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Please feel free to post or reprint this in whole or in part. (This site employs Style Sheets so you also need to download CCstyle.css.txt, rename it "CCstyle.css", and include it where you put this file.) Action- Oppose Emergency Health Powers Act September 11- Unanswered Questions (good overview with links!) Contents Demanding a Congressional Inquiry of 9-11 The Questions Raised with Links to Key Articles Report from the January 8th March on Senator Feinstein's Office My Statement to Senators Feinstein and Boxer Report on Our March on Congresswoman Anna Eshoo January 15, 2002 to Demand a Congressional Inquiry of 9-11 Activist Update The Petitions Additional Websites Videos on 9-11 Audio/Radio Books Humor- Our Best Tools are Love and Laughter More Tools- Cartoons, Song, Downloadable Flyer! Key Articles- including a GREAT overview by Cheryl Seal >From the Horse's Mouth- Official Pronouncements Demanding a Congressional Inquiry of 9-11 Questions with links to key articles January 8th, 2002 People Gathered and Marched to Senator Feinstein's office A delegation of people met with Senator Feinstein's and Senator Boxer's staff, to raise our concerns, demand a Congressional Inquiry, raise these questions, offer copies of (some of) the articles listed to draw public attention to these issues which concern us and the entire world. I represented myself as a member of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The questions- Who is Osama Bin Laden? Who Is Osama Bin Laden? by Michel Chossudovsky, 12 Sep 2001 http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO109C.html "OSAMAGATE" by Michel Chossudovsky, 9 Oct 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO110A.html Who created and funded the Al Qaeda Network? A Vital Piece of the Puzzle: Dollars for Terror -- The United States and Islam, by Carol Brouillet http://www.communitycurrency.org/vital.html What is the relationship between Bin Laden, his family, the Carlyle Group and the Bush family? Osama bin Laden's Bush family Business Connections, Alliance With Pakistan Will Stimulate Drug Trade, Bring Revenues Under U.S. Control -- Colombian Opium Production Will Soar; The Taliban's Biggest Economic Attack on the U.S. Came in February With The Destruction of Its Opium Crop by Michael C. Ruppert, 18 Sept 2001 http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/09_18_01_bushbin.html Carlyle profit from Afghan war, by David Lazarus, 2 Dec 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/LAZ112A.html Above the Law--Bush's Racial Coup D'Etat and Intell Shutdown, Interview with Greg Palast http://www.guerrillanews.com/counter_intelligence/doc233.html http://www.guerrillanews.com/counter_intelligence/235.html Elder Bush in Big G.O.P. Cast Toiling for Top Equity Firm, by Leslie Wayne, 5 Mar 2001 http://www.truthout.com/0662.Bush.Saudi.htm The George W. Bush Money Tree, from www.bushwatch.com http://www.bushnews.com/bushmoney.htm Bush Family's dirty little secret: President's oil companies funded by Bin Laden family and wealthy Saudis who financed Osama bin Laden, by Rick Wiles,Sep 2001 http://www.americanfreedomnews.com/afn_articles/bushsecrets.htm Arms Buildup Enriches Carlyle Group, Bush Sr. is Consultant, by Mark Fineman, 10 Jan 2002 http://www.truthout.com/01.11F.Arms.Carlyle.htm Why were no fighter planes dispatched to intercept the four hijacked planes on September 11th? Scrambled Messages, by George Szamuely, 12 Dec 2001 http://www.nypress.com/14/50/taki/bunker.cfm Guilty For 9-11: Bush, Rumsfeld, Myers, by Illarion Bykov and Jared Israel, 14 Nov 2001 http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/indict-1.htm Mr. Cheney's Cover Story -- Section 2 of Guilty For 9-11, 20 Nov 2001 http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/indict-2.htm 9-ll: Nothing Urgent, by George Szamuely, Research & documentation by Illarion Bykov and Jared Israel, Jan 2002 http://emperor.vwh.net/indict/urgent.htm Guilty for 9-11 Section 3: Bush in the Open http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/indict-3.htm Who actually was in control of the "hijacked planes"? Operation 911: NO SUICIDE PILOTS, by Carol A. Valentine October 6, 2002 http://www.public-action.com/911/robotplane.html Did NORAD Send The "Suicide" Jets?, Part 1- An Inside Job, by Carol A. Valentine February 23, 2002 http://www.public-action.com/911/noradsend.html Did NORAD Send The "Suicide" Jets?, Part 2- The Dumb Blondes, by Carol A. Valentine February 25, 2002 http://www.public-action.com/911/noradsend2.html Flight of the Bumble Planes,by Snake Plissken as told to Carol A. Valentine, March, 2002 http://www.public-action.com/911/bumble.html What role did Pakistani Intelligence play on September 11th? Cover-up or Complicity of the Bush Administration? The Role of Pakistan's Military Intelligence (ISI) in the September 11 Attacks by Michel Chossudovsky, 2 Nov 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO111A.html Did the CIA have foreknowledge of the attack, who tried to profit with put options on American, United, Merrill Lynch... stock just before the attack? Suppresed Details of Criminal Insider Trading Lead Directly Into The CIA's Highest Ranks -- CIA Executive Director `Buzzy' Krongard Managed Firm That Handled `Put' Options on UAL, by Michael C. Ruppert, 9 Oct 2001 http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/10_09_01_krongard.html Mystery of terror `insider dealers', by Chris Blackhurst, 14 Oct 2001 http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=99402 Profits of Death -- Insider Trading and 9-11, by Tom Flocco - Edited by Michael C. Ruppert, 6 Dec 2001 http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/12_06_01_death_profits_pt1.html Why were the FBI told to not investigate the Bin Laden family links in the US? Has someone been sitting on the FBI? Transcript of a BBC Newsnight Report on "the questionable links of the bin Laden Family," 6 Nov 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/BBC111A.html Bush thwarted FBI probe against bin Ladens, Hindustan Times, 7 Nov 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/HIN111A.html US efforts to make peace summed up by `oil', by Lara Marlowe, 19 Nov 2001 http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MAR111A.html If the CIA met with Bin Laden last July, why didn't they try to arrest him? The CIA met Bin Laden while undergoing treatment at an American Hospital last July in Dubai, by Alexandra Richard, Translated courtesy of Tiphaine Dickson, Le Figaro, 11 Oct 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RIC111B.html If the US is serious about ridding the world of terrorism, why do we continue to fund and train terrorists? U.S. Protects Al-Qaeda Terrorists in Kosovo, by Umberto Pascali, 2 Nov 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PAS111A.html US efforts to make peace summed up by `oil', by Lara Marlowe, 19 Nov 2001 http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MAR111A.html Should the United States Renounce Terrorism? Should the United States Renounce Terrorism? Richard Heinberg, November 2001 http://www.museletter.com/archive/117.html IF THE CIA AND THE GOVERNMENT WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, WHAT WERE THEY DOING? A Timeline Surrounding September 11th, by Michael Ruppert, 27 Nov 2001 http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/02_11_02_lucy.html Why are we bombing Afghanistan, when none of the alleged bombers actually came from there, could there be another reason for our presence in that region, like oil? A War in the Planning for Four Years, by Michael Ruppert, Nov 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RUP111B.html The Political Diary #4-Pipe Dreams, #5-The Complicity Connection, Joyce Lynn, January 3, 2002 http://www.topica.com/lists/politicaldiary (click on Read This List to find #4 & #5) India in anti-Taliban military plan- India and Iran will "facilitate" planned US-Russia hostilities against the Taliban, June 26, 2001 http://www.indiareacts.com/archivefeatures/nat2.asp?recno=10&ctg= US 'planned attack on Taleban'BBC- George Arney, September 18, 2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1550000/1550366.stm War on Terror Masks Bush's Grand Strategy, Eric Margolis, March 10, 2002 http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/margolis_mar10.html Keep Your Eye on the Target, Congressman Ron Paul, House of Representatives, 29 Nov 2001 http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2001/cr112901.htm Hidden Agenda Behind War On Terror, by John Pilger, Nov 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PIL111B.html Guns, Drugs, and Oil: The Real Politik of the Afghan War by Ed Rippy http://freebooter.interfree.it/ TESTIMONY BY JOHN J. MARESCA, VP of Unocal, TO HOUSE COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 http://www.house.gov/international_relations/105th/ap/wsap212982.htm Afghanistan, the Taliban and the Bush Oil Team,by Wayne Madsen,January 2002 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MAD201A.html THE ROVING EYE- Pipelineistan, Part 1: The rules of the game, By Pepe Escobar 1/ 25/02 http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/DA25Ag01.html THE ROVING EYE- Pipelineistan, Part 2: The games nations play,By Pepe Escobar 1 26/02 http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/DA26Ag01.html Is this war illegal? A Coup Against the American Constitution, Interview with Francis Boyle, 14 Nov 2001 http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/BOY111C.html When will the FBI, the CIA and the National Security Agency start toturn their new powers (that they have under the Ashcroft police state bill) against American citizens? No War Against Afghanistan! Professor Francis Boyle November 30, 2001 http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/BOY111C.html The USA PATRIOT Act: What's So Patriotic About Trampling on the Bill of Rights? by Nancy Chang, Senior Litigation Attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, November 2001 http://www.ccr-ny.org/whatsnew/usa_patriot_act.asp Bush’s new Department of Homeland Defense: the scaffolding of a police state, June 8, 2002 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/jun2002/bush-j08_prn.shtml For historical background on this see- Homeland Insecurity, by Douglas Valentine, 15 Nov 2001 Homeland InsecurityPart I: Phoenix, Chaos, The Enterprise, and the Politics of Terror in America http://www.counterpunch.org/homeland1.html Homeland InsecurityPart II: Phoenix And The Anatomy Of Terror http://www.counterpunch.org/homeland2.html Homeland Insecurity Part III: Chaos And Political Terrorism In America http://www.counterpunch.org/homeland3.html Homeland Insecurity Part IV: The Terrorism Account Goes Underground http://www.counterpunch.org/homeland4.html Homeland InsecurityPart V: The Turning Point http://www.counterpunch.org/homeland5.html Homeland Insecurity Part VI: The Counter-Terror Network http://www.counterpunch.org/homeland6.html Homeland Insecurity Part VII: The Last Decade http://www.counterpunch.org/homeland7.html Homeland Insecurity Footnotes http://www.counterpunch.org/homeland8.html What are Bush's, Cheney's and Rice's connections to the oil industry? The United States of Oil No administration has ever been more in bed with the energy industry -- but does that mean Big Oil is calling Bush's shots? by Damien Caveli, 19 Nov 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CAV111A.html What are Bush's and Cheney's connections to the drug industry? Halliburton Corporation's Brown and Root is one of the major components of The Bush- Cheney Drug Empire, by Michael C. Ruppert, 24 Oct 2001 http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ciadrugs/bush-cheney-drugs.html Has the US government ever thought to mislead the public to justify a war against another country? Friendly Fire -- Book: U.S. Military Drafted Plans to Terrorize U.S. Cities to Provoke War With Cuba, by David Ruppe, 1 May 2001 http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jointchiefs_010501.html Pentagon Proposed Pretexts for Cuba Invasion in 1962, The National Security Archive, 30 Apr 2001 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/ Who was responsible for the Anthrax attacks, and why were Democrats and the media the targets? The US Secret Bioweapons Program, by Michel Chossudovsky, 28 Nov 2001 http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO111D.html Anthrax attacks' `work of neo-Nazis', by Ed Vulliamy, 28 Oct 2001 http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,582222,00.html Anthrax attacks 14/3/02 BBC News, Susan Watts http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/audiovideo/programmes/newsnight/archive/ newsid_ 1873000/1873368.stm Why is the evidence being destroyed when an investigation of the World Trade Center collapse is needed? "Burning Questions...Need Answers": Fire Engineering's Bill Manning Calls for Comprehensive Investigation of WTC Collapse, 4 Jan 2002 http://fe.pennnet.com/Articles/ Article_Display.cfm? Section=OnlineArticles&SubSection=Display&PUBLICATION_ID=25&ARTICLE_ID=131225 Muslims Suspend the Laws of Physics!by J. McMichael November 25, 2001 http://www.public-action.com/911/jmcm/physics_1.html Why seal Presidential records? Why intimidate professors from speaking out against this war? Bush Clamping Down On Presidential Papers- Incumbent Could Lock Up Predecessor's Records,George Lardner Jr., Washington Post 11/1/2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A20731-2001Oct31 Lynne Cheney-Joe Lieberman Group Puts Out a Blacklist, by Roberto J. Gonzalez, 13 Dec 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles//GON112A.html The New Totalitarianism -- Why there a War in Afghanistan? by John McMurtry, 9 Dec 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles//MCM112A.html New article by John McMurty June 2002 Decoding 9-11 http://www.globalresearch.org/view_article.php?aid=824909340 Intimidation Is a Form of Censorship, By Norah Vincent, 8 Nov 2001 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/VIN111A.html Report of the March on Senator Feinstein's Office to Demand a Congressional Inquiry of 9-11 With links to Participating Organizations and People January 8, 2002 On Tuesday, January 8th, 2002, at eleven o'clock, people began to gather at Justin Herman Plaza. As organizer, I baked bread and cookies that morning, figuring folks would be hungry (I always bring food to my weekly peace demos in Palo Alto- people can't resist the cookies and dialogue happens…) Supporters came from all over the Bay Area, as well as Japan, there were three guitarists and a couple of big banners including Veteran's for Peace- "War - War - What is it good for? - Absolutely nothing." And- "One People, One Earth, One Love" a quote from Alice Walker with an image of the Earth with a heart over it surrounded by a group of people holding hands, on the other side "One Air, One Water, One Hope - Respect all Life" with an image of 3 interconnected circles (which we made for the first, big, national, DC anti-war demo on September 29th). There was an assortment of signs, the Earth flag, and sashes for People, Earth, Love, Air, Water, Hope and Peace. The atmosphere was very friendly with much sharing of information. Bill Moyer, author of Doing Democracy, who has mapped out the eight stages of social movements and helped empower activists for forty years came, just five minutes after I passed out his useful "map" and pointed out where we were. The media swooped down in a pack, two or three television stations and three radio journalists, and at least one newspaper reporter. The march was colorful and lively, although somewhat small, about thirty or so people, so we kept to the sidewalk with a police escort. (There probably would have been more people, if we hadn't been "competing" with a major event- the Deputy General of the WTO was having a debate with activists across town at the same time. And it is hard to organize when you're out of the country without access to a computer; I did the best I could in four days with three kids). The 9-11 disaster has been used to justify a "War on Terrorism" which endangers the lives and liberties of millions of people everywhere. The U.S. bombing of Afghanistan has killed thousands of civilians; millions of Afghans have been displaced and face starvation this winter. The administration has condoned massive Israeli assaults on Palestine, and threatens to attack Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, and other countries. Recent legislation is an attack on constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties, especially those of immigrants and people of color. The laws are mirrored in other countries which are outlawing dissent and increasing political repression. The administration has institutionalized racial profiling and is secretly rounding up thousands of Arab Americans and other people of Middle Eastern background. At the same time, it is giving billions to the military, offering huge bailouts and tax incentives to corporations and the wealthy, while ignoring the hundreds of thousands of laid off workers, and cutting social services. This appears to be part of a long-range strategy to turn the clock back on the hard earned gains of the civil rights', women's', and environmental movements, to consolidate U.S. global domination, and to serve the interests of transnational corporations. At the plaza in front of Senator Feinstein's office the march turned into a party/ gathering/leafletting/networking opportunity. The nine person delegation escorted by police, presented identification, got our security clearances and went up to see Senator Feinstein's staff. Senator Boxer's staff also joined the meeting at the last minute. The delegation spoke on many issues and raised many questions from "Why weren't the hijacked planes intercepted?" to "How can the U.S. declare a 'War on Terrorism' when terrorism has been the keystone of U.S. foreign policy for decades and we continue to fund, train, and arm terrorists?" Here is the synopsis- Kevin Danaher Public Education Director of Global Exchange who has written or edited many books examining US foreign policy and the global economy including- Democratizing the Global Economy The Battle Against the World Bank and the IMF Globalize This! The Battle Against the World Trade Organization, and Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Momma Globalization and the Downsizing of the American Dream, came up with the idea of the Inquiry. He explained how when he is traveling and speaking with many people the questions keep coming up, and people want to know, deserve to know the truth. His wife and daughter had also recently traveled to Afghanistan and he spoke of the plight of the Afghans. He also touched on the larger picture, the pattern of events, the global system, the lost opportunity when the U.S. with all the world feeling sympathetically towards us, chose to violate international law, act unilaterally and bomb. Riva Enteen- Vice president of the National Lawyers Guild, had compiled a history of the dark times when this country has ignored, violated due process and civil rights. She spoke about how the situation has deteriorated so badly, so quickly. She also questioned whether the victims of the World Trade Center were being given "hush money" so that they could not sue whoever was criminally responsible for the attack. Carmen Hartono- Women's International Peace Imperative addressed racial profiling, and the stereotyping that distresses her, and her husband. (She is from El Savador and her husband is from Indonesia) She was also deeply concerned about what is happening in Palestine. Ed Rippy- East Bay Peace Action, talked about the CIA/drug/military connections and the U.S.'s history and current relationship with various terrorists and intelligence agencies, and their links to drug smuggling and money laundering. He offered this statement: "The U.S. is carrying out a military campaign in Afghanistan which violates the U.N. Charter while expanding and strengthening its global military dominance, ostensibly to defeat terrorism worldwide. But the lies and secrecy which pervade our government poison the social contract and remove all legitimacy its power may have had. Government secrecy and lying, abetted by a mostly complacent press, have become so bad that U.S. citizens must rely on a few investigative journalists, scholars, and elected and appointed officials with the means, the honesty, and the courage to tell the truth. Often their integrity is rewarded by dismissal or even death. Indeed, as citizens we have had to become investigators ourselves in order to have any hope of fulfilling our responsibility to control our government. People ranging from U.S. Senators and retired DEA, FBI, and CIA agents to scholars and journalists offer clear, consistent, and specific evidence that elements of the U.S. government are pursuing illegal covert policies. In response, our government simply refuses to answer or utters things which are inconsistent, contradict the evidence, or both. No country which calls itself, even approximately, a democracy can tolerate this." Susie Whitlock - Organizing Mills, spoke about the Bush/Bin Laden financial ties and Unocal's oil negotiations in Afghanistan. The recent appointment of the Unocal Advisor to be the representative of the U.S. to the interim Afghan government suggests that oil is one of the reasons that the U.S. is in Afghanistan. Denny Riley - Veteran's for Peace, told his truth. He was in the Air Force in Vietnam. He had witnessed how the government, particularly the military, lies. He had been on missions, chosen targets. Bombs kill civilians. In Vietnam 2 million people were killed; the memorial to them depicts, not soldiers, but civilians because that is primarily who gets killed I offered printed articles addressing the following questions, as well as additional excellent pieces which had not been posted on the internet. I mentioned the online petition which echoed our demands which I had learned of only the night before, although I accidentally left my hard copy at home). I couldn't resist asking why Senator Feinstein, and most other Senators were going along with President Bush, without raising any questions. I wondered if they were afraid or whether they really believed what he said. I probably went too far and was told that Senator Feinstein "believed in Bush" and that the Senator and I have different worldviews… These are some of the questions that we, the people, demand to be raised and answered publicly- Who created, trained and funded the Al Qaeda Network? What is the relationship between Bin Laden, his family and the Bush family and the Carlyle Group? Why were no fighter planes dispatched to intercept the four hijacked planes on September 11h , in violation of standard procedures? Who actually was in control of the "hijacked planes"? What is the U.S. relationship with Pakistan, and especially with its intelligence service, the ISI? Why did the then director of the ISI have $100,000 transferred to the man whom the FBI now calls the ringleader of the Sept. 11th attacks, and why does the U.S. not pursue this question? Did the CIA have foreknowledge of the attack, who tried to profit with put options on American, United, Merrill Lynch… stock just before the attack? Why were the FBI told to not investigate the Bin Laden family links in the US? If the CIA met with Bin Laden last July, why didn't they try to arrest him? If the US is serious about ridding the world of terrorism, why do we continue to fund and train terrorists? Why are we bombing Afghanistan, when none of the alleged bombers actually came from there, could there be another reason for our presence in that region, like oil? Is the war against Afghanistan illegal? What are Bush's, Cheney's and Rice's connections to the oil industry? What are Bush's and Cheney's connections to the drug industry? Why is the evidence being destroyed when an investigation of the World Trade Center collapse is needed? Why seal Presidential records? Why intimidate professors from speaking out against this war? Why has the U.S. military been establishing working relations with the Uzbek military for several years? What other military involvement does the U.S. have in the Central Asian Republics? Why are U.S. military personnel or material assistance going to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Colombia as well? What relationship did various U.S. agencies and their contractors have with the Taliban, either directly or through Pakistani or Saudi agencies or contractors? Why does the U.S. overlook Pakistani drug lords who refine and export half to two-thirds of the world's heroin despite its avowed determination to rid the world of drugs? Why has the Dept. of Justice stopped its investigation of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International despite its admitted heavy involvement in laundering drug money? (Links to some of these questions and answers are posted at-http// www.communitycurrency.org/9-11.html) I believe we all were heartened and inspired by one another. When the meeting was over, we bade our farewells, gave hugs. Outside with our brave supporters we held hands and looked into one another's eyes. I felt such a great sense of love for all those who had come, and to those who were part of the delegation for their courage, their love of life, and their belief in the quest for truth, and felt a wave of energy from those who couldn't be there physically, but were in spirit. My Statement to Senators Feinstein and Boxer and their staff (January 8, 2002) Statement Horrified as I was by the events of 9-11, I was more shocked by the words of the government and the media in the aftermath. The cries for war were deafening, and the evidence against the "terrorists" seemed utterly fabricated, bizarre, and unbelievable (a passport floating unharmed out of the pocket of the highjacker on a domestic flight from that inferno to the streets of New York!). The swift disastrous legislation which passed through Congress has threatened human rights, civil liberties at home and abroad, and criminalized peaceful protest. Having worked almost a year opposing Fast Track and the FTAA, I witnessed how the disaster was used to force through legislation which clearly benefited transnational corporations and threatens democracy, labor rights, human rights, and the environment throughout the hemisphere. The U.S. has used the 9-11 attack to justify military intervention in Central Asia. There is a strong disparity between the "stated objectives" and the actual objectives of the bombing against Afghanistan. If we really wanted to rid the world of terrorists and terrorism, the U.S. could and should stop funding, training and arming terrorists. The C.I.A.'s role in creating the Al Qaeda network, and their intimate connections with the Saudi and Pakistani Intelligence Agencies, that were obviously involved with the bombing, have not been publicly explored. Why were fighter planes denied permission to intercept the hijacked planes- which is standard procedure? The government has clearly lied to the public and used this tragic event to push through repressive legislation which is utterly unconstitutional. By flagrantly ignoring international law and pursuing a military course, the U.S. government is endangering its citizens and increasing hostility towards the entire country. According to the FBI, the lead ringleader of the attacks was Mohamed Atta. Pakistani Intelligence (ISI) funneled the $3 billion dollars, that the U.S. contributed, to create, train and fund the Al Qaeda network. Pakistani ISI Chief General Ahmad was also reported to have sent $100,000. to Mohamed Atta. After the Times of India revealed this, Ahmed left his position, but was not questioned by the U.S.. General Ahmed was also in the U.S. meeting with the C.I.A. when the attacks occurred; he was sent by the U.S. to Afghanistan to ask them to turn over Bin Laden. When the Taliban wanted to discuss terms, the U.S. chose not to discuss anything, but to bomb Afghanistan. This shows either great complicity or colossal incompetence by the U.S. intelligence agencies. The Senate has the responsibility and the duty to hold the administration accountable for its actions. If the National Security Agency and the administration's loyalties to the oil industry (and their objectives) are greater than their loyalties to the health, well being, and safety of the country, then it is up to Congress to determine what course of action to follow. I love my children, my family, and our country, our world, peace, justice, life. I demand simply that Congress hold an inquiry to discover the truth of what happened on September 11th and why. I have posted the most vital questions and answers, that I believe need to be addressed at my website- http://www.communitycurrency.org/9- 11.html. Carol Brouillet Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Report on Our March on Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's Office January 15, 2002 to Demand a Congressional Inquiry of 9-11 On January 15th activists marched to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s office to submit documents and demand an inquiry of 9-11, the event was covered by Channel 2 and broadcast on local television. Details were posted as an article at the sf.indymedia website. The Petitions Please sign the online petition! [Formally- Petition to the Senate to Investigate Oddities Involving 9/11 Terrorist Attacks] (over 14,000 signatures so far!) And add a link to it from your website- let's get millions to get our voices heard loud and clear!!! http://www.petitiononline.com/11601TFS/petition.html Here's a new petition worth signing, as well! United Call for an Independent 9-11 Truth Commission http://www.911nationalnetwork.org/petition World Wide "Stop-War-Now" Petition http://www.stopwarnow.org And another!...Truth, Amnesty and Reconciliation for Sustainability http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/293364182 Update for Activists If you have trouble communicating this information to others, there is an excellent Primer on understanding conspiracies which is useful to read and share with others and Jon Phalen's Let's Step Out Of The Box For A Moment, Shall We? A reply To The Anticonspiratorialists. Contact your representatives. Raise these issues, ask questions, spread the word! Here's the very latest news: The excellent book- The War on Freedom (see Books section) is finally out, and hopefully the author will be here in September to speak on these issues. Documentaries on 9-11, more of them are in progress, check the resources section for the latest links. We are planning a big 9-11 press event in NY September 4th. Our Protest of Dick Cheney in San Francisco!... We had a good turnout- the police were actually nice and supportive- let the hecklers off without a wrist slap- after they disrupted Cheney's speech with "Cheney is a corporate criminal- No war on Iraq!" which made the headlines of the Oakland Tribune. We had our "REAL TERRORISTS- Bush Cheney, Myers... Guilty of 9-11..." banner there, plus others and plenty of help. The All People's Coalition were handing out flyers with BUSH DID IT! on them and details of upcoming protests in SF and Oakland http://www.sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/08/139909.php We protested General Myers (Pentagon clown most guilty for the Failure of the military on September 11th- who should have been demoted, but was promoted, and is advocating the militarization of Space, reorganization of the military in North America...WAR, WAR...) at the Fairmont Hotel July 31, 2002. I was interviewed by five television stations, AP, and Contra Costra Times. Here's the link to the article on the event posted at the indymedia site. August 1st, activists are getting copies of the book, The War on Freedom to their legislators. You can help get the message out, buy a copy online (say at Amazon- they will add your message and ship it direcly to your representative- you need to look up the address). This important Press Conference was held last June: 9-11 and the Public Safety: Seeking Answers and Accountability Washington, DC National Press Club Conference A Major Success UPI, CNN, NHK: Japan TV, Philadelphia Inquirer, American Free Press, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Paris Intelligence Online, Accuracy In Media, International Currency Review, and numerous investigative journalists attended the press conference. Please look for audio archives of the event at Unanswered Questions Here are articles on the Press Conference that were posted at http:// www.indymedia.org http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/06/133801.php http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/06/133802.php If you are interested in helping to create a Citizen's Inquiry of 9-11, please contact Kyle Hence (Unanswered Questions) or here on the West Coast, I'm hoping to organize something in September/October and I would appreciate any help, suggestions... I will be demonstrating this Wednesday and all Wednesdays (11 am- 1pm at Lytton Plaza, corner of University and Emerson) until we end this fraudulent war... I must say that I have been shocked by the behavior of "the progressive Left," since they cancelled the big protests against the White House last September and the Sierra Club suggested that people "lay off" the attacks on Bush. People that I have known, admired and whose work I have promoted over the years- Noam Chomsky, Michael Albert, Norman Solomon... instead of critically examining the events of September 11th, have accepted the official story and attacked those of us who are raising questions!!!! I honestly don't know if they are mentally impaired, stupid, scared, or have been co-opted into "protecting the status quo and their positions of honor and prestige." However, they are gatekeepers barring the dissemination of critical information, and I am frankly mad at them. Instead of wasting time bickering within the "movement for peace and justice"- we should be able to clearly recognize the facsist attack that we are facing now. John McMurty wrote this in response to Michael Albert, of Z Magazine's attacks upon those "raising questions."-- "What Did Bush Know, When?" Reply to ZNet Commentary of May 22, 2002 http://www.globalresearch.org/view_article.php?aid=235703012 I also appreciated this article- Why They Believe the Government- Left Denial on 9/11 by August West http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/03/117429.php Here is the most comprehensive analysis- "9/11 "Conspiracies" and the Defactualisation of Analysis How Ideologues on the Left and Right Theorise Vacuously to Support Baseless Supposition A Reply to ZNet's 'Conspiracy Theory?' Section," by By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed http://www.globalresearch.org/view_article.php?aid=342536303 MalcontentX also wrote an excellent piece on the "Left" which I just posted at www.communitycurrency.org/LEFT.html Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi is the leading Democrat on the joint Senate House Intelligence Committee which is supposed to oversee CIA activities and investigate 9-11. We need to educate her, and her staff. This website could use a lot of updating, but I've been so busy organizing, making leaflets, flyers, January I went to New York to protest the World Economic Forum (and also attend the Counter Forum organized by the students for Global Justice- where I did a workshop on Community Currency). I'm trying to help tie the anti-war and anti-globalization movements together with a deeper understanding of the current situation. A group of us have also embarked upon a "Transformational 9-11 film project." We have footage of Mike Ruppert, the Teach-In on 9-11, the powerful personal transformative experience of the film- making/activist group, our vision for deep cultural change, and we will soon get tape from the recent DC 9-11 Press conference. If you would like to contribute in any way, please let me know! Mike Ruppert spoke on February 21, 2002 in San Francisco. His presentation powerfully obliterated any shadow of a doubt that I held of the Bush/CIA complicity in 9-11. Mike is Publisher/Editor of From the Wilderness, a newsletter read by more than 2,200 subscribers in 27 countries including 20 members of the US Congress, professors at 12 universities, many authors and journalists. His website is at http://www.copvcia.com, Inspired by Mike, I created a new banner- Allowing Ex-CIA Snider to investigate 9-11 is like allowing Ex-CEO Lay to investigate ENRON the other side says- REAL TERRORISTS- Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld... GUILTY of 9-11 you ask- "Why?"Oil, Drugs, Power... "How?" www.tenc.net We had a great Teach-In on 9-11 at San Francisco State University on April 25, 2002. When Bush visited San Jose and Santa Clara on April 30, 2002, we carried the banner to both events (Snider resigned his position the day before- just to make my banner partially obsolete, no doubt!) All sorts of conferences, demonstrations, events are happening daily. Every week, on Wednesdays from 11-1, W.I.L.P.F and others (usually me unless I'm out of the country or it is raining) are at Lytton Plaza in Downtown Palo Alto at the "Listening for a Change" event, with banners, literature, leaflets, food... listening and dialoguing with people on these issues. On May 11, 2002 in Berkeley, at the Global Network Against Weapons in Space 2002 Conference, Kathy Kelly and I did 2 workshops entitled Deadly Connections: Corporate Globalization, Space and War. I'm glad that the mainstream press has finally raised a few questions, but I think it is an exercise in damage control- they are still not asking the BIG questions!!! May 15, 2002, I received a copy of the footage broadcast by NBC on September 11, 2001 along with a 21 page pamphlet entitled "NBC Spins 911" by George Trinkaus. The pamphlet powerfully indicts the media for "covering up the inconvenient evidence that it inadvertantly revealed that day and weaving the official truth by "totalitrian force." "Media critics commonly talk about "bias" or "distortion," but what we are dealing with here is proactive propaganda. NBC is spinning 911 out of whole cloth. Rigorous censorship is, of course, essential." I've been so busy demonstrating and gathering information that I haven't had time to update this site properly, but one of the key bits of information that I have run across on other sites is the brief video image of a huge plume of smoke rising from another building, before the collapse of either of the World Trade Center Towers see http://www.lebensaspekte.de/ go to 911-BEGINNERS to Media Section and Building 7- the mysterious explosion. Clearly there was a major explosion in another building- not caused by either plane. This information fits in with one excerpt from Trinkaus's pamphlet- "At 11:56 AM Dawson is reporting on an interview he had conducted "just moments ago" with Albert Perry, Chief of Fire Safety for the Fire Department of New York City. Dawson: "Perry told me that shortly after nine o'clock he had ten alarms, roughly 200 men, in the building trying to effect a rescue of the civilians who were in there. And basically, he received word of some kind of secondary device, that is, another bomb going off. "He tried to get his men out quickly as he could, but he said there was an explosion that took place. And an hour after that first hit, the first crash [that] took place, there was another explosion in one of the towers here. "According to his theory, he thinks there were actually devices that were planted in the building. "One may have been in the plane. A second device, he speculates, was probably planted in the building. "So that's what we've been told by Albert Perry, who is chief of Safety for the New York City Fire Department, just moments ago," reports Dawson. Dawson goes on, "Now we are continuing to hear explosions here downtown." Dawson reports that "the whole area is cordoned off and that rescue workers are waiting to get in." "But the bottom line," Dawson concludes, "is that he, Albert Perry, said that he probably lost a great many men in those secondary explosions, and he said that there were literally hundreds, if not thousands, of people in those towers when the explosions took place."... [To get the pamphlet donate money, write, contact High Voltage Press (Counter- Propaganda), P.O. Box 1525, Portland, OR 97207, USA. toll-free 877-263-1215, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] As there was not a "lone gunman" who was solely responsible for the death of J.F.K., the planes were not solely responsible for the collapse of not two, but many buildings at the World Trade Center Complex, indicating that more people were involved, as well as a massive cover-up. I don't think I have a link to the site which has FEMA saying they arrived "the night before the attacks," which is also a damning admission, but I have hesitated to put in links to blatantly right- wing websites. If anyone wants to organize a showing of 9-11 videos or do a 9-11 teach-in or want a speaker on this opic. Contact me for more details- Carol Brouillet (650) 857-0927 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Additional 9-11 Websites The best three sources that I have found, and which many articles posted here come from are: The Center for Research on Globalisation- http://www.globalresearch.ca/ >From the Wilderness (Mike Ruppert's Website)- http://copvcia.com/index.html The Emperor's New Clothes- http://www.tenc.net The group who began the Petition to the Senate to Investigate the Oddities Involving 9/11 Terrorist Attacks has this websites- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFalloutShelter- for lots of news you can subscribe to this one.... Another activist oriented 9-11 website is- http://www.ourDNA.org And for networking 9-11 activists- http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/ duboard.cgi?az=list&for um=DCForumID43&conf=DCConfID14 Robert Lederman's 9 Unpopular Ideas on 9-11- http://baltech.org/lederman/9-11-unpopular.html#point1 Questions, Questions...A review of alternative theories on current events http://www.questionsquestions.net/index.html# 9-11 Files http://www.island.net/~lbnews/00/readingroom.html An excellent website which I've actually posted on my site is Malcontent X's- September 11- Unanswered Questions Guns & Butter- The Economics of Politics (cd's and radio interviews with Mike Ruppert) http://www.rise4news.net/ Al Martin Raw - Not just 9-11, but some excellent essays which place 9-11 in the larger context by Al Martin http://www.almartinraw.com/ Recommended key essays include: Scams Away The Boom is Falling, May 22, 2002 http://www.almartinraw.com/column58.html Citizens, Can I See Your I.D.? http://www.almartinraw.com/column37.html Imperial State Power in America http://www.almartinraw.com/column53.html DoJ Cover-Up Specialist Bobby Mueller Named FBI Chief http://www.almartinraw.com/column27.html Related Article! Head of Sept. 11 Probe Allegedly Obstructed Danforth's Waco Inquiry, June 22, 2002 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26102- 2002Jun21.html Dave Ratcliffe's 9-11 pages, "Crimes Against Humanity" http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/ Online Journal http://www.onlinejournal.com"; Attack On America http://www.attackonamerica.net/ Here in Reality http://www.hereinreality.com/conspiracy/ What Really Happened? http://whatreallyhappened.com Sampling Of Letters Showing Decades Of Cover-Ups and Obstruction Of Justice and Other Misconduct By Members of Congress, Justice Department Personnel and Federal Judges http://www.defraudingamerica.com/letter_list_def.html To all living under the shadow of 911 and the "War on Terror"- Research on the Pentagon crash, with lots more links... http://www.bosankoe.btinternet.co.uk/message.htm Investigate 9-11 - Humor and more links! http://www.investigate911.com/ The War on Terror by This is The Real Truth Network (British site) http://www.thisistherealtruth.net/wtcupdated/wtcupdated.htm Videos The Great Deception- What Really happened on 9-11? by Barry Zwicker, aired by Vision TV in Canada http://www.visiontv.ca/programs/insight/mediafile_Jan21.htm for transcripts and links) Here is the link to purchase the 40 minute video. Real Player Video Stream at http://clients.loudeye.com/imc/mayday/mediafile.ram The Truth and Lies of 9-11 with Mike Ruppert (140 minutes) http://www.fromthewilderness.com/ Unedited three hour June 10, 2002 9-11 and the Public Safety Press Conference Send check or money order for $19. (includes shipping/handling via first class mail) made out to Kyle F. Hence, , P.O. Box 1255, Newport, RI 02840 UnansweredQuestions.org Snowshoe Documentary Films:for social and economic justice This wonderful website has: Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney: Thoughts on Our War Against Terrorism Professor John McMurtry: Response to Michael Albert (ZNet) Commentary: "What Did Bush Know, When?" and Decoding 9-11 and Deep background on 9-11 http://www.snowshoefilms.com/ Guerrilla News Network: War on Terrorism A number of video resources on 9-11 http://www.guerrillanews.com/war_on_terrorism/ WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: The War Against the Third World http://www.addictedtowar.com/dorrel.html Here is a clip from the BBC which you can watch online: BBC TELEVISION INDICTS BUSH / CIA IN 9-11 TERROR COMPLICITY: http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/progs/newsnight/attack22.ram Audio/Radio "Guns & Butter" investigates the relationships among capitalism, militarism and politics http://www.rise4news.net/GNB.html Interviews with Mike Ruppert, Michel Chossudovsky and others. Interview with Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed (Author of The War on Freedom) on the Meria Heller Show http://audio.netradiolive.com:8080/ramgen/meria/053002.rm Books and Magazines The War on Freedom- How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001, by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed http://waronfreedom.mediamonitors.net/index.html New Book Review by Carol Brouillet ALL FALL DOWN: THE POLITICS OF TERROR AND MASS PERSUASION by William Thomas http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/Willthomas/AFD/AFD.htm Everything You Know Is Wrong- The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies, Edited by Russ Kick http://www.alternewswire.com/eykiw/ NBC Spins 9-11 by George Trinkaus http://www.goodideacreative.com/911.html Global Outlook, Premier issue "Stop the War"- The Truth Behind September 11, 2002 http://www.globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/orderform.html Global Outlook No.2,September 11: Foreknowledge or Deception? Stop the Nuclear Threat, Summer 2002 http://www.globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/orderformI2.html ADDICTED TO WAR- Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism, by Joel Andreas Including New Chapter- The War on Terrorism http://www.addictedtowar.com/ Humor CNN Parody site spoofs, "All terror all the time." http://www.0format.com/images/cnn.php Printable pamphlet- Terrorism for Dummies http://www.insanereagan.com THE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY Terror Advisory Map http://www.nationallampoon.com/terrormap/terrormap.asp Too Stupid to be President http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/index.htm Rumsfeld Baffles Press With "Unknown Unknowns"...Maybe, he means "us" http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s576186.htm Mike's Office of Homeland Security http://www.michaelmoore.com/homeland/homeland.html AMERICAN CRUSADE 2001+ TRADING CARDS http://yorick.infinitejest.org:81/1/cards.html More Tools - Cartoons, Song, Downloadable Flyer! American Reichstag Cartoon. This is not a joke, but vividly captures the historical moment that we are living in. http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=165945 DaveyD Rap song on 9-11 Download song http://www.daveyd.com/paristrack.mp3 partial lyrics: Now ask yourself who's the one with the most to gain? 'Fore Nine Eleven motherfuckers couldn't stand his name Even brothers wavin flags like they lost they mind Everybody got opinions but don't know the time 'Cause America's been took, it's plain to see The oldest trick in the book is make an enemy A phony evil so the government can do its dirt And take away your freedom, lock and load, beat and search And nothin's changed but my colored people locked in prison These pigs still beat us but it seems we forgettin But I remember 'fore September how these devils do it Fuck Giuliani, ask Diallo how he's doin We in the streets holler "Jail To The Thief" follow Wavin flags bring these Dragons to they knees Oil Blood Money make these killers ripe old Suspicious suicides, people dyin, never told It's all a part of playin God so you think we need him While bein Ashcroft, take away your rights to freedom Bear witness to the sickness of these dictators Hope you understand the time, brother, 'cause it's major Key Articles The Best Overview that I have seen!!!!- Smoking Gun -The 9/11 Evidence that May Hang George W. Bush, by Cheryl Seal June 2, 2002 http://newsinsider.cjb.net/ Political Deception: The Missing Link behind 9-11, by Michel Chossudovsky, June 20, 2002 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO206A.html Here are links to two outstanding articles by Larry Chin on Enron and 9-11. Enron: Ultimate agent of the American empire Part I: Money to get power, power to protect money.—Motto of the Medici family, February 1, 2002 http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Chin020102/ chin020102.html Enron: Ultimate agent of the American empire Part II: Enron, the Bush administration, and the Central Asian war, February 7, 2002 http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Chin020702/ chin020702.html This nicely complements Larry Chin's articles: The Enron-Cheney-Taliban Connection? Ron Callari, Albion Monitor, February 28, 2002 http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12525 With Bush foreknowledge of 9-11 suddenly surfacing in the mainstream press, here are the latest detailed links which expose the lies and media "spin"- All the desperate lies and spin don't change the fact that the Bush administration had foreknowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks, By Larry Chin http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Chin051902/ chin051902.html Did Bush Know? :: Warning Signs of 9-11 and Intelligence Failures :: by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed http://www.mediamonitors.net/mosaddeq36.html The Lie Won't Stand, by Michael Ruppert http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/ 051602_liewontstand.html S.F.Attorney: Bush allowed 9/11, by David Kiefer, 6/11/02 SF Examiner http://www.examiner.com/sfx/templates/ printer.jsp?story=n.lawyer.0611w These are articles that I found which cast more doubts upon the government/ corporate spin on events- the “Obscure Goat Story” documenting Bush’s initial reactions to the bombing- http://ecclesia.org/lawgiver/911.asp U.S. Planned for attack on Al -Qaida. White house given strategy two days before Sept 11. NBC news. May 16 2002 http://www.msnbc.com/news/753359.asp A Career in Microbiology Can be Hazardous to Your Health Oppose Emergency Health Powers Act http://www.copvcia.com/free/ww3/02_14_02_microbio.html German Firm Probes Final World Trade Center Deals http://www.rediff.com/money/2001/dec/17wtc.htm Hijack Suspects Alive and Well http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/ newsid_1559000/1559151.stm and xymphora- amazing look at the identities of the fingered hijackers http://xymphora.blogspot.com/ The House of Bin Laden, by Jane Mayer (includes the family being flown out of the US in the wake of 9-11) http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?011112fa_FACT3 America Betrayed - Bush Administration, FBI Complicity In 911, By R. Joseph, PhD, 5-29-2 I just wish there were footnotes!!! He has posted my articles on this website- and is awful at excluding footnotes and links, if you have a better link to this, send it to me! http://www.rense.com/general25/fb.htm 9/11 : A DESPERATE PROVOCATION BY U.S. CAPITALISM by Max Kolskegg January 23 2002 http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/01/114281.php Mother of All Lies About 9/11 : Barbara Olson's "Phone Call" From Flight 77 by Joe Vialls, 27 March 2002 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steveseymour/lies911/lies.htm The Propaganda Preparation for 9/11, by Chaim Kupferberg, June 13, 2002 http://globalresearch.ca/articles/KUP206A.html Congress Developing Emergency Plans, By CURT ANDERSON, May 30, 2002 I found this May 30th, and I can't help, but think that Congress is under pressure to support the Administration and go along with the "Big Lie" or else... http://story.news.yahoo.com/ news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=514&e=10 &u=/ap/20020530/ ap_on_go_co/continuing_congress_1 the link is not working, so here is the story- In the new age of terrorism, Congress is quietly developing emergency plans to deal with a doomsday scenario in which many lawmakers are killed or injured during an attack. On one level, the debate is about logistics: Where and how would lawmakers assemble if the Capitol were destroyed, heavily damaged or targeted in a bioterror attack? The House, in particular, also must resolve sticky constitutional questions. Not the least of them is whether a devastated legislative body could choose a speaker, who would be behind only the vice president in the line of succession to the presidency. Many lawmakers believe that on Sept. 11, United Airlines (news - web sites) Flight 93 was headed for the Capitol, the symbol of American democracy, before an apparent passenger uprising led to its crash in a Pennsylvania field. Just minutes earlier, the biggest symbols of U.S. economic and military might had been attacked in New York City and suburban Virginia. Both the House and Senate were disrupted a few weeks later when an anthrax-laced letter was opened in the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota. Combined with the continuing threat from the al-Qaida network and other terrorists, the events have led to a wholesale re-examination of how Congress would continue if many of the 435 House members and 100 senators were killed or seriously injured. "Those who believe there will always be time to address this, and we can postpone a solution indefinitely, are engaging in wishful thinking," said Rep. Brian Baird (news, bio, voting record), a Washington Democrat pressing for changes. House and Senate leaders have discussed a number of sites, such as Fort McNair in the District of Columbia, as temporary emergency meeting places. Other sites up to 1,000 miles away are being considered. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., got $100 million included in a supplemental spending bill last week to build and outfit what would be a de facto capitol with necessary communications and computer technology. Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., is advocating greater use of the Internet or video conferencing technology as an alternative, especially if lawmakers were stranded in home districts because airlines were grounded and other modes of transportation shut down. His idea might get a tryout in the months ahead. Each House member already has a new handheld communications device for maintaining contact. Beyond such post-emergency planning is the more fundamental question of how Congress, and especially the House, would reconstitute itself if many lawmakers were killed or incapacitated. New senators could be chosen quickly because governors can appoint successors. House members, however, must be chosen by direct elections that can require up to six months. Lest anyone think the matter trivial, consider the legislation Congress passed quickly after Sept. 11: authorization of military force, emergency rescue aid, airline aid, money for the war on terrorism, assistance to victims and a law enforcement anti-terrorism bill. Under the Constitution, none of that could have been be done by the Senate or a president alone. "It is hard to argue that at a time of maximum national peril, it would be desirable either to have laws made by an unrepresentative handful of lawmakers or via a benign form of martial law," said Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute. Baird and 86 others have proposed a constitutional amendment to allow governors to appoint House members for a 90-day term if 25 percent of the House has been killed, disabled or is missing and presumed dead. Replacements would not have to be of the same political parties as their predecessors. That is an important difference between Baird's proposal and a plan by Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., and that could ensnare the idea in partisan politics. Passing a constitutional amendment also could take years. An amendment would have to pass both houses of Congress by two- thirds vote and be ratified by three-fourths of the states. Many lawmakers say Congress should focus instead on changing its rules or passing laws to address the most pressing problems. For instance, a law could call for expedited election of replacements and address the presidential succession question by preventing a small number of House members from picking a speaker. A rules change could redefine a voting quorum needed to pass emergency legislation. A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans meetings this summer intended to recommend a course of action. The co-chairman, Rep. Christopher Cox (news, bio, voting record), R- Calif., wants Congress to act this year. ___ On the Net: Congress:http://thomas.loc.gov American Enterprise Institute studies: http:// www.aeipoliticalcorner.org >From the Horse's Mouth- Official Pronouncements Robert S. Mueller III, Director of the FBI- "No paper trail..." http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/speeches/speech041902.htm President Meets with Displaced Workers in Town Hall Meeting - And Tells Us He Saw The First Plane Hit On Live TV Before He Went Into The School- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011204- 17.html--scroll down to find this: One thing, Mr. President, is that you have no idea how much you've done for this country. And another thing is that, how did you feel when you heard about the terrorist attack? (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Jordan. Well, Jordan, you're not going to believe what state I was in when I heard about the terrorist attack. I was in Florida. And my Chief of Staff, Andy Card -- actually, I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on. And I used to fly, myself, and I said, well, there's one terrible pilot. I said, it must have been a horrible accident. But I was whisked off there, I didn't have much time to think about it. And I was sitting in the classroom, and Andy Card, my Chief of Staff, who is sitting over here, walked in and said, "A second plane has hit the tower, America is under attack." And, Jordan, I wasn't sure what to think at first. You know, I grew up in a period of time where the idea of America being under attack never entered my mind -- just like your Daddy's and Mother's mind probably. And I started thinking hard in that very brief period of time about what it meant to be under attack. I knew that when I got all of the facts that we were under attack, there would be hell to pay for attacking America. (Applause.) CIA Director Warned Congress About 9/11 Attacks,sound clip from NPR http://www.thememoryhole.org/tenet-911.htm >From the President, State of Emergency, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010914- 4.html EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to take over all food resources and farms. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders in to effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049 assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period. EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution inany undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. 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