Scholars for 9/11 Truth Under Attack

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Scholars for 9/11 Truth Under Attack

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Scholars for 9/11 Truth Under Attack

 

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Member's children threatened by name; teacher's position under assault.

 

Duluth, MN (PRWEB) July 4, 2006 --- The author of an article about the

attack on the World Trade Center has found himself under attack for

having published it in a new on-line publication, Journal of 9/11

Studies. Entitled " The Third Elephant " , the article discusses evidence

that a third airplane was captured on video at the time of the WTC

attack. He has now received a thinly-veiled threat against his

children, who are cited by name, suggesting it would be a good idea if

his article were to simply " go away " .

 

Scholars for 9/11 Truth is a non-partisan society of experts and

scholars committed to exposing falsehoods and revealing truths about

the events of 9/11. The journal, which is archived at

journalof911studies.com, is its latest attempt to create forums for

discussion and debate about these important issues beyond its web

site, which is archived at st911.org. The author, Reynolds Dixon, a

writer and Professor of English, former lecturer and Fellow at

Stanford University, has withdrawn from the society.

 

" Threats of this kind have no place in a democratic nation " , said

James H. Fetzer, the founder of S9/11T. " These are the tactics of

brown-shirts and totalitarians who fear the discussion of

controversial questions that threaten the government's control over

the governed. This is a despicable act and we are not going to back

down! " He added that the organization itself will assume

responsibility for the study, which Reynolds has relinquished. " We

cannot allow advances in understanding what happened on 9/11 to be

suppressed by threats to our members. The stakes are simply too high. "

 

In Wisconsin, another member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, Kevin

Barrett, who has been active in efforts to inform the American people

about discoveries that have been made by Scholars--including that the

Twin Towers were destroyed, not by the impact of airplanes or the

ensuing fires, but by sophisticated controlled demolition; that Vice

President Dick Cheney gave a " stand down " order to not shoot down the

plane approaching the Pentagon; and that the FBI has now confirmed

that it has " no hard evidence " connecting Osama bin Laden to

9/11--confronts the loss of his job.

 

A Wisconsin legislator, Stephen Nass, Republican of Whitewater, has

called for the University of Wisconsin-Madison to immediately fire him

from his teaching position. The UW Office of the Provost has announced

that it will conduct a 10-day review of Barrett's plans for an

introductory fall course in Islam and of his past performance as a

teacher at UW-Madison. Provost Patrick Farrell has endorsed his

freedom of speech, but " We have an obligation to insure that his

course content is academically appropriate, of high quality, and that

he is not imposing his views on his students. "

 

Prominent experts and scholars who are members of S9/11T include

Steven Jones, a professor of physics at Brigham Young University;

Morgan Reynolds, former Chief Economist for the Department of Labor in

the George W. Bush administration; Bob Bowman, who directed research

on the " Star Wars " program in both Republican and Democratic

administrations; Andreas von Buelow, the former director of Science

and Technology for Germany; and David Ray Griffin, professor emeritus

of theology at the Claremont Graduate School and author or editor of

four books on the events of 9/11.

 

Concern about academic freedom at UW-Madison extends beyond the

Scholars group. Ron Rattner, an attorney from San Francisco, CA, for

example, has written to Provost Farrell with the observation that,

" When teachers are intimidated against seeking and speaking truth on a

campus renowned for its liberal and progressive traditions, we are in

trouble " . He added, " Universities are for inquiries, not inquisitions.

UW must operate in the traditions of La Follette, not McCarthy " .

Robert La Follette was noted as a progressive leader, while Joe

McCarthy portrayed his opponents as subversives.

 

Fetzer observed that the right wing is continuing to attack faculty

who speak out on 9/11. " During an appearance on Hannity & Colmes (June

22, 2006), with Ollie North sitting in for Hannity, I made points

about controlled demolition, the " stand down " order, and the FBI's

position, " he said, " but they were more interested in whether I was

discussing these things with my students than whether they were true. "

On a subsequent appearance on Laura Ingraham's program (June 30,

2006), " She had her staff chanting about 'nutty professors' before I

was even introduced. Then, after I made some telling points at the end

of the program, they edited their archived copy and cut it off after a

long harangue attacking me. That is intellectually dishonest. "

 

Many other members of S9/11T, including Morgan Reynolds and David Ray

Griffin, have spoken out in defense of academic freedom and in

opposition to censorship and curtailing research into 9/11. " These

nasty threats against the children of one member and the freedom of

speech of another " , Fetzer said, " make a sorry statement about this

nation on the eve of the 4th of July. " Coincidentally, Fetzer will

appear with Barrett at the Mid-West Social Forum on Sunday, July 9,

2006, from 9-10:30 AM, at the Student Union of UW-Milwaukee, to

discuss 9/11.