911 Truth Statement Demands Deeper Investigation

Posted on June 28, 2021 by mekorganic

911 Truth Statement Demands Deeper Investigation

By Staff -October 26, 2004

Respected Leaders and Families Launch 9/11 Truth Statement Demanding Deeper Investigation into the Events of 9/11

NEW YORK CITY, NY (Oct. 26, 2004)(Updated Sep. 11, 2009) – An alliance of 100 prominent Americans and 40 family members of those killed on 9/11 today announced the release of the 911 Truth Statement, a call for immediate inquiry into evidence that suggests high-level government officials may have deliberately allowed the September 11th attacks to occur. The Statement supports an August 31st Zogby poll that found nearly 50% of New Yorkers believe the government had foreknowledge and “consciously failed to act,” with 66% wanting a new 9/11 investigation.

Focusing on twelve questions, the Statement highlights areas of incriminating evidence that were either inadequately explored or ignored by the Kean Commission, ranging from insider trading and hijacker funding to foreign government forewarnings and inactive defenses around the Pentagon. The Statement asks for four actions: an immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Congressional hearings, media analysis, and the formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry.

The Statement’s list of signatories includes notables spanning the political spectrum, from Presidential candidates Ralph Nader, Michael Badnarik, and David Cobb to Catherine Austin Fitts, a member of the first Bush administration, as well as Washington veterans like Pentagon whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern. Other signers range from peace activists like Global Exchange’s Kevin Danaher to former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, Edward L. Peck; from environmentalists like Randy Hayes and John Robbins; from populist journalist Ronnie Dugger to renowned investigative reporter Kelly Patricia O’Meara.

The Statement also includes 43 noted authors, including New York Times #1 bestseller John Gray, as well as 18 eminent professors, historians, and theologians. Other notables include five-term Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, singers Michelle Shocked and Michael Franti, and actors Ed Asner and Mimi Kennedy.

The Statement was facilitated by 911truth.org, a leading coalition. The organization has also announced a press conference outside of Eliot Spitzer’s Manhattan office (corner of Cedar and Nassau) at 2:00PM on Thursday, Oct. 28th where 9/11 family members and victim group representatives will file a formal complaint demanding the first criminal investigation of 9/11 events by the New York Attorney General.

Page Update 9/9/2009: Following is the actual statement endorsed by these signatories, as referred to in the press release above.

The Statement

We Want Real Answers About 9/11

On August 31, 2004, Zogby International, the official North American political polling agency for Reuters, released a poll that found nearly half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of those in New York state believe US leaders had foreknowledge of impending 9/11 attacks and “consciously failed” to act. Of the New York City residents, 66% called for a new probe of unanswered questions by Congress or the New York Attorney General.

In connection with this news, we have assembled 100 notable Americans and 40 family members of those who died to sign this 9/11 Statement, which calls for immediate public attention to unanswered questions that suggest that people within the current administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war.

We want truthful answers to questions such as:

  1. Why were standard operating procedures for dealing with hijacked airliners not followed that day?
  2. Why were the extensive missile batteries and air defenses reportedly deployed around the Pentagon not activated during the attack?
  3. Why did the Secret Service allow Bush to complete his elementary school visit, apparently unconcerned about his safety or that of the schoolchildren?
  4. Why hasn’t a single person been fired, penalized, or reprimanded for the gross incompetence we witnessed that day?
  5. Why haven’t authorities in the U.S. and abroad published the results of multiple investigations into trading that strongly suggested foreknowledge of specific details of the 9/11 attacks, resulting in tens of millions of dollars of traceable gains?
  6. Why has Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator who claims to have knowledge of advance warnings, been publicly silenced with a gag order requested by Attorney General Ashcroft and granted by a Bush-appointed judge?
  7. How could Flight 77, which reportedly hit the Pentagon, have flown back towards Washington D.C. for 40 minutes without being detected by the FAA’s radar or the even superior radar possessed by the US military?
  8. How were the FBI and CIA able to release the names and photos of the alleged hijackers within hours, as well as to visit houses, restaurants, and flight schools they were known to frequent?
  9. What happened to the over 20 documented warnings given our government by 14 foreign intelligence agencies or heads of state?
  10. Why did the Bush administration cover up the fact that the head of the Pakistani intelligence agency was in Washington the week of 9/11 and reportedly had $100,000 wired to Mohamed Atta, considered the ringleader of the hijackers?
  11. Why did the 911 Commission fail to address most of the questions posed by the families of the victims, in addition to almost all of the questions posed here?
  12. Why was Philip Zelikow chosen to be the Executive Director of the ostensibly independent 911 Commission although he had co-authored a book with Condoleezza Rice?

Those who are demanding deeper inquiry now number in the hundreds of thousands, including a former member of the first Bush administration, a retired Air Force colonel, a European parliamentarian, families of the victims, highly respected authors, investigative journalists, peace and justice leaders, former Pentagon staff, and the National Green Party.

As Americans of conscience, we ask for four things:

  1. An immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
  2. Immediate investigation in Congressional Hearings.
  3. Media attention to scrutinize and investigate the evidence.
  4. The formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry.

Given the importance of the coming election, we feel it is imperative that these questions be addressed publicly, honestly, and rigorously so that Americans may exercise their democratic rights with full awareness.

In closing, we pray and hope for the strength to approach this subject with wisdom and compassion so that we may heal from the wounds inflicted on that terrible day.

Signed,

Signatories

Note: All organizations are mentioned for identification purposes only. Individuals have signed this statement as an act of their own conscience, not to signify organizational endorsement.

Update 9/11/2009: Signatories removed.
Posted by Janice Matthews, current Director, 911Truth.org
Following recent media-generated controversy over Obama appointee Van Jones’ signature on this Statement, he and two other signatories have requested their names be removed. That has been done.

  1. Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D., anthropologist, author, Population Politics
  2. Ed Asner, actor, activist
  3. Marshall Auerback, international portfolio strategist for David W. Tice & Associates, Inc.
  4. Catherine Austin Fitts, Asst. Secretary of Housing in the first Bush administration
  5. Keidi Obi Awadu, aka The Conscious Rasta, talk show host, LIBRadio
  6. Michael Badnarik, Libertarian candidate for President
  7. Byron Belitsos, publisher, Origin Press, author Planetary Democracy
  8. Philip J. Berg, Esquire, former deputy attorney general, Pennsylvania
  9. Medea Benjamin, activist, author, co-founder, Global Exchange and Code Pink
  10. Dennis Bernstein, investigative reporter, radio host of KPFA’s Flashpoints
  11. Steve Bhaerman aka Swami Beyondananda, author, political comedian
  12. Brad Blanton, Ph.D., psychotherapist, author, Radical Honesty
  13. Saniel Bonder, spiritual teacher and author, Great Relief
  14. Dr. Robert Bowman, USAF Lt. Col. (Rtd.), founder, Institute for Space and Security Studies
  15. John Buchanan, author, candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, 2004
  16. Gray Brechin, Ph.D., author, environmental historian, professor, UC Berkeley
  17. Fred Burks, presidential interpreter for Bush, Clinton, Cheney, and Gore
  18. Norma Carr-Rufino, Ph.D., author, professor of management, San Francisco State University
  19. Angana Chatterji, Ph.D., scholar-activist and professor of anthropology
  20. Paul Cienfuegos, co-founder, Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County
  21. David Cobb, attorney, national presidential candidate, US Green Party
  22. John Cobb, Ph.D., theologian, co-author, For the Common Good
  23. Ernest Callenbach, founder/editor, Film Quarterly, author, Ecotopia
  24. Kevin Danaher, Ph.D., author, speaker, co-founder, Global Exchange
  25. Stephen Dinan, author, Radical Spirit
  26. Ronnie Dugger, journalist/author, co-founder, Alliance for Democracy
  27. Daniel Ellsberg, author, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
  28. (Name removed by request 9/9/2009)
  29. Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University
  30. Michael Franti, musician, filmmaker, human rights worker
  31. Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedienne, talk show host, Air America Radio
  32. Jim Garrison, Ph.D., president, State of the World Forum, author, America as Empire
  33. Bruce Gagnon, Chair, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
  34. Ric Giardina, author, consultant, speaker, former Director of Trademarks and Brands for Intel
  35. John Gray, Ph.D., #1 bestselling author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
  36. Stan Goff, 25-year Army Special Ops veteran, author, Full Spectrum Disorder
  37. Melvin Goodman, senior fellow, Center for International Policy, author, former Senior Analyst, CIA, professor, National War College
  38. Morton Goulder, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Warning under Nixon, Ford, and Carter
  39. David Ray Griffin, Ph.D., theologian, author, New Pearl Harbor
  40. Doris “Granny D” Haddock, campaign finance crusader, NH Democratic candidate for Senate
  41. Thom Hartmann, radio host; author, Unequal Protection
  42. Richie Havens, singer, songwriter, performer, artist
  43. (Name removed by request 9/9/2009)
  44. Randy Hayes, founder, Rainforest Action Network, US National Director, Direction Conservation
  45. Richard Heinberg, author, The Party’s Over, core faculty, New College of California
  46. (Name removed by request 9/10/2009)
  47. Rob Kall, editor, OpEdNews.com, president, Futurehealth, Inc.
  48. Georgia Kelly, executive director, Praxis Peace Institute
  49. Sean Kelly, Ph.D., author, professor of philosophy and religion, CA Institute of Integral Studies
  50. John Joseph Kennedy, Democratic Write-in Presidential Candidate for 2004
  51. Mimi Kennedy, actress, Dharma and Greg, progressive activist
  52. Faiz Khan, M.D., Triage Emergency Physician on 9/11, Assistant Imam
  53. David Korten, author, When Corporations Rule the World
  54. Frances Moore Lappe, author, Diet for a Small Planet; founder, Small Planet Institute
  55. Scott M. Legere, 25 year radio broadcaster as Scott Ledger, Tampa FL
  56. Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, TIKKUN Magazine, author, Healing Israel/Palestine
  57. Michael Levine, bestselling author of Deep Cover, journalist, 25-year veteran of the DEA
  58. Joanna Macy, Ph.D., eco-philosopher, author
  59. Enver Masud, founder, The Wisdom Fund, author, The Truth About Islam
  60. John McCarthy, former Special Forces Captain, president, Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy
  61. Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, co-founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
  62. Cynthia McKinney, five-term Congresswoman from Georgia
  63. Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author, professor, co-founder, Green Earth Foundation
  64. Mark Crispin Miller, media critic, author, professor, New York University
  65. Joseph W. Montaperto, New York City Fire Department
  66. Leuren Moret, geoscientist, radiation specialist, environmental commissioner
  67. Ralph Nader, Independent candidate for President
  68. Craig Neal, author, co-founder, The Heartland Institute, former publisher, Utne Reader
  69. Jeff Norman, executive director, Tour of Duty
  70. Jenna Orkin, Esquire, World Trade Center Environmental Organization
  71. Kelly Patricia O’Meara, investigative journalist, public relations
  72. Michael Parenti, Ph.D., author, Superpatriotism and The Terrorism Trap
  73. Edward L. Peck, former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, former Deputy Director to the White House Task Force on Terrorism
  74. Peter Phillips, Ph.D., professor, Sonoma State University, director, Project Censored
  75. Henri Poole, Internet pioneer, board member, Free Software Foundation
  76. Robert Rabbin, author, speaker, creator of TruthForPresident.org
  77. Paul H. Ray, Ph.D., sociologist, author, The Cultural Creatives
  78. John Renesch, business futurist, author, Getting to the Better Future
  79. John Rensenbrink, professor emeritus, Bowdoin College, co-founder, US Green Party
  80. John Robbins, author, founder, EarthSave International
  81. William Rodriguez, 9/11 rescue effort hero, founder, Hispanic Victims Group
  82. Neal Rogin, Emmy-award winning writer, performer, social observer
  83. Allen Roland, Ph.D., psychotherapist, published author and peace activist
  84. Rosemary Radford Ruether, professor of feminist theology, Graduate Theological Union
  85. Michael Ruppert, publisher/editor, From The Wilderness, author, Crossing the Rubicon
  86. Chris Sanders, founder, Sanders Research Associates
  87. Karl W. B. Schwarz, President, CEO, Patmos Nanotechnologies, LLC
  88. Peter Dale Scott, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, author, Drugs, Oil, and War
  89. Firefighter Kevin Shea, FDNY Hazmat Operations
  90. Michelle Shocked, singer/songwriter, activist
  91. Indira Singh, risk management and computer systems consultant
  92. J. Michael Springmann, attorney, former Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State
  93. Douglas Sturm, Ph.D., university professor emeritus, Bucknell University
  94. Marjorie Hewit Suchocki, Ph.D., theologian, author
  95. Chuck Turner, Boston City Council
  96. James W. Walter Jr., venture investor, philanthropist, founder of Walden Three
  97. Dan Whaley, E-commerce pioneer, founder of GetThere.com, acquired for $750M
  98. Burns H. Weston, J.S.D., Professor of Law Emeritus, Director, Center for Human Rights, U-Iowa
  99. Howard Zinn, professor, historian, author, A People’s History of the United States

Family Members

  1. Joanne Barbara, wife of FDNY Asst. Chief of Dept. Gerard Barbara
  2. Gayle Barker, sister of William A. Karnes, WTC
  3. Michele Bergsohn, wife of Alvin Bergsohn, Cantor Fitzgerald
  4. Derrill Bodley, father of Deora Bodley, passenger on Flight 93
  5. Kathryn C. Bowden, sister of Thomas H. Bowden, Jr. WTC1, 104th floor
  6. Janet Calia, wife of Dominick Calia, Cantor Fitzgerald, WTC1
  7. Maggie Cashman, wife of William Joseph Cashman, United Flight 93
  8. Lynne Castrianno Galante, sister of Leonard Castrianno, 1WTC, 105th floor
  9. Elza Chapa-McGowan, daughter of Rosemary Chapa, Pentagon
  10. Bruce De Cell, father-in-law of Mark Petrocelli North Tower, 92nd floor
  11. Ralph D’Esposito, father of Michael D’Esposito, WTC, 96th floor
  12. Loisanne Diehl, Surviving Spouse, Michael D. Diehl, WTC2, 90th floor
  13. Adina D. Eisenberg, sister of Eric Eisenberg, WTC
  14. Jonathan M. Fisher, son of Dr. Gerald Paul “Geep” Fisher, Pentagon
  15. Michael J. Fox, brother of Jeffrey L. Fox, Tower 2, 89th floor
  16. Laurel A. Gay, sister of Peter A. Gay, AA Flight 11
  17. Irene Golinsky, wife of Col. Ronald F. Golinski USA RET, Pentagon
  18. Lori, Jerry, and Beatrice Guadagno, sister and parents of Richard Guadagno, Flight 93
  19. Kristen Hall, daughter of fallen firefighter Thomas Kuveikis 9/11
  20. Kurt D. Horning, father of Matthew D. Horning, WTC Tower One, 95th floor
  21. Jennifer W. Hunt, wife of William C. Hunt, Euro Brokers
  22. John Keating, son of Barbara Keating, passenger on AA Flight 11
  23. L. Russell Keene II, father of Russ Keene III, WTC2, 89th floor, KBW
  24. Peter Kousoulis, sister died in WTC
  25. Paul & Barbara Kirwin, parents of Glenn Davis Kirwin, Cantor Fitzgerald 105th floor
  26. Barbara Krukowski-Rastelli, mother of William E. Krukowski, NYC firefighter
  27. Laura and Ira Lassman, parents of Nicholas C. Lassman, died in WTC, Tower One
  28. Johnny Lee, husband of Lorraine Greene
  29. Alicia LeGuillow, mother of Nestor A. Cintron III
  30. Francine Levine, sister of Adam K. Ruhalter, who died on 9/11
  31. Bob McIlvaine, father of Robert McIlvaine, WTC, Merrill Lynch
  32. Mary McWilliams, mother of FF Martin E. McWilliams- Engine 22
  33. Daryl J. Meehan, brother of Colleen Ann Barkow, WTC 1, 105th floor
  34. Elvira P. Murphy, wife of Patrick Murphy, WTC 1
  35. Natalee Pecorelli, sister of Thomas Pecorelli of Flight 11
  36. James L Perry, M.D and Patricia J. Perry, parents of John W. Perry, Esq., NYPD Officer 9/11
  37. David Potorti, brother of James Potorti, North Tower, WTC, Marsh & McLennan
  38. Terry Kay Rockefeller, sister of Laura Rockefeller, North Tower, WTC
  39. Grissel Rodriguez-Valentin, wife of Benito Valentin, WTC1, 94th floor
  40. Alissa Rosenberg-Torres, widow of Luis Eduardo Torres, post-9/11 mother, writer
  41. Elaine Saber, mother of Scott Saber
  42. Julie Scarpitta, mother of Michelle Scarpitta, WTC Building 2, 84th floor
  43. Paula Shapiro, mother of Eric Eisenberg, WTC2
  44. Elizabeth Turner, wife of Simon Turner, lost on 11th September 2001
  45. Adele Welty, mother of Firefighter Timothy Welty, FDNY, Squad 288
  46. Joan W. Winton, mother of David Winton, WTC, South Tower, 89th floor
  47. David Yancey, husband of Vicki Yancey, American Airlines Flight 77
  48. Nissa Youngren, daughter of Robert G. LeBlanc, flight 175

Late Signatories (starting toward 200 …)

  1. Rita M. Haley, President, National Organization for Women, New York Chapter
  2. Immortal Technique, Harlem-based hip-hop artist with Viper Records, Revolutionary I&II
  3. Bob Kirkconnell, served in the U.S. Air Force 27 years, reaching the rank of Master Sergeant
  4. Dennis Kyne, former Army air medic, 18th Airborne Corps during Gulf War I, musician, author, “Support the Truth”
  5. Paul Landis, author, “Stop Bush Now!”
  6. Eric H. May, former Army military intelligence officer and media essayist
  7. Charles Shaw, Editor, Newtopia Magazine, National Peace Action Coordinator, National Green Party
  8. Peter Erlinder, professor, William Mitchell College of Law, past-President National Lawyers Guild
  9. Daniel Robert Rezac, 2004 Vice-Presidential Write-In Candidate, former Aviator & Armor Officer, Army National Guard, B.S.B.A.
  10. Joel Horwitz, lost beloved cousin in WTC 1
  11. Jessica Murrow, lost husband Stephen Adams, Beverage Manager, Windows on the World, WTC 1
  12. Ellen Mariani, lost husband Neil on Flight 175
  13. Jean Hunt, disabled survivor of Pentagon attack
  14. Ralph & Brigitte Sabbag, lost son Jason in WTC 2

Take action!

  1. Send this information to your congresspeople and journalists, demanding attention
  2. Help New York citizens and 9/11 family members, beginning Thursday, Oct. 28th, by signing an online petition in support of their formal complaint to be filed with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Petition at Justicefor911.Org
  3. Stay informed here at 911truth.org and get active in local groups.
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Would you still sign the 9/11 Truth petition?

Posted on June 28, 2021 by mekorganic

Would you still sign the 9/11 Truth petition?

We ask signatories of the statement that helped drive Van Jones from office if they stand by it. 

Thanks in large part to his association with the 9/11 Truth movement, Van Jones is no longer a member of the Obama White House. Jones resigned last week amid a swirl of controversy — prodded on largely by Fox News’ Glenn Beck — that included the former “green jobs” advisor’s signing of a petition put out by the 9/11 Truth movement urging a further investigation into the World Trade Center attacks. Most controversially, the petition wondered darkly that “unanswered questions … suggest that people within the current administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war,” before drifting into a list of wild and dubious speculation. (You can read the petition right here.)

Initially, Jones said that he hadn’t fully reviewed the statement before he signed. But that didn’t stop the onslaught of bad publicity that ultimately led to his exit.

The statement was released in October 2004 and has been signed by nearly 200 people, including many relatives of those who lost someone in the attacks. It called for an investigation into 9/11 but also directly questioned the government’s conclusions about the plane crashes.

In the wake of Jones’ departure, Politico’s Ben Smith contacted two other signatories of the statement, Rabbi Michael Lerner and historian Howard Zinn. Smith found that both men felt they had signed a petition of more limited scope than the one that appears at the 9/11 Truth Web site, one that asked only for an investigation into the attacks and not one questioning President Bush’s prior knowledge of 9/11.

Salon contacted nearly 30 of the petition’s signatories to see if they felt, as did Lerner, Zinn and Jones, that the document didn’t reflect their views on 9/11. We asked a simple question: If you had to do it all over again, would you still sign the statement?

Salon has not heard back from two of the statement’s most famous signatories: actor Ed Asner and comedian Janeane Garofalo. (Updated: We have received and added  Asner’s response to the list below.) But many did respond and most — though not all — expressed their full-fledged support for the petition. Their responses are below:

Ed Asner (through his company, Quince Productions): Mr. Asner would sign the petition again without the slightest hesitation.

Gray Brechin, historical geographer and visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley’s Department of Geography: Until recently, I thought that I (like Van Jones) live in a country with a First Amendment that permits freedom of speech, thought and petition without fear of reprisal. I had that pleasant illusion despite growing up in the dark shadow of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, of red scares, blacklists and witch hunts, of the John Birch Society (and worse), which the Old Guard of the Republican Party then considered zanies. The ideological descendants of those wackos have since taken over that party. I suspect that you did not grow up at that time.

Since when did Salon permit Glenn Beck and the almost equally loony WSJ editorial page to set the terms of discussion, calling those who want answers to so much that remains unexplained about 9/11 “truthers” and thus giving them equivalence with “birthers,” “deathers” and “tea baggers”? Since when was Van Jones a “czar” rather than an advisor? Since when was he not entitled to his opinions, past or present? Was it when he was born black and inexcusably smart? Jones is the kind of visionary with whom Franklin Roosevelt surrounded himself but of which the Obama administration is almost entirely bereft, and now that administration has shamefully thrown him to the sharks.Advertisement:

Have you contacted the widows and other family members who lost loved ones on that terrible day and asked them if they recant wondering why, for example, New York City and the Pentagon — the fucking Pentagon! — were defenseless on that morning more than a month after the would-be president was informed that Osama bin Laden was determined to attack the United States? Have you asked them if they are as disloyal, or as nuts, as Van Jones for signing that petition? Have you an answer for that and other questions on that petition, which were never discussed by the mainstream media when it piled on Jones at Beck’s behest?

Van Jones was not only flayed for once signing a petition but for jokingly calling Republicans “assholes.” Why is that “extreme” speech when Glenn Beck freely advocates violent overthrow of the U.S. government, gives an exegesis of the Communist/Fascist messages that “progressive” John D. Rockefeller Jr. insidiously inserted in the art of Rockefeller Center, and fantasizes killing Michael Moore and the speaker of the House on air to millions? When will the men with butterfly nets take this man away so that he does not hurt others or himself, rather than journalists allow him to take them down into his rat-infested sewer with him?Advertisement:

I keep hoping that, like Joe McCarthy, Mr. Beck (and O’Reilly, Coulter, Malkin, “Savage,” etc.) will go too far, but — with the wreck of public education and its replacement by entertainment — Americans have so lost any moral compass that “too far” no longer exists as long as one is to the right of Dick Cheney.

Fred Burks, former interpreter for Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney and Al Gore: I definitely support the 9/11 statement and am deeply disappointed that Van Jones recanted. I’m almost certain he agreed with it when he signed it. 

Paul Hawken, author and co-founder of Smith & Hawken: (Editorial note: Hawken requested to have his name removed from the list of signatories) I don’t regret signing it because I never did sign it, and I am not sure Van did either. What might have happened is that an e-mail was sent around calling for an endorsement for a more thorough investigation into the events leading up to and on the day of 9/11. I have asked for any records showing that I signed anything and the 911truth.org committee says that they are unable to supply any such record. I was completely unaware of the press release or that my name was used until I was contacted during the Beck lynching. I do remember e-mails around that time but they were about the families of the victims feeling that their government (the 9/11 Commission) had let them down.Advertisement:

Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law and practice at Princeton University; distinguished visiting professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara: I would re-sign the 9/11 statement calling for investigation and clarification with respect to the series of questions that have never been satisfactorily answered. To call for an investigation along these lines does not make one “a 9/11 truther” or an endorser of a conspiracy theory. The deliberate blurring of the boundary between questioning the persuasiveness of the official version of 9/11 and the endorsement of an alternative theory of the events that implicates high officials in the Bush presidency seems designed to prevent further inquiry. Citizens in a democratic society deserve to know the truth, and to seek the truth in matters of such fundamental national importance should be treated as an expression of patriotic duty rather than the reverse.

Catherine Austin Fitts, assistant secretary of housing during the George H.W. Bush administration: I signed the 9/11 truth statement and stand by my signature.

Richard Heinberg, author: No, I don’t regret signing the petition. The petition, as I signed it, was essentially recommending that an independent investigation take place. I felt at the time, and still feel, that with events of such monumental importance as this, the more light that can be shed the better. I do not believe that the official 9/11 Commission Report addressed many of the most important questions about the events. Nevertheless, I have no ongoing association with the 9/11 Truthers.Advertisement:

Enver Masud, founder, the Wisdom Fund: YES, I would sign the statement again.

However, unless one has a transparent investigation (perhaps something in the nature of the Watergate hearings), plus exchanges between scientists, engineers, architects, pilots, etc. — on all sides of the issue, I may not have much confidence in the findings.

Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at New York University: Yes, if I had it to do over again, I would sign that statement readily, since the questions that it raises are not just legitimate but terribly important — and they have not been answered credibly.

The fact that such a statement should be controversial at all has less to do with what it says than with the great taboo that still inhibits rational discussion of the evidence.

First of all, the statement asks for a new inquiry into 9/11. That is hardly an insane demand, considering the many obstacles and limitations that prevented the 9/11 Commission from doing a proper job. That body was deliberately enfeebled by Bush/Cheney: grossly underfunded ($3 million — while, for example, the budget for the study of the Challenger disaster was $50 million, and Whitewater cost over $40 million); granted no subpoena power; forced to rush the process; denied all sorts of vital information; and otherwise slowed down, fouled up, kept in the dark. (I write at length about Bush/Cheney’s varied efforts to prevent, then hobble, the Commission in my book “Cruel and Unusual,” pp. 33ff.)Advertisement:

Witnesses employed by the USG were daunted openly by departmental colleagues who sat in on the hearings, ostentatiously, as “minders.” (“The Commission feels unanimously,” said Chairman Thomas Kean, “that it’s some intimidation to have somebody sitting behind you all the time who you either work with or works with your agency.”) And Bush/Cheney themselves refused to testify except in tandem, with a strict limit on their time, and their testimony given off the record and not under oath.

So how could anyone regard that body’s findings as definitive — even if those findings were not rife with logical and physical impossibilities, as well as glaring omissions? (Such problems have been very thoroughly and soberly discussed by David Ray Griffin, in his three books on the subject, one of them, on the inexplicable collapse of Building 7, just now coming out.) A new investigation is not just a good idea, but, I’d say, a major civic obligation, what with the scale of that horrendous tragedy, and its disastrous national and global consequences.

In calling for a new inquiry, the statement also proposes that the Bush administration had foreknowledge of the attack. Now, if I had been the one to draft the statement, I would probably have worded that bit less assertively, in order not to draw the sort of propaganda fire that’s been directed at the statement since it first appeared. Having said that, however, I must also note that there should really be no controversy over that suggestion, either; since it’s well established that the Bush White House was pointedly forewarned of some such looming terrorist attack — by, among others, the CIA, Mossad and the intelligence agencies of France and Britain, among others — and yet did absolutely nothing to prevent its happening.Advertisement:

In any case, I find it more than troubling that the mere fact of Van Jones’ having signed that statement ought to be deemed a priori evidence of his “extremist” views. (Although I’m sorry that he felt obliged to back away, I can’t really blame him for it, what with the shit storm that was drenching him.) I think the press should be examining the evidence itself, instead of squaring off against the so-called truthers — a move that only bolsters the taboo against all rational discussion of this all-important issue.

Chuck Turner, Boston City Council: I need to see the final 9/11 piece. I have read that the piece was changed after people signed it. So I can’t really say whether I would do it again until I am clear on what it says.

Douglas Sturm, professor emeritus of religion and political science, Bucknell University: In direct response to your query, I in no way repudiate my action signing the 9/11 statement. It stands as an appeal to investigate closely and carefully a series of questions about that tragic event that have yet to receive fully satisfactory answers.

I have no idea why Van Jones now regrets his signature, nor shall I speculate about his motives in doing so. He is a person of immense talent who has a sterling record of activities serving the public interest. I am saddened that he is no longer in the post he assumed in President Obama’s administration.Advertisement:

Given personal circumstances, I have been unable to be active in the continuing movement to have these questions taken seriously, but I support those who persist in this important endeavor.

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List of tenants in Two World Trade Center

Posted on June 27, 2021 by mekorganic

List of tenants in Two World Trade Center

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Two World Trade Center
Two World Trade Center on September 2, 2001, just 9 days before the attacks
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Alternative names2 WTCSouth TowerWTC 2Building BBuilding 2Tower 2
General information
StatusDestroyed
LocationLiberty Street, New York, NY 10048, United States
Construction startedJanuary 1969
Topped-outJuly 19, 1971[1]
Completed1973
OpenedSeptember 1971[1]
InauguratedApril 4, 1973
DestroyedSeptember 11, 2001, 9:59 AM Eastern Timezone
OwnerPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
ManagementSilverstein Properties
Height
Roof1,362 ft (415 m)
Observatory1,377 ft (420 m)[2]
Technical details
Floor count110
Floor area4,300,000 sq ft (400,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators99
Design and construction
ArchitectMinoru YamasakiEmery Roth & Sons
Structural engineerLeslie E. Robertson (Worthington, Skilling, Helle, and Jackson)

The original Two World Trade Center (also known as the South Tower, Tower 2, Building Two, or 2 WTC) was one of the original Twin Towers in the original World Trade Center in New York City, New York. The Tower was completed and opened in 1973 at a height of 415 meters (1,362 ft) to the roof, distinguishable from its twin, the North Tower by its outdoor observation deck and the absence of a television antenna. Both the South Tower and the North Tower had mechanical floors, and the same type of walls. The new 2 World Trade Center (currently on hold) has the same flat roof, with no observation deck, and no mechanical floors.

The address of this building was 2 World Trade Center with the WTC complex having its own ZIP code of 10048. It was destroyed along with the North Tower (1 World Trade Center) in the September 11 attacks. The South Tower was the second tower to be struck (in this case by United Airlines Flight 175), at 9:03 a.m., and the first tower to collapse, at 9:59 a.m. The South Tower stood for 56 minutes after the aircraft impact. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the attacks, 900 were in the South Tower and on the ground. At the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the southern pool marks the spot where the South Tower stood.

On the 107th floor of this building was a popular tourist attraction called Top of the World Trade Center Observatories. On the roof was an observation deck accessible to the public and a disused helipad at the center.

Note: Floor numbers in  red  are part of United Airlines Flight 175‘s impact area, with floors above this zone marked in  dark gray .

Floor #CompaniesBusiness
110Outdoor ObservatoryTourism
109Mechanical floor
108Mechanical floor
107Showtime Pictures, Top of the World Trade Center Observatories (Indoor Observatory), Sbarro Street Station, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, Manhattan Magic, KodakBusiness services, Tourism, Food, Entertainment
106Atlantic Bank of New YorkBanks/Financial
105AON Corporation and OstaruInsurance
104AON Corporation, Sandler O’Neill and PartnersInsurance, Investment
103AON CorporationInsurance
102AON CorporationInsurance
101AON CorporationInsurance
100AON CorporationInsurance
99AON CorporationInsurance
98AON CorporationInsurance
97Fiduciary Trust Company InternationalBanks/Financial
96Fiduciary Trust Company InternationalBanks/Financial
95Fiduciary Trust Company InternationalBanks/Financial
94Fiduciary Trust Company InternationalBanks/Financial
93AON Corporation, Regus Business CentersInsurance, Not available
92AON CorporationInsurance
91Gibbs & Hill, Raytheon Company, Washington Group InternationalEngineers, Manufacturing
90Fiduciary Trust Company InternationalBanks/Financial
89Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsInvestment
88Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsInvestment
87New York State Department of Taxation and FinanceGovernment
86New York State Department of Taxation and FinanceGovernment
85Harris Beach & WilcoxAttorneys
84EuroBrokersFinancial
83IQ Financial Systems, Chuo Mitsui Trust & BankingFinancial
82Fuji BankBanks/Financial
81Fuji BankBanks/Financial
80Fuji BankBanks/Financial
79Fuji BankBanks/Financial
78Skylobby, First Commercial Bank, Baseline Financial ServicesBanks/Financial, Financial
77Baseline Financial ServicesFinancial
76Mechanical floor
75Mechanical floor
74Morgan StanleyInvestment
73Morgan StanleyInvestment
72Morgan StanleyInvestment
71Morgan StanleyInvestment
70Morgan StanleyInvestment
69Morgan StanleyInvestment
68Morgan StanleyInvestment
67Morgan StanleyInvestment
66Morgan StanleyInvestment
65Morgan StanleyInvestment
64Morgan StanleyInvestment
63Morgan StanleyInvestment
62Morgan Stanley, Demeter Management CorporationInvestment, Not available
61Morgan StanleyInvestment
60Morgan StanleyInvestment
59Morgan StanleyInvestment
58Bridge Information SystemsFinancial Information Provider
57Hold Brothers[3]Financial
56Morgan StanleyInvestment
55Guy Carpenter, Garban Intercapital, HarlowsReinsurance, Investment, Not available
54Guy CarpenterReinsurance
53Guy CarpenterReinsurance
52Guy CarpenterReinsurance
51Guy CarpenterReinsurance
50Guy CarpenterReinsurance
49Guy Carpenter, Seabury & SmithReinsurance, Insurance
48Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Guy CarpenterInsurance, Reinsurance
47Guy CarpenterReinsurance
46Morgan StanleyInvestment
45Morgan StanleyInvestment
44Skylobby, Morgan StanleyInvestment
43Morgan StanleyInvestment
42Mechanical floor
41Mechanical floor
40Sitailong International USA, Thacher Proffitt & Wood, LLPNot available, Attorneys
39Thacher Proffitt & Wood, LLPAttorneys
38Thacher Proffitt & Wood, LLPAttorneys
37——
36Frenkel and CompanyInsurance
35Frenkel and CompanyInsurance
34OppenheimerFundsInvestment
33OppenheimerFundsInvestment
32OppenheimerFundsInvestment
31OppenheimerFundsInvestment
30New York Stock ExchangeFinancial
29Weatherly Securities Corporation, New York Stock ExchangeInvestment, Financial
28
27——
26Sun MicrosystemsComputer services
25Sun MicrosystemsComputer services
24Allstate Insurance Company, China Chamber of Commerce, Globe Tour and Travel, SCOR U.S. Corporation, Sinolion, TD AmeritradeInsurance, Organizations, Travel, Insurance, Not available, Investment
23SCOR U.S. Corporation, Unistrat Corporation of AmericaInsurance, Consultants
22Antal International, Mancini Duffy, NYS Retirement SystemNot available
21Adecco SA, Career Engine, Mancini Duffy, Matthews & Wright Inc., Taiwan Sugar CorporationEmployment agency, Research, Architects, Not available
20Thacher Proffitt & Wood, LLP, New York Shipping AssociationAttorneys, Transportation
19New York Shipping Association, Waterfront Commission of New York HarborTransportation, Not available
18AbraCadabra Digital Printing, Alliance Consulting Group, Weiland International Inc.Business Services, Not available
17New York Institute of FinanceBanks/Financial
16National Development and Research InstituteResearch
15Candia Shipping, CINDE Costa Rican Investment Board, DigiOrbit Corporation, Millennium Management Resources Inc., Optech Systems Inc., Stallion Commerce Corporation, TD AmeritradeNot available, Investment, Not available, Banks/Financial
14Charna Chemicals, Paging Network of New York, Patinka International (USA), Union Bank of CaliforniaManufacturing, Telecommunication, Business services, Banks/Financial
13Verizon CommunicationsTelecommunication
12Verizon CommunicationsTelecommunication
11Verizon Communications, Candia ShippingTelecommunication, Not available
10Verizon CommunicationsTelecommunication
9Verizon CommunicationsTelecommunication
8Mechanical floor
7Mechanical floor
6——
5——
4——
3——
2TKTSTicket booth
1Colortek Kodak Imaging CenterBusiness services
LNichols FoundationGovernment/Schools
CThe Mall at the World Trade CenterRetail
BXerox Document Company, Morgan Stanley, Anthem, NY Chamber of CommerceManufacturing, Investment, Insurance, Government
NAContinental Insurance CompanyInsurance
SOURCES: CoStar Group Inc.; Skyscrapers, An Architectural Type of Modern Urbanism; compiled from AP wire reports.

NOTE: Atlantic Bank of New York had moved out in July 2001, but they were still paying for the rent as of September 2001.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b “History of the Twin Towers”. PANYNJ.gov. 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Adams, Arthur G. (1996). The Hudson River Guidebook. Fordham University Press. p. 87. ISBN 0-8232-1679-9.
  3. ^ “Hold Brothers Commemorates the 16th Anniversary of their WTC Tenantship”. prweb. prweb. Retrieved January 30, 2018.

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List of tenants in One World Trade Center

Posted on June 27, 2021 by mekorganic

List of tenants in One World Trade Center

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One World Trade Center
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, pictured at night in July 2001. One World Trade Center is on the left, with its antenna clearly visible.
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Alternative names1 WTCNorth TowerWTC 1Building ABuilding 1Tower 1
General information
StatusDestroyed
LocationWest Street, New York, New York, United States
Construction startedAugust 6, 1968
Topped-outDecember 23, 1970
Completed1972
OpenedDecember 15, 1970
InauguratedApril 4, 1973
DestroyedSeptember 11, 2001, 10:28 AM ET
OwnerPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
ManagementSilverstein Properties
Height
Antenna spire1,728 ft (527 m)
Roof1,368 ft (417 m)
Technical details
Floor count110
Floor area4,300,000 sq ft (400,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators99
Design and construction
ArchitectMinoru YamasakiEmery Roth & Sons
Structural engineerLeslie E. Robertson (Worthington, Skilling, Helle, and Jackson)
References
[1][2]

The original One World Trade Center (also known as the North Tower, Tower 1, Building One, or 1 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center in New York City. It was completed in 1972, stood at a height of 417 metres (1,368 ft), and was the tallest building in the world until 1973, when surpassed by the Sears Tower in Chicago. It was distinguishable from its twin, the original Two World Trade Center, also known as the South Tower, by the 110.3-metre (362 ft) telecommunications antenna on its roof. Including the antenna, the building stood at a total height of 1,728 feet (527 m). Other things that made the North Tower distinguishable from its twin was that there was a canopy connected to the North Tower’s west facade on street level and there was two small pedestrian walkways that extended from the west and south promenades of Three and Six World Trade Center to the North Tower’s north and south facades on plaza level, while the South Tower lacked any of those. The building’s address was One World Trade Center, and the WTC complex had its own ZIP code (10048) due to its large size.

The original World Trade Center was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; One World Trade Center was the first of the famous Twin Towers to be struck by a hijacked aircraft (in this case, American Airlines Flight 11), at 8:46 a.m EDT, and the second tower to collapse (in this case, at 10:28 a.m.). The North Tower stood for 102 minutes after the aircraft impact. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the attacks, around 1600 were in the North Tower or on the ground. The North Tower was replaced by the present-day One World Trade Center tower, which was opened in November 2014 as the lead building of the redeveloped World Trade Center site.[3][4]

Contents

Tenants at the time of the attacks[edit]

The tenant list below was compiled from the original list provided by CoStar Group (a provider of electronic commercial real estate information), and quoted by CNN.[5] It was sourced by using UnBlinking.com.[6] Cantor Fitzgerald’s corporate headquarters were located in One World Trade Center.[7]

Note: Floor numbers in  red (93-99) were part of American Airlines Flight 11’s impact area on September 11, 2001, with floors trapped by the impact numbered in  dark gray .

Fl#Companies
110Channel 2 (WCBS), Channel 4 (WNBC), Channel 5 (WNYW), Channel 7 (WABC), Channel 9 (WWOR), Channel 11 (WPIX), Channel 13 (WNET), Channel 31 (WPXN), Channel 47 (WNJU), WKCR-FM, WPAT-FM, WNYC-FM, WKTU-FM, CNBC, Genuity, CNN
109Mechanical floor
108Mechanical floor
107Windows on the World, Greatest Bar on Earth, Wild Blue
106Windows on the World, Windows on the World Wine School, Risk Waters Group Conference
105Cantor Fitzgerald, eSpeed, Genuity
104Cantor Fitzgerald, eSpeed, Channel 4 (WNBC), UmeVoice
103Cantor Fitzgerald, eSpeed
102Cantor Fitzgerald, Alliance Consulting Group, The Nishi-Nippon Bank Limited, PaineWebber, Kidder Peabody & Co.
101Cantor Fitzgerald, eSpeed, Boomer Esiason Foundation, Chances for Children (charity), Kidder Peabody & Co.
100Marsh & McLennan Companies
99Marsh & McLennan Companies
98Marsh & McLennan Companies
97Marsh & McLennan Companies
96Marsh & McLennan Companies, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
95Marsh & McLennan Companies
94Marsh & McLennan Companies, Marsh Private Client Services, Guy Carpenter
93Marsh & McLennan Companies, Fred Alger Management, Castle Convertible Fund Inc.
92Carr Futures, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, LMCC Art Program, LMCC Open Studios
91American Bureau of Shipping, Cedel Bank International, Meyers Pollok Robbins, New Japan Securities International, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, LMCC Art Program, LMCC Open Studios, Shiga Bank
90American TCC International Group, Chugoku Bank, Dun & Bradstreet, Clearstream International, Pass Consulting Corporation
89Barcley Dwyer, Bayview Services LLC, CIIC Group (US), Cosmos Services America, Daehan International, Drinker Biddle & Reath, MetLife, Mutual International Forwarding, Strategic Communications Group, Wai Gao Qiao USA, Wall Street Planning Association, Banco LatinoAmericano de Exportaciones Sud America, Italian Wine & Food Institute, Jun He Law Offices, Majestic Star Yacht Chartering, Tokyo Securities Company
88Julien J. Studley, Viking Sea Freight, WTC Construction Manager
87May Davis Group, Bank of Kinki, Okasan Securities, Thor Technologies
86Julien J. Studley, Asiatic Chemical, Society of Satellite Professionals International
85SMW Trading Corporation, Thermo Electron, Chicago Investment Group, Hyakugo Bank, Ohrenstein & Brown
84Bright China Capital, David Peterson Law Offices, LG Securities America, San-In Godo International Bank, Unicom Capital Advisors, Blue Star Line North America
83Axcelera, General Telecommunications, eMeritus Communications, Lava Trading LLC, Network Plus, Global Crossings Holdings, Ameson Education and Culture Exchange Foundation, Taipei Bank, Toho Bank, Wako Securities America
82New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, DMJM Harris
81Bank of America, Blue Star Line North America, Network Plus, New Continental Enterprises
80Agricor Commodities Corporation, Intrust Investment Realty, Noga Commodities Overseas, Noga Hotels New York, Shizuoka Bank, RLI Insurance Company, Bank of Yokohama, Zenshinren Bank, TheBeast.com[8]
79Daynard & Van Thunen Company, First Liberty Investment Group, Nikko Securities, Okato Shoji Company International, Securant Technologies, Iyo Bank
78Skylobby, Avenir, Baltic Oil Corporation, Cedar Capital Management Associates, Cheng Cheng Enterprises Holdings, Geiger & Geiger, Hyundai Motor Company, International Trade Centre, Korea Local Authorities Foundation for International Relations, Meridian Ventures Holdings, Pacrim Trading & Shipping, Phink Path, Traders Access Center, Atinav Avenue, Korea Local Government Center, Partner Reinsurance Company, Thai Farmers Bank, Verona Fair Organization US Representative
77Hal Roth Agency, Jun He Law Offices, Martin Progressive LLC, New-ey International Corporation, World Trade Centers Association, Alliance Continuing Care Network, Kuhne & Nagel, Partner Reinsurance Company
76Mechanical floor
75Mechanical floor
74Morgan Stanley
73Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Morgan Stanley
72Morgan Stanley
71Morgan Stanley
70Morgan Stanley
69Morgan Stanley
68Morgan Stanley
67World Trade Institute, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
66Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
65Boeing Aviation Technical Services, Morgan Stanley
64Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Morgan Stanley
63Morgan Stanley, Airport Access Program
62Morgan Stanley
61Morgan Stanley
60Asahi Bank, Morgan Stanley
59Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Morgan Stanley
58Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
57Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
56Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
55Pace University, World Trade Institute of Pace University, Benchmark Hospitality at Pace University (now Downtown Conference Center at Pace University)
54Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
53AIG Aviation Brokerage, Bank of Taiwan, Bramax Manufacturing Corporation, China Resource Products USA, Keenan, Powers, & Andrews, LoCurto & Funk Inc., National Nydegger Transport Corporation, Pacrim Trading & Shipping, Pure Energy Corporation, Broadview Networks, French Embassy Financial Services, JACOM Corporation, TripleHop Technologies
52Gayer, Shyu & Wiesel, Hill, Betts & Nash, Howly (US) Corporation, Leeds & Morrelli, Okasan Securities, RGL Gallagher PC, Williams Capital Group, Bramax Manufacturing Corporation, Temenos USA Wholesalers, Unifacemanu International
51AT&T Corporation, C&P Press, Chilean Government Trade Bureau, Chilean National Petroleum Company, Chilean Production Promotion Center, Chilean Trading Corporation, Tradeweb
50Ready Biz Group, Medical Access, 212 Management Corp
49Dai-Ichi Kangyo Trust Company of New York, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Overseas Union Bank, Pacific American Corporation
48Dai-Ichi Kangyo Trust Company of New York, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank
47ADERLY-USA, Adjusters International, American TCC International Group, Inc., ClearForest Corporation, First Union Securities, G.Z. Stephens, Inc., Pacific American Corporation, Quint Amasis LLC, Rollins Accounting, Tejas Securities Group, Inc., W.J. Export Import, Inc.
46Alegra International, American Sino Trade Development Council, ASTDC, Auspic International Technology & Trade Group Co., Inc., Auto Imperial, Bank of Yokohama, Beyondbond, Inc., Bluesky Technologies Inc., Ceylon Shipping Corporation, Charles P. Chan, CPA, China U.S. Net Group, Inc., Consolidated Steelex Corporation, Dahao U.S.A. Corporation, China Inter-Ocean Transportation, Hitachi Software Engineering America Limited, Interglobe Communications, J&X Tan’s Trading Co., Johnson & Johnson, Kading Companies S.A., KISCO Corporation (USA), Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, R.S. Property, Shandong Resources Inc., Shipping Services Italia, Sinopec USA, Inc., Smartcomm Group, Inc., Sri Larkan Travel, Inc., Strategic Alliance International Group, Suggested Open Systems, Suntendy America, Inc., T&T Enterprises International, Inc., Teleport Investment Management LLC, Thomas D. Mangione Limited, Tradeway, Inc., ViewTrade Group, World Imperial Realty Corporation, World News & Media Group, Inc., Yong Ren America Inc.
45American Lota International, Bramax Manufacturing Corporation, China Construction America, Dunavant Commodity Corporation, Fertitta Enterprises, F.E. Wallace & Co., HS Futures LP, Hyundai Motor Company, Pure Energy Corporation, Security Traders Association, Software Research Associates America, Streamline Capital, BAO Hercules, Ching Fong Investment Company New York, Johnson Enterprises, SRA America, S. Stern Custom Brokers
44Skylobby, Skydive restaurant, MetLife, Morgan Stanley, New York Society of Security Analysts, Market Technicians Association, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
43Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
42Mechanical floor
41Mechanical floor
40Lehman Brothers, Commerzbank Capital Markets AG
39Lehman Brothers, Cultural Institutions Retirement Systems, First Liberty Investment Group, Overseas Union Bank, Xcel Federal Credit Union, Tai Fook Securities, Circle International, Sun Hung Kai Securities
38Lehman Brothers, Regional Alliance for Small Contractors, Turner Construction Company, GSW & Associates, GW Finance Corporation
37Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Government of Thailand, S. Stern Custom Brokers, Thai Board of Investment, Thai Office of the Economic Counselor, Thai Trade Center, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
36Kemper Corporation
35Kemper Corporation, Anne Pope Law Offices
34Royal Thai Embassy Office, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Tourism Authority of Thailand
33Berel & Mullen, China Daily Distribution Corporation, Data Transmission Network Corporation, Hu Tong International Company, Koudis International, MANAA Trading Group, MIS Service Company, Rachel & Associates, Serko & Simon, Golden King USA, American Bright Signs, China United Trading Corporation, Excel Shipping, Korean Associates Securities, Rohde & Liesenfeld, Lunham & Reeve, Inc.
32Chang Hwa Bank, Rohde & Liesenfeld, Koudis International
31Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Empire Health Choice, EmpireBlue
30EmpireBlue
29China Patent and Trademark Agent USA, World Travel, Seth Shipping Corporation, Taipei Bank, ZimAmerican Israeli Shipping Company
28Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Empire Health Choice, EmpireBlue
27Bangkok Metropolitan Bank, Anthem, Empire Health Choice, EmpireBlue, Sinopec USA, Inc.
26Garban Intercapital
25Garban Intercapital, R.H. Wrightson & Associates, Cote d’Ivore Embassy Commercial Counselor, EXCO USA International, Harold I. Pepper Company
24Empire Health Choice, EmpireBlue, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Dominican Republic Export Promotion Center, Electric Paper Inc., RN Forwarding
23Empire Health Choice, EmpireBlue
22Security Command Center, Cheng Xiang Trading USA, Chicago Board Options Exchange Corporation, G.C. Services, Gold Sky Inc., Kaiser Overseas, Karoon Capital Management, MLU Investment, Pluto Commodities, P. Wolfe Investments, Tai Fook Securities, The SCPIE Companies, Unicom Capital Advisors, AMROC International Company, Central Trust of China, China Steel, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, SySoft e-Business Lab
21Avesta Computer Services, Continental Logistics, Dongwon Securities Company, Friends Ivory & Sime, Friends Villas Fischer Trust, Infotech Commercial Systems, Law Offices of Roman V. Popik, Lief International, Tower Computer Services, United Seamen’s Service (USS-AMMLA), 1 Stop Investment Advice, Brauner International Corporation, Cat Technology Inc., Wired Cat, J.D. Smith Customs Broker, Marc Commodities, Regional Alliance for Small Contractors, United Hercules
20Empire Health Choice, EmpireBlue, Rohde & Liesenfeld
19Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Adams McFarlane LLC (NexxtHealth), Excel Shipping, HZ Bernstein Air Freight, Empire Health Choice, EmpireBlue
18Neovest, I/B/E/S International Inc., SportsGelt LLC
17ABC International, Masterpiece International, Nippon Express USA, Empire Health Choice, EmpireBlue, ZimAmerican Israeli Shipping Company
16California Bank & Trust, Seven Star Lines, ZimAmerican Israeli Shipping Company, Ramon International Insurance Brokers (ZimAmerican)
15Landmark Education Corporation, Continental Forwarding, Gringsby Brandford & Co., H.W. Robinson & Co.
14Instinet, Dun & Bradstreet, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Aeolian Shipping Company, C. Allen & Co., Hirshbach & Smith, VanderGrift Forwarding
13Instinet
12Bank of America, Lafayette Shipping Company, Instinet
11Bank of America, Porcella Vicini & Co., Primark Decision Economics, Raymond James & Associates, Allstate Insurance Company, Tes USA
10Bank of America, Export Import Service, Hauser Air Corporation
9Bank of America, Foreign Credit Insurance Association
8Mechanical floor
7Mechanical floor
6—
5Gayer, Shyu & Wiesel
4Geiger & Geiger
3Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, LG Insurance Company, W.R. Hambrecht
2—
LAvis, Delta Air Lines, Olympia Airport Express, Trans World Airlines, Continental Airlines, Continental Enterprises, Citibank
CThe Mall at the World Trade Center

SOURCES: CoStar Group, CNN, and Unblinking.The North Pool of the present-day National September 11 Memorial & Museum, marking the spot upon which the original One World Trade Center stood.

Floor unknown: Alliance Global Finance, Associated Charter Marine, Carreden Group, CIF Agency, Dimetol International Trade, Eastern Capital Corporation, Falcon International Freight, First Pacific Rim, GAC Shipping, Garwood Financial, Globe Shipping Company, GSI Cargo Service, Hachijuni Bank, Hanil Securities, Lin Brothers International, Pluto Commodities, Port Newark

92nd floor[edit]

The 92nd floor, though intact and below the initial impact, did not have any survivors. Several 911 calls were recorded from employees at Carr Futures, a tenant on that level. The workers reported that the elevators were destroyed and the stairwells impassable. A number of employees in a meeting were trapped in a conference room when its door jammed shut from the crash; the remainder made their way to an unoccupied area on the west side of the floor initially free of smoke and flames. However by the time the North Tower collapsed at 10:28 AM, fire had spread to that part of the floor, making conditions there unsurvivable. The last 911 call from that floor came from Tom McGinnis at 10:26 AM.[9][10]

Tenants that left prior to the attacks[edit]

Between 1978 and 1995, the Consulate of Paraguay was located in Suite 1609 of One World Trade Center.[11][12] Home Lines once occupied Suite 3969.[13]

Tenants of new One World Trade Center[edit]

The new One World Trade Center pictured at late evening in October 2014.

This is the current list of tenants who are so far occupying the rebuilt and redesigned One World Trade Center. The tower officially opened in November 2014:

Fl#Companies
104Mechanical floor
103Mechanical floor
102One World Observatory, See Forever Theater, ASPIRE at One World Observatory (private event space)
101One World Observatory, One Dine Restaurant, One Mix Bar and Grill, One Café,[14] Green Screen Pictures
100One World Observatory, Gift Shop, Main Observatory
99Mechanical floor
98Mechanical floor
97Mechanical floor
96Mechanical floor
95Mechanical floor
94Mechanical floor
93Mechanical floor
92Mechanical floor
91J&M Corporation, WWTR Binary Recovery
90Channel 2 (WCBS), Channel 4 (WNBC), Channel 5 (WNYW), Channel 9 (WWOR), Channel 13 (WNET), Channel 31 (WPXN),[15] Channel 47 (WNJU),[16][17] WSKQ-FM[18]
89China Center New York,[19] China-US SkyClub[20]
88Vacant
87Celonis[21]
86MCR Development LLC,[22] TWA lounge[23]
85HF Productions,[24] Servcorp,[25] Cartridge World, Leaf Equities,[26] D100 Radio,[27] ThinkCode,[28] Samra Wealth Management,[29] Private EQ,[30] Drone USA,[31] FastFin,[32] Cowbird Capital LP, Pandev Law LLC,[33] Gaeta Sports Management,[34] Manhattan Networks Corporation
84SHVO, Juno Lab[35]
83Global Risk Advisors, ITI Data,[36] Khan Funds Management America INC,[37] Group RMC Corp[38]
82Olo[39]
81Carta
80Asapp[40]
79Infosys Technologies[41]
78Ameriprise Financial[42]
77Undertone,[43] Studio 71, Augustus Intelligence[44]
76Corry Capital Advisers LLC,[45] Fractal Analytics,[38] Ichnos Sciences[44]
75BounceX[46]
74BounceX[46]
73—
72DAZN Group[47]
71DAZN Group,[47] Princeton Longevity Center, DADA Holdings[44]
70—
69MDC Partners[48]
68MDC Partners
67MDC Partners
66MDC Partners
65MDC Partners
64Skylobby, One World Commons, MDC Partners
63The Stagwell Group[49]
62The Stagwell Group[49]
61DataCamp,[50] Slalom[51]
60xAd[52]
59High 5 Games[53]
58High 5 Games[53]
57Moody’s Investors Service[54]
56Moody’s Investors Service[54]
55General Services Administration[55]
54General Services Administration
53General Services Administration, Federal Office of Emergency Management
52General Services Administration, Federal Office of Emergency Management
51General Services Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
50General Services Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
49Aaptiv,[56] Pison Stream Solutions[44]
48Sailthru,[57] Energy Capital Partners[58]
47Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc.,[59] Olam Americas Inc., Decryptex Financial Laboratories[60] Leap USA, MS Shift INC.[61]
46BMB Group, Zyyo, C12 Capital Management, Westfield Corporation, Tinypass, Casablanca Capital LLC, Kensho Technologies,[36] ITI Data,[36] Energy Aspects,[62] Piano, Inc.,[63] IRIS Software, Softomotive US
45Legends Hospitality, Cushman & Wakefield, Symphony Communication Services LLC,[64] KiDs Creative,[65] Town Square Trading,[60] Augustus Intelligence, HyperScience
44Condé Nast,[66] Sabin, Bermant & Gould LLP[67]
43Condé Nast[66]
42Condé Nast[66]
41Ambac Financial Group[68]
40Ennead Architects[69]
39Condé Nast[66]
38Condé Nast[66]
37Condé Nast[66]
36Condé Nast, Bon Appétit Offices[66]
35Condé Nast, Bon Appétit Test Kitchen[66]
34Condé Nast[66]
33Condé Nast[66]
32Condé Nast[66]
31Condé Nast[66]
30Condé Nast[66]
29Condé Nast[66]
28Condé Nast[66]
27Condé Nast[66]
26Condé Nast[66]
25Condé Nast[66]
24Condé Nast[66]
23Condé Nast[66]
22Condé Nast[66]
21Condé Nast[66]
20Condé Nast[66]
19Mechanical floor
18Mechanical floor
17Mechanical floor
16Mechanical floor
15Mechanical floor
14Mechanical floor
13Mechanical floor
12Mechanical floor
11Mechanical floor
10Mechanical floor
9Mechanical floor
8Mechanical floor
7Mechanical floor
6Mechanical floor
5Mechanical floor
4Mechanical floor
3Mechanical floor
2Mechanical floor
LMain Lobby, One World Observatory ticket booth North Tower Command Center
C1Westfield World Trade Center, Access to One World Observatory and Main Lobby, Duane Reade
C2Westfield World Trade Center, Access to Oculus, Chase Bank
C3Loading Dock/Building Services
C4Building Services/Tenant Storage

References[edit]

  1. ^ “The World Trade Center: A Timeline”. The New York Times Magazine. 2004. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  2. ^ “History of the Twin Towers?”. PANYNJ.gov. 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  3. ^ World Trade Center. PANYNJ.gov. 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  4. ^ One World Trade Center construction updates ArchivedDecember 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Lower Manhattan.info. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  5. ^ “List of World Trade Center tenants”. CNN. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  6. ^ Updated list. UnBlinking.com. 2001. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  7. ^ “office locations.” Cantor Fitzgerald. August 9, 2001. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
  8. ^ “CNN.com Specials”. http://www.cnn.com. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  9. ^ Times, The New York (May 26, 2002). “Fighting to Live as the Towers Died” – via NYTimes.com.
  10. ^ Nuking Mecca, by Doc Cleirech, CreateSpace, 2007, p. 7.
  11. ^ “Where to Get Information Before You Go” (requires subscription). The New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  12. ^ “1995: International Adoption – Paraguay Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.” U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs. Retrieved January 15, 2012. “Consulate General of Paraguay Consular Section 1 World Trade Center, Suite 1609 New York, NY 10048”.
  13. ^ “CRUISE LINE OFFICES.” Miami Herald. February 7, 1988. 2J Travel. Retrieved January 15, 2012. “Home Lines, 1 World Trade Center, Suite 3969, New York, NY 10048”.
  14. ^ “One Dine Restaurant”. One World Observatory.
  15. ^ Cuozzo, Steve (May 8, 2017). “One World Trade Center adds ION Media as newest broadcaster tenant”. New York Post.
  16. ^ “Broadcasters return to 1 World Trade Center after 14-year absence”. Real Estate Weekly. February 17, 2016. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  17. ^ Marszalek, Diana (March 16, 2018). “Fox NY Stations Will Broadcast From Top of Trade Center”. Broadcasting Cable.
  18. ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  19. ^ Lash, Herbert (September 24, 2015). “China Center cuts WTC lease, investment slowdown feared”. Reuters.
  20. ^ Vantone Holdings (December 6, 2018). “China Center New York Unveils Future Club Name, Hosts First High-Profile Event Ahead of Formal Opening in 2018”. PR Newswire.
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  22. ^ “Contact Us | MCR Hotels”. MCR Development.
  23. ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  24. ^ “HF Productions – Film Festivals I Consultancy I Production”. http://www.hf-productions.net.
  25. ^ “NYC Offices One World Trade Center | Servcorp”. http://www.servcorp.com.
  26. ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  27. ^ “D100 Radio Website”.
  28. ^ “ThinkCode Web Development NYC”.
  29. ^ “FINANCIAL ADVISOR | United States | SAMRA WEALTH MANAGEMENT”. SAMRA WEALTH MGMT.
  30. ^ “PrivateEq”. privateeq.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  31. ^ “404 Error | Page Not Found”. http://www.droneusainc.com. Cite uses generic title (help)
  32. ^ “FastFin – We design and code custom solutions for the capital markets”.
  33. ^ “Pandev Law – Your Journey to America Starts Here”.
  34. ^ “Gaeta Sports Management — Professional Baseball Agency”.
  35. ^ Cuozzo, Steve (December 22, 2015). “Deals aplenty at One and Three World Trade Center”. New York Post.
  36. ^ Jump up to:a b c La Guerre, Liam (March 10, 2016). “Financial Services Firm, Two Tech Companies Take 15K SF at 1 WTC”. Commercial Observer.
  37. ^ “Home”. khanfunds.
  38. ^ Jump up to:a b “Size isn’t everything: Durst courting smaller companies at 1 World Trade Center”. The Real Deal. January 18, 2018.
  39. ^ Cuozzo, Steve (June 17, 2019). “Olo signs lease for entire 82nd floor at One WTC”. New York Post.
  40. ^ Baird-Remba, Rebecca (June 7, 2017). “Artificial Intelligence Company, Investment Advisers Sign 26K SF in Leases at 1 WTC”. Commercial Observer.
  41. ^ Cullen, Terence (August 17, 2016). “Information Technology Company Heads Downtown to 13K SF at 1 WTC”. Commercial Observer.
  42. ^ Putzier, Konrad (June 2, 2016). “Ameriprise inks lease for 78th floor at 1 WTC”. The Real Deal.
  43. ^ “Digital marketing firm inks lease at 1 WTC”. The Real Deal. July 31, 2018.
  44. ^ Jump up to:a b c d https://commercialobserver.com/2020/02/durst-nabs-princeton-longevity-ichnos-sciences-and-two-more-at-1-wtc/
  45. ^ “BSS Online”. onewtc.bssnet.com.
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  47. ^ Jump up to:a b Wong, Natalie (October 23, 2018). “Sports-Media Firm DAZN Leases Offices at One World Trade Center”. Bloomberg.
  48. ^ Cuozzo, Steve (February 27, 2020). “MDC Partners deal makes One World Trade Center 93 percent leased”. New York Post. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  49. ^ Jump up to:a b Geiger, Daniel (July 10, 2017). “Marketing and communications investment firm signs on at 1 World Trade Center”. Crain’s New York.
  50. ^ “DataCamp About”.
  51. ^ “Slalom New York Office”.
  52. ^ “One World Trade Center Leasing Momentum Builds as Digital Advertising Technology Leader Takes Full Floor in Iconic Tower”. xAd. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved December 30,2014.
  53. ^ Jump up to:a b Morris, Keiko (November 12, 2014). “High 5 Games Is Moving to One World Trade Center”. Wall Street Journal.
  54. ^ Jump up to:a b Cuozzo, Steve (September 17, 2015). “Moody’s signs this year’s largest deal at One World Trade Center”. New York Post. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  55. ^ “Federal Agencies to Move to One World Trade Center”.
  56. ^ Baird-Remba, Rebecca (March 28, 2018). “Fitness App Runs Over to 1 WTC”. Commercial Observer.
  57. ^ Weiss, Lois (April 18, 2017). “One World Trade Center gets a new 5-year tenant”. New York Post.
  58. ^ Cuozzo, Steve (August 8, 2017). “One World Trade Center gets yet another new tenant”. New York Post.
  59. ^ “Progenics Pharmaceuticals takes 26.5K sf at 1WTC”. The Real Deal. January 7, 2016.
  60. ^ Jump up to:a b La Guerre, Liam (November 2, 2015). “Data Analyzing Firm Moving to Pre-Built Space at 1 World Trade Center”. Commercial Observer.
  61. ^ “MS SHIFT – Contact”. demo.msshift.com.
  62. ^ “Contact us”. Energy Aspects.
  63. ^ “Piano • Cloud-Based Subscription Solutions and Services”.
  64. ^ “What’s the Deal”. WSJ.
  65. ^ “New WTC towers fill with tech tenants”. Crain’s New York. January 7, 2015.
  66. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Degregory, Priscilla (November 3, 2014). “1 World Trade Center is open for business”. New York Post.
  67. ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on May 29, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  68. ^ “Condé Nast subleases 50K sf at 1 WTC to cut costs”. The Real Deal. March 1, 2019.
  69. ^ Sun, Kevin (April 3, 2019). “Condé Nast lands a second full-floor to sublease its space at 1 WTC”. The Real Deal.

External links[edit]

Lists of tenants of the WTC complex on 9/11
One WTC | 2 WTC | 5 WTC | 6 WTC | 7 WTC
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Jersey Girls

Posted on June 27, 2021 by mekorganic

Jersey Girls

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchFor other uses, see Jersey Girl.

The Jersey Girls or Jersey Widows refers to four American women who lost their husbands in the September 11 attacks. All four, Kristen Breitweiser, Patty Casazza, Lorie Van Auken, and Mindy Kleinberg, were residents of New Jersey, and helped lobby the U.S. government to carry out an investigation into the terrorist attacks, resulting in the formation of the 9/11 Commission and the subsequent report released by the Commission.

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Establishment of the 9/11 Commission[edit]

Survivors and family members of the victims were the most vocal and persistent in the call for the creation of an independent commission to investigate the 9/11 attacks. The leaders of several 9/11 family groups began to work together to lobby political leaders. The Jersey Girls were part of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, whose members were instrumental in the creation of the 9/11 Commission and in pressing the commission to oversee a thorough and credible investigation. According to Matthew Purdy of The New York Times: “The commission grew largely out of pressure from families of victims, including four New Jersey widows who call themselves ‘the Jersey Girls.’ It’s no mistake that the White House put New Jersey’s most popular politician (Tom Kean) in charge.”[1]

Kean became the Commission’s Chairman after Henry Kissinger resigned the position; according to Peter Lance, “The Jersey Girls could take some of the credit for his hasty departure.” Van Auken told Lance:

We were shocked. Kissinger had huge conflicts of interest — major dealings with the Saudis … The day before he resigned, we had a meeting with him in his office in Manhattan. Kristen [Breitweiser] had done impeccable research. She’d looked up all of his companies. So I asked him, ‘Mr. Kissinger, do you have any Saudi clients?’ He mumbled something. And then he asked if someone would pour him some coffee. So then I said, ‘Do you happen to have any clients by the name of bin Laden? He almost fell off the couch.[2]

A few months before the Commission released its report, Kean said that the Jersey Girls “call me all the time. They monitor us, they follow our progress, they’ve provided us with some of the best questions we’ve asked. I doubt very much if we would be in existence without them.”[3]

Appointment of Philip D. Zelikow[edit]

The eventual appointment of Philip D. Zelikow to the position of Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission was also troubling to the Jersey Girls who demanded his resignation. They cited close personal ties with the Bush family and the National Security Advisor as conflicts of interest. Mindy Kleinberg said, “As executive director, he has pretty much the most important job on the commission. He hires the staff, he sets the direction and focus, he chooses witnesses at the hearings.” Joe Conason wrote that the widows “fear that even with the best of intentions, Zelikow’s connections to the Bush White House will ‘taint the validity’ of the commission’s final report. Their demand that he resign or be fired has been rejected by the commission’s co-chairmen, former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean and former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton. ‘We respectfully disagree with them,’ replied Al Felzenberg, the commission’s press spokesman, who said Zelikow was chosen ‘for his scholarly credentials and his knowledge of national security issues.’ He hastened to praise the widows for doing ‘a very positive thing,’ adding that while he understood their concerns, he expected that “they’re not going to be satisfied with everything we do.”[4]

Criticism of the Commission[edit]

Main article: Criticism of the 9/11 Commission

As part of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee they helped form, the Jersey Girls monitored and often criticized the 9/11 Commission after they lobbied successfully for its creation. The Jersey Girls pressured the U.S. government for months to have National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testify in front of the Commission; when she refused to testify under oath in March 2004, “they walked out in silent protest.” The White House, in a “dramatic about-face,” gave in and Rice testified.[5]

When it became clear to them that the Commission had omitted crucial information from its report, the widows called for a new independent panel. “I’m very disturbed, and I want to get some answers,” said Breitweiser. “I want to know what the truth is.” She called the 2004 findings “an utterly hollow report.”[6]

Congressional testimony[edit]

The Jersey Widows testified before a hearing chaired by Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney on July 22, 2005[7]

Political controversy[edit]

The Jersey Girls have been the target of attacks at various times. In 2004, Frank Rich wrote in the New York Times:

The phenomenon has sufficiently alarmed the White House that earlier in the month its media allies tried to discredit the 9/11 families, particularly the so-called ‘Jersey Girls,’ the four telegenic suburban widows who have forced the administration to reverse its stonewalling of the 9/11 commission at nearly every juncture. Rush Limbaugh labeled Kristen Breitweiser a Democratic operative. Bill O’Reilly sounded the alarm that ‘some 9/11 families have aligned themselves with the far left.’ But this stab at damage control went nowhere.[8]

In her book Godless: The Church of Liberalism (2006), conservative commentator Ann Coulter created a firestorm of controversy with her remarks about the Jersey Girls. Coulter wrote:

They first came together to complain that the $1.6 million average settlement to be paid to 9/11 victims’ families by the government was not large enough … These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities … These self-obsessed women seemed genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them. … I’ve never seen people enjoying their husbands’ deaths so much … the Democrat ratpack gals endorsed John Kerry for president … cutting campaign commercials … how do we know their husbands weren’t planning to divorce these harpies? Now that their shelf life is dwindling, they’d better hurry up and appear in Playboy.[9]

These statements received national attention after an interview on The Today Show, and were widely criticized.[10][11][12] The Jersey Girls themselves also responded critically to Coulter’s remarks. Kristen Breitweiser stated: “I’d like her to meet my daughter and tell her how anyone could enjoy their father’s death … She sounds like a very disturbed, unraveled person.” Lorie Van Auken said she “was stunned by the vitriol”; and “Having my husband burn alive in a building brought me no joy. Watching it unfold on national TV and seeing it repeated endlessly was beyond what I could describe. Telling my children they would never see their father again was not fun. And we had no plans to divorce.”

Nevertheless, Coulter has repeated her criticism of the Jersey Girls.

I feel sorry for all the widows of 9/11 … [but] I do not believe that sanctifies their political message. … They have attacked Bush, they have attacked Condoleezza Rice, they’re cutting campaign commercials for Kerry. But we can’t respond because their husbands died … I think it’s one of the ugliest things the left has done … this idea that you need some sort of personal authenticity in order to make a political point …[13]

The New York Daily News reported that the Jersey Girls “tried to stay above the name-calling fray” by emphasizing that

the nation shouldn’t focus on Coulter’s words but on security problems like porous borders, wasteful Homeland Security funding and intelligence agencies that don’t work together. ‘Our only motivation ever was to make our nation safer,’ they said in a statement. ‘We have been slandered. Contrary to Ms. Coulter’s statements, there was no joy in watching men that we loved burn alive. There was no happiness in telling our children that their fathers were never coming home again. We adored these men and miss them every day.’[14]

And Senator Hillary Clinton found it “unimaginable that anyone in the public eye could launch a vicious, mean-spirited attack on people whom I’ve known over the last four and a half years to be concerned deeply about the safety and security of our country.”[15]

After the 9/11 Commission issued its report, the Jersey Girls pressured the Administration to follow its recommendations. They specifically commended the Commission for not politicizing blame in the report. “The USS Cole was bombed under Clinton’s watch, and 9/11 happened under Bush’s watch,” said Rosemary Dillard. “I don’t blame either administration; I blame the people who were reporting to them.”[16] As the 2004 election neared, the widows criticized Bush for the failure to enact the recommendations of the commission; many interpreted this as an endorsement of Bush’s opponent John Kerry; the New York Times reported, “In a statement clearly meant to influence voters in next week’s election, the group did not explicitly endorse Senator John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate, but said Mr. Bush had ‘allowed members of his own party to derail the legislative process.'”[17] There were other 9/11 victims’ families who supported the Bush campaign. For example, Debra Burlingame, whose brother flew in the plane that was crashed into the Pentagon, responded to the widows: “The Jersey Girls criticized President Bush because he wasn’t rounding up Arabs in airport lounges before Sept. 11. These are the same people who are now decrying the use of the Patriot Act.”[18]

Media appearances[edit]

The Jersey Widows were interviewed on the television series NOW on PBS[19] and in the documentary film 9/11: Press for Truth (2006).

Recognition[edit]

Kristen Breitweiser won the Ron Ridenhour Prize for “truth-telling”, in 2005, for her work with the Jersey Girls.[20][21]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matthew Purdy, “Despite First Impressions, Kean May Be a Good Second Choice,” New York Times (22 December 2002) p. 43.
  2. ^ Peter Lance, Cover Up (New York: HarperCollins, 2004) 135-6.
  3. ^ Andrew Buncombe, “Rice Faces Quiz on Warnings of 9/11 Attack,” Independent (4 April 2004) p. 18.
  4. ^ Joe Conason, “The Widows Are Watching Archived 2007-01-05 at the Wayback Machine,” Salon.com (2 April 2004).
  5. ^ Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “9/11 Widows Skillfully Applied The Power of a Question: Why?” New York Times (1 April 2004) A1; “Condoleezza Rice to Testify Publicly Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine,” Reuters (31 March 2004)
  6. ^ Paul de la Garza, “Angry Widow Calls for New 9/11 Panel,” St. Petersburg Times (12 August 2005) 5A.
  7. ^ Bob Kemper, “McKinney reopens 9/11,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution(22 July 2005).
  8. ^ Rich, Frank (April 25, 2004). “As the War Turns: A New Soap Opera”. New York Times. p. 1. Sec. 2.
  9. ^ Coulter, Ann (2006). Godless: The Church of Liberalism. Crown Forum Publishing. pp. 100–112. Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  10. ^ Grimaldi, Christine (July 16, 2006). “Writer’s claims disturb families of 9/11 victims: Ann Coulter referred to group as the ‘Witches of East Brunswick'”. North Brunswick Sentinel. Archived from the originalon November 4, 2006. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  11. ^ Staff Writer (June 7, 2006). “Clinton slams Coulter’s ‘vicious’ put-down of some 9/11 widows”. CNN. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006.
  12. ^ Elliot, Philip (June 9, 2006). “9/11 Commissioner criticizes Coulter”. ABC News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2006.
  13. ^ “Ann Coulter Fires Back at Critics”. Fox News. June 8, 2006. Archived from the original on December 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  14. ^ McAuliff, Michael; Lemire, Jonathan (June 8, 2006). “Coulter & Hil Mix It Up: Pundit is unrepentant over trashing 9-11 kin”. New York Daily News. p. 5. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009.
  15. ^ Harris, Francis (June 9, 2006). “9/11 widows attacked for ‘enjoying deaths of their husbands'”. Daily Telegraph. p. 18.
  16. ^ Zachary Coile (July 23, 2004). “Victim’s Families Vow to Make Sure 9/11 Panel’s Advice is Taken”. The San Francisco Chronicle. p. A16.
  17. ^ Shenon, Philip (October 28, 2004). “9/11 Families Group Rebukes Bush for Impasse on Overhaul”. New York Times. p. A5.
  18. ^ Meek, James Gordon (October 19, 2004). “9-11 Kin Clash on Elex”. New York Daily News. p. 30.
  19. ^ “9/11 Widows Speak”. NOW on PBS. PBS. September 12, 2003. Archived from the original on March 23, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  20. ^ “Ron Ridenhour Awards go to ‘Jersey Girls,’ Seymour Hersh, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc”. Times-Picayune. April 24, 2005. p. 7.
  21. ^ “Recipients: Fostering the spirit of courage and truth”. The Ridenhour Prizes. Archived from the original on 2007-05-22.

Further reading[edit]

  • Shenon, Philip (2009) [2008]. The Commission: An Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0-446-69951-8.
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9/11 Family Steering Committee

Posted on June 27, 2021 by mekorganic

9/11 Family Steering Committee

9/11 Family Steering Committee

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The 9/11 Family Steering Committee was an organization of twelve relatives of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.[1] Members of the Committee included the Jersey Girls. It was part of the 9/11 Truth Movement and was set up to monitor the work of the 9/11 Commission.

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History[edit]

The now-defunct group was an offshoot of the Coalition for an Independent 9/11 Commission, which advocated the creation of an independent commission to investigate the failures that made 9/11 possible. The coalition represented a wide array of 9/11 families’ organizations, including Families of September 11, Sept. 11 Advocates (also known as “The Jersey Girls”), and Voices of September 11. Although the call for a commission was initially resisted by the Bush Administration, the coalition eventually prevailed in the creation of the 9/11 Commission.

The Washington Post stated:

It is no exaggeration to say that yesterday’s reorganization of the nation’s intelligence structure would not have happened without Fetchet, Ashley and the 10 other self-appointed representatives of Sept. 11 victims’ relatives who formed the Family Steering Committee.

“Would we be here except for those two? I don’t think so,” Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), one of the legislation’s sponsors, said after thanking Fetchet and Ashley. “It was impossible for a member of Congress to face the family members and say they wouldn’t do something.”

“I agree,” said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the co-sponsor. “They had the moral conviction.”

The family members’ public complaints pressured President Bush to drop his initial opposition to a Sept. 11 commission

Monitoring of the 9/11 Commission[edit]

However, the Family Steering Committee was unsatisfied with the commission created and its mandate.

They stated:

While we believe that our concerns were acknowledged, we had also hoped that more of our questions and those of the American public would be fully addressed during the public hearings, or at the very least, discussed in the prepared staff statements,” the statement read. “Yet today, many of our collective questions remain unanswered.”[2]

It further created a list of questions they argued was unanswered by the official commission.[3]

On January 11, 2005, the Committee made the following statement:

After three years of work toward making America more secure, the FSC is transitioning in order to address issues such as the release of the still embargoed 9/11 CIA and FAA reports; terrorist financing; immigration reform; the remaining recommendations of the 9/11 Commission; and other issues that continue to emerge. Although the FSC as a group will no longer exist, many of us will continue to work individually and through other 9/11 related groups for these causes.[4]

The group ceased operations on January 11, 2005. Some of the research and advocacy of members of the Family Steering Committee is featured in the documentary “9/11: Press for Truth” premiered September 2006.

Media coverage[edit]

Members[edit]

The member list include all the Jersey Girls

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m “9/11 Family Steering Committee members”.
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b “9/11 Report: The Open Question”. CBS News. July 21, 2004.
  3. ^ “Questions”.
  4. ^ “Home”.
  5. ^ Jumpstart, N. O. W. “NOW with David Brancaccio on Politics”. http://www.pbs.org.
  6. ^ Jumpstart, N. O. W. “NOW with David Brancaccio on Politics”. http://www.pbs.org.
  7. ^ “UQ Wire: 9/11 News/Lobbying Initiative”. Scoop News. 25 February 2004.
  8. ^ “Choose Your Side and Choose it Now!”. Archived from the original on 2006-09-04. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
  9. ^ “portland imc – 2005.01.11 – “WHY THE FAMILIES ARE WRONG, DEAD WRONG””. portland.indymedia.org.
  10. ^ Two Mothers Helped Move Mountain on Post-9/11 Bill (washingtonpost.com)
  11. ^ “A key force behind the 9/11 commission”. 25 March 2004 – via Christian Science Monitor.
  12. ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on 2006-09-09. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
  13. ^ “CNN.com – Transcripts”. transcripts.cnn.com.
  14. ^ http://www.washingtontimes.com, The Washington Times. “9/11 kin support provisions on illegals”. The Washington Times.
  15. ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on 2006-01-13. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
  16. ^ “The New York Times”. myaccount.nytimes.com.
  17. ^ House Approves Intelligence Bill (washingtonpost.com)
  18. ^ “USATODAY.com – Memorial sites move ahead at their own paces”. usatoday30.usatoday.com.
  19. ^ ReadNews.dbm | Search Results | IBOPE | Zogby Archived2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ “Grilled to Order – Page 1 – News – New York – Village Voice”.

References[edit]

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2009-09-00 Documentary 9/11: Press for Truth

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9/11: Press for Truth

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9/11: Press for Truth
Film poster
Directed byRay Nowosielski
Produced byJohn Duffy
Ray Nowosielski
Written byRay Nowosielski
Paul Thompson
Kyle Hence
StarringPatty Casazza
Lorie Van Auken
Mindy Kleinberg
Paul Thompson
Narrated byMichael Pritchard
Distributed byRyko Distribution
Release dateSeptember 10, 2006[1]
Running time85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

9/11: Press for Truth (also known as Press for Truth) is a 2006 documentary film about the September 11 attacks on the United States. Directed by the American filmmaker Ray Nowosielski, it was partially based on The Terror Timeline, by Paul Thompson.

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Development and release[edit]

Filmmakers Ray Nowosielski and John Duffy first became interested in making a film about the September 11 attacks when they found Paul Thompson’s Complete 911 Timeline website in spring 2003. After obtaining funding, they met Thompson in September 2004, who agreed to let them adapt his work.

The filmmakers also met Kyle Hence, who had co-founded 9/11 Citizens Watch, an advocacy organization which monitored the activities of the 9/11 Commission on behalf of the public and was in close contact with the 9/11 Family Steering Committee. He agreed to join the production as executive producer (eventually also becoming a co-producer and co-writer), and in the spring of 2005, helped them get interviews with three of the “Jersey Girls” (widows of individuals killed in the attacks).

Production ended in December 2005, with post-production completed in July 2006.

The film premiered theatrically in September 2006 in New York City and the San Francisco Bay area. It received a simultaneous limited DVD release in over fifty cities across America as well as Canada, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Australia, and Japan.

Summary[edit]

9/11: Press for Truth follows three of the Jersey Girls, as well as some other family members in their search for answers about the September 11 attacks. Among their questions were:

  • “Why had the U.S. military defenses failed to stop any of the four hijacked planes?”
  • “Why was there a lack of immediate response by the president and his secret service detail?”
  • “Why did the buildings fall?”
  • “How did U.S. intelligence miss the escape of terrorists from Afghanistan to Pakistan during time of war?”
  • “Why did the U.S. consider Pakistan an ally in the fight against terrorism when Pakistan’s own intelligence service, ISI, apparently was funding terrorism?”

The film uses archive news footage, interviews, press conferences and newspaper clippings to document the attacks and the establishment and workings of the 9/11 Commission. The film can be roughly divided into three sections:

The first part of the film describes the efforts to pressure the U.S. government into setting up a formal investigation and shows how eventually the decision was made to create the 9/11 Commission. The family members in turn, set up a group called the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, to monitor the Commission and provide it with additional questions. The film shows some of the initial stumbles of the Commission, such as the resignation of Henry Kissinger, the original chairman of the Commission, after receiving criticism for refusing to release the names of all his firm’s clients. It denounces some of the decisions of the Bush Administration, such as only allowing certain members of the Commission to review sensitive White House documents, and president George W. Bush and vice president Dick Cheney agreeing to meet with the Commission, but only together, behind closed doors and not under oath. The segment ends with the Jersey Girls complaining that the eventual report of the 9/11 Commission failed to meet their expectations.

The second part begins by expounding the Jersey Girls’ complaints of what they perceive as unsatisfactory coverage by the U.S. news media. It introduces Paul Thompson, who discusses what he claims is evidence showing the U.S. government was aware of the threat of planes being flown into buildings, and that it ignored numerous warnings from foreign countries. He then describes the August 6, 2001 President’s Daily Brief (entitled “Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US“) that gave a general warning about a possible attack.

The final part of the film looks at the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, detailing how Osama Bin Laden, along with top members of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, was able to repeatedly escape while being chased by U.S. forces, eventually fleeing to Pakistan. It also elaborates briefly on the Soviet–Afghan War and how the Afghan Muhajadeen, some elements of which later played a role in Al-Qaeda, were funded by the U.S. to fight the Soviets. This is followed by a look at Indian claims that Pakistani intelligence service ISI was involved in funding the 9/11 hijackers, and blames the 9/11 Commission for a lack of attention to this investigational avenue. The film concludes with a final reflection on what it sees as shortcomings in the U.S. news media.

Reception[edit]

The film was reviewed by New Zealand news site Scoop.co.nz,[1] The New American,[2] The Stanford Daily,[3] Santa Maria Sun,[4] The Hartford Courant,[5] Slant Magazine,[6] The Indianapolis Star,[7] NUVO,[8] The Albuquerque Tribune,[9] Polish magazine Przekrój,[10] and Glenn Erickson from DVD Talk.[11]

Nowosielski and Duffy later produced the documentary Who is Rich Blee, deducing the identities of several CIA agents inside the Bin Laden Issue Station in the years immediately before 2001. Before publication, the CIA threatened them under the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. Their documentary was posted with the names redacted. But they claim their webmaster accidentally posted some emails that contained the identities.[12][13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b Michael Collins (September 11, 2006). “Film Review: 9/11 Press for Truth”. Scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  2. ^ Jasper, William F. (December 25, 2006). “Pressing for the Truth on 9/11”. The New American. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  3. ^ Vaughn, Emma (October 31, 2006). “911 call on 9/11 response”. The Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  4. ^ Shawna Galassi (September 9, 2006). “9/11 film digs into the past”. Santa Maria Sun. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  5. ^ Larry Williams (September 14, 2006). “Good video hunting, movies worth searching for”. The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  6. ^ Ed Gonzalez (August 31, 2006). “9/11: Press for Truth”. Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  7. ^ Bonnie Britton (September 7, 2006). “Disturbing 9/11 film is work of Hoosier”. The Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original on September 7, 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  8. ^ Laura McPhee. “Sept. 11 and the pursuit of truth: New documentary examines unanswered questions”. NUVO. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  9. ^ J.A. Montalbano (March 30, 2007). “‘Truth’ questions government’s 9/11 story”. The Albuquerque Tribune. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  10. ^ Małgorzata Sadowska (August 31, 2006). “Koniec żałoby?”. Przekrój. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  11. ^ Glenn Erickson (September 12, 2006). “9/11 Press For Truth”. DVD Talk. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  12. ^ Boiling Frogs podcast, Sibel Edmonds, 2011
  13. ^ Insiders voice doubts about CIA’s 9/11 story, Rory O’Connor and Ray Nowosielski, Oct 2011, salon.com
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2016-08-31 Senator Bob Graham discusses ’28 pages’ of classified 9/11 investigation

Posted on June 27, 2021 by mekorganic

Senator Bob Graham discusses ’28 pages’ of classified 9/11 investigation

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., who led the intelligence committee that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York and Washington, discussed the significance of the newly released 28-pages of classified document that show a strong link between the terrorists and the government of Saudi Arabia at a National Press Club Newsmaker event at on Aug. 31, 2016.

Some comments from viewers:

An unbelievable cover up has occurred and the fact that it is so huge and truly bizarre few people will have what it takes to absorb the enormity of this crime and subsequent cover up.

Interesting, isn’t it, how now we’re all focused on a mere 28 pages of the 800 page, 9/11 Omission Report… and no longer bother about the fact that the other 772 pages are also full of lies, omissions and outright fairy-tales. Interesting sleight of hand technique they’ve used, by redacting 28 pages, and getting us all to kick up a stink about those 28 pages (and ONLY those 28 pages) it’s almost as if somehow this legitimizes the rest of the report.

Never answered the question about Iraqi families sueing the United states as they were invaded wrongly. Funny how nothing is asked about how buildings can come down at free fall acceleration or about the fact no planes were involved save for the ones that left Boston and landed fifteen minutes later at the airforce base where the passengers were executed and incinerated in the industrial incineration units at the base. Nothing mentioned that control of NORAD was required to pull off the attack. They just skitter right around the real issues by never talking about it. Do your damn job senator.

Saudi involvement another smokescreen. Look no further than Bush Cheney and Rumsfeld

Now, if we can just investigate why building 7 fell in New York City, why the hole in the Pentagon wasn’t big enough for the plane that was claimed to crash into it, why there was NO wreckage for the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania, and to answer the many other questions surrounding 9/11. Bob Graham goes far into saying it was an inside job. Now let’s get the whole truth.

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2016-07-16 Wrongly classified? 28 pages of 9/11 report analyzed

Posted on June 27, 2021 by mekorganic

Wrongly classified? 28 pages of 9/11 report analyzedYouTube · 8,000+ views · 7/18/2016 · by RT America

Comments from viewers:

The Bush and Clinton families are both closely tied with Saudi Arabia financially. Policies need to be created to target and cut these ties.

Even with the redactions. This clearly shows President Bush had evidence linking Saudi Arabia to 9-11 yet classified it and attacked Afghanistan to cover up the Saudi link. By any standard this is aiding an enemy that attacked America and covering up evidence. Or as its better known an Act of Treason. So why isnt anyone calling it what it is?

What it says? Simple: The US knew they didn’t had to go in Iraq, but they still went. Ask yourselves why, and there’s the answer. It fits the agenda of destabilize the middle east for Israel.

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2003-07-30 Bush Won’t Reveal Saudi 9/11 Info

Posted on June 27, 2021 by mekorganic

2003-07-30 Bush Won’t Reveal Saudi 9/11 Info

President Bush refused on Tuesday to release a congressional report alleging possible links between Saudi Arabian officials and the Sept. 11 hijackers. The White House sought to question a Saudi citizen who befriended two of the hijackers.

Bush said he could not comply with a request by the Saudi foreign minister for a chance to clear the Arab kingdom’s name because publication of the report could hurt U.S. intelligence operations.

The foreign minister, Saud al-Faisal, said he was disappointed but understood.

The information is widely believed to center on Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Osama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 hijackers. Saudi Arabia has vehemently denied supporting the hijackers.

Sources tell CBS the redacted section lays out a money trail between Saudi Arabia and supporters of al Qaeda, reports CBS White House Chief Correspondent John Roberts.

Among others, it singles out Omar al-Bayoumi, who gave financial assistance to 9-11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Midhar.

The FBI charges al-Bayoumi, an official of the Saudi civil aviation authority, never lacked for money and is believed to have received funds from a charitable trust run by the wife of the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. The Saudis, for all their protestations of cooperating in the war on terror, still refuse to allow the FBI access to al-Bayoumi.

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal called suggestions of such links “an outrage to any sense of fairness” and said his country had been “wrongfully and morbidly accused of complicity in the attacks.”

“Twenty-eight blank pages are now considered substantial evidence to proclaim the guilt of a country that has been a true friend and partner of the United States for over 60 years,” the foreign minister said.

After the White House meeting, Saud spoke for about an hour with national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. He said later she told him U.S. authorities want to question Bayoumi.

Saud said he replied that FBI and CIA agents in Saudi Arabia could freely question Bayoumi, who was questioned already by American, British and Saudi investigators. They found “no proof” of a connection to the terror attacks, Saud told reporters at the Saudi Embassy.

The Saudis have complained that they cannot respond to a report they cannot see. But Bush made plain he has no intention of declassifying the material.

“I absolutely have no qualms at all because there’s an ongoing investigation into the 9-11 attacks, and we don’t want to compromise that investigation,” Mr. Bush said at an earlier news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Rose Garden.

“If people are being investigated, it doesn’t make sense for us to let them know who they are,” Mr. Bush told reporters before meeting with al-Faisal.

Moreover, Mr. Bush said, “declassification of that part of a 900-page document would reveal sources and methods that would make it harder for us to win the war on terror. … It would help the enemy if they knew our sources and methods.”

The decision came against a background of controversy over whether officials in Saudi Arabia had connections with the terrorists.

Earlier, citing the Saudi ambassador’s claim that his country has “nothing to hide,” Sen. Bob Graham called on Mr. Bush to release the report.

Doing so “will permit the Saudi government to deal with any questions which may be raised in the currently censored pages, and allow the American people to make their own judgment about who are our true friends and allies in the war on terrorism,” Graham, D-Fla., said in a letter to Mr. Bush. Graham, who co-chaired the inquiry, is a Democratic presidential candidate.

After the report was released last Thursday, Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan issued a statement saying that “28 blanked-out pages are being used by some to malign our country and our people.”

“Saudi Arabia has nothing to hide. We can deal with questions in public, but we cannot respond to blank pages,” he said.

Citing those comments, Graham said Bandar “has joined in asking that the pages be declassified.”

House and Senate members released the full, 850-page report finding a series of errors and miscommunications kept U.S. authorities from pursuing clues before the attacks. The 28-page section dealing with “sensitive national security matters” was almost entirely redacted.

First published on July 30, 2003 / 7:35 AM

© 2003 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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