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07-26-2005, 01:52 PM
MCKINNEY STILL ON TRAIL OF 9/11 COVERUP
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//-->Jul 26, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com
by staff reports
<!-- ************************ Full Story start ***************************-->U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who believes that western governments may be complicit in what would seem to be Muslim fundamentalist terror unleashed on the West, took another step forward in documenting such suspicions by holding a formal, eight-hour government hearing in Washington DC. last Friday. Witnesses who were critical of the 9/11 Commission testified that there should have been more attention paid to controversial evidence undermining the officially sanctioned view of events regarding the collapse of the New York World Trade Towers. McKinney’s website explained the reasons for the hearing as follows: “One year after the release of the 9/11 Commission Final Report many questions about what transpired on September 11, 2001 and who should be held accountable still remain unanswered. At this briefing, family members will address questions about 9/11that remain unanswered, and the shortcomings of the 9/11 Commission. Other experts and authors will explore the omissions and errors in the Commission’s Final Report, will provide historical perspective not found in the Report and will review its recommendations and offer alternatives.”
The Bush Administration has consistently and vehemently denied any foreknowledge of 911 or involvement in a cover up of any of the specifics. The Administration, almost all holders of high political office, whether democratic or republican and almost all major media outlets characterize statements regarding a cover-up by credibly elected or appointed authorities as “conspiratorial” – both simplistic and inaccurate, not worthy of serious consideration. Despite, the position of the Bush Administration – and of the US political power structure generally – questions about 9/11 refuse to go away and the Internet itself has predictably become a conduit of such queries, as well as numerous theories about events that contradict the currently accepted chronology. A quick Google search shows that about 1.6 million mentions of a 9/11 “conspiracy,” 1.37 million mentions of a 9/11 “fraud,” and 4.4 million mentions of a 9/11 coverup.
While the questions and explanations of the panelists regarding 9/11 differed, there was some level of commonality. The majority believed that the Bush Administration at best ignored a series of warnings given to them, and at worst actually participated in planning or execution of the events. They also agreed that the clear motive was power, and that the events of 9/11 have been highly exploited to attack civil liberties. The hearing panelists included experts on security and terrorism, former CIA agents, and families of 9/11 victims. C-SPAN TV was said to be taping the entire event for rebroadcast at a later date. Cynthia McKinney has been persistent in her questioning of 9/11 and has attracted critisism for statements on the issue. An article in the right wing Weekly Standard early in 2005 focused on conflicts of interest that provide an implicit rationale for her criticisms, as follows: “Appearing in print just months after the September 11 attacks, McKinney's charges couldn't be excused. Nor could her list of campaign donors, which included both terrorist sympathizers like Abdurahman Alamoudi, the former executive director of the American Muslim Council, and apparent actual terrorists like former college professor Sami Al-Arian. Nor could her October 12, 2001, letter to Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal, in which she rebuked New York mayor Rudy Giuliani for returning the prince's post-9/11 "gift" of $10 million and urged bin Talal to donate the funds to 'charities outside the mayor's control,' especially those that dealt with "poor blacks who sleep on the street in the shadows of our nation's Capitol." -CM
<!--Holds eight-hour hearing in Washington DC.
//-->Jul 26, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com
by staff reports
<!-- ************************ Full Story start ***************************-->U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who believes that western governments may be complicit in what would seem to be Muslim fundamentalist terror unleashed on the West, took another step forward in documenting such suspicions by holding a formal, eight-hour government hearing in Washington DC. last Friday. Witnesses who were critical of the 9/11 Commission testified that there should have been more attention paid to controversial evidence undermining the officially sanctioned view of events regarding the collapse of the New York World Trade Towers. McKinney’s website explained the reasons for the hearing as follows: “One year after the release of the 9/11 Commission Final Report many questions about what transpired on September 11, 2001 and who should be held accountable still remain unanswered. At this briefing, family members will address questions about 9/11that remain unanswered, and the shortcomings of the 9/11 Commission. Other experts and authors will explore the omissions and errors in the Commission’s Final Report, will provide historical perspective not found in the Report and will review its recommendations and offer alternatives.”
The Bush Administration has consistently and vehemently denied any foreknowledge of 911 or involvement in a cover up of any of the specifics. The Administration, almost all holders of high political office, whether democratic or republican and almost all major media outlets characterize statements regarding a cover-up by credibly elected or appointed authorities as “conspiratorial” – both simplistic and inaccurate, not worthy of serious consideration. Despite, the position of the Bush Administration – and of the US political power structure generally – questions about 9/11 refuse to go away and the Internet itself has predictably become a conduit of such queries, as well as numerous theories about events that contradict the currently accepted chronology. A quick Google search shows that about 1.6 million mentions of a 9/11 “conspiracy,” 1.37 million mentions of a 9/11 “fraud,” and 4.4 million mentions of a 9/11 coverup.
While the questions and explanations of the panelists regarding 9/11 differed, there was some level of commonality. The majority believed that the Bush Administration at best ignored a series of warnings given to them, and at worst actually participated in planning or execution of the events. They also agreed that the clear motive was power, and that the events of 9/11 have been highly exploited to attack civil liberties. The hearing panelists included experts on security and terrorism, former CIA agents, and families of 9/11 victims. C-SPAN TV was said to be taping the entire event for rebroadcast at a later date. Cynthia McKinney has been persistent in her questioning of 9/11 and has attracted critisism for statements on the issue. An article in the right wing Weekly Standard early in 2005 focused on conflicts of interest that provide an implicit rationale for her criticisms, as follows: “Appearing in print just months after the September 11 attacks, McKinney's charges couldn't be excused. Nor could her list of campaign donors, which included both terrorist sympathizers like Abdurahman Alamoudi, the former executive director of the American Muslim Council, and apparent actual terrorists like former college professor Sami Al-Arian. Nor could her October 12, 2001, letter to Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal, in which she rebuked New York mayor Rudy Giuliani for returning the prince's post-9/11 "gift" of $10 million and urged bin Talal to donate the funds to 'charities outside the mayor's control,' especially those that dealt with "poor blacks who sleep on the street in the shadows of our nation's Capitol." -CM