Red Flag – The Bush administration opposed a 9/11 Commission
The Bush administration fought hard against the creation of an independent commission to investigate September 11th. The families who fought for the creation of such a commission, wanted full accountability concerning the event that led to the deaths of their loved ones. Yet, the Bush administration resisted this. Why?
On the January 29th, 2002 – CNN reported,
“President Bush personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle Tuesday to limit the congressional investigation into the events of September 11”.
Daschle told reporters that an investigation,
“…would take resources and personnel away from the effort in the war on terrorism”.
On May 23rd 2002, CBS reported that,
“President Bush took a few minutes during his trip to Europe Thursday to voice his opposition to establishing a special commission to probe how the government dealt with terror warnings before Sept. 11.”
The excuses for the opposition to the Commission often given were alleged fears of national security compromises and claims that those involved in the “war on terrorism” would have their jobs hampered. Yet, clearly national security had already been compromised as a result of the attacks. If there were such failings and if people did not do their jobs, then they needed to be held accountable.
In September 2002, under pressure from victims’ family members, CBS reported,
“President Bush told Congress he now supports creation of an independent commission to probe the September eleventh attacks.”
The victims’ families “fought the Bush administration tooth and nail for a commission to investigate the September 11th terrorist attacks — and won”. Yet, why did they even have to fight them for an investigation in the first place?
In total, the Bush administration fought off an investigation for 441 days before the mandate was finally passed into law on November 27, 2002.
During the 9/11 Commission hearings – the Family Steering Committee requested Commissioners to ask Bush and Cheney to,
“explain your 14 month opposition to the creation of an independent commission to investigate 9/11 and your request to Senator Daschle to quash such an investigation”.
Yet, no answer is forthcoming.
The Bush administration actively opposed any formal investigation into the attacks of September 11th. If it were not for the determination of victims’ family members and a budding 9-11 Truth Movement, there would have never been any inquiry beyond the heavily redacted Joint Intelligence Committee Inquiry from 2002. Why did President Bush not want the American public to know exactly what happened before, during, and after the September 11th attacks?
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The 9/11 Omission Hearings
Chaired by Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
Full video playlist in 25 parts, use this link- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=605E68182CFB244A
Commission Mission Statement
Commissioners’ Opening Words
Barry Zelman Reflects on Loss
Mindy Kleinberg Testimony
Jenna Orkin Environmental Crimes
John Judge 9-11 Omission Report
Orkin & Judge Questions and Answers
Nicholas Levis: Introductions and Promotions
Barrie Zwicker False Pretenses and Pretexts for War
Michael Springmann Visas to Terrorists
Paul Thompson Foreign Intelligence Warnings
Michael Ruppert Introduction
Michael Ruppert: Cheney Command and Control
Commisioners’ Review of Evidence / Testimony
Indira Singh Sibel’s Letter
Indira Singh and Ruppert Questions and Answers
Nicholas Levis Introduction Before Omission Dossier
Nicholas Levis 9-11 Omission Dossier
Carolyn Betts Unofficial Introduction and Background
Carolyn Betts: 9-11 Crimes Options for Re-dress Prosecution / Evidence – Taxonomy
John Judge Intelligence Agencies
Final Audience Questions and Answers
Program End
Visibility 9-11 Discusses Evidence for Controlled Demolition at the WTC, part 2
This podcast is the second in a 3 part series which takes on the official story that impact from large jetliners, together with intense fires brought down the World Trade Center and WTC 7. Included, is a discussion of the phrase “outrageous conspiracy theories” and 11 features of controlled demolitions exhibited by the collapse of the twin towers and building 7.
Music by Mosdef. WARNING-CONTAINS EXPLICIT LYRICS
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