The 9/11 Commission Report: A 571-Page Lie
Dr. David Ray Griffin, which lists over 100 lies included in the official 9/11 Commission report. This article is an excellent summary/companion to Dr. Griffin's newest book, The 9/11Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions.
Dr. Griffin concludes his story with the comment: Why would the minds in charge of this final report engage in such deception if they were not trying to cover up very high crimes?"
Comment: Here is a summary of the lies:
1. The omission of evidence that at least six of the alleged hijackers are still alive.
2. The omission of the fact that the fires in the Twin Towers were not very big, very hot, or very long-lasting compared with fires in several steel-frame buildings that did not collapse.3. The omission of the fact that, given the hypothesis that the collapses were caused by fire, the South Tower (which had smaller fires) which was struck later than the North Tower, should not have collapsed first.
4. The omission of the fact that WTC 7 (which was not hit by an airplane and which had only small, localized fires) also collapsed---an occurrence that FEMA admitted it could not explain.5. The omission of the fact that the collapse of the Twin Towers (like that of Building 7) exemplified at least 10 features suggestive of controlled demolition.
6. The claim that the core of each of the Twin Towers was "a hollow steel shaft"---a claim that denied the existence of the 47 massive steel columns that in reality constituted the core of each tower and that, given the "pancake theory" of the collapses, should have still been sticking up many hundreds of feet in the air.
7. The omission of the fact that because Building 7 had been evacuated before it collapsed, the official reason for the rapid removal of the steel---that some people might still be alive in the rubble under the steel---made no sense in this case.
8. The omission of Mayor Giuliani's statement that he had received word that the World Trade Center was going to collapse.
a. The omission of the report that Attorney General Ashcroft was warned to stop using commercial airlines prior to 9/11.
b. The omission of David Schippers' claim that he had, on the basis of information provided by FBI agents about upcoming attacks in lower Manhattan, tried unsuccessfully to convey this information to Attorney General Ashcroft during the six weeks prior to 9/11.
c. The omission of any mention of the FBI agents who reportedly claimed to have known the targets and dates of the attacks well in advance.
d. The omission of reports that both Mayor Willie Brown and some Pentagon officials received warnings about flying on 9/11.
e. The omission of Gerald Posner's report that Abu Zubaydah claimed that a Pakistani military officer, Mushaf Ali Mir, was closely connected to both the ISI and al-Qaeda and had advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks.
9. The omission of the fact that there are photos showing that the west wing's façade did not collapse until 30 minutes after the strike and also that the entrance hole appears too small for a Boeing 757 to have entered.
10. The omission of any discussion of whether the Pentagon has a anti-missile defense system that would have brought down a commercial airliner.
11. The omission of the fact that pictures from various security cameras---including the camera at the gas station across from the Pentagon, the film from which was reportedly confiscated by (people calming to be) FBI immediately after the strike---could presumably answer the question of what really hit the Pentagon.
12.The omission of Coleen Rowley's claim that some officials at FBI headquarters did see the memo from Phoenix agent Kenneth Williams.
13. The omission of Chicago FBI agent Robert Wright's charge that FBI headquarters closed his case on a terrorist cell, then used intimidation to prevent him from publishing a book reporting his experiences.
14. The omission of the 3.5 hours of testimony to the Commission by former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds--testimony that, according to her later public letter to Chairman Kean, revealed serious 9/11-related cover-ups by officials at FBI headquarters.
15. The omission of the fact that General Mahmoud Ahmad, the head of Pakistan's intelligence agency (the ISI), was in Washington the week prior to 9/11, meeting with CIA chief George Tenet and other US officials.
16. The omission of evidence that ISI chief Ahmad had ordered $100,000 to be sent to Mohamed Atta prior to 9/11.
17. The omission of the report that the Bush administration pressured Pakistan to dismiss Ahmad as ISI chief after the appearance of the story that he had ordered ISI money sent to Mohamed Atta.
18. The claim (lie) that in those days there were only two air force bases in NORAD's Northeast sector that kept fighters on alert and that, in particular, there were no fighters on alert at either McGuire or Andrews.
a. The omission of evidence that Andrews Air Force Base did keep several fighters on alert at all times.
b. The claim (lie) that the Otis AFB fighters were not airborne until seven minutes after they received the scramble order because they did not know where to go.
c. The omission of evidence that there were at least six bases with fighters on alert in the northeastern part of the United States.
19. The omission of any explanation of (a) why NORAD's earlier report, according to which the FAA had notified the military about the hijacking of Flight 175 at 8:43, was now to be considered false and (b) how this report, if it was false, could have been published and then left uncorrected for almost three years.
20. The failure to mention that the report that a large jet had crashed in Kentucky, at about the time Flight 77 disappeared from FAA radar, was taken seriously enough by the heads of the FAA and the FBI'scounterterrorism unit to be relayed to the White House.
21. The claim (lie) that Flight 77 flew almost 40 minutes through American airspace towards Washington without being detected by the military's radar.
22. The failure to explain, if NORAD's earlier report that it was notified about Flight 77 at 9:24 was "incorrect," how this erroneous report could have arisen, i.e., whether NORAD officials had been lying or simply confused for almost three years.
23. The claim (lie) that the Langley AFB fighter jets, which NORAD had previously said were scrambled to intercept Flight 77, were actually scrambled inresponse to an erroneous report from an (unidentified) FAA controller at9:21 that Flight 11 was still up and was headed towards Washington.
24. The omission of Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta's testimony, given to the Commission itself, that Vice-President Cheney and others in the underground shelter were aware by 9:26 that an aircraft wasapproaching the Pentagon.
25. The claim (lie)that the fighter jets from Langley, which were allegedly scrambled to protect Washington from Flight 11, approaching the Pentagon, were nowhere near Washington because they were mistakenly sent out to sea, (east toward the Atlantic Ocean).
26. The claim (lie) that the military was not notified by the FAA about Flight 93's hijacking until after it crashed .
27. The claim (lie) that Vice President Cheney did not give the shoot-down authorization until after 10:10 (several minutes after Flight 93 had crashed) and that this authorization was not transmitted to the US military until 10:31.
a. The omission of multiple testimony, including that of Norman Mineta to the Commission itself, that Cheney was in the PEOC before 9:20.
b. The claim (lie) that Cheney did not reach the underground shelter (the PEOC) [Presidential Emergency Operations Center] until 9:58.
c. The claim (lie) that shoot-down authorization must be given by the President .
d. The omission of reports that Colonel Marr ordered a shoot-down of Flight 93 and that General Winfield indicated that he and others at the NMCC had expected a fighter jet to reach Flight 93 .
28. The omission of all the evidence indicating that Flight 93 was shot down by a military plane.
29. The failure to probe the issue of how the "war games" scheduled for that day were related to the military's failure to intercept the hijacked airliners.
30. The omission of the report that Osama bin Laden, who already was America's "most wanted" criminal, was treated in July 2001 by an American doctor in the American Hospital in Dubai and visited by the local CIA agent.
31. The omission of reports, including the report of a visit to Osama bin Laden at the hospital in Dubai by the head of Saudi intelligence, that were in tension with the official portrayal of Osama as disowned by his family and his country.
32. The failure to point out that the White House first sought to prevent the creation of a 9/11 Commission, then placed many obstacles in its path,including giving it extremely meager funding.
Source via Norman Marsh
http://www.septembereleventh.org/newsarchive/2005-05-22-571pglie.php
Dr. Griffin concludes his story with the comment: Why would the minds in charge of this final report engage in such deception if they were not trying to cover up very high crimes?"
Comment: Here is a summary of the lies:
1. The omission of evidence that at least six of the alleged hijackers are still alive.
2. The omission of the fact that the fires in the Twin Towers were not very big, very hot, or very long-lasting compared with fires in several steel-frame buildings that did not collapse.3. The omission of the fact that, given the hypothesis that the collapses were caused by fire, the South Tower (which had smaller fires) which was struck later than the North Tower, should not have collapsed first.
4. The omission of the fact that WTC 7 (which was not hit by an airplane and which had only small, localized fires) also collapsed---an occurrence that FEMA admitted it could not explain.5. The omission of the fact that the collapse of the Twin Towers (like that of Building 7) exemplified at least 10 features suggestive of controlled demolition.
6. The claim that the core of each of the Twin Towers was "a hollow steel shaft"---a claim that denied the existence of the 47 massive steel columns that in reality constituted the core of each tower and that, given the "pancake theory" of the collapses, should have still been sticking up many hundreds of feet in the air.
7. The omission of the fact that because Building 7 had been evacuated before it collapsed, the official reason for the rapid removal of the steel---that some people might still be alive in the rubble under the steel---made no sense in this case.
8. The omission of Mayor Giuliani's statement that he had received word that the World Trade Center was going to collapse.
a. The omission of the report that Attorney General Ashcroft was warned to stop using commercial airlines prior to 9/11.
b. The omission of David Schippers' claim that he had, on the basis of information provided by FBI agents about upcoming attacks in lower Manhattan, tried unsuccessfully to convey this information to Attorney General Ashcroft during the six weeks prior to 9/11.
c. The omission of any mention of the FBI agents who reportedly claimed to have known the targets and dates of the attacks well in advance.
d. The omission of reports that both Mayor Willie Brown and some Pentagon officials received warnings about flying on 9/11.
e. The omission of Gerald Posner's report that Abu Zubaydah claimed that a Pakistani military officer, Mushaf Ali Mir, was closely connected to both the ISI and al-Qaeda and had advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks.
9. The omission of the fact that there are photos showing that the west wing's façade did not collapse until 30 minutes after the strike and also that the entrance hole appears too small for a Boeing 757 to have entered.
10. The omission of any discussion of whether the Pentagon has a anti-missile defense system that would have brought down a commercial airliner.
11. The omission of the fact that pictures from various security cameras---including the camera at the gas station across from the Pentagon, the film from which was reportedly confiscated by (people calming to be) FBI immediately after the strike---could presumably answer the question of what really hit the Pentagon.
12.The omission of Coleen Rowley's claim that some officials at FBI headquarters did see the memo from Phoenix agent Kenneth Williams.
13. The omission of Chicago FBI agent Robert Wright's charge that FBI headquarters closed his case on a terrorist cell, then used intimidation to prevent him from publishing a book reporting his experiences.
14. The omission of the 3.5 hours of testimony to the Commission by former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds--testimony that, according to her later public letter to Chairman Kean, revealed serious 9/11-related cover-ups by officials at FBI headquarters.
15. The omission of the fact that General Mahmoud Ahmad, the head of Pakistan's intelligence agency (the ISI), was in Washington the week prior to 9/11, meeting with CIA chief George Tenet and other US officials.
16. The omission of evidence that ISI chief Ahmad had ordered $100,000 to be sent to Mohamed Atta prior to 9/11.
17. The omission of the report that the Bush administration pressured Pakistan to dismiss Ahmad as ISI chief after the appearance of the story that he had ordered ISI money sent to Mohamed Atta.
18. The claim (lie) that in those days there were only two air force bases in NORAD's Northeast sector that kept fighters on alert and that, in particular, there were no fighters on alert at either McGuire or Andrews.
a. The omission of evidence that Andrews Air Force Base did keep several fighters on alert at all times.
b. The claim (lie) that the Otis AFB fighters were not airborne until seven minutes after they received the scramble order because they did not know where to go.
c. The omission of evidence that there were at least six bases with fighters on alert in the northeastern part of the United States.
19. The omission of any explanation of (a) why NORAD's earlier report, according to which the FAA had notified the military about the hijacking of Flight 175 at 8:43, was now to be considered false and (b) how this report, if it was false, could have been published and then left uncorrected for almost three years.
20. The failure to mention that the report that a large jet had crashed in Kentucky, at about the time Flight 77 disappeared from FAA radar, was taken seriously enough by the heads of the FAA and the FBI'scounterterrorism unit to be relayed to the White House.
21. The claim (lie) that Flight 77 flew almost 40 minutes through American airspace towards Washington without being detected by the military's radar.
22. The failure to explain, if NORAD's earlier report that it was notified about Flight 77 at 9:24 was "incorrect," how this erroneous report could have arisen, i.e., whether NORAD officials had been lying or simply confused for almost three years.
23. The claim (lie) that the Langley AFB fighter jets, which NORAD had previously said were scrambled to intercept Flight 77, were actually scrambled inresponse to an erroneous report from an (unidentified) FAA controller at9:21 that Flight 11 was still up and was headed towards Washington.
24. The omission of Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta's testimony, given to the Commission itself, that Vice-President Cheney and others in the underground shelter were aware by 9:26 that an aircraft wasapproaching the Pentagon.
25. The claim (lie)that the fighter jets from Langley, which were allegedly scrambled to protect Washington from Flight 11, approaching the Pentagon, were nowhere near Washington because they were mistakenly sent out to sea, (east toward the Atlantic Ocean).
26. The claim (lie) that the military was not notified by the FAA about Flight 93's hijacking until after it crashed .
27. The claim (lie) that Vice President Cheney did not give the shoot-down authorization until after 10:10 (several minutes after Flight 93 had crashed) and that this authorization was not transmitted to the US military until 10:31.
a. The omission of multiple testimony, including that of Norman Mineta to the Commission itself, that Cheney was in the PEOC before 9:20.
b. The claim (lie) that Cheney did not reach the underground shelter (the PEOC) [Presidential Emergency Operations Center] until 9:58.
c. The claim (lie) that shoot-down authorization must be given by the President .
d. The omission of reports that Colonel Marr ordered a shoot-down of Flight 93 and that General Winfield indicated that he and others at the NMCC had expected a fighter jet to reach Flight 93 .
28. The omission of all the evidence indicating that Flight 93 was shot down by a military plane.
29. The failure to probe the issue of how the "war games" scheduled for that day were related to the military's failure to intercept the hijacked airliners.
30. The omission of the report that Osama bin Laden, who already was America's "most wanted" criminal, was treated in July 2001 by an American doctor in the American Hospital in Dubai and visited by the local CIA agent.
31. The omission of reports, including the report of a visit to Osama bin Laden at the hospital in Dubai by the head of Saudi intelligence, that were in tension with the official portrayal of Osama as disowned by his family and his country.
32. The failure to point out that the White House first sought to prevent the creation of a 9/11 Commission, then placed many obstacles in its path,including giving it extremely meager funding.
Source via Norman Marsh
http://www.septembereleventh.org/newsarchive/2005-05-22-571pglie.php
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