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March 1, 2007 at 22:09:48
Did Cheney Allow, Or Even Order, 9/11 Attack on Pentagon? by Sherwood Ross Page 1 of 2 page(s) |
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The timeline is important because if Cheney arrived at 10 a.m. it would have been about 20 minutes after the Pentagon was allegedly struck by a hijacked airplane at 9:38 a.m., too late for him to authorize the Air Force to shoot it down. Some 125 Pentagon employees perished in the attack.
Mineta testified "during the time that the airplane was coming in to the Pentagon, there was a young man who would come in and say to the Vice President, 'the plane is 50 miles out, the plane is 30 miles out.' And when it got to 'the plane is 10 miles out," the young man also said to the Vice President, 'Do the orders still stand?' And the Vice President...said, 'Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?"
Since the airplane was not intercepted and destroyed, even though the vice president knew of it, "the orders" may have been to allow the plane to hit the Pentagon. All of this, and more, is contained in the March/April issue of "Tikkun" magazine, "a bimonthly Jewish critique of Politics, Culture & Society." The piece was authored by Dr. David Ray Griffin, a principal debunker of the accepted 9/11 dogma, and published by Rabbi Michael Lerner on grounds, "if his view is true, the position he articulates would provide adequate grounds for impeachment of the president..."
In Griffin's view, "the strike on the Pentagon was orchestrated by forces within our own government." If he's right, 9/11 was, indeed, the crime of the century, and what has been called a false flag operation involving the fabrication of evidence to make it appear the Taliban government of Afghanistan was complicit, paving the road for invasion.
To begin with, there's even a question of whether American Airlines Flight 77 under control of Al-Qaeda hijacker Hani Hanjour struck the Pentagon. It would require, Griffin charges, not only outfoxing military radar for over an hour but the quite miraculous performance of descending 7,000 feet in two minutes while executing a 270-degree banked turn and bashing into the Pentagon without touching or damaging the lawn, a feat of aeronautical magic.
Griffin, a professor of philosophy and theology at Claremont Graduate University, Calif., says the impact of the strike, unlike those of the two planes that struck the Twin Towers, did not create a dectactable seismic signal. "Also, according to photographs and eywitnesses, the kind of damage and debris that would have been produced by the impact of a Boeing 757 was not evident in the aftermath of the strike on the Pentagon."
Karen Kwiatkowski, then an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel employed at the Pentagon, writes of "a strange lack of visibile debris on the Pentagon lawn, where I stood only moments after the impact." Another witness was CNN's Jamie McIntyre, who reported live from the Pentagon that day: "The only pieces left that you can see are small enough that you pick up in your hand."
Griffin also quotes retired pilot Ralph Omholt, discussing the photographic evidence, who said, "There is no hole big enough to swallow a 757... There is no viable evidence of burning jet fuel... The expected 'crash' damage doesn't exist...Even the Pentagon lawn was undamaged!" So it may have been more than just a slip of the tongue when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld blurted about the "missile" that hit the Pentagon.
The CR report alleged there was no warning of an unidentified aircraft heading to Washington until 9:36 a.m., only "one or two minutes" before the Pentagon was struck, yet Mineta said Cheney knew of it at least 10 minutes earlier, time to order an evacuation.
"By omitting Mineta's testimony and stating that Cheney did not enter the PEOC until almost 10 a.m., the 9/11 Commission implied that Cheney could not have given a stand-down order to allow an aircraft to strike the Pentagon," Griffin writes.
The author goes on to say, CR's conclusion "contradicts Cheney's own account, which can still be read on the White House Website. Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press" shortly after 9/11 Cheney said: '(A)fter I talked to the president...I went down into...the Presidential Emergency Operations Center...(W)hen I arrived there within a short order, we had word the Pentagon's been hit.' So he got there, as Mineta said, some time before the Pentagon was struck, not 20 minutes afterwards."
Griffin asserts the public has been fed three different yarns about why Flight 77 was not intercepted before hitting the Pentagon. Initially, military officials said no fighter jets were scrambled until after the Pentagon was hit; next, they said fighters were scrambled but did not arrive in time because of late FAA notification; finally, the CR found the FAA did not notify NORAD until after the planes crashed.
Particularly curious is that the FBI "immediately confiscated videos from security cameras on nearby buildings," and destroyed crash evidence, Griffin said. "After the strike, officials picked up debris in front of the impact site and carried it off. Shortly thereafter the entire lawn was covered with dirt and gravel, so that any remaining forensic evidence was literally covered up."
Griffin's views are akin to those published on Internet site "Scholars for 9/11 Truth," which has joined with Judicial Watch in calling for release of documents and physical evidence related to 9/11. The group's cofounder, James Fetzer, McKnight Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Minnesota, calls Mineta's estimony "devastating."
"It pulls the plug on the Commission's contention there was no advance warning that the Pentagon was going to be hit," Fetzer said. "In fact, there are multiple witnesses who contradict the Vice President's account, including Richard Clarke, Condoleeza Rice, and several others. It had to have been a 'stand down' order, but the mere fact that he knew the plane was coming in and did not warn the Pentagon is proof this was an inside job," Fetzer said.
Philip J. Berg, former Pennsylvania deputy attorney general and member of Scholars, added, "Those who made it happen were obviously in the position to know that it was going to happen and therefore could have sounded a warning alarm. The case against Cheney is more powerful than the case against (Zacarias) Moussaoui(for willfully concealing advanced knowledge of the forthcoming 9/11 attack). No one is more culpable than the perpetrators. If Moussaoui deserves the death penalty, what does our Vice President deserve?" 
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Seeking 9/11 Truth
A RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY. There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: S O M E O F T H E A B O V E N E W S ====================:::::::::::::::::::::: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:::::::::::: ===================================::::::: Rabbi Lerner Agnostic on 9/11 Inside Job Source: tikkun.org Michael Lerner 3/1/2007 One could argue that there is room for both conversations, and there is. In fact, the kind of psychic trauma that would happen were the charges of intentional involvement in 9/11 by the president, vice president, other high office holders, or our security apparatus ever proved in a court of law would almost certainly open up political space for a serious discussion of the kinds of radical changes I'm suggesting, especially regarding our approach to foreign policy and homeland security. Indeed, people might be open to establishing much more forceful checks and balances on the imperial presidency, reaffirming and even strengthening civil liberties protections that have been undermined by the Patriot Act and other policies of the Bush administration, securing democratic forms by eliminating the electoral college and establishing instant-runoff voting and fully, publicly financed elections that forbid any direct or indirect contributions or support for campaigns or the parties that run them, establishing firm public control of electronic voting and strict public control over lobbying to ensure that money plays no role directly or indirectly in the process, and other measures to reclaim the democracy that has eroded since 9/11. These are important changes that could be won if 9/11 lies are exposed, if in fact they were lies (about which I am agnostic). Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun Magazine. 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By Bgilmore These are the people who strong-armed Congress NOT to investigate 9/11, who used every ruse to stop an investigation and to avoid testifying before the 9/11 commission. Why? Because, they said.... http://www.democrats.com/node/12099 ========== Searching for 9/11 answers - By Derek Gentile, Berkshire Eagle Staff Monday, February 19 Part of group believes government planned attacks STOCKBRIDGE - As much as "mainstream America" might wish it, the local members of the 9/11 Truth Movement say their organization is not going away anytime soon. "(An alternate theory of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, is) a scary thing for people to contemplate," said Renzo Del Molino. "And I understand that. The realization that people in power are trying to hurt us, and not help us, is very frightening to them. It's frightening to me." View Full Story: http://www.berkshireeagle.com/headlines/ci_5257730 http://www.berkshireeagle.com ========= S P E E D - U P S "The world situation is worsening to an alarming degree. People all over the world are being called on to help, and are making their individual contributions as part of an overall prearranged plan. Part of the plan is taking down "A Course in Miracles," and I am fulfilling my part in the agreement, as you will fulfill yours. You will be using abilities you developed long ago, and which you are not really ready to use again. Because of the acute emergency, however, the usual slow, evolutionary process is being by-passed in what might best be described as a 'celestial speed-up.'" ....That seemed so strange and bizarre to her that she was ready to throw her notebook in the trash basket, and yet it triggered something like a long ago memory in her in which she said, "Of course I'll go, Father: it's for such a little while." Still, she was obviously not completely satisfied, for she tried one more time to abdicate her position. "Why me?" she asked. "I'm not religious: I don't understand these things: I don't even believe them. I'm about the poorest choice you could make." The answer came back very clearly, "On the contrary; you are an excellent choice. In fact, the best." "But why?" she anguished. And then, without a hint of doubt she heard the answer: "Because you'll do it." Helen had no response to that. She knew the Voice was right: she knew she would do it. And from that moment on the future of "A Course in Miracles" was set. Helen would "scribe" it to its completion, even though she might raise loud objections all along the way. (From JOURNEY WITHOUT DISTANCE The Story Behind A Course in Miracles, by Robert Skutch) ~~~~~~ S P E E D - B U M P S BBC Hit Piece a Tissue of Lies, Bias and Emotional Manipulation - prisonplanet.com Outraged truth community demands answers from Guy Smith, immediate retractions and apologies urged, savage agenda driven yellow journalism an insult to the truth The BBC's Conspiracy Files documentary about 9/11 was a tissue of lies, bias and emotional manipulation from beginning to end. Producer Guy Smith should be ashamed of himself for inflicting this travesty of yellow journalism upon the 9/11 truth movement and he is assured to encounter a vociferous and outraged response in its aftermath. Separated into two categories below are a number of questions intended to highlight Guy Smith's production for what it was - a deliberate hit piece on the 9/11 truth movement structured around fallacy, lying by omission and overwhelming bias. We invite Mr. Smith to respond to these questions and the hundreds of others that are already being asked by furious and informed community of people who were made sick to their stomachs by Smith's yellow journalism hatchet job. GROSS FACTUAL INACCURACIES AND YELLOW JOURNALISM: http://www.911blogger.com/node/6324 ===== Is the Military Our Last Hope? By Paul Craig Roberts Is the high command of the US military breaking ranks with the Bush Regime?... Perhaps America could regain its reputation if General Pace would send a division of US Marines to arrest Bush, Cheney, the entire civilian contingent in the Pentagon, the neoconservative nazis, and the complicit members of Congress and send them off to the Hague to be tried for war crimes. ===== IS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KUCINICH GOING FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT 9/11? [From 911blogger http://www.911blogger.com/node/5850#comment ] http://kucinich.us/ ===== DEAD ON ARRIVAL The NIST 911 Report On The World Trade Center Collapse By Mark H. Gaffney http://rense.com/general74/nist.htm ===== ARE YOU A 16 PERCENTER? There is help for you! If you are among the 16% who still believe the Neonazicons' conspiracy theory about 9/11, YOU CAN BE HELPED! Simply click on the links below to read the scientific debunking of the Bush pseudoscience fairytale about the WTC 9/11 atrocity. click here http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/pentagon/index.html http://www.wtc7.net/events/kc_science/index.html ========================== B E W E T H E M E D I A ========================== Get Radio Active HELP STOMP OUT HUMAN-ANIMAL HYBRID KLEPTOCRATS! U.S. Being Awakened from Media-induced Coma by AIR AMERICA RADIO: Find your station HERE: http://www.airamericaradio.com SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PROPHETS! http://www.webspawner.com/users/newstudyshowsgodson ===== To be removed from or to subscribe to this free Enewsletter list please email someoftheabovenews@yahoo.com with REMOVE or SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. ===== And if you don't like our news go make some of your own. Founder 2002: Johannieson & Friends Editor: Myra M. Jackson by Myra (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 21 comments) on Friday, Mar 2, 2007 at 12:02:54 AM  (0+)
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AMERICA THE GULLIBLE
pearl harbor, the 60's assasinations,the gulf of tonkin, they've been pulling the wool over our eyes for decades. there is a real scary gullibility about the american public that just swallows anything they feed them. what about the people that were supposed to be on those planes?nothing much is said about who they were, or what really happened to them, or if they even ever existed. in my opinion there is NO WAY these rag tag terrorists could of outsmarted every single air defense system we had in place, and the level of incompetency is too high to be beleivable. my theory is that OBL works with the CIA and has been ever since we collaborated with him in afghanistan against the russians. all those terrorist attacks in the 90's?...the CIA was directing him to be thorn in clinton's side to provoke him into invading the middle east. PNAC even sent him a letter urging him to attack iraq. then when they got their man in wash. they turned to him once again. they just left the back door open for him and his crew. only this time, they were at the controls, so they were able to make it so horrific and devastating that it could ONLY been accomplished with certain "doors" swinging open for them for it to get by virtualy every defense system we have in place to thwart an attack like that. i worry that just like the JFK assasination, we'll never find out the truth..... good night and good luck by mike wygant (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 287 comments) on Friday, Mar 2, 2007 at 5:52:16 AM (0+)
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9/11 and the soul of America
I will argue that, by permitting the Warren Commission to whitewash the JFK coup, and the 9/11 Commission's active falsification and selective ignoring of 9/11 evidence America has left the reality-based world and has no chance to get herself back on track before a calamity that may destroy us. We are an alleged free people who have willingly handed sovereignty to a tyrant who stole his office and who abuses that office and the constitution he swore to uphold. We are mostly afraid to speak the name of the crimes in public and our news outlets conduct business as usual, focusing on trivia while the foundations of our republic crumble. God help us. by Maturin42 (5 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 19 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, Mar 2, 2007 at 7:37:29 PM (0+)
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