TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Thursday, July 29, 2004

Libertythink's Washington bureau reports that K Street bookstores were packed last Thursday. Packed with the most self-deluded power-leeches this country has to offer. They were buying up copies of the 9/11 Warren Commission report, to soothe their subconscious, to answer those nagging little questions, the ones they had adamantly claimed not to have had these past three years.

9/11 Citizens Watch held a press conference after the Warrencommisioners finished their song-and-dance routine in DC. C-SPAN still has the video up, and here's a bit of reportage on same from Agence France Presse July 23:

Critics were emphatic in debunking the report. Kyle Hence, co-founder of 9/11 Citizens Watch, criticised a "catalogue of compromises, flawed premises, conflicts of interest, unanswered questions, neglected areas of inquiry and ignored whistleblowers" in
the report.

"The report being released today by this so-called independent commission cannot possibly be deemed definitive or authoritative as an account for the events of September 11th - not by any stretch of the imagination," Hence told a Washington press conference, adding that the group intended to issue its own analysis detailing its view of how the 9/11 attacks were carried out.
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And a bit from the 9/11 Citizens Watch press release:

CitizensWatch, a public group that has monitored the national 9/11 Commission and demanded transparency, accountability, and a thorough investigation, released a critique of the process used by the National Commission on Terrorist Acts Upon the United States ("9/11 Commission") just hours before the Commission’s release of its own final report.

"We have discovered conflicts of interest, contradictions in testimony and a conformity of witnesses presented at the 9/11 Commission's hearings," said co-founder John Judge, "as well as flawed premises that will likely lead to incorrect conclusions about the events surrounding September 11, 2001 and unsound recommendations for our future security."

The 9/11 Commission's report is the result of a flawed process, demonstrated by obstructions from the White House, conflicts of interest among members and staff, and a lack of sworn testimony from many of their sources. Researchers have analyzed transcripts from the hearings and discovered omissions of key topics that omit:


the historical context to the tragedy,


a coherent explanation of the failed NORAD/FAA responses,


any investigation into the source of the anthrax attacks, and


the release of non-classified evidence and documents to support conclusions.

9/11 Citizens Watch will be releasing a more detailed critique of the report itself by September 11. They will also be compiling an index for the Warrencommission's sloppy, unindexed report.

FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds on Democracy Now! July 23rd, 2004:

[b]Sibel Edmonds:[/b] I just did not come across anything that in any way would establish any specific accountability. That also explains the lack of kick and screaming and lack of that type of a response from the administration. And also I was not that surprised to see that many incidents in their timelines were not mentioned, although two days ago, "Chicago Tribune" had an article regarding the incident of a long term F.B.I. Asset who provided specific information in April, 2001, to the Bureau talking about major cities being targeted and airplanes being used, and the order being issued by Bin Laden. There's no mentioning of this. Although as you would see on this article, it has been already confirmed by the F.B.I. Authorities. So, I was not surprised, considering the fact that I attended these hearings, and I did not hear most questions being asked during the hearings, but I must say that I was still disappointed.
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Amy Goodman: Based on what has happened to you since you’ve tried to get out information about the translated wiretaps that you had access to after 9/11, that were actually recorded before 9/11. What would you say is missing from this report?

SE: Well, they again here are protecting certain foreign relations and certain foreign business relations. There are no mentionings there of anything that had to do with the united emirates and involvement of certain underground and semi-legit organizations through united emirates and also obtaining visas through bribery to certain state department individuals. There was no mentioning of the cell in Chicago and the activities that it brought about, and that were directly, these activities related to the 9/11 attack. As far as the money laundering is concerned, and I'm saying ‘is’, because these semi-legit organizations have not been named, and are still in operation. Again, just under the name of protecting certain foreign relations, there were no mentionings of these incidents. So again, anything that the administration wanted to protect has remained protected as you would see in this report, because there are no mentionings.

LibertyForum is featuring excerpts from the report on some interesting 9/11 puzzles:

• What does the 9/11 commission report have to say about the airport surveillance cameras?
  
• What does the 9/11 commission report say about warnings of attacks?
  
• What does the 9/11 commission report have to say about the Israeli passenger Daniel Lewin?
  
  And the Tehran Times, worried that the report may be laying the groundwork for an invasion of Iran points out What The 9/11 Commission Report Ignores: The CIA-Al Qaeda Connection.
  
  In between shilling and dodging questions, the report finds some room to push for a police state. From UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL July 27, 2004 :

  The commission recommends federal standards for identification documents, such as driver's licenses; greater information sharing among government agencies and the private sector; and greatly enhanced border and internal transport security.
  
  In a suggestion that has set off alarm bells among civil liberties advocates, the report calls for the U.S. border security system to "be integrated into a larger network of screening points that includes our transportation system and access to vital facilities, such as nuclear reactors."
  
  "That could be a recipe for a system of internal checkpoints that would treat people traveling within the United States in the same way it treats those crossing its borders," said Greg Nojeim, associate director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington office.

  And, finally, the milquetoast Libertarian Party -- like the whitewash commission -- raises no questions about the official story and merely scolds the commission for not pointing out that killing -- and helping Zionists kill -- arabs seems to stir up those turban-clad fellows something fierce.
  

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