9/11
Statement Signed by 100 Prominent Americans
Special Note: Though the statement below is powerful and important, we highly recommend the newer webpage listing over 50 senior military, intelligence, and government officials who serious question the 9/11 official story. Several even claim 9/11 was possibly manipulated by rogue elements in government. See this remarkable collection of 9/11 patriots at http://www.WantToKnow.info/officialsquestion911commissionreport.
Dear friends,
Below
is a powerful petition first released in October of 2004 which continues to bring
the 9/11 issue ever more into public awareness. This petition is signed by 100
prominent Americans and 40 9/11 family members demanding a full, independent investigation of what really happened on that fateful day.
The
statement's list of signatories includes notables spanning the political
spectrum, from Presidential candidates Ralph Nader and Green Party
candidate David Cobb to Catherine Austin Fitts, a high-ranking member of the first
Bush administration, as well as Washington veterans like Pentagon
whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern. Other
signers include former US Ambassador to Iraq Edward
L. Peck and environmentalists like Randy Hayes and John Robbins. Please
help to spread the word on this most important statement. The truth is coming
out! Thanks for all that you are doing to help build a better world!
With very best wishes,
Fred Burks for PEERS and the WantToKnow.info Team
Former language interpreter
for Presidents Bush and Clinton
Note:
Yours truly is on the list at number 17. I also helped to get a few of the
signatories. And for lots more reliable, verifiable information on the 9/11 cover-up: http://www.WantToKnow.info/911information
http://www.911Truth.org/article.php?story=20041026093059633
911 Truth Statement
Respected Leaders and Families Launch 9/11 Truth Statement
Demanding 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 president 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:
- Why were standard operating
procedures for dealing with hijacked airliners not followed that day?
- Why were the extensive missile
batteries and air defenses reportedly deployed around the Pentagon not
activated during the attack?
- Why did the Secret Service allow
Bush to complete his elementary school visit, apparently unconcerned
about his safety or that of the schoolchildren?
- Why hasn't a single person been
fired, penalized, or reprimanded for the gross incompetence we witnessed
that day?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- What happened to the over 20
documented warnings given our government by 14 foreign intelligence
agencies or heads of state?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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:
- An immediate investigation by New
York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
- Immediate investigation in
Congressional Hearings.
- Media attention to scrutinize and
investigate the evidence.
- 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.
- Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D.,
anthropologist, author, Population Politics
- Ed Asner, actor, activist
- Marshall Auerback, international
portfolio strategist for David W. Tice & Associates, Inc.
- Catherine Austin Fitts, Asst.
Secretary of Housing in the first Bush administration
- Keidi Obi Awadu, aka The Conscious
Rasta, talk show host, LIBRadio
- Michael Badnarik, Libertarian
candidate for President
- Byron Belitsos, publisher, Origin
Press, author Planetary Democracy
- Philip J. Berg, Esquire, former
deputy attorney general, Pennsylvania
- Medea Benjamin, activist, author,
co-founder, Global Exchange and Code Pink
- Dennis Bernstein, investigative
reporter, radio host of KPFA's Flashpoints
- Steve Bhaerman aka Swami
Beyondananda, author, political comedian
- Brad Blanton, Ph.D.,
psychotherapist, author, Radical Honesty
- Saniel Bonder, spiritual teacher
and author, Great Relief
- Dr. Robert Bowman, USAF Lt. Col.
(Rtd.), founder, Institute for Space and Security Studies
- John Buchanan, author, candidate
for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, 2004
- Gray Brechin, Ph.D., author,
environmental historian, professor, UC Berkeley
- Fred Burks, presidential
interpreter for Bush, Clinton, Cheney, and Gore
- Norma Carr-Rufino, Ph.D., author,
professor of management, San Francisco State University
- Angana Chatterji, Ph.D.,
scholar-activist and professor of anthropology
- Paul Cienfuegos, co-founder,
Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County
- David Cobb, attorney, national
presidential candidate, US Green Party
- John Cobb, Ph.D., theologian,
co-author, For the Common Good
- Ernest Callenbach, founder/editor,
Film Quarterly, author, Ecotopia
- Kevin Danaher, Ph.D., author,
speaker, co-founder, Global Exchange
- Stephen Dinan, author, Radical
Spirit
- Bill Doyle, advocate for 9/11
families, father of Joseph Doyle, Cantor Fitzgerald employee
- Ronnie Dugger, journalist/author,
co-founder, Alliance for Democracy
- Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D., Director,
American Center for Democracy, author, Funding Evil
- Daniel Ellsberg, author, Secrets:
A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
- Jodie Evans, president, Code Pink
- Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus
of International Law, Princeton University
- Michael Franti, musician,
filmmaker, human rights worker
- Jim Garrison, Ph.D., president,
State of the World Forum, author, America as Empire
- Bruce Gagnon, Chair, Global
Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
- Ric Giardina, author, consultant,
speaker, former Director of Trademarks and Brands for Intel
- John Gray, Ph.D., #1 bestselling
author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- Stan Goff, 25-year Army Special
Ops veteran, author, Full Spectrum Disorder
- Melvin Goodman, senior fellow,
Center for International Policy, author, former Senior Analyst, CIA,
professor, National War College
- Morton Goulder, Deputy Secretary
for Intelligence and Warning under Nixon, Ford, and Carter
- David Ray Griffin, Ph.D.,
theologian, author, New Pearl Harbor
- Doris "Granny D" Haddock, campaign finance crusader, NH Democratic candidate for Senate
- Thom Hartmann, radio host; author,
Unequal Protection
- Richie Havens, singer, songwriter,
performer, artist
- Paul Hawken, bestselling author,
environmentalist, entrepreneur, founder of Smith & Hawken
- Randy Hayes, founder, Rainforest
Action Network, US National Director, Direction Conservation
- Richard Heinberg, author, The
Party's Over, core faculty, New College of California
- Van Jones, executive director,
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
- Rob Kall, editor, OpEdNews.com,
president, Futurehealth, Inc.
- Georgia Kelly, executive director,
Praxis Peace Institute
- Sean Kelly, Ph.D., author,
professor of philosophy and religion, CA Institute of Integral Studies
- John Joseph Kennedy, Democratic
Write-in Presidential Candidate for 2004
- Mimi Kennedy, actress, Dharma and
Greg, progressive activist
- Faiz Khan, M.D., Triage Emergency
Physician on 9/11, Assistant Imam
- David Korten, author, When
Corporations Rule the World
- France Moore Lappé, author, Diet
for a Small Planet; founder, Small Planet Institute
- Scott M. Legere, 25 year radio
broadcaster as Scott Ledger, Tampa FL
- Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor,
TIKKUN Magazine, author, Healing Israel/Palestine
- Michael Levine, bestselling author
of Deep Cover, journalist, 25-year veteran of the DEA
- Joanna Macy, Ph.D.,
eco-philosopher, author
- Enver Masud, founder, The Wisdom
Fund, author, The Truth About Islam
- John McCarthy, former Special
Forces Captain, president, Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy
- Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst,
co-founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
- Cynthia McKinney, five-term
Congresswoman from Georgia
- Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author,
professor, co-founder, Green Earth Foundation
- Mark Crispin Miller, media critic,
author, professor, New York University
- Joseph W. Montaperto, New York
City Fire Department
- Leuren Moret, geoscientist,
radiation specialist, environmental commissioner
- Ralph Nader, Independent candidate
for President
- Craig Neal, author, co-founder,
The Heartland Institute, former publisher, Utne Reader
- Jeff Norman, executive director,
Tour of Duty
- Jenna Orkin, Esquire, World Trade
Center Environmental Organization
- Kelly Patricia O'Meara,
investigative journalist, public relations
- Michael Parenti, Ph.D., author,
Superpatriotism and The Terrorism Trap
- Edward L. Peck, former US
Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, former Deputy Director to the
White House Task Force on Terrorism
- Peter Phillips, Ph.D., professor,
Sonoma State University, director, Project Censored
- Henri Poole, Internet pioneer,
board member, Free Software Foundation
- Robert Rabbin, author, speaker,
creator of TruthForPresident.org
- Paul H. Ray, Ph.D., sociologist,
author, The Cultural Creatives
- John Renesch, business futurist,
author, Getting to the Better Future
- John Rensenbrink, professor
emeritus, Bowdoin College, co-founder, US Green Party
- John Robbins, author, founder,
EarthSave International
- William Rodriguez, 9/11 rescue
effort hero, founder, Hispanic Victims Group
- Neal Rogin, Emmy-award winning
writer, performer, social observer
- Allen Roland, Ph.D.,
psychotherapist, published author and peace activist
- Rosemary Radford Ruether, professor
of feminist theology, Graduate Theological Union
- Michael Ruppert, publisher/editor,
From The Wilderness, author, Crossing the Rubicon
- Chris Sanders, founder, Sanders
Research Associates
- Karl W. B. Schwarz, President,
CEO, Patmos Nanotechnologies, LLC
- Peter Dale Scott, Ph.D., Professor
Emeritus, author, Drugs, Oil, and War
- Firefighter Kevin Shea, FDNY
Hazmat Operations
- Michelle Shocked,
singer/songwriter, activist
- Indira Singh, risk management and
computer systems consultant
- J. Michael Springmann, attorney,
former Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State
- Douglas Sturm, Ph.D., university
professor emeritus, Bucknell University
- Marjorie Hewit Suchocki, Ph.D.,
theologian, author
- Chuck Turner, Boston City Council
- James W. Walter Jr., venture
investor, philanthropist, founder of Walden Three
- Dan Whaley, E-commerce pioneer,
founder of GetThere.com, acquired for $750M
- Burns H. Weston, J.S.D., Professor
of Law Emeritus, Director, Center for Human Rights, U-Iowa
- Howard Zinn, professor, historian,
author, A People’s History of the United States
Family
Members
- Joanne Barbara, wife of FDNY Asst.
Chief of Dept. Gerard Barbara
- Gayle Barker, sister of William A.
Karnes, WTC
- Michele Bergsohn, wife of Alvin
Bergsohn, Cantor Fitzgerald
- Derrill Bodley, father of Deora
Bodley, passenger on Flight 93
- Kathryn C. Bowden, sister of
Thomas H. Bowden, Jr. WTC1, 104th floor
- Janet Calia, wife of Dominick
Calia, Cantor Fitzgerald, WTC1
- Maggie Cashman, wife of William
Joseph Cashman, United Flight 93
- Lynne Castrianno Galante, sister
of Leonard Castrianno, 1WTC, 105th floor
- Elza Chapa-McGowan, daughter of
Rosemary Chapa, Pentagon
- Bruce De Cell, father-in-law of
Mark Petrocelli North Tower, 92nd floor
- Ralph D'Esposito, father of
Michael DŐEsposito, WTC, 96th floor
- Loisanne Diehl, Surviving Spouse,
Michael D. Diehl, WTC2, 90th floor
- Jonathan M. Fisher, son of Dr.
Gerald Paul "Geep" Fisher, Pentagon
- Michael J. Fox, brother of Jeffrey
L. Fox, Tower 2, 89th floor
- Laurel A. Gay, sister of Peter A.
Gay, AA Flight 11
- Ilene Golinsky, wife of Col.
Ronald F. Golinski USA RET, Pentagon
- Kristen Hall, daughter of fallen
firefighter Thomas Kuveikis 9/11
- Kurt D. Horning, father of Matthew
D. Horning, WTC Tower One, 95th floor
- Jennifer W. Hunt, wife of William
C. Hunt, Euro Brokers
- Lori, Jerry, and Beatrice
Guadagno, sister and parents of Richard Guadagno, Flight 93
- John Keating, son of Barbara
Keating, passenger on AA Flight 11
- L. Russell Keene II, father of
Russ Keene III, WTC2, 89th floor, KBW
- Peter Kousoulis, sister died in
WTC
- Barbara Krukowski-Rastelli, mother
of William E. Krukowski, NYC firefighter
- Laura and Ira Lassman, parents of
Nicholas C. Lassman, died in WTC, Tower One
- Johnny Lee, husband of Lorraine
Greene
- Alicia LeGuillow, mother of Nestor
A. Cintron III
- Francine Levine, sister of Adam K.
Ruhalter, who died on 9/11
- Christopher Longing, husband of
Laura M. Longing, WTC1
- Bob McIlvaine, father of Robert
McIlvaine, WTC, Merrill Lynch
- Mary McWilliams, mother of FF
Martin E. McWilliams- Engine 22
- Daryl J. Meehan, brother of
Colleen Ann Barkow, WTC 1, 105th floor
- Elvira P. Murphy, wife of Patrick
Murphy, WTC 1
- Natalee Pecorelli, sister of
Thomas Pecorelli of Flight 11
- James L Perry, M.D and Patricia J.
Perry, parents of John W. Perry, Esq., NYPD Officer 9/11
- Elaine Saber, mother of Scott
Saber
- Julie Scarpitta, mother of
Michelle Scarpitta, WTC Building 2, 84th floor
- Kathleen A. Stanton, WTC South,
Injured Survivor
- Elizabeth Turner, wife of Simon
Turner, lost on 11th September 2001
- Joan W. Winton, mother of David
Winton, WTC, South Tower, 89th floor
- David Yancey, husband of Vicki
Yancey, American Airlines Flight 77
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