public signatures sought to support Investigation
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 6 -- Ellen Mariani,
whose husband died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when UAL
175 was flown into the World Trade Center, has filed suit in a US District
Court alleging Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld and other co-defendents
had sufficient warning to stop the terrorist attacks but failed to either
warn or protect the public.
According to a recent CBS News report,
the Republican 9-11 Commission Chairman agrees:
9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable
(CBS News -- December 18, 2003) For the first time, the chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11
Appointed by the Bush administration, Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, is now pointing fingers inside the administration and laying blame.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/eveningnews/main589137.shtml
Public support is critical, says Berg, who has posted an online petition. "We need at least a million signatures for them to take it seriously." He added that mounting a class action is also being considered. Concerned citizens are urged to read and sign the petition here:
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2. CNN:
Bush briefed on hijacking threat before 9-11
"President Bush's daily intelligence
briefings in the weeks leading up to the September 11 terror attacks included
a warning of the possibility that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network would
attempt to hijack a U.S.-based airliner, senior administration officials
said Wednesday" http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/15/bush.sept.11/index.html
3. UK
Guardian: Bush knew terrorists would hijack planes
"George Bush received specific warnings
in the weeks before 11 September that an attack inside the United States
was being planned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, US government
sources said yesterday…. The memo received by Bush on 6 August contained
unconfirmed information passed on by British intelligence in 1998 revealing
that al-Qaeda operatives had discussed hijacking a plane to negotiate the
release of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the Muslim cleric imprisoned in America
for his part in a plot to blow up the World Trade Centre in 1993." http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,11209,718312,00.html
4. Sunday
Herald: Britain warned Bush to expect 9-11 al-Qaeda hijackings
"Britain gave President Bush a categorical
warning to expect multiple airline hijackings by the al-Qaeda network a
month before the September 11 attacks which killed nearly 3000 people and
triggered the international war against terrorism." http://www.sundayherald.com/24822
5. Village
Voice: Officials Warned of Plans to Attack DC, NY with Planes
"The U.S. government had received
repeated warnings of impending attacks—and attacks using planes directed
at New York and Washington—for several years. The government never told
us about what it knew was coming." http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0332/mondo4.php
6. AP:
9/11 report, Rice conflict; Bush got specific data on threats
"...the briefing given to the president
a month before the suicide hijackings included recent intelligence that
al-Qaida was planning to send operatives to the United States to carry
out an attack using high explosives." http://www.sunspot.net/business/nationworld/bal-te.rice29jul29,0,2620591.story?coll=bal-business-headlines
7. MSNBC:
White House Briefed on Imminent bin Laden Attack
"One such CIA briefing, in July 2001,
was particularly chilling and prophetic. It predicted that Osama bin Laden
was about to launch a terrorist strike 'in the coming weeks,' the congressional
investigators found. The intelligence briefing went on to say: 'The attack
will be spectacular and designed to inflict mass casualties against U.S.
facilities or interests. Attack preparations have been made. Attack will
occur with little or no warning.'" http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3067907/
8. MSN:
Condoleezza Rice's False Statement
A: "The overwhelming bulk of
the evidence was that this was an attack that was likely to take place
overseas."
- White House National Security Adviser
Condoleezza Rice, in a May 16 news briefing.
B: "Bin
Laden Determined to Strike in U.S."
- Title of the CIA's Aug. 6 briefing
memo to President Bush . .. . http://slate.msn.com/?id=2066154
9. Newsweek:
Day before 9-11, Pentagon Generals Cancelled Flights
"On Sept. 10, NEWSWEEK has learned,
a group of top Pentagon officials suddenly canceled travel plans for the
next morning, apparently because of security concerns."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/629606.asp
(link dead)
10. SF
Gate: Mayor got 8-hour warning Before 9-11 Attacks – September 12, 2001
For Mayor Willie Brown, the first
signs that something was amiss came late Monday when he got a call from
what he described as his airport security - - a full eight hours before
yesterday's string of terrorist attacks -- advising him that Americans
should be cautious about their air travel. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/12/MN229389.DTL
11. Florida
State: Jeb Bush Declares Martial Law 9-7-01
"Based on the potential massive damage
to life and property that may result from an act of terrorism at
a Florida port, the necessity to protect life and property from such acts
of terrorism..." http://www.state.fl.us/eog_new/eog/orders/2001/september/eo2001-261-09-07-01.html
12. CBS
News: Ashcroft Avoided Commercial Travel Prior to 9-11
"In response to inquiries from CBS
News over why Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft
instead of commercial airlines, the Justice Department cited what it called
a "threat assessment" by the FBI, and said Ashcroft has been advised to
travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/07/26/national/printable303601.shtml
13. UK
Independent: Taliban Mole Warning Ignored
"Weeks before the terrorist attacks
on 11 September, the United States and the United Nations ignored warnings
from a secret Taliban emissary that Osama bin Laden was planning a huge
attack on American soil." http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=331115
14. NY
Times: "President Mubarek Warned US of Al Qaeda Plot”
"Egyptian intelligence warned American
officials about a week before Sept. 11 that Osama bin Laden's network was
in the advance stages of executing a significant operation against an American
target, President Hosni Mubarak said in an interview on Sunday."
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D16F73B5E0C778CDDAF0894DA404482
15. Village
Voice: US Ignored France Warnings
"A key point in unraveling why the
FBI failed to follow up leads on Al Qaeda terrorism now centers on the
Bureau's contemptuously brushing aside warnings from French intelligence
a few days before 9-11." http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0222/ridgeway2.php
16. Intl.
Herald Tribune: White House Ignored Arab Warnings
"When the hubbub about what the White
House did or didn't know before Sept. 11 dies down, Congressional or other
investigators should consider the specific warnings that friendly Arab
intelligence services sent to Washington in the summer of 2001."
http://www.iht.com/articles/58269.html
17. UK
News-Telegraph: Israel issued urgent warning of large-scale terror attacks
Israeli intelligence officials say
that they warned their counterparts in the United States last month that
large-scale terrorist attacks on highly visible targets on the American
mainland were imminent."
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$52PMOXQAADW5PQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2001/09/16/wcia16.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/09/16/ixhome
18. NY
Post: FBI Warned D.C. It Was A Target
"A Minnesota FBI agent investigating
Zacarias Moussaoui testified yesterday that he notified the Secret Service
weeks before Sept. 11 that a terror team might hijack a plane and 'hit
the nation's capital.'" http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/57848.htm
20. Yahoo
News: FBI Warnings Ignored
"An FBI supervisor, sounding a prophetic
pre-Sept. 11 alarm, warned FBI headquarters that student pilot Zacarias
Moussaoui was so dangerous he might 'take control of a plane and fly it
into the World Trade Center,' a congressional investigator said in a report
Tuesday."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20020924/ap_on_go_co/attacks_intelligence
21. Independent:
America
had 12 warnings of aircraft attack
"American intelligence received many
more clues before the 11 September attacks than previously disclosed, that
terrorists might hijack planes and turn them into weapons, a joint congressional
committee was told yesterday." http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=334633
22. Washington
Post: 9/11 Probe Says Agencies Failed to Heed Attack Signs
"U.S. intelligence agencies received
many more indications than previously disclosed that Osama bin Laden's
terrorist network was planning imminent "spectacular" attacks in the summer
of 2001 aimed at inflicting mass casualties." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36754-2002Sep18.html
23. Yahoo
News: Spy Agencies Had Pre-9/11 Threats on U.S. Soil
"U.S. intelligence agencies picked
up threats of attacks inside the United States and of using airplanes as
weapons during the spring and summer before last year's Sept. 11 attacks,
but were more focused on the possibility of an assault overseas, a congressional
source said on Tuesday."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20020917/ts_nm/attack_congress_intelligence_dc
24. Vanity
Fair: Bin Laden Relatives Secretly Evacuated From NY
"Patrick Tyler of the New York Times
is reporting from Washington: 'In the first days after the attacks on Sept.
11, the Saudi Arabian ambasador to Washington, Prince Bandar ibn Sultan,
supervised the urgent evacuation of 24 members of Osama bin Laden's extended
family from the United States fearing they might be subjected to violence.'"
http://www.guerrillanews.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=gnn&Number=204363&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part=all
25. Sydney
Morning Herald: Administration Told US agents “Back off bin Ladens”
"US special agents were told to back
off the bin Laden family and the Saudi royals soon after George Bush became
president, although that has all changed since September 11, it was reported
today." http://www.old.smh.com.au/news/0111/07/world/world100.html
26. Ha'aretz
Daily: CEO Says Workers Warned Hours Before World Trade Center Hit -- FBI
Investigating
"Odigo, the instant messaging service,
says that two of its workers received messages two hours before the Twin
Towers attack on September 11 predicting the attack would happen, and the
company has been cooperating with Israeli and American law enforcement,
including the FBI, in trying to find the original sender of the message
predicting the attack." http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=77744
27. NY
Times: White House Approved Secret Evacuation of Bin Ladens After 9-11
"Richard Clarke, who ran White House
crisis team after Sept 11 terror attacks, says top White House officials
personally approved evacuation of dozens of influential Saudis, including
relatives of Osama bin Laden, from United States in days after Sept 11,
when most flights were grounded." http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/090503A.shtml
28. Tampa
Tribune: Bodyguards tell of Secret Bin Laden Flight
"The hastily arranged flight out of
Raytheon Airport Services, a private hangar on the outskirts of Tampa International
Airport, was anything but ordinary. It lifted off the tarmac at a time
when every private plane in the nation was grounded due to safety concerns
after the Sept. 11 attacks. "
http://www.dirtybush.com/connectthesedots.html
29. UK Minister: "Bush had Foreknowledge
of 9-11 attacks""...it
is not surprising that some have seen the US failure to avert the 9/11
attacks as creating an invaluable pretext for attacking Afghanistan in
a war that had clearly already been well planned in advance."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,11209,1036588,00.html
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