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911 Truth Statement New York, October 2004 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.
1. Why are 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
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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, The 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. Jonathan M. Fisher, son of Dr. Gerald Paul "Geep" Fisher, Pentagon 14. Michael J. Fox, brother of Jeffrey L. Fox, Tower 2, 89th floor 15. Laurel A. Gay, sister of Peter A. Gay, AA Flight 11 16. Irene Golinsky, wife of Col. Ronald F. Golinski USA RET, Pentagon 17. Lori, Jerry, and Beatrice Guadagno, sister and parents of Richard Guadagno, Flight 93 18. Kristen Hall, daughter of fallen firefighter Thomas Kuveikis 9/11 19. Kurt D. Horning, father of Matthew D. Horning, WTC Tower One, 95th floor 20. Jennifer W. Hunt, wife of William C. Hunt, Euro Brokers 21. John Keating, son of Barbara Keating, passenger on AA Flight 11 22. L. Russell Keene II, father of Russ Keene III, WTC2, 89th floor, KBW 23. Peter Kousoulis, sister died in WTC 24. Paul & Barbara Kirwin, parents of Glenn Davis Kirwin, Cantor Fitzgerald 105th floor 25. Barbara Krukowski-Rastelli, mother of William E. Krukowski, NYC firefighter 26. Laura and Ira Lassman, parents of Nicholas C. Lassman, died in WTC, Tower One 27. Johnny Lee, husband of Lorraine Greene 28. Alicia LeGuillow, mother of Nestor A. Cintron III 29. Francine Levine, sister of Adam K. Ruhalter, who died on 9/11 30. Christopher Longing, husband of Laura M. Longing, WTC1 31. Bob McIlvaine, father of Robert McIlvaine, WTC, Merrill Lynch 32. Mary McWilliams, mother of FF Martin E. McWilliams- Engine 22 33. Daryl J. Meehan, brother of Colleen Ann Barkow, WTC 1, 105th floor 34. Elvira P. Murphy, wife of Patrick Murphy, WTC 1 35. Natalee Pecorelli, sister of Thomas Pecorelli of Flight 11 36. James L Perry, M.D and Patricia J. Perry, parents of John W. Perry, Esq., NYPD Officer 9/11 37. David Potorti, brother of James Potorti, North Tower, WTC, Marsh & McLennan 38. Grissel Rodriguez-Valentin, wife of Benito Valentin, WTC1, 94th floor 39. Alissa Rosenberg-Torres, widow of Luis Eduardo Torres, post-9/11 mother, writer 40. Elaine Saber, mother of Scott Saber 41. Julie Scarpitta, mother of Michelle Scarpitta, WTC Building 2, 84th floor 42. Paula Shapiro, mother of Eric Eisenberg, WTC2 43. Kathleen A. Stanton, WTC South, Injured Survivor 44. Elizabeth Turner, wife of Simon Turner, lost on 11th September 2001 45. Adele Welty, mother of Firefighter Timothy Welty, FDNY, Squad 288 46. Joan W. Winton, mother of David Winton, WTC, South Tower, 89th floor 47. David Yancey, husband of Vicki Yancey, American Airlines Flight 77 |