.11 before that—$120 billion for Iraq and $60 Mexican War (1846-1848) .07 1.1 52.13 billion for Afghanistan. Civil War (1861-1865): Union 3.2 27.3 1,041.98 Some of the money might be designated for : Confederate 2.0 17.1 2,111.11 a new embassy in Baghdad, which has been : Combined 5.2 44.4 1,294.46 projected to cost as much as $1.5 billion. Spanish American War (1898) .40 6.3 84.45 (CNN, 1/24/05) World War I (1917-1918) 26.0 196.5 1,911.47 Estimates as recent as January 10, 2006, World War II (1941-1945) 288.0 2,091.31 5,655.17 place the cost of the Iraq war at $2 trillion on Korea (1950-1953) 54.0 263.9 1,739.62 a model that maintains troop presence in that Vietnam (1964-1972) 111.0 346.7 1,692.04 country until 2010 (www.csmonitor.com). Gulf War (1990-1991) 61.0 61.1 235.0 Pallets of fresh $100 bills have been sent (http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm) to Iraq since the war began. Of an estimated $14 billion in cash sent into the war zone, *Current denotes actual dollars spent during the war **1990s denotes expenditures adjusted in terms of 1990s dollars 28 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 29 Phase 3: Divided we fall “When a man who is honestly mistaken At no time are conspiracy “the- If all those truly seeking 9/11 truth would ories” proposed. Assumptions are come together prepared to share what they hears the truth, he will either quit being made based on historical records, know and disregard what proves to be false mistaken or he will cease being honest.” the photographic evidence, eyewit- or unprovable and work together filling in ~Anonymous ness statements and common sense. the blanks, then we will find who was truly The pieces of evidence found In Plane Site behind the attacks. by Dave Von Kleist are, in reality, rocks of inarguable truth upon Until then, divided we fall—but that was which we can accurately proceed in our ef- undoubtedly the ultimate intention of those Many Americans and people around the forts to recreate the events of 9/11. who planned phase three of 9/11. world believe that the U.S. government not only had prior knowledge, but was actually involved with the planning of the events that unfolded on 9/11. Tips for spreading 9/11 If we dare to explore this line of thought, then we must consider the following: The events of 9/11 were the carrying out Building 7? 9/11 logic: Checkmate of a clandestine black operation with an Among those who believe unlimited black budget. Planning for this If you come across someone who is not event would be divided into three phases: the government story about convinced that the Twin Towers collapsed The first would be planning the events 9/11—or are not aware as a result of a controlled demolition, themselves, which would itself be a mam- of the growing 9/11 truth engage them in the following line of rea- moth undertaking requiring much prepa- movement—there is a com- soning: ration and tremendous funding. mon thread: They have nev- Q: Do you believe that burning jet fuel The second phase would be the creation er heard about the steel- caused the Twin Towers to collapse in of “rabbit trails” and “patsies.” It would be framed, 47-story WTC necessary to have individuals or groups to their footprints because that is what your Building 7 that collapsed in blame for the attacks; the planting of evi- government told you? dence to support charges of responsibility its own footprint at 5:20 A: Yes. would require years of planning. p.m. on Sept. 11. Tell them Q: If your government told you that the Phase three would unleash legions of about Building 7: The 9/11 Twin Towers collapsed in their own foot- “investigators” whose sole purpose is to Commission ignored it and prints due to controlled demolitions, would keep us focused on the patsies and rabbit no theory as to the cause of you believe it? trails. Phase three has been in operation its collapse has ever been A: Yes. I guess so. since Sept. 11, 2001, and will continue advanced—even though its until 9/11 has been lost in time or the plot Q: Would you agree, then, that your is exposed. lease holder Larry Silver- opinion on the Twin Towers‛ collapse is The plan has succeeded thus far: The stein admitted it was inten- based upon your belief in government? events came off (apparently) without a tionally demolished. Building A: (Getting nervous) Yes. hitch; the patsies and rabbit trails have kept 7 is the smoking gun for Q: How does the same-day collapse of trusting Americans fearful and confused; 9/11 truth—we just have to the 47-story, steel-beam-constructed independent 9/11 researchers are always show people the smoke. Building 7—which was not affected by jet wondering who among them is real, what information is real while the truth of what fuel—factor into your government-formed really happened that day remains just be- belief that jet fuel caused the Twin yond our collective comprehension. And yet the entire Towers to collapse? As public awareness increases in regard Republic is shaken and A: ______to the events of 9/11, those with cognitive disconcerted by these Questioner: Checkmate. skills are recognizing the rabbit trails and seditious provocations, are warning others of their existence. By now your argumentative adversary 911 In Plane Site is a perfect example of and precisely by the will either want to punch you in the nose what we can prove about 9/11 and pass on action of those who to others. It is a video/DVD compilation of or is finally open to suggestion. At this unaltered footage from the news networks should have been the time ask if he is interested in seeing the and photographs gathered from magazines first to prevent them. evidence of controlled demolitions. We that have been put to the music of com- ~Sallust suggest showing them a lecture by BYU mon sense questions that arise from their Professor Steven Jones or 9/11 Myster- Roman politician, 1st. Cent., BC examination. ies. “Everyone goofed” on 9/11 but no one was fired. Some were promoted, though, and Congress rewarded others with new agencies and bigger budgets. 30 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 31 New evidence supports independent 9/11 investigations; further discredits government’s official 9/11 “theory” The first edition of The Report of the Citizens truth researchers. Even in the face of new evidence, the Commission on 9/11 was released in Feb., 2005. government’s story has not changed. It even continues The original research still stands and has been to list the same 19 hijackers even though as many as supported in the ongoing work of independent 9/11 10 are reportedly still alive. 1. Osama not wanted in connection 3. Bone fragments collapse. All of them were killed when the with 9/11 On June 16, 2006, it was reported that some South Tower came down. Even the “official” On June 6, 2006, the FBI admitted that the 600 human bone fragments were discovered, death toll of 3,000 is suspect. reason why Osama bin Laden’s wanted poster mostly on the roof of a skyscraper adjacent 5. CIA lied to 9/11 Commission does not indicate he is wanted in connection to the Twin Tower site, since workers began The CIA announced Dec. 6, 2007, that it de- with the Sept. 11 attacks is because the agency prepping the building for demolition in fall, stroyed hundreds of hours of al Qaeda suspect has no evidence linking him to them. 2005. The pancake theory does not explain interrogation tapes in 2005. On Dec. 10, 2007, 2. Twin Towers collapse caused by how bone fragments could end up on the former commission co-chair Thomas Keane controlled demolition rooftop of an adjacent building. announced the CIA had told his commission Forensic evidence analyzed by BYU Phys- 4. Body count in 2003 and 2004 that such tapes did not ex- ics Professor Steven Jones reveals traces of Photo evidence shows at least 3,000 people ist. Keane indicated that the CIA intentionally thermate—a patented thermite analogue only on the street near the Twin Towers prior to obstructed the 9/11 investigation. available from the military. Jones’ thermate analysis is supported by Ground Zero photos Final Report: NIST claims computer models prove fire caused WTC 7 collapse that reveal steel support columns that were The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) concluded that fire was the pri- perfectly “cut” at angles that could not have mary cause of the WTC 7 collapse in its 115-page final report published August 21, 2008. NIST occurred naturally. Though not discussed in abandoned previous claims that burning debris from the Twin Towers and diesel fuel stored on this report, it is even difficult to use conven- the 23rd floor contributed to the building’s collapse. NIST now claims that several apparently tional demolition explosives and techniques spontaneous office fires on multiple floors heated and weakened insulated floor beams and girders as a model to fully explain the collapse of to at least 600 degrees C causing a core column to collapse, precipitating the building’s failure. WTC towers 1, 2 and 7. This suggests that NIST never consulted with qualified professionals who had considered different collapse theo- unconventional (nuclear, scalar) and possibly ries. NIST reportedly performed no physical tests and its conclusions are almost entirely based top secret technologies were used to bring the on computer models wherein steel can be “programmed” to lengthen or shorten under various towers down. conditions. It is estimated that NIST spent $20 million investigating the WTC 7 collapse.. Resources for old guard and new waves alike By Sept. 12, 2001, many people—the first wave—began questioning official -ex planations for 9/11. As the resultant wars expand, public debt deepens and civil Weblinks liberties disappear, new waves of Americans are beginning to question what really There are at least 100,000 websites happened that day. Independent 9/11 investigators have uncovered thousands of containing information about 9/11. The details that render the official 9/11 story unbelievable. For further research we following sites will lead you anywhere list the following resources: your 9/11 curiosity wants to go. Videos/DVDs 911blogger.com Books Sofia Smallstorm—9/11 Mysteries 911truth.org Webster G. Tarpley—9/11 Synthetic Terror Dave vonKleist—In Plane Site 911sharethetruth.com George Humphrey—The Great Illusion Richard Gage—9/11 Blueprint for Truth 911research.wtc7.net Michael Ruppert—Crossing the Rubicon Jersey Girls—Press for Truth journalof911studies.com William Engdahl—A Century of War David Griffin—9/11: The Myth and the Reality 911inquiry.org David Griffin—The New Pearl Harbor Citizens Investigation Team—The PentaCon letsroll911.org —The 9/11 Commission Report Jason Bermas—Fabled Enemies wtceo.org —Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11 Steven Jones, Ph.D—9/11 Revisited 911timeline.net —Debunking 9/11 Debunking Barry Zwicker—The Great Conspiracy informationclearinghouse.info —The New Pearl Harbor Revisited Dylan Avery—Loose Change Final Cut physics911.net Nafeez Ahmed—The War on Freedom Dean Puckett—Elephant in the Room 911proof.com Barry Zwicker—Towers of Deception Francesco Tre—Zero Note: The truth about 9/11 has, thus far, been confined to James Bamford—A Pretext for War those who consult “alternative” sources. Thousands died that Jim Marrs—The Terror Conspiracy Periodicals day and thousands more have died since the subsequent “war Joel Andreas—Addicted to War The Idaho Observer on terror” was declared—but we still haven’t captured and Paul Thompson—Terror Timeline: The American Free Press tried those accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks. As Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute The Rock Creek Free Press honorable, free-thinking people, Americans owe the world an explanation for 9/11 that fits the evidence. In honor of those Distribute DVDs: 911dvdproject.com — onedollardvdproject.com who have died, their killers must be brought to justice. 30 Citizens 9/11 Commission Report Citizens 9/11 Commission Report 31 Next stop: Critical mass of public opinion On or about Sept. 12, 2001, the 9/11 truth heads Lee Ham- movement was born. Once the smoke over Man- ilton and Thomas hattan began to clear and the initial shock of what Keane, observed: had happened wore off, the implausibility of the “...the fact that government’s explanation came into view. they [Bush ad- Within weeks 9/11 “conspiracy” theories were ministration of- beginning to light up the Internet and, within ficials] continue a year, well-researched books and DVDs chal- to perpetuate the lenging the government’s official explanation lie, suggests that for 9/11 were being published. we need a full But this work was largely being devoured by investigation of that peculiar demographic of Americans (and what is going internationals) who believe we never landed on and what is on the moon and the assassination of JFK was demonstrably an inside job. an incompetent To 9/11 truth movement investigators and and, at worst, activists, evidence of government complicity deceitful federal in 9/11 continued to increase while general government.” public interest in the subject was fading into As of Sept. 11, memory. 2006, the general As time passed and new information did not feeling among The photo above, taken at the Five Years Later rally at Ground Zero on Sept. change the government’s original explanation dedicated 9/11 11, 2006, beautifully expresses the desire shared by millions of Americans for 9/11, increasing numbers of Americans truthers was that, and millions of others worldwide. began suspecting the Bush administration was after five years, public pressure and high-profile 1. NYC 9/11 Ballot Initiative hiding something. media attention was on the verge of compelling The New York City 9/11 Truth group has Then Alex Jones interviewed actor Charlie an objective investigation into events surround- collected nearly 45,000 petition signatures. Sheen on March 20, 2006. Sheen stated his con- ing the Sept. 11 attacks. The plan is to ask New York voters if they cerns about what appeared to be a government Then the momentum fizzled. By early 2007, want an honest, independent investigation of coverup of 9/11. Some of his comments were the national media had dropped 9/11 truth for the events surrounding 9/11 to be conducted. picked up by CNN’s Showbiz Tonight, which 2008 election coverage where 9/11 was evi- Though NYC 9/11 Truth has enough signatures did a three-part series quoting Sheen with in- dently off limits as a campaign issue. to get on the ballot, the group plans to continue camera support from Synthetic Terror author/ At this time, polls show that about 84 per- collecting signatures and be on the ballot for historian Webster Tarpley, 9/11truth.org cent of Americans believe the government the mayoral election in 2009 after collecting spokesman Mike Berger and Hollywood is not telling the truth about 9/11. But the 100,000 signatures. personalities Sharon Stone and Erica Jong. global economic crisis, the wars in Iraq and All NYC residents can participate by gather- The Sheen 9/11 truth phenomenon ended with Afghanistan and rumors of coming wars in ing signatures and talking 9/11 truth to more his appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live Iran and elsewhere, along with the eternally- people. If you know any New Yorkers, call them show a few weeks later when his comments springing hope that a new administration will up and ask them to get involved—this is work- prompted a genuine round of applause from fix the damage done by the previous one, are ing. Go to www.nycinitiative.org the studio audience. overshadowing the urgency of a real, objective Suddenly, it was hip to publicly question and public investigation of 9/11. 2. Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth 9/11. Summer, 2006, became the summer of Overshadowed or not, the urgency of a real Architect Richard Gage and his group is 9/11 truth; press coverage of 9/11 truth events 9/11 investigation, the indictments of real per- bringing architects and engineers from all over and comments was generally positive (or at petrators and public trials cannot be overstated. the world onboard with 9/11 truth. The group least not negative). For several months now, leaders of the 9/11 is actively seeking architects and engineers to The next boost came when CSPAN aired a truth movement have been holding conference sign a petition that points out the impossibil- live broadcast of “9/11 and the Neocon Agenda calls, sharing information and coordinating ity of the government’s explanations for how National Education and Research Conference” “projects” intended to bring about the critical the Twin Towers and Building 7 collapsed. So from Los Angeles June 24-25, 2006. The con- mass of public opinion necessary to reopen the far there are 538 licensed professionals and ference panel, hosted by Alex Jones, consisted 9/11 mass murder mystery. 2,823 laypeople and architecture/engineering of BYU Physics Professor Steven Jones, Web- There is a lot of new information out there and students who have signed the petition. Go to ster Tarpley, philosophy professor Jim Fetzer a new generation of internationally-circulating www.ae911truth.org. and Col. Bob Bowman (USAF, ret.), former books and documentary DVDs are available. head of the Star Wars program. The panel dis- But our main focus is to engage proactive plans 3. 9/11 Truth Proclamation Campaign cussion was aired on CSPAN July 29, 2006 and to keep working toward the day that those who Voices of Safety International has produced a rebroadcast July 30 and August 1, 2006. really planned and executed the events of 9/11 proclamation and cover letter that people can take On August 10, 2006, CNN financial corre- are held accountable. to their mayors in an effort to convince them to spondent Lou Dobbs, responding to revelations stand for 9/11 truth because the government’s own in the book, “Without Precedent: Inside the 9/ The three main projects at this time are as evidence proves jet fuel did not bring down the 11 Commission” by former 9/11 Commission follows: Twin Towers. Go to www.voicesofsafety.com Confucious say: “He who orders the scrubbing of a crime scene contributed to making it.” It’s32 Citizens official: 9/11 Commission Report “Everyone goofed” The above comment, attributed to Joint Chiefs Chairman General Benjamin Myers, USAF, describes the findings of the president’s 9/11 Commission. The official explanation for what happened in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, PA, on Sept. 11, 2001, is that a multitude of human errors, precipitated by interagency rivalries and crossed lines of intelligence communications, resulted in the series of tragedies known today as 9/11. The “human-error/everyone-goofed” conclusion satisfied Congress, which, per rec- ommendations of the president’s 9/11 Commission, passed the sweeping, $multi-bil- lion National Intelligence Reform Act—case closed. But are you satisfied? More than 3,000 people are dead; American airspace, in- cluding our nation’s capital, was left undefended and, in the span of less than two hours, damage to private property was tallied in billions of dollars. The editors of the Report of the Citizens’ Commission on 9/11 have sifted through the wreckage of this American disaster and found that human error does not adequate- ly explain what happened Sept. 11. Even if it were true that the “everyone-goofed” scenario describes the failure of our national defenses that fateful day, how does epidemic gov- White House Chief of Staff Andrew ernment employee incompetence Card informing President Bush that a second plane had crashed into the lead to mobilizing the U.S. war World Trade Center. machine to bomb the villages of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq? And, wouldn’t it be more prudent for Congress to punish a handful of “goofers” rather than punish millions of innocent Americans’ by encroaching on their civil liberties? The Report of the Citizens Commission on 9/11 is an analysis of key issues that people must consider before determining who planned and executed the Sept. 11 attacks. Once Americans have a clearer picture of events as they unfolded, they will be more qualified to assess whether or not they can support the president’s post-9/11 foreign and domestic policies.

In sharp contrast to the photo at right, the Twin Towers, which minutes before had commanded the New York skyline, were reduced to a cloud of toxic dust. Note the steel beams still standing against the skyline: From “backstage (911 Eyewitness)” you actually see these beams crumble, in real time—as if they were made of sand. The Report of the Citizens Commission on 9/11

was produced in loving memory of those This photo captures the monumental presence of the Twin Towers at sunset. It compels us to ask the $64,000 question: “How could who perished that tragic day and in honor of two commercial airliners reduce these huge buildings to sections of steel and dust in less than two hours?” the men and women who risked their own Close your eyes for a moment and recall exactly your thoughts the lives coming to the aid of those injured in first time you watched the South Tower come down. Remember that moment of disbelief? Now, hold that disbelief—it is probably the attacks. the only moment of pure 9/11 truth you’ve ever had.