[Vision2020] Journal of 9/11 Studies: Peer Reviewed WorkRaising Questions

Art Deco deco at moscow.com
Wed Mar 31 09:27:57 PDT 2010


I do not have sufficient information to make this judgment.  However, I believe it was a gross failure of the intelligence system if, in fact, they didn't have sufficient information and the ability to process and analyze it with dispatch to avert 9/11.

W.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andreas Schou 
  To: Art Deco 
  Cc: Vision 2020 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:52 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Journal of 9/11 Studies: Peer Reviewed WorkRaising Questions


  Wayne --

  I'm explaining why only incompetence, and not malice, is required.
  With the information Bush had before 9/11, I'm not sure what an
  appropriate response would have been. Are you sure?

  -- ACS

  On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Art Deco <deco at moscow.com> wrote:
  > Changing the subject is not arguing the point at issue.
  >
  > W.
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: Andreas Schou
  > To: Ted Moffett
  > Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com ; Gier, Nicholas ; Garrett Clevenger
  > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:38 PM
  > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Journal of 9/11 Studies: Peer Reviewed WorkRaising
  > Questions
  > Ted --
  >
  > Let's say you have a sheet of paper that says "Bin Laden Determined to
  > Strike in US." You know that this is true. You have access to the full
  > might of the American military, police, and intelligence apparatus.
  > What do you do in response?
  >
  > -- ACS
  >
  > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
  >> OK. The 9/11 conspiracy speculations are "just wild theories."
  >>
  >> Anyway, will you acknowledge that the following facts, especially the
  >> August
  >> 6, 2001 briefing to President Bush, which warned "Bin Laden Determined to
  >> Strike in US" are not wild theories, but well verified facts? And that
  >> Condoleezza Rice's comments made post 9/11 referenced below, either
  >> indicate
  >> she was woefully ignorant on these issues, which I strongly doubt, or she
  >> was trying to whitewash Bush administration failures regarding 9/11?
  >>
  >> ------------------------------------------
  >> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
  >>
  >> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
  >>>
  >>> I offered well documented facts that the Bush administration knew that
  >>> "Bin Laden determined to strike in US," from an August 6, 2001 briefing
  >>> (here is a partial transcript:
  >>> http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/10/august6.memo/ ), and that it
  >>> was
  >>> known that using commercial jets as weapons was a potential tactic,
  >>> despite
  >>> rather incredible statements from National Security Advisor Condoleezza
  >>> Rice
  >>> post 9/11 that there was "nothing to suggest" the 9/11 style attacks were
  >>> likely. Condoleezza Rice was/is too intelligent and well educated to make
  >>> this statement, so I suspect she was engaging in public relations
  >>> propaganda
  >>> to whitewash Bush administration failures regarding 9/11. Note the
  >>> comment
  >>> in the August 6 briefing that mentions the prior World Trade Center
  >>> attack,
  >>> as an example of what Bin Laden intended. How difficult could it be to
  >>> predict that finishing the job of the prior World Trade Center attack, to
  >>> do
  >>> major damage to the building(s), would be a likely terror plot?
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>
  >>> http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?the_post-9/11_world=denials&timeline=complete_911_timeline
  >>>
  >>> From website immediately above:
  >>>
  >>> May 16, 2002: Nobody Predicted 9/11-Style Attacks, Says Condoleezza Rice
  >>>
  >>> National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice states, “I don’t think anybody
  >>> could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it
  >>> into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the
  >>> Pentagon,
  >>> that they would try to use an airplane as a missile,” adding that “even
  >>> in
  >>> retrospect” there was “nothing” to suggest that. [White House, 5/16/2002]
  >>> Contradicting Rice’s claims, former CIA Deputy Director John Gannon
  >>> acknowledges that such a scenario has long been taken seriously by US
  >>> intelligence: “If you ask anybody could terrorists convert a plane into a
  >>> missile? [N]obody would have ruled that out.” Rice also states, “The
  >>> overwhelming bulk of the evidence was that this was an attack that was
  >>> likely to take place overseas.” [MSNBC, 5/17/2002] Slate awards Rice the
  >>> “Whopper of the Week” when the title of Bush’s August 6 briefing is
  >>> revealed: “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US.” [Slate, 5/23/2002] Rice
  >>> later will concede that “somebody did imagine it” but will say she did
  >>> not
  >>> know about such intelligence until well after this conference.
  >>> [Associated
  >>> Press, 9/21/2002]
  >>>
  >>> ------------------------------------------
  >>> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
  >>>
  >>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:46 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
  >>>>
  >>>> I question that they are well documented facts. There may very well be
  >>>> those that would have liked it to occur.
  >>>> That does not mean any on in authority allowed it to happen. You usually
  >>>> rely on science. You should know that you can't prove a negative.
  >>>> Roger
  >>>> -----Original message-----
  >>>> From: Ted Moffett starbliss at gmail.com
  >>>> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:03:04 -0700
  >>>> To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
  >>>> Subject: Re: Former US Senator & 9/11 Commissoner Max Cleland:
  >>>> "thisgovernmentknew a whole lot more about these terrorists before
  >>>> September
  >>>> 11
  >>>> than it has ever admitted...."
  >>>>
  >>>> > There are well documented facts, offered in the sources I referenced,
  >>>> > that
  >>>> > raise serious questions about the actions (or non-actions) of US
  >>>> > agents
  >>>> > during the Bush administration, regarding why more was not done to
  >>>> > stop
  >>>> > the
  >>>> > 9/11 attacks. To label these questions "ridiculous," is to dismiss
  >>>> > these
  >>>> > important facts as though you have certainty that there were no agents
  >>>> > of
  >>>> > the US who wished to exploit a terror attack against the US to pursue
  >>>> > the
  >>>> > agenda of the "Project for the New American Century." As for proof, I
  >>>> > did
  >>>> > not claim to have *proof* that the 9/11 attacks were "allowed" to
  >>>> > happen.
  >>>> > But consider, there is no proof that I am aware of, that there was not
  >>>> > complicity of US agents to allow 9/11 to happen, to exploit a terror
  >>>> > attack,
  >>>> > a "new Pearl Harbor," to push for the expansion of US military power
  >>>> > as
  >>>> > described at the document at the website below. Or can you offer such
  >>>> > proof? If not, the question remains open.
  >>>> >
  >>>> > "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy,
  >>>> > Forces and Resources for a New Century" September 2000:
  >>>> >
  >>>> > http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf
  >>>> > ------------------------------------------
  >>>> > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
  >>>> >
  >>>> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:49 PM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
  >>>> >
  >>>> > > There has many books written,lawsuits and movies about the Warren
  >>>> > > Commission also. Anybody can write a book speculating on
  >>>> > > conspiracies. This
  >>>> > > is not proof of anything.
  >>>> > > Roger
  >>>> > > -----Original message-----
  >>>> > > From: Ted Moffett starbliss at gmail.com
  >>>> > > Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:10:31 -0700
  >>>> > > To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
  >>>> > > Subject: Former US Senator & 9/11 Commissoner Max Cleland: "this
  >>>> > > governmentknew a whole lot more about these terrorists before
  >>>> > > September 11
  >>>> > > than it has
  >>>> > > ever admitted...."
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > > > If there was an effort to exploit a pending terror attack, a "new
  >>>> > > Pearl
  >>>> > > > Harbor,"
  >>>> > > > to pursue an agenda of expansion of US military power (as outlined
  >>>> > > > by
  >>>> > > "The
  >>>> > > > Project for the New American Century" neo-cons (
  >>>> > > > http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf
  >>>> > > > ), the
  >>>> > > > efforts would have been black-ops intelligence, with multiple
  >>>> > > > layers of
  >>>> > > > plausible tenability and secrecy such an effort would demand. And
  >>>> > > > if
  >>>> > > anyone
  >>>> > > > thinks the US does not engage in black-ops, that are guarded with
  >>>> > > > the
  >>>> > > utmost
  >>>> > > > secrecy, I have some ocean front property for sale in Utah at a
  >>>> > > > bargain
  >>>> > > > price.
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > I am not basing my concerns regarding questioning the actions of
  >>>> > > > US
  >>>> > > agents
  >>>> > > > before 9/11 and after on wild speculation or fringe conspiracy
  >>>> > > > theories.
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > Credible well researched investigations into the 9/11 Commission
  >>>> > > > uncover
  >>>> > > > numerous very serious problems with their conclusions. Before
  >>>> > > > closing
  >>>> > > your
  >>>> > > > mind, you might want to do more reading:
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/books/04thom.html
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > THE COMMISSION
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Commission
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > By Philip Shenon
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > ----------------------------------
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > http://www.harpers.org/archive/2004/10/0080234
  >>>> > > > Whitewash as public service:
  >>>> > > > How *The 9/11 Commission Report* defrauds the nation
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > *By Benjamin DeMott
  >>>> > > > <http://www.harpers.org/subjects/BenjaminDeMott>*
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > *----------------------------------------*
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > http://911pft.com/pft/catalog/In-Their-Own-Words-p-10.html
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > In late 2006, the movie 9/11 Press For Truth became a worldwide
  >>>> > > underground
  >>>> > > > hit. It exposed the story of the "Jersey Girls" and their allies
  >>>> > > > --
  >>>> > > > the
  >>>> > > 9/11
  >>>> > > > families who had fought for the Commission but ultimately failed
  >>>> > > > in
  >>>> > > seeing
  >>>> > > > 70% of their questions answered.
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > A unique, balanced look at a diverse group of topics includes:
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > - Top officials' whereabouts and changing stories on the day of
  >>>> > > > 9/11
  >>>> > > > - Insider trading before the attacks
  >>>> > > > - War games coinciding with Sept. 11th
  >>>> > > > - A confrontation between the families and FBI Director Mueller
  >>>> > > > - British reports that some of the hijackers named by the FBI
  >>>> > > > are
  >>>> > > simply
  >>>> > > > wrong
  >>>> > > > - Government whistleblowers' calls for accountability
  >>>> > > > - The FBI informant who lived with 2 of the hijackers
  >>>> > > > - A Defense Department program that identified 4 hijackers in
  >>>> > > > 2000
  >>>> > > > - The families' push to receive the Pentagon crash tapes
  >>>> > > > - Bin Laden extradition negotiations after 9/11
  >>>> > > > - The Project For the New American Century
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > ----------------
  >>>> > > > http://www.911truth.org/downloads/9-11_coverup_booklet.pdf
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > Former 9/11 commissioner and Senator Max Cleland attacked his own
  >>>> > > commission
  >>>> > > > after the other members cut a deal to accept highly limited access
  >>>> > > > to CIA
  >>>> > > > reports to the White House that may indicate advance knowledge of
  >>>> > > > the
  >>>> > > > attacks on the part of the Bush administration. "This is a scam,"
  >>>> > > > Cleland
  >>>> > > > said. "It's disgusting. America is being cheated."
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > "As each day goes by," Cleland said, "we learn that this
  >>>> > > > government
  >>>> > > > knew
  >>>> > > a
  >>>> > > > whole lot more about these terrorists before September 11 than it
  >>>> > > > has
  >>>> > > ever
  >>>> > > > admitted.... Let's chase this rabbit into the ground. They had a
  >>>> > > > plan to
  >>>> > > go
  >>>> > > > to war and when 9/11 happened that's what they did; they went to
  >>>> > > > war."
  >>>> > > > ------------------------------------------
  >>>> > > > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:31 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
  >>>> > > > wrote:
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > > > I am glad that you say "if". Regardless of that is is ridiculous
  >>>> > > > > to
  >>>> > > assert
  >>>> > > > > that it may have been planed by anyone in the Bush
  >>>> > > > > administration. To
  >>>> > > say
  >>>> > > > > some heads should have rolled may be appropriate , but hind
  >>>> > > > > sight
  >>>> > > > > is
  >>>> > > always
  >>>> > > > > better than foresight.
  >>>> > > > > Roger
  >>>> > > > > -----Original message-----
  >>>> > > > > From: Ted Moffett starbliss at gmail.com
  >>>> > > > > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:01:38 -0700
  >>>> > > > > To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
  >>>> > > > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Power Hour "Libertarian" Radio
  >>>> > > > > ShowPromotesClaim of 9/11 Cover-up[
  >>>> > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > I am not saying President W. Bush deliberately allowed 9/11 to
  >>>> > > happen,
  >>>> > > > > > except insofar as he was incompetent. And the historical facts
  >>>> > > > > > in my
  >>>> > > post
  >>>> > > > > > are accurate. Name one fact in the post you responded to that
  >>>> > > > > > is not
  >>>> > > > > well
  >>>> > > > > > verified.
  >>>> > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > *If, and I emphasize if*, there was any deliberate intentional
  >>>> > > > > malfeasance
  >>>> > > > > > among agents of the US to exploit a pending terror attack
  >>>> > > > > > against the
  >>>> > > US
  >>>> > > > > to
  >>>> > > > > > promote the agenda of the "Project for the New American
  >>>> > > > > > Century"
  >>>> > > (Cheney
  >>>> > > > > and
  >>>> > > > > > Rumsfeld supported this project) which is rather explicit in
  >>>> > > documents
  >>>> > > > > > noting that a "new Pearl Harbor" would provide the
  >>>> > > > > > justification for
  >>>> > > an
  >>>> > > > > > expansion of US military hegemony, President W. Bush would
  >>>> > > > > > likely
  >>>> > > have
  >>>> > > > > been
  >>>> > > > > > a figure head, not a planner of such malfeasance, and likely
  >>>> > > > > > kept out
  >>>> > > of
  >>>> > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > loop.
  >>>> > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > Some think that Cheney was more president, in reality, than
  >>>> > > > > > Bush
  >>>> > > during
  >>>> > > > > his
  >>>> > > > > > presidency.
  >>>> > > > > > ------------------------------------------
  >>>> > > > > > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
  >>>> > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:26 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
  >>>> > > wrote:
  >>>> > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > Your history is distorted. Bush did not allow 9/11 to happen
  >>>> > > anymore
  >>>> > > > > than
  >>>> > > > > > > FDR allowed Pearl Harbor to happen( I am not a fan of
  >>>> > > > > > > either). On
  >>>> > > Pearl
  >>>> > > > > > > Harbor the Japanese code was broken and a message was sent
  >>>> > > > > > > out.
  >>>> > > Neither
  >>>> > > > > FDR
  >>>> > > > > > > or the military higher ups received it.
  >>>> > > > > > > Roger
  >>>> > > > > > > -----Original message-----
  >>>> > > > > > > From: Ted Moffett starbliss at gmail.com
  >>>> > > > > > > Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:33:05 -0700
  >>>> > > > > > > To: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
  >>>> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Power Hour "Libertarian" Radio
  >>>> > > > > > > Show
  >>>> > > > > > > PromotesClaim of 9/11 Cover-up[
  >>>> > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > President Bush's August briefing before 9/11 explicitly
  >>>> > > > > > > > stated
  >>>> > > "Bin
  >>>> > > > > Laden
  >>>> > > > > > > > determined to strike in US."
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > I question the theory that the 9/11 attacks and the
  >>>> > > > > > > > collapse of
  >>>> > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > buildings involved was orchestrated by agents of the US.
  >>>> > > > > > > > But the
  >>>> > > > > theory
  >>>> > > > > > > > that 9/11 was "allowed" to happen, that there was
  >>>> > > > > > > > substantial
  >>>> > > > > evidence
  >>>> > > > > > > that
  >>>> > > > > > > > terrorists were going to strike the US, but the aggressive
  >>>> > > actions
  >>>> > > > > > > required
  >>>> > > > > > > > to stop the attack were deliberately avoided, is possible,
  >>>> > > > > > > > given
  >>>> > > that
  >>>> > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > neo-con "Project for the New American Century" explicitly
  >>>> > > > > > > > stated
  >>>> > > in
  >>>> > > > > > > military
  >>>> > > > > > > > think tank analysis prior to 9/11 ("Rebuilding America's
  >>>> > > Defenses:
  >>>> > > > > > > Strategy,
  >>>> > > > > > > > Forces and Resources for a New Century" September 2000:
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf ),
  >>>> > > > > > > that a
  >>>> > > > > > > > "new Pearl Harbor" would provide the justification for the
  >>>> > > expansion
  >>>> > > > > of
  >>>> > > > > > > US
  >>>> > > > > > > > military power into the Middle East and elsewhere.
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > At best, the fact that more aggressive steps were not
  >>>> > > > > > > > taken
  >>>> > > > > > > > to
  >>>> > > stop
  >>>> > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > 9/11
  >>>> > > > > > > > attacks, reveals gross incompetence, if not a deliberate
  >>>> > > conspiracy
  >>>> > > > > to
  >>>> > > > > > > > exploit a major terror attack against the US as a "new
  >>>> > > > > > > > Pearl
  >>>> > > Harbor"
  >>>> > > > > to
  >>>> > > > > > > > expand US military/economic hegemony. Cheney and Rumsfeld
  >>>> > > > > > > > signed
  >>>> > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > "Statement of Principles" for the "Project for the New
  >>>> > > > > > > > American
  >>>> > > > > Century"
  >>>> > > > > > > in
  >>>> > > > > > > > 1997 (
  >>>> > > http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm).
  >>>> > > > > > > It is
  >>>> > > > > > > > no surprise they assumed positions of great power in the
  >>>> > > > > > > > second
  >>>> > > Bush
  >>>> > > > > > > > administration, given the agenda to expand US
  >>>> > > > > > > > military/economic
  >>>> > > > > hegemony
  >>>> > > > > > > was
  >>>> > > > > > > > planned well in advance, if they could gain the White
  >>>> > > > > > > > House
  >>>> > > > > > > > back.
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > I won't continue a history lesson here (the two websites
  >>>> > > > > > > > below
  >>>> > > offer
  >>>> > > > > a
  >>>> > > > > > > > critical analysis of 9/11 orthodoxy). But there are very
  >>>> > > > > > > > serious
  >>>> > > > > > > questions
  >>>> > > > > > > > that can be raised regarding why more aggressive steps
  >>>> > > > > > > > were
  >>>> > > > > > > > not
  >>>> > > taken
  >>>> > > > > to
  >>>> > > > > > > > stop the 9/11 plot, given the information we know the US
  >>>> > > government
  >>>> > > > > > > > possessed regarding the plans for a terror attack on the
  >>>> > > > > > > > US, who
  >>>> > > > > might
  >>>> > > > > > > carry
  >>>> > > > > > > > out such an attack, and that use of commercial aircraft as
  >>>> > > > > > > > terror
  >>>> > > > > weapons
  >>>> > > > > > > > was known prior to 9/11 as a likely method. Bush
  >>>> > > > > > > > administration
  >>>> > > > > national
  >>>> > > > > > > > security advisor Condoleeza Rice was either woefully
  >>>> > > > > > > > uninformed,
  >>>> > > > > which I
  >>>> > > > > > > > doubt given her intelligence, or engaging in "spin"
  >>>> > > > > > > > propaganda to
  >>>> > > > > hide
  >>>> > > > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > tracks of Bush administration failures regarding the 9/11
  >>>> > > attacks,
  >>>> > > > > when
  >>>> > > > > > > she
  >>>> > > > > > > > made the statements quoted from the second website below:
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO405E.html
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > ---------------------
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > > http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?the_post-9/11_world=denials&timeline=complete_911_timeline
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > >From website immediately above:
  >>>> > > > > > > > May 16, 2002: Nobody Predicted 9/11-Style Attacks, Says
  >>>> > > Condoleezza
  >>>> > > > > > > > Rice<
  >>>> > > > > > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > > http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a051602rice#a051602rice
  >>>> > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > [image: Edit event]<
  >>>> > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > > http://www.historycommons.org/eventedit.jsp?oid=1626004942-36209&drafts=null&timeline=complete_911_timeline
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > [image: National Security Adviser Rice tries to explain
  >>>> > > > > > > > what Bush
  >>>> > > > > knew
  >>>> > > > > > > and
  >>>> > > > > > > > when in her May 16, 2002 press conference.]National
  >>>> > > > > > > > Security
  >>>> > > Adviser
  >>>> > > > > Rice
  >>>> > > > > > > > tries to explain what Bush knew and when in her May 16,
  >>>> > > > > > > > 2002
  >>>> > > press
  >>>> > > > > > > > conference. *[Source: CNN]*National Security Adviser
  >>>> > > > > > > > Condoleezza
  >>>> > > Rice
  >>>> > > > > > > > states, “I don’t think anybody could have predicted that
  >>>> > > > > > > > these
  >>>> > > people
  >>>> > > > > > > would
  >>>> > > > > > > > take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center,
  >>>> > > > > > > > take
  >>>> > > > > another
  >>>> > > > > > > one
  >>>> > > > > > > > and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use
  >>>> > > > > > > > an
  >>>> > > airplane
  >>>> > > > > as
  >>>> > > > > > > a
  >>>> > > > > > > > missile,” adding that “even in retrospect” there was
  >>>> > > > > > > > “nothing” to
  >>>> > > > > suggest
  >>>> > > > > > > > that. [White House,
  >>>> > > > > > > > 5/16/2002<
  >>>> > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > > http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020516-13.html
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > ] Contradicting Rice’s claims, former CIA Deputy Director
  >>>> > > > > > > > John
  >>>> > > Gannon
  >>>> > > > > > > > acknowledges that such a scenario has long been taken
  >>>> > > > > > > > seriously
  >>>> > > by US
  >>>> > > > > > > > intelligence: “If you ask anybody could terrorists convert
  >>>> > > > > > > > a
  >>>> > > plane
  >>>> > > > > into a
  >>>> > > > > > > > missile? [N]obody would have ruled that out.” Rice also
  >>>> > > > > > > > states,
  >>>> > > “The
  >>>> > > > > > > > overwhelming bulk of the evidence was that this was an
  >>>> > > > > > > > attack
  >>>> > > that
  >>>> > > > > was
  >>>> > > > > > > > likely to take place overseas.” [MSNBC, 5/17/2002] Slate
  >>>> > > > > > > > awards
  >>>> > > Rice
  >>>> > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > “Whopper of the Week” when the title of Bush’s August 6
  >>>> > > > > > > > briefing
  >>>> > > is
  >>>> > > > > > > > revealed: “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US.” [Slate,
  >>>> > > > > > > > 5/23/2002<http://slate.msn.com/?id=2066154>
  >>>> > > > > > > > ] Rice later will concede that “somebody did imagine it”
  >>>> > > > > > > > but will
  >>>> > > say
  >>>> > > > > she
  >>>> > > > > > > > did not know about such intelligence until well after this
  >>>> > > > > conference.
  >>>> > > > > > > > [Associated
  >>>> > > > > > > > Press, 9/21/2002]
  >>>> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
  >>>> > > > > > > > On 3/14/10, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
  >>>> > > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > > Trust, once lost, takes a lot of work to get back. When
  >>>> > > > > > > > > you
  >>>> > > have
  >>>> > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > U.S.
  >>>> > > > > > > > > government arming Osama and the CIA enabling drug
  >>>> > > > > > > > > trafficking
  >>>> > > for
  >>>> > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > > Contras, it's not a big stretch to wonder if they had
  >>>> > > > > > > > > any
  >>>> > > > > involvement
  >>>> > > > > > > in
  >>>> > > > > > > > > 9/11. There are enough strange things surrounding 9/11
  >>>> > > > > > > > > that I
  >>>> > > > > would
  >>>> > > > > > > not be
  >>>> > > > > > > > > surprised to find the government was involved.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > > The reason I obey traffic laws has more to do with
  >>>> > > > > > > > > safety
  >>>> > > > > > > > > than
  >>>> > > > > trust of
  >>>> > > > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > > government. Generally, the system works well enough that
  >>>> > > > > > > > > you
  >>>> > > can
  >>>> > > > > at
  >>>> > > > > > > least
  >>>> > > > > > > > > have some faith in a contract, and some hope the police
  >>>> > > > > > > > > will
  >>>> > > > > respond if
  >>>> > > > > > > you
  >>>> > > > > > > > > call them. I wouldn't want to be the guy that happened
  >>>> > > > > > > > > across
  >>>> > > some
  >>>> > > > > > > > > confidential documents or saw the wrong thing go down at
  >>>> > > > > > > > > the
  >>>> > > wrong
  >>>> > > > > > > time,
  >>>> > > > > > > > > though.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > > Paul
  >>>> > > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > > Wayne Price wrote:
  >>>> > > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> Ted, et al,
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> One has to ask, or at least I do, why would people put
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> any
  >>>> > > faith
  >>>> > > > > in
  >>>> > > > > > > these
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> wild stories? While, I don't agree with 9/11 being an
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> inside
  >>>> > > job,
  >>>> > > > > > > there is
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> a general distrust of ALL levels of government that
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> just
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> feed into things like this. And not just on the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> national
  >>>> > > level,
  >>>> > > > > but
  >>>> > > > > > > more
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> importantly at the local levels as well. For instance,
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> does
  >>>> > > anyone
  >>>> > > > > > > living in
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> Northern Idaho really think the "boys in Boise" even
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> care
  >>>> > > about
  >>>> > > > > North
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> Idaho?
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> If they feel that way, why? Does anyone trust an
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> employment
  >>>> > > > > contract
  >>>> > > > > > > or
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> retirement contract with the U of I? If not, why? Can
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> you
  >>>> > > trust
  >>>> > > > > that
  >>>> > > > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> speed limits on our county roads are legitimate? If
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> not,
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> why?
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> Distrust of "government",once it starts, is hard to
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> turn
  >>>> > > around
  >>>> > > > > and I
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> believe that in America, we have a long long way to go.
  >>>> > > > > Perceptions,
  >>>> > > > > > > good or
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> bad are real, even though they may not be true. And it
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> is in
  >>>> > > the
  >>>> > > > > light
  >>>> > > > > > > of
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> those perceptions that people live, not in light of the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> truth
  >>>> > > or
  >>>> > > > > > > falsity of
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> an issue.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> On Mar 13, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Ted Moffett wrote:
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> There are a lot of "conservatives" who believe in a
  >>>> > > > > > > > >> government
  >>>> > > > > > > cover-up
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> regarding the facts of 9/11.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> There is a radio show that has a large following that
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> has
  >>>> > > been
  >>>> > > > > on
  >>>> > > > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> air for years, that I have listened to numerous times
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> on
  >>>> > > > > shortwave,
  >>>> > > > > > > that is
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> very political but in some ways hard to stereotype. I
  >>>> > > suppose
  >>>> > > > > you
  >>>> > > > > > > could
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> call it hard core libertarian (they passionately
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> promoted Ron
  >>>> > > > > Paul's
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> presidential bid), which means that it is very
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> distrustful of
  >>>> > > > > > > government in
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> a consistent aggressive way that many traditional
  >>>> > > "mainstream"
  >>>> > > > > > > conservatives
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> are not. Anti-abortion views are expressed, which fits
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> the
  >>>> > > > > current
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Republican agenda, but there are two issues that have
  >>>> > > received a
  >>>> > > > > lot
  >>>> > > > > > > of air
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> time where the show has argued for government
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> cover-ups, Gulf
  >>>> > > War
  >>>> > > > > > > Syndrome
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> among vets, and 9/11. This show aggressively attacked
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> the
  >>>> > > Bush
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> administration, and is doing the same to Obama's. Main
  >>>> > > website
  >>>> > > > > for
  >>>> > > > > > > this
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> radio show:
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> http://www.thepowerhour.com/
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> ---------------------------------------------
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> The following documentary described at the website
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> below,
  >>>> > > > > promoted by
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> "The Power Hour," pulls no punches regarding what it
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> claims
  >>>> > > was
  >>>> > > > > "a
  >>>> > > > > > > massive
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> cover-up" regarding 9/11:
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> http://www.thepowermall.com/
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> *911 In Plane Site
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> *New* "The Directors Cut" *with *"More Footage - More
  >>>> > > Photographs
  >>>> > > > > -
  >>>> > > > > > > More
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Evidence" *
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> *PRODUCER: Dave vonKleist*
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> DIRECTOR: William Lewis
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Due to the overwhelming response of "911 In Plane
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Site," we
  >>>> > > were
  >>>> > > > > able
  >>>> > > > > > > to
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> collect mountains of new footage and photographs from
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> sources
  >>>> > > all
  >>>> > > > > > > over the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> world. We can now say, without a shadow of doubt, that
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> we
  >>>> > > have
  >>>> > > > > > > undeniable
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> evidence of a massive cover-up. From the 16 ft. hole
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> in
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> the
  >>>> > > outer
  >>>> > > > > > > walls of
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> the Pentagon to the news reports of bombs, explosions
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> and
  >>>> > > > > potential
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> demolition of World Trade Centers 1, 2 and 7, to the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> strange
  >>>> > > > > > > attachment on
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> the bottom of Flight 175 and the mysterious flashes
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> caught on
  >>>> > > > > > > videotape by
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> at least five separate sources, it is clear - 911 was
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> an
  >>>> > > inside
  >>>> > > > > job.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> From Dave vonKleist, co-host of The Power Hour radio
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> program
  >>>> > > and
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> writer/producer of the album "Will Someone Listen" &
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> William
  >>>> > > > > Lewis,
  >>>> > > > > > > producer
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> of "American Freedom News", "TruNews" and
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> producer/writer of
  >>>> > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > album
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> "Police State" comes a full length documentary
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> exposing
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> one
  >>>> > > of
  >>>> > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > largest
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> conspiracies ever uncovered. With the pounding force
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> of
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> a
  >>>> > > > > > > sledgehammer you
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> will find yourself horrified and astonished at the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> shear
  >>>> > > scope of
  >>>> > > > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> largest transgressions ever carried out against the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> people of
  >>>> > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > United
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> States and indeed... of the entire world.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> ------------------------------------------
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Gier, Nicholas <
  >>>> > > > > NGIER at uidaho.edu
  >>>> > > > > > > <mailto:
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> NGIER at uidaho.edu>> wrote:
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Greetings:
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> The Tea Party candidate in the three-way primary for
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Texas
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> governor said to Glenn Beck that she was still
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> looking at
  >>>> > > the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> evidence for a 9-11 cover-up. Beck's response was
  >>>> > > something
  >>>> > > > > like
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> "We'd better look at another candidate!" Yes the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Tea
  >>>> > > Party
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> people include not only "birthers" but "truthers."
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Nick Gier
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> -----Original Message-----
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> <mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com> on behalf of
  >>>> > > Garrett
  >>>> > > > > > > Clevenger
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Sent: Fri 3/12/2010 11:36 AM
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
  >>>> > > > > > > <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] teabaggers
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> "I have yet to see you, Tom, Nick or Wayne comment
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> on
  >>>> > > those
  >>>> > > > > left
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> wingers
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> that think that 9/11 was an inside job of the Bush
  >>>> > > > > > > Administration."
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> I don't think only some left-wingers believe that.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Some
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> far-righters think there is a greater conspiracy
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> relating
  >>>> > > to
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> that, too.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> I don't think it's a stretch, though, to assume GWB
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> used
  >>>> > > 911
  >>>> > > > > to
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> advance an agenda they had been planning on for a
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> while
  >>>> > > (the
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> PATRIOT act, invading Iraq, etc)
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> That makes GWB look suspicious, especially
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> considering
  >>>> > > some of
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> the discrepancies surrounding the 911 commission,
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> which
  >>>> > > Bush
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> initially was against.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> It's also suspicious that that Bush and Cheney both
  >>>> > > refused to
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> testify under oath to the 911 commission.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Until someone looks at the arguments the 911
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> truthers are
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> conveying (and there is lots of interesting
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> arguments in
  >>>> > > their
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> favor) you probably shouldn't be condemning what
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> they say.
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> I have no idea what the truth is, but I do know that
  >>>> > > powerful
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> people are in control and do despicable things to
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> advance
  >>>> > > > > their
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> power, whether thats an islamofacist or whoever...
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>> Garrett Clevenger
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>>
  >>>> > > > > > > > >>
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > >
  >>>> > > > > >
  >>>> > > > >
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > > >
  >>>> > >
  >>>> >
  >>>> >
  >>>
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