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--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Read these words carefully:
"Those who read Solomon's attack and Ruppert's work will see
immediately
that Solomon flagrantly misrepresents him.
`
Although much remains hidden, the US government's actions (and
inactions) leading up to the Sept. 11th attacks are the story of the
century. As a station, we have kept this story almost entirely from
our
listeners because of vague fears about "credibility" based on a
shoddy,
inaccurate hatchet job from an icon of "progressive" media critique."
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> OPEN LETTER TO ALL KPFA FOLKS
> From Ed Rippy, News Dept.
> `
> It is now common knowledge that the Bush administration received
> warnings of hijackings well before Sept. 11th. It is less well known
> that some of us in the station have been working on this story, and
its
> broader context, for months and have met with near-uniform
dismissal of
> our work.
> `
> Kellia Ramares, Bonnie Faulkner, and I have been developing this
story,
> based largely on the reporting of the much-maligned Mike Ruppert.
Bonnie
> and Kellia played portions of his talk at Fort Mason on Guns &
Butter
> during a
> previous fund drive, raising near-record money. I gave the News
Dept. a
> short article I had written outlining the evidence (which goes way
> beyond the White House's admissions) for preplanning of the war on
> Afghanistan. When I later asked the recipient what (s)he thought of
it,
> the response was, "I can't remember what it was about."
> `
> I brought the issue up (along with the new, conclusive evidence
> presented in Robert Stinnet's Day of Deceit that the Roosevelt
> administration provoked and permitted the attack on Pearl Harbor)
to the
> person in charge of another daily show; (s)he replied, "Even if it's
> true, I don't want to know." Seeing little interest at KPFA, I
posted my
> work (five articles so far) on Indymedia and circulated it as best I
> could in antiwar activist circles. Its reception has, in general,
been
> very good.
> `
> Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney spoke on "Flashpoints" on
3/25/02
> about her call for a serious investigation into the ignored
warnings of
> attack and profiteering from the ensuing war. To my knowledge, KPFA
did
> not cover the issue beyond this until establishment Washington
unleashed
> its predicable storm of scorn and denials. To my knowledge, we have
> never examined the evidence beyond what I have mentioned and a
segment
> or two on "Flashpoints" with Mike Ruppert.. Perhaps I have missed
> something.
> `
> Norman Solomon sent a three-page fax to Philip Maldari dissing
Ruppert's
> work (and the thesis of US government foreknowledge of, or
complicity
> in, the attacks) in a very underhanded and dishonest way. This memo
> circulated through KPFA and as a result most of the staff wouldn't
touch
> the story with a ten-foot pole. I gave the News Dept. a critique of
> Solomon's attack, but it doesn't seem to have helped.
> `
> "The Consortium," an informal group of reporters and activists
> investigating the deep politics of 9-11, produced a lengthy,
detailed
> rebuttal of Solomon's attack, and Kellia distributed it in the
station.
> Those who read Solomon's attack and Ruppert's work will see
immediately
> that Solomon flagrantly misrepresents him.
> `
> Although much remains hidden, the US government's actions (and
> inactions) leading up to the Sept. 11th attacks are the story of the
> century. As a station, we have kept this story almost entirely from
our
> listeners because of vague fears about "credibility" based on a
shoddy,
> inaccurate hatchet job from an icon of "progressive" media
critique.
> `
> The Bush administration's position will crumble, because the
evidence
> that it has been lying all along is already there, and more will
> surface. It is ironic that we must wait for MSNBC or the Associated
> Press to acknowledge this before we can report it.
> `
> Granted there is a difference between stories in the foreign press
about
> forewarnings and a White House admission, but when the stories (and
many
> others equally pertinent) have been out for months, and the
station's
> own staff have been pointing them out for months, it certainly gives
> pause for reflection.
> `
> If part of our mission is to give our listeners the best political
> information possible -- even if it's inconclusive -- we have
failed. Our
> listeners could have been the best-informed in the country about the
> contradictions in the government's line on 9-11 if we had taken the
> evidence seriously and reported it.
> `
> I submit that the White House's admissions show conclusively that
those
> of us who have been working on this know a solid and important story
> when we see one, even while others are scoffing and wringing their
hands
> about "credibility." If KPFA wishes to bring its listeners the
cutting
> edge in news and public
> affairs, it should give us the support and air time to do what we
came
> here to do.
> `
> Things such as the 9-11 attacks do not happen in a vacuum. There is
a
> large and coherent context of militaristic ideology, decades of drug
> trafficking on several continents, decades of manipulation,
provocation,
> and deceit to foment wars, and global criminal networks with the
> laundered money feeding US banks and stock markets. Those wishing to
> understand this context will find invaluable material at
www.copvcia.com
> and my articles on Indymedia, starting with "US Military Policy
Since
> the Fall of the Soviet Union" at
> sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/01/114339.php
> (each article has a link to its successor in one of the comments
> following it).
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