100 prominent Americans and 40 9-11 Family members call for immediate inquiry

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100 prominent Americans and 40 9-11 Family members call for

immediate inquiry

 

 

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

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 incl ude 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, 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 PeopleÕs 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. Kristen Hall, daughter of fallen firefighter Thomas Kuveikis 9/11

18. Kurt D. Horning, father of Matthew D. Horning, WTC Tower One,

95th floor

19. Jennifer W. Hunt, wife of William C. Hunt, Euro Brokers

20. Lori, Jerry, and Beatrice Guadagno, sister and parents of

Richard Guadagno, Flight 93

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. Barbara Krukowski-Rastelli, mother of William E. Krukowski, NYC

firefighter

25. Laura and Ira Lassman, parents of Nicholas C. Lassman, died in

WTC, Tower One

26. Johnny Lee, husband of Lorraine Greene

27. Alicia LeGuillow, mother of Nestor A. Cintron III

28. Francine Levine, sister of Adam K. Ruhalter, who died on 9/11

29. Christopher Longing, husband of Laura M. Longing, WTC1

30. Bob McIlvaine, father of Robert McIlvaine, WTC, Merrill Lynch

31. Mary McWilliams, mother of FF Martin E. McWilliams- Engine 22

32. Daryl J. Meehan, brother of Colleen Ann Barkow, WTC 1, 105th floor

33. Elvira P. Murphy, wife of Patrick Murphy, WTC 1

34. Natalee Pecorelli, sister of Thomas Pecorelli of Flight 11

35. James L Perry, M.D and Patricia J. Perry, parents of John W.

Perry, Esq., NYPD Officer 9/11

36. Elaine Saber, mother of Scott Saber

37. Julie Scarpitta, mother of Michelle Scarpitta, WTC Building 2,

84th floor

38. Kathleen A. Stanton, WTC South, Injured Survivor

39. Elizabeth Turner, wife of Simon Turner, lost on 11th September 2001

40. Joan W. Winton, mother of David Winton, WTC, South Tower, 89th floor

41. David Yancey, husband of Vicki Yancey, American Airlines Flight 77

 

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 General Eliot

Spitzer. Petition at www.justicefor911.org

3. Stay informed here at www.911truth.org and get active in local

groups at www.septembereleventh.org