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New Allegations Connect More Dots In The 9/11 Puzzle

dh | 14.08.2002 22:24

PLEASE EMAIL DONAGHUE. TIMING IS CRITICAL - IN ONE HOUR YOU CAN CHANGE HISTORY
"Donahue has informed us of a new book "The Hidden Truth." It says US oil
companies caused Bush to coddle the Taliban before 9-11.
 donahueideas@msnbc.com,  donahue@msnbc.com


(Washington, DC) UnansweredQuestions.org, an independent, non-partisan network of citizens concerned about the growing number of issues surrounding September 11, as yet un-addressed or unresolved, launched its new website at the first press conference dealing with 9/11 issues other than airline safety on June 10, 2002 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Thoroughly-sourced research and some disturbing new allegations were woven into a series of presentations that will undoubtedly lay the groundwork for placing more pieces into the 9/11 puzzle.

Former Bush I Administration Asst. Secretary of Housing, Catherine Austin Fitts, and Kyle F. Hence, co-chair of UnansweredQuestions.org, opened the conference with probing event background and an intro to questions that remain unanswered. Lorna Brett -- PR Director of the Nolan Law Group representing Ellen Mariani who lost her husband, Julie Sweeney, making a impassioned plea for answers, and her attorney Mary Schiavo -- former Inspector General for U.S. Department of Transportation and lawyer for 32 families from all 9/11 hijacked planes, presented a case for egregious negligence linked to airline safety and shocking yearly statistics of 672 hijackings globally since 1972.

Three 9/11 victim family groups were represented: Ryan Amundson and Derrill Bodley (Peaceful Tomorrows.org); Monica Gabrielle (Skyscraper Safety Campaign); and Steven Alderman and his wife, Elizabeth (co-chair of Families of September 11th Memorial Committee). They posed pointed questions and expressed appreciation for the conference.

From the Wilderness', Mike Ruppert, speaking by phone from British Columbia while on speaking tour, characterized a pre-9/11 pattern of government behavior that exceeded mere incompetence. Author, John Judge addressed the failure of U.S. air defenses unable to protect the Pentagon, and Journalist Tom Flocco offered several new intriguing lines in inquiry into suspicious dealings involving Deutsche Bank and Enron and recent 9/11-linked FBI stock trading indictments. J. Michael Springmann, Esq, former Visa Chief at U.S. Saudi Embassy, revealed that State Department forced him to issue Visas to known terrorists -- then shredded his "unsafe" list after he left. Dr. Steve Camarota, Research Director for Center for Immigration Studies, offered analysis of how lax border control invites terrorists, researcher Richard Ochs proposed that there was a specific political agenda in the timing of the Anthrax attacks and Jennifer Van Bergen, contributing editor with Truthout.org addressed the Constitutional implications of the Patriot Act.

UPI, CNN, NHK: Japan TV, Philadelphia Inquirer, American Free Press, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Intelligence Online (Paris), Accuracy In Media, International Currency Review, and numerous investigative journalists and researchers attended the press conference.

dh

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14.08.2002 22:29

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dh


Manufactured Dissent

15.08.2002 02:29

The above post is mostly text from  http://www.unansweredquestions.org/press_two.php which is a June 13th, 2002 press release.

The intro paragraph about Donahue is from a troll floating around. You can see more of it here:  http://www.rumormillnews.net/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=22083

In the rumormillnews post, they encourage people to spam all the mainstream press, and they include lots of email addresses to make it easy. Supposedly Donahue, a lame U.S. talk show host, has dropped some bombshell by having a WTC widow and the author of "The Hidden Truth" on his show.

Before everyone gets all excited and starts demanding the corp press to cover the "Donahue angle", we should examine what exactly it is. You can read a transcript of the show at:
 http://www.msnbc.com/news/794011.asp?cp1=1

There is no great journalism here, just TV talk show crap. Donahue doesn't really let the WTC widow get much out. The more interesting part is Jean Charles Brisard, the "Hidden Truth" author.

I read the transcript and thought "where's the story?" "Why is this being hyped?" For instance, here's a quote:
"BRISARD: What we say in our book is that the-several big U.S. corporations, including Unocal, for instance, wanted to built that pipeline since 1996. And since that date, U.S. governments, whether under Clinton or under Bush, have helped them go through that project. That means negotiate with the Taliban. That means be accommodating with the Taliban. And it’s only finally after September 11th that the U.S. government discovered the real nature of the regime."

He also says that the US government was just trying to get a stable regime in Afghanistan and that the Saudis are a major source of the problem. In other words, target the Saudis next. (The Saudis aren't cooperating now, remember.) Sounds more like GW Bush than Noam Chomsky to me.

And we're supposed to spam the corporate press about this shit? Hold off.

I came across a new term for it. It's called "Manufacturing Dissent". They are placing themselves like outsiders and semi-conspiracy theorists so the hard questions remain unanswered. Now the debate shifts from "what did they know" (or even "what did they /plan/?"), to "shouldn't we bomb the Saudis too?".

Here's the article where I came across "Manufacturing Dissent":
 http://emperors-clothes.com/letters/oram.htm

Before spamming do some research on Brisard's background. Spoiler: ex-narc (or current narc?). Here's his book in Amazon:
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1560254149/qid=1029377904/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8171467-3335812

If you want to read a more thorough analysis of s11, forget Donahue. This site has some good, documented info:
 http://www.communitycurrency.org/MainIndexMX.html

Also,  http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ has tons of news
links added to it each day, some good, some weak.

Peace,

-Jeff

jeff
mail e-mail: jeff@indymedia.org


Get your own website

15.08.2002 12:18

DH, get your own website and get the fuck off IMC.

What the hell has all the bollocks you post got to do with making a better world? And haven't you got a local IMC page you can spam with your shit?

Or just get a life...
Can't the editors just ban this tosser?

anarkissed


In would anarkissed...

16.08.2002 22:17

...my arse.
But then I would so miss the convivial company and sparkling wit hereabouts

dh


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