Then I tell them go to FBI.gov and look at the Most Wanted poster for Osama bin Laden, which they do.
I had a person in Maine who came to a screening. She asked me a question.
I said, “Go to FBI.gov, it’s a government web site, the FBI’s web site and look up the poster for Osama bin Laden, Most Wanted and read his crimes listed on the poster. Let me know if you find 9/11 because 9/11 is not listed as one of the crimes allegedly perpetrated by Osama bin Laden.”
When you confront the FBI, their official stance is, and I quote, “The FBI has no hard evidence linking Osama bin Laden to 9/11.”
This person, she didn’t believe me. She went home and looked it up. Then she came back the next day for the next show and apologized to me. She said, “You were right, there is no connection.”
She brought her 95 year old father with her because she was so shocked that this basic information was not available to the public, the fact that Osama bin Laden, in fact, is not wanted for 9/11.
Yet, there was the trump card that was played on the American public in going into Afghanistan and trying to connect Osama bin Laden to Saddam Hussein. If you read some polls by Fox News viewers, 40% or something like that still believe that Osama bin Laden was supported by Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11.
It’s these kind of people we have sometimes.
I’m also not trying to ram any information down their throats saying, “I know better than you.” It’s quite the contrary. I introduce them to some evidence that’s very simple and gentle.
I can dismantle anybody’s skepticism within 10 minutes. They just have no ammunition to counterpoint my rationale.
I wish that people would bring it up in the media. There would be an open debate. Something like what Amy Goodman did once with the “Loose Change” guys debating the Popular Mechanics guys.
Unfortunately, Amy Goodman would not go any further. She would not take sides which was a real shame.
A debate like this should be readily available for anybody who wants to discuss politics on American television. Instead, we have this media circus. There’s no information of any kind coming out of the media that would make people think about any issues. It’s pure entertainment.
Bonanno: She also had a debate between Griffin and, uh, I don’t know who the other guy was, and I don’t want to presume to speak for Amy Goodman, that’s for sure. I have a lot of respect for Amy Goodman. During that debate, it appeared to me, anyway, through her body language and even the questioning – she seemed to be a little bit tougher on Griffin than she was on the other guy - that she might have a hard time with the alternate 9/11 theory. I really don’t know, however, what her personal opinion is on that.
Kupsc: I know that Amy Goodman supports the reopening of an investigation. This is as far as she goes. She refused to have me on her show numerous times. I spoke with her on the phone and I had people hand her our movie several times, so she has it. I don’t know if she’s seen it.
I used to watch her show in New York. I lived there. I listen to it periodically on the radio. I completely respect 95% of her reporting. I also know that one of her biggest backers is The Ford Foundation. She also happens to be the biggest fund raiser for Pacifica Radio. There are just certain things she can not say for obvious reasons.
