Group Demands Deeper Investigation into the Events of 9/11
NEW YORK CITY, NY (Oct. 26, 2004) - An alliance of 100 prominent Americans and 40 family members of those killed on 9/11 today announced the release of the 911 Truth Statement, a call for immediate inquiry into evidence that suggests high-level government officials may have deliberately allowed the September 11th attacks to occur. The Statement supports an August 31st Zogby poll that found nearly 50% of New Yorkers believe the government had foreknowledge and "consciously failed to act," with 66% wanting a new 9/11 investigation.
Focusing on twelve questions, the Statement highlights areas of incriminating evidence that were either inadequately explored or ignored by the Kean Commission, ranging from insider trading and hijacker funding to foreign government forewarnings and inactive defenses around the Pentagon. The Statement asks for four actions: an immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Congressional hearings, media analysis, and the formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry.
The Statement's list of signatories includes notables spanning the political spectrum, from Presidential candidates Ralph Nader, Michael Badnarik, and David Cobb to Catherine Austin Fitts, a member of the first Bush administration, as well as Washington veterans like Pentagon whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern. Other signers range from peace activists like Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans and Global Exchange's Kevin Danaher to former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, Edward L. Peck; from environmentalists like Randy Hayes and John Robbins to business leaders such as Paul Hawken and Karl Schwartz, CEO of Patmos Nanotechnologies; from populist journalist Ronnie Dugger to renowned investigative reporter Kelly Patricia O'Meara.
The Statement also includes 43 noted authors, including New York Times #1 bestseller John Gray, as well as 18 eminent professors, historians, and theologians. Other notables include five-term Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, singers Michelle Shocked and Michael Franti, and actors Ed Asner and Mimi Kennedy.
The Statement was facilitated by 911truth.org, a leading coalition. The organization has also announced a press conference outside of Eliot Spitzer's Manhattan office (corner of Cedar and Nassau) at 2:00PM on Thursday, Oct. 28th where 9/11 family members and victim group representatives will file a formal complaint demanding the first criminal investigation of 9/11 events by the New York Attorney General.
The Statement
We Want Real Answers About 9/11
On August 31, 2004, Zogby International, the official North American political polling agency for Reuters, released a poll that found nearly half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of those in New York state believe US leaders had foreknowledge of impending 9/11 attacks and "consciously failed" to act. Of the New York City residents, 66% called for a new probe of unanswered questions by Congress or the New York Attorney General.
In connection with this news, we have assembled 100 notable Americans and 40 family members of those who died to sign this 9/11 Statement, which calls for immediate public attention to unanswered questions that suggest that people within the current administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war.
We want truthful answers to questions such as:
1. Why were standard operating procedures for dealing with hijacked
airliners not followed that day?
2. Why were the extensive missile batteries and air defenses
reportedly deployed around the Pentagon not activated during the
attack?
3. Why did the Secret Service allow Bush to complete his elementary
school visit, apparently unconcerned about his safety or that of
the schoolchildren?
4. Why hasn't a single person been fired, penalized, or reprimanded
for the gross incompetence we witnessed that day?
5. Why haven't authorities in the U.S. and abroad published the
results of multiple investigations into trading that strongly
suggested foreknowledge of specific details of the 9/11 attacks,
resulting in tens of millions of dollars of traceable gains?
6. Why has Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator who claims to
have knowledge of advance warnings, been publicly silenced with
a gag order requested by Attorney General Ashcroft and granted
by a Bush-appointed judge?
7. How could Flight 77, which reportedly hit the Pentagon, have
flown back towards Washington D.C. for 40 minutes without being
detected by the FAA's radar or the even superior radar possessed
by the US military?
8. How were the FBI and CIA able to release the names and photos of
the alleged hijackers within hours, as well as to visit houses,
restaurants, and flight schools they were known to frequent?
9. What happened to the over 20 documented warnings given our
government by 14 foreign intelligence agencies or heads of
state?
10. Why did the Bush administration cover up the fact that the head
of the Pakistani intelligence agency was in Washington the week
of 9/11 and reportedly had $100,000 wired to Mohamed Atta,
considered the ringleader of the hijackers?
11. Why did the 911 Commission fail to address most of the questions
posed by the families of the victims, in addition to almost all
of the questions posed here?
12. Why was Philip Zelikow chosen to be the Executive Director of
the ostensibly independent 911 Commission although he had
co-authored a book with Condoleezza Rice?
Those who are demanding deeper inquiry now number in the hundreds of thousands, including a former member of the first Bush administration, a retired Air Force colonel, a European parliamentarian, families of the victims, highly respected authors, investigative journalists, peace and justice leaders, former Pentagon staff, and the National Green Party.
As Americans of conscience, we ask for four things:
1. An immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer
2. Immediate investigation in Congressional Hearings.
3. Media attention to scrutinize and investigate the evidence.
4. The formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry.
Given the importance of the coming election, we feel it is imperative that these questions be addressed publicly, honestly, and rigorously so that Americans may exercise their democratic rights with full awareness.
In closing, we pray and hope for the strength to approach this subject with wisdom and compassion so that we may heal from the wounds inflicted on that terrible day.
Signed,
Signatories
Note: All organizations are mentioned for identification purposes only. Individuals have signed this statement as an act of their own conscience, not to signify organizational endorsement.
1. Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D., anthropologist, author,
Population Politics
2. Ed Asner, actor, activist
3. Marshall Auerback, international portfolio strategist for David
W. Tice & Associates, Inc.
4. Catherine Austin Fitts, Asst. Secretary of Housing in the first
Bush administration
5. Keidi Obi Awadu, aka The Conscious Rasta, talk show host,
LIBRadio
6. Michael Badnarik, Libertarian candidate for President
7. Byron Belitsos, publisher, Origin Press, author Planetary
Democracy
8. Philip J. Berg, Esquire, former deputy attorney general,
Pennsylvania
9. Medea Benjamin, activist, author, co-founder, Global Exchange
and Code Pink
10. Dennis Bernstein, investigative reporter, radio host of KPFA's
Flashpoints
11. Steve Bhaerman aka Swami Beyondananda, author, political
comedian
12. Brad Blanton, Ph.D., psychotherapist, author, Radical Honesty
13. Saniel Bonder, spiritual teacher and author, Great Relief
14. Dr. Robert Bowman, USAF Lt. Col. (Rtd.), founder, Institute for
Space and Security Studies
15. John Buchanan, author, candidate for the Republican Party
Presidential nomination, 2004
16. Gray Brechin, Ph.D., author, environmental historian, professor,
UC Berkeley
17. Fred Burks, presidential interpreter for Bush, Clinton, Cheney,
and Gore
18. Norma Carr-Rufino, Ph.D., author, professor of management, San
Francisco State University
19. Angana Chatterji, Ph.D., scholar-activist and professor of
anthropology
20. Paul Cienfuegos, co-founder, Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt
County
21. David Cobb, attorney, national presidential candidate, US Green
Party
22. John Cobb, Ph.D., theologian, co-author, For the Common Good
23. Ernest Callenbach, founder/editor, Film Quarterly, author,
Ecotopia
24. Kevin Danaher, Ph.D., author, speaker, co-founder, Global
Exchange
25. Stephen Dinan, author, Radical Spirit
26. Ronnie Dugger, journalist/author, co-founder, Alliance for
Democracy
27. Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D., Director, American Center for
Democracy, author, Funding Evil
28. Daniel Ellsberg, author, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the
Pentagon Papers
29. Jodie Evans, co-founder, Code Pink
30. Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton
University
31. Michael Franti, musician, filmmaker, human rights worker
32. Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedienne, talk show host, Air
America Radio
33. Jim Garrison, Ph.D., president, State of the World Forum,
author, America as Empire
34. Bruce Gagnon, Chair, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space
35. Ric Giardina, author, consultant, speaker, former Director of
Trademarks and Brands for Intel
36. John Gray, Ph.D., #1 bestselling author, Men Are from Mars,
Women Are from Venus
37. Stan Goff, 25-year Army Special Ops veteran, author, Full
Spectrum Disorder
38. Melvin Goodman, senior fellow, Center for International Policy,
author, former Senior Analyst, CIA, professor, National War
College
39. Morton Goulder, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Warning
under Nixon, Ford, and Carter
40. David Ray Griffin, Ph.D., theologian, author, New Pearl Harbor
41. Doris "Granny D" Haddock, campaign finance crusader, NH
Democratic candidate for Senate
42. Thom Hartmann, radio host; author, Unequal Protection
43. Richie Havens, singer, songwriter, performer, artist
44. Paul Hawken, bestselling author, environmentalist, entrepreneur,
founder of Smith & Hawken
45. Randy Hayes, founder, Rainforest Action Network, US National
Director, Direction Conservation
46. Richard Heinberg, author, The Party's Over, core faculty, New
College of California
47. Van Jones, executive director, Ella Baker Center for Human
Rights
48. Rob Kall, editor, OpEdNews.com, president, Futurehealth, Inc.
49. Georgia Kelly, executive director, Praxis Peace Institute
50. Sean Kelly, Ph.D., author, professor of philosophy and religion,
CA Institute of Integral Studies
51. John Joseph Kennedy, Democratic Write-in Presidential Candidate
for 2004
52. Mimi Kennedy, actress, Dharma and Greg, progressive activist
53. Faiz Khan, M.D., Triage Emergency Physician on 9/11, Assistant
Imam
54. David Korten, author, When Corporations Rule the World
55. Frances Moore Lappé, author, Diet for a Small Planet; founder,
Small Planet Institute
56. Scott M. Legere, 25 year radio broadcaster as Scott Ledger,
Tampa FL
57. Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, TIKKUN Magazine, author, Healing
Israel/Palestine
58. Michael Levine, bestselling author of Deep Cover, journalist,
25-year veteran of the DEA
59. Joanna Macy, Ph.D., eco-philosopher, author
60. Enver Masud, founder, The Wisdom Fund, author, The Truth About
Islam
61. John McCarthy, former Special Forces Captain, president,
Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy
62. Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, co-founder, Veteran
Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
63. Cynthia McKinney, five-term Congresswoman from Georgia
64. Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author, professor, co-founder, Green Earth
Foundation
65. Mark Crispin Miller, media critic, author, professor, New York
University
66. Joseph W. Montaperto, New York City Fire Department
67. Leuren Moret, geoscientist, radiation specialist, environmental
commissioner
68. Ralph Nader, Independent candidate for President
69. Craig Neal, author, co-founder, The Heartland Institute, former
publisher, Utne Reader
70. Jeff Norman, executive director, Tour of Duty
71. Jenna Orkin, Esquire, World Trade Center Environmental
Organization
72. Kelly Patricia O'Meara, investigative journalist, public
relations
73. Michael Parenti, Ph.D., author, Superpatriotism and The
Terrorism Trap
74. Edward L. Peck, former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to
Iraq, former Deputy Director to the White House Task Force on
Terrorism
75. Peter Phillips, Ph.D., professor, Sonoma State University,
director, Project Censored
76. Henri Poole, Internet pioneer, board member, Free Software
Foundation
77. Robert Rabbin, author, speaker, creator of TruthForPresident.org
78. Paul H. Ray, Ph.D., sociologist, author, The Cultural Creatives
79. John Renesch, business futurist, author, Getting to the Better
Future
80. John Rensenbrink, professor emeritus, Bowdoin College,
co-founder, US Green Party
81. John Robbins, author, founder, EarthSave International
82. William Rodriguez, 9/11 rescue effort hero, founder, Hispanic
Victims Group
83. Neal Rogin, Emmy-award winning writer, performer, social
observer
84. Allen Roland, Ph.D., psychotherapist, published author and peace
activist
85. Rosemary Radford Ruether, professor of feminist theology,
Graduate Theological Union
86. Michael Ruppert, publisher/editor, From The Wilderness, author,
Crossing the Rubicon
87. Chris Sanders, founder, Sanders Research Associates
88. Karl W. B. Schwarz, President, CEO, Patmos Nanotechnologies, LLC
89. Peter Dale Scott, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, author, Drugs, Oil,
and War
90. Firefighter Kevin Shea, FDNY Hazmat Operations
91. Michelle Shocked, singer/songwriter, activist
92. Indira Singh, risk management and computer systems consultant
93. J. Michael Springmann, attorney, former Foreign Service Officer,
US Department of State
94. Douglas Sturm, Ph.D., university professor emeritus, Bucknell
University
95. Marjorie Hewit Suchocki, Ph.D., theologian, author
96. Chuck Turner, Boston City Council
97. James W. Walter Jr., venture investor, philanthropist, founder
of Walden Three
98. Dan Whaley, E-commerce pioneer, founder of GetThere.com,
acquired for $750M
99. Burns H. Weston, J.S.D., Professor of Law Emeritus, Director,
Center for Human Rights, U-Iowa
100. Howard Zinn, professor, historian, author, A People's History of
the United States
Family Members
1. Joanne Barbara, wife of FDNY Asst. Chief of Dept. Gerard Barbara
2. Gayle Barker, sister of William A. Karnes, WTC
3. Michele Bergsohn, wife of Alvin Bergsohn, Cantor Fitzgerald
4. Derrill Bodley, father of Deora Bodley, passenger on Flight 93
5. Kathryn C. Bowden, sister of Thomas H. Bowden, Jr. WTC1, 104th
floor
6. Janet Calia, wife of Dominick Calia, Cantor Fitzgerald, WTC1
7. Maggie Cashman, wife of William Joseph Cashman, United Flight 93
8. Lynne Castrianno Galante, sister of Leonard Castrianno, 1WTC,
105th floor
9. Elza Chapa-McGowan, daughter of Rosemary Chapa, Pentagon
10. Bruce De Cell, father-in-law of Mark Petrocelli North Tower,
92nd floor
11. Ralph D'Esposito, father of Michael D'Esposito, WTC, 96th floor
12. Loisanne Diehl, Surviving Spouse, Michael D. Diehl, WTC2, 90th
floor
13. Adina D. Eisenberg, sister of Eric Eisenberg, WTC
14. Jonathan M. Fisher, son of Dr. Gerald Paul "Geep" Fisher,
Pentagon
15. Michael J. Fox, brother of Jeffrey L. Fox, Tower 2, 89th floor
16. Laurel A. Gay, sister of Peter A. Gay, AA Flight 11
17. Irene Golinsky, wife of Col. Ronald F. Golinski USA RET,
Pentagon
18. Lori, Jerry, and Beatrice Guadagno, sister and parents of
Richard Guadagno, Flight 93
19. Kristen Hall, daughter of fallen firefighter Thomas Kuveikis
9/11
20. Kurt D. Horning, father of Matthew D. Horning, WTC Tower One,
95th floor
21. Jennifer W. Hunt, wife of William C. Hunt, Euro Brokers
22. John Keating, son of Barbara Keating, passenger on AA Flight 11
23. L. Russell Keene II, father of Russ Keene III, WTC2, 89th floor,
KBW
24. Peter Kousoulis, sister died in WTC
25. Paul & Barbara Kirwin, parents of Glenn Davis Kirwin, Cantor
Fitzgerald 105th floor
26. Barbara Krukowski-Rastelli, mother of William E. Krukowski, NYC
firefighter
27. Laura and Ira Lassman, parents of Nicholas C. Lassman, died in
WTC, Tower One
28. Johnny Lee, husband of Lorraine Greene
29. Alicia LeGuillow, mother of Nestor A. Cintron III
30. Francine Levine, sister of Adam K. Ruhalter, who died on 9/11
31. Christopher Longing, husband of Laura M. Longing, WTC1
32. Bob McIlvaine, father of Robert McIlvaine, WTC, Merrill Lynch
33. Mary McWilliams, mother of FF Martin E. McWilliams- Engine 22
34. Daryl J. Meehan, brother of Colleen Ann Barkow, WTC 1, 105th
floor
35. Elvira P. Murphy, wife of Patrick Murphy, WTC 1
36. Natalee Pecorelli, sister of Thomas Pecorelli of Flight 11
37. James L Perry, M.D and Patricia J. Perry, parents of John W.
Perry, Esq., NYPD Officer 9/11
38. David Potorti, brother of James Potorti, North Tower, WTC, Marsh
& McLennan
39. Terry Kay Rockefeller, sister of Laura Rockefeller, North Tower,
WTC
40. Grissel Rodriguez-Valentin, wife of Benito Valentin, WTC1, 94th
floor
41. Alissa Rosenberg-Torres, widow of Luis Eduardo Torres, post-9/11
mother, writer
42. Elaine Saber, mother of Scott Saber
43. Julie Scarpitta, mother of Michelle Scarpitta, WTC Building 2,
84th floor
44. Paula Shapiro, mother of Eric Eisenberg, WTC2
45. Elizabeth Turner, wife of Simon Turner, lost on 11th September
2001
46. Adele Welty, mother of Firefighter Timothy Welty, FDNY, Squad
288
47. Joan W. Winton, mother of David Winton, WTC, South Tower, 89th
floor
48. David Yancey, husband of Vicki Yancey, American Airlines Flight
77
49. Nissa Youngren, daughter of Robert G. LeBlanc, flight 175
Take action!
1. Send this information to your congresspeople and journalists,
demanding attention
2. Help New York citizens and 9/11 family members, beginning
Thursday, Oct. 28th, by signing an online petition in support of
their formal complaint to be filed with New York Attorney
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