9/11 Smoking Guns Found in
the Mainstream Media
Last updated: 11/08/05 |
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PLANNED BEFORE...
1.. 1962 - US military drafted plans (Operation Northwoods) to
commit terror in US cities and kill innocent Americans to trick public
into supporting war against Cuba. (ABC)
PREPARATION...
2.. '99, NORAD starts conducting exercises in which airplanes
are hijacked and crashed into targets which include the WTC and
Pentagon. (USA Today)
3.. Oct. '00, Pentagon conducts emergency training exercises of
a mock passenger plane crash into the Pentagon. (Army)
4.. April '01, NORAD requested a war games event of having a
terrorist group hijack a commercial airline and fly it into the
Pentagon. (Boston Globe)
5.. June '01, a major terrorist exercise (Mall Strike 2001) is
conducted in a PA county next to the one where Flight 93 crashes.
(FEMA, PittsburgLive)
6.. Aug '01, Raytheon and US Air Force successfully land
pilot-less Boeing 727 using military GPS landing system that enables
ground control to take control of hijacked plane. (Der Spiegel,
Raytheon)
7.. Sept. '01, 25,000 British troops ensemble in Oman near
Afghanistan for Operation Swift Sword and will help US in attacking
OBL. (BBC, Telegraph)
8.. US pulls the plug on Muslim websites days before 9/11.
(Guardian)
9.. Sept. 7, Jeb Bush puts the FL National Guard on alert.
(MyFlorida.com, WorldNetDaily)
10.. FEMA rescuer says he was deployed to NYC night before 9/11.
(CBS video)
11.. FEMA was scheduled to participate in an attack drill in NYC
the day after 9/11. (9/11 Commission, NYC.gov)
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE...
12.. Attorney General John Ashcroft stops flying commercial
aircrafts three months before 9/11. (CBS)
13.. Salman Rushdie given US air ban week before 9/11. (Ananova)
14.. Sept. 8, Marine Aviation group moves further away from
where explosion at the Pentagon will happen. (Leatherneck)
15.. Sept. 10, Rumsfeld announces Pentagon lost track of $2.3
trillion. (CBS, Dept. of Defense)
16.. Sept. 10, group of top Pentagon officials canceled travel
plans for next morning because of security concerns. (Newsweek)
17.. San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown receives travel warning
eight hours before attacks. (SF Chronicle)
18.. Employees at Israeli instant messaging company received
text message warnings about attacks 2 hours prior. (Haaretz, Washington
Post)
19.. Rumsfeld predicts terrorist attack in US 2 minutes before
1st WTC plane crash (Fayetteville Observer) and later predicts Pentagon
crash minutes prior. (Telegraph)
20.. White House staff given Cipro on 9/11, full month before
first cases of anthrax reported. (Washington Post)
DECOYING, STAND DOWN...
21.. Sept. 9, NORAD conducts operation "Northern Vigilance,"
planned months in advance, which deploys fighter jets to the Alaskan
region. (NORAD, Toronto Star)
22.. Three F-16 jetfighters from Andrews AFB, 15 miles from
Pentagon, are flown 180 miles away for training mission morning of
9/11. (Aviation Week)
23.. Andrews AFB, home to DC Air National Guard and Air Force 1
& 2, had no jetfighters on alert on 9/11. (Newsday, USA Today)
24.. CIA planned exercise to simulate plane crash into
government building morning of 9/11. (Boston Globe, USA Today)
25.. NORAD was running war game called 'Vigilant Guardian' in
which the commander in charge thought first hijacking was "part of the
exercise." (Aviation Week, New York Observer)
26.. FAA bans takeoffs at 9:26 am for all civilian, military, or
law enforcement aircraft (FAA, Time)
27.. Shootdown authorization was not communicated to NORAD until
28 minutes after Flight 93 crashed. (9/11 Commission, Seattle Post)
28.. Rumsfeld, Gen. Myers confirm there were total of four
wargames on 9/11 from Rep. McKinney questioning. (C-SPAN)
WTC ATTACK...
29.. March '01, X-Files spin off show depicts US plot to hijack
a Boeing 727 and crash it into WTC to blame foreign terrorists to
provoke war. (FOX)
30.. WTC landlord leased the entire WTC complex 6 six weeks
before the attacks. (CBS, Washington Times)
31.. Two week heightened security alert at WTC is lifted and
bomb-sniffing dogs are abruptly removed days before 9/11. (Newsday)
32.. Occupant in WTC says weeks before attacks they had
"unusual" amount of evacuations from WTC and says he thinks "they had
an inkling something was going on." (Time)
33.. Basement worker of North WTC North hears explosion below
him, then a rumble above him, then saw severely burnt man come out of
basement elevator. (CNN)
34.. CEO from South WTC is invited to early morning charity
event at Offutt AFB hosted by billionaire Warren Buffett and is
escorted to TV by military officers and sees 2nd plane crash into her
offices. (Forbes, SF Business Times)
35.. Rudy Giuliani says he was told South WTC was going to
collapse. (ABC)
36.. WTC landlord says he gets a call from a fire chief about
the WTC 7 and he recommends to him to "pull it" and after they "decided
to pull," they all watched the 7 collapse. (PBS video)
37.. Four WTC rescuers say they were waited around for WTC 7 to
collapse. (New York Times)
38.. The collapse of the 47 story WTC 7 skyscraper hardly gets
any media attention. (New York Times)
39.. WTC 7 becomes first steel high-rise building in history to
collapse solely from an alleged fire. (Chicago Tribune, Stanford Report)
40.. Passport is found belonging to alleged hijacker who's plane
crashed into WTC. (CNN)
41.. Company hired to help clean up Ground Zero is control
demolition experts, Controlled Demolition Inc. (Waste Age)
42.. FEMA report concludes specifics of WTC 7 fires and how they
caused it to collapse remain unknown and call for further
investigation. (FEMA)
43.. WTC surveillance tapes missing. (Fort Wayne Sentinel/AP)
44.. Preliminary tests show steel quality did not contribute to
twin towers' collapse. (Boston Globe, Pittsburg Live)
45.. Fire in 56-story Venezuelan skyscraper spreads over 26
floors and burns for over 17 hours, but does not collapse. (CBS)
46.. WTC Ground Zero workers claim they helped FBI find 3 of the
4 black boxes from planes that struck WTC, contradicting official
accounts that none were found. (Philadelphia Daily News)
47.. WTC landlord profits over $1.5 billion from his entire WTC
being destroyed. (ABC, Wall St Journal)
PENTAGON ATTACK...
48.. Emergency equipment for Pentagon's emergency plane crash
plans were already out of storage for inventory check before Pentagon
crash. (Army)
49.. Sept. 10, Pentagon medic is on the phone with FBI talking
about who has command of their emergency plane crash plan. (Army)
50.. Hours before crash, a Pentagon medic was studying disaster
plan based on unlikely scenario of a plane crashing into building.
(Washington Post)
51.. Flight 77 is piloted by ex-Navy fighter pilot who worked on
anti-terrorism strategies in same area of Pentagon hit by his plane and
a
passenger on board is an ex-Navy Admiral, jet fighter pilot, and
American Airlines captain who also worked at Pentagon. (Newsday,
Washington Post)
52.. Flight 77's radar stops near Ohio/Kentucky border and is
the only one of the four hijacked planes that wasn't able to be tracked
all the way. (Flight Explorer, Washington Post)
53.. Multiple fire and medical units dispatched near Pentagon
minutes before crash for high-rise apt. fire that was reported out when
1st responder arrived. (Arlington County, Fire Engineering)
54.. Pentagon crash happened at only section being renovated to
bolster it against an attack which severely limited damage and loss of
life. (USA Today)
55.. Gas station and hotel's security cameras recorded Pentagon
crash, but FBI arrived within minutes and confiscated films. (CNN,
National Geographic)
56.. Alleged Flight 77 hijacker pilot was described as a
horrible pilot and wasn't on the flight manifest. (CBS, NY Times)
57.. Live at Pentagon crash, CNN reporter says there's no
evidence a plane crashed anywhere near the building. (CNN)
58.. Boy on Flight 77 is lectured by military father about dying
who subsequently takes 'rare day off' from working in same area of
Pentagon that son's plane will later crash into. (MSNBC)
59.. Pentagon construction worker says on Larry King Live that
plane that hit Pentagon had 'fewer engines' than the other 9/11 planes.
(CNN)
PENNSYLVANIA CRASH...
60.. Rumsfeld says Flight 93 was shot down in speech. (CNN)
ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN...
61.. '94, US intel warned that terrorists might attack US using
airplanes as weapons (CNN, CBS) and was warned in '95 of plot to hijack
planes and attack the Pentagon and CIA headquarters. (CNN)
62.. CIA had low-level spies inside Al Qaeda three years before
attacks. (Reuters)
63.. Five of the alleged 9/11 hijackers receive training at
secure US military bases. (MSNBC)
64.. Jan. 2000, CIA information about 2 alleged 9/11 hijackers
in San Diego is squelched before reaching FBI. (LA Times)
65.. US agents told to back off bin Ladens soon after Bush
becomes president. (Ananova)
66.. June '01, convicted terrorist provided US with specific
info about a terrorist attack, some was used in Aug. 6th memo.
(Newsweek)
67.. June 2001, Dept. of Defense changes hijacking rules, first
time since 1997. (DoD)
68.. July 2001, suspected 9/11 mastermind receives US visa
despite '96 terrorist indictment. (ABC)
69.. Armed pilots banned 2 months before 9/11.
(WorldNetDaily)
70.. July '01, briefing for senior US officials warns of
spectacular attacks by terrorists with little or no warnings. (CNN)
71.. Aug '01, Israeli security issued urgent warning to CIA of
large-scale terror attacks. (Telegraph)
72.. Aug '01, Taliban warns US of huge attack from bin Laden.
(BBC)
73.. Aug 6, CIA memo titled "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in
US" warns Bush of attacks and plane hijackings in the US by OBL. (ABC,
FOX)
74.. FAA chiefs received 52 warnings in 6 months time period
before 9/11. (New York Times)
75.. All 4 hijacked planes were well below normal passenger
loads, averaging only 27% full. (CNN, Washington Post)
76.. FBI whistle-blower says bosses ignored 9/11 warnings. (Time)
77.. FBI translator Sibel Edmonds: 'I Saw Papers That Show
US Knew al-Qaida Would Attack Cities With Airplanes' (Independent UK)
78.. 9/11 Commission Chairman: 'Attack Was Preventable.' (CBS)
COVER-UP...
79.. Ari Fleischer claims that Bush received no warnings about
the attacks. (White House)
80.. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani bans all video and photography at
Ground Zero. (Boston Globe)
81.. President Bush (White House), Gen. Richard Myers (DoD),
Condoleezza Rice (CBS), Sect. Mineta and some NORAD officials all deny
anybody was aware of the idea that terrorists would use airplanes as
weapons. (Seattle Post)
82.. Five months after 9/11, Pentagon security photos of crash
are released, but Pentagon says gov't didn't 'officially' release them.
(CNN)
83.. Bush Administration oppose a 9/11 investigation. (CBS)
84.. Bush names former Henry Kissinger to head 9/11
investigations. (CNN, CBS)
85.. Bush names Homeland Security Project Co-Chair who has
business link to husband of OBL's sister to head 9/11 panel. (Fortune)
86.. 9/11 investigations get only $3 million budget and 16 month
time frame. (Washington Times)
87.. White House refuses to release 900-page Sept. 11
congressional report. (Miami Herald)
88.. 9/11 panel criticizes Defense, Justice dept's for not
cooperating fully and CIA, FBI for intimidating witnesses. (ABC,
Guardian)
89.. White House, CIA kept key portions of 9/11 report
classified dealing with Saudi Arabia and reject Saudi requests to
declassify. (Washington Post, Reuters)
90.. 9/11 Commission has to interview two of it's own members
about attacks. (UPI)
91.. Bush and Speaker Hastert oppose granting more time for 9/11
Commission. (Washington Post)
92.. Bush Admin gags Sibel Edmonds from speaking to 9/11
Commission about attack foreknowledge. (Independent UK)
93.. Bush, Cheney meet together behind closed doors with 9/11
Commission without recorders, stenographer, or being under oath. (CNN)
94.. FAA manager mangled, cut, and destroyed 9/11 tapes.
(Washington Post)
95.. 9/11 report shows much of common wisdom about 9/11 was
wrong. (9/11 Commission, Straights Times)
96.. Alleged 9/11 mastermind and 10 other Al Qaeda suspects
"missing" in US custody. (San Jose Mercury)
97.. NORAD takes their 9/11 response timeline off website after
US Senator accuses them and FAA of lying. (NORAD, Star Tribune)
98.. Inquiry begins about unreleased 9/11 report about civilian,
military response timeline and will stay unreleased until after
elections. (NY Times)
99.. Alleged 9/11 hijacker rented room from FBI informant, FBI
covered fact up. (Village Voice)
100.. Box cutters weren't allowed pre-9/11 by airlines industry.
(9/11 Commission, CBS)
CULPRITS...
101.. Of the 18 PNAC members who urged the US to remove Saddam
in '98, 10 will be in the new Bush Admin. (ABC)
102.. Sept. 10, Former Pres. and ex-CIA dir. Bush Sr. met with
Osama's brother at Carlyle Group meeting in D.C. (Washington Post) and
is at the White House morning of attacks. (CBS)
103.. Sen. Graham, Rep. Goss, and other US Intel committee
members have meeting morning of 9/11 with Paki ISI director who had
authorized $100,000 wire transfer to Atta. (Wall St Journal, Washington
Post)
104.. Elite Israeli military commando who understands Arabic is
seated near all hijackers on Flight 11. (WorldNetDaily)
105.. Bush twice says he saw WTC plane crash live on TV at
Booker Elementary. (Boston Herald, White House)
106.. Bush proceeds with scheduled reading event after Rice
tells him a commercial plane hit the WTC. (9/11 Commission)
107.. Chief of Staff Card whispers to Bush about 2nd WTC crash
and says 'America is under attack' and immediately leaves without
seeing if Bush would respond. (Boston Herald)
108.. After being told of attacks, Bush picks up book and reads
with kids for 11 mins and after finishing, takes a few questions from
kids before leaving. (FOX, St. Petersburg Times)
109.. Bush gives speech at school exactly the same time he was
scheduled to make speech there day before. (Federal News Service)
110.. Solicitor Gen. Ted Olson--who has admitted the US gov't
lies and helped stopped FL recount that sealed '00 Bush win--claims
wife Barbara called him collect from Flight 77 twice and is sole source
that hijackers used box cutters. (9/11 Commission, MSNBC, USA Today)
111.. Israeli spies caught cheering while filming themselves
with WTC burning in background. (ABC, The Forward)
112.. Sept. 6, large put options placed on United, American
Airlines, Boeing and some purchases made through bank which used to be
headed by Exec. CIA Director Buzzy Krongard. (Chicago Tribune, SF
Chronicle)
113.. Bush is never evacuated by Secret Service from School.
(Globe & Mail)
114.. Air Force Gen. Myers claims was never informed 2nd WTC
crash and only became aware of it about same time Pentagon hit. (DoD)
115.. Former Israeli PM Netanyahu is asked what 9/11 attacks
meant Israeli/US relations and he replies "It's very good." (CBS)
116.. Bush Admin allows Bin Laden family and top Saudi officials
to evacuated from US before general public flight restrictions were
lifted. (NY Times, Tampa Tribune)
117.. Bush signs Airline Transportation Stabilization Act which
if 9/11 victim's families except, they can't sue airlines or US gov't
for any reason. (Gurdian, LA Times)
118.. Rumsfeld says in a magazine interview that Pentagon was
hit by a "missile." (DoD)
119.. Bush refers to 9/11 as "an interesting day." (White House)
120.. Madrid bombings happen exactly 911 days after 9/11. (News
24, Snopes.com)
MOTIVES...
121.. 1998, PNAC calls for a war in Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein
who they say threatens Israel and the world's oil supply. (ABC, PNAC)
122.. Sept. 2000, PNAC calls to increase US defense budget, but
says won't happen absent a catastrophic event like a "new Pearl
Harbor." (ABC, PNAC)
123.. Sept. 5, Rumsfeld asks the Senate to approve new '02
defense budget which has largest spending increase since the mid 80's.
(DoD)
124.. Council on Foreign Relation member Gary Hart says 9/11
attacks is chance for Bush to carry out a "new world order." (CFR)
125.. Only 1 1/2 months after 9/11, the 342 page USA PATRIOT ACT
is signed into law. (White House)
126.. Dept. of Homeland Security is created to lead the fight
against domestic terrorism. (CBS)
127.. Poll Cites GOP Gains Since 9/11. (Washington Post)
Afghanistan
128.. 1997, Taleban are in Texas for talks with Unocal about an
Afghan pipeline (BBC); Feb '98, Unocal rep testifies before congress
that an Afghan pipeline can't happen without a single stable Afghan
gov't and asks the US to use it's influence to end conflicts there (US
House of Reps); Aug. '98, Unocal suspends Afghan pipeline activities
because of deteriorating political conditions there (Unocal), then
drops out of Afghan pipeline consortium in Dec '98. (Unocal)
129.. 1999, US paid entire annual salary of Taliban gov'tl in
hopes to secure a stable Afghan gov't to allow US companies to build a
pipeline there to connect to the Caspian Sea. (SF Chronicle)
130.. July 2000, Taliban bans cultivation of opium poppies in
Afghanistan. (BBC)
131.. May 2001, US gives $43 million to Afghanistan and becomes
their largest donor two years in a row. (CNN)
132.. July 2001, US plans an attack on OBL and the Taliban.
(BBC, Guardian)
133.. U.S. OK'd a plan the day before 9/11 to topple the Taliban
and expel OBL. (MSNBC)
134.. Dec. 2002, Afghan gas pipeline deal signed. (BBC, SF
Chronicle)
135.. By 2005, Afghanistan opium production surges. (USA Today)
Iraq
136.. Bush made plans for ousting Saddam and for Iraq's oil
before 9/11 attacks. (BBC)
137.. Barely 5 hrs after the Pentagon crash, Rumsfeld begins
strike plans against Iraq. (CBS)
138.. Bush admin was warned statements that Iraq trained Al
Qaeda in weapon making was fabricated, yet they would later use same
statements as foundation for military action in Iraq (NY Times, AFP),
poll later finds 70% Americans believe Saddam-9/11 link (CNN, White
House), Downing Street Memo warned Saddam not a threat and US fixed
intel around their war policy (London Times, Washington Post), CIA
report later concludes no WMD's in Iraq as Bush used to help justify
war (CNN, BBC)
139.. White House officials say privately 9/11 was main reason
for war in Iraq (ABC), Bush says US is in Iraq because of 9/11 attacks.
(CNN, White House)
PATSIES...
140.. July '01, OBL wanted by US since '98, undergoes medical
treatment at the American Hospital in Dubai and is met by the local CIA
chief. (Guradian)
141.. May '01, several alleged jackers seen at Vegas Strip clubs
(SF Chronicle); Sept. 7, Atta seen 'wasted' at FL bar. (St. Petersburg
Times); Sept. 10, Atta and two Arab men spew anti-American sentiments
at FL strip club, spend hundreds on drinks and lap dances, and copy of
Quran and business card are left behind. (USA Today)
142.. Sept. 10, OBL undergoes kidney dialysis at Pakistani
military hospital in which a "secret team" replaces regular urology
staff. (CBS)
143.. CIA says 1st WTC plane crash was an attack and Dir. Tenet
blames OBL for attacks even before 2nd plane crashes (ABC) and the US
is claiming Osama bin Laden is behind the attacks before the day is
over. (ABC, The Post)
144.. Taliban rulers condemn attacks and says Bin Laden didn't
have the means to carry out such well-orchestrated attacks. (TCM News)
145.. 7 of alleged 19 hijackers are reported alive, FBI Director
admits some identities are in doubt. (BBC, LA Times)
146.. Hijacker remains from Flight 77, 93 hijackers were
identified at same military base and by a "process of elimination."
(CBS)
147.. Dec 2001, Osama bin Laden reportedly dies. (FOX, Mirror
UK, NY Times)
148.. Dec 2001, Pentagon releases poor quality video showing
'OBL' bragging about attacks, but is seen writing with right hand which
FBI says he's left-handed, wearing a gold ring and watch which are
forbidden in Islam, and Bush Admin uses this video to vindicate US
invading Afghan. (USA Today, FBI)
149.. Video of OBL admitting to attacks is released 4 days
before '04 election and gives Bush a boost in polls. (ABC, NY Daily
News, Zogby)
150.. Secret FBI report doubts Al Qaeda can stage another
9/11-type attack and says it knows of no sleeper cells in US. (ABC)
151.. Mohammed Atta's father says Atta called him on the phone
on Sept. 12. (Guardian)
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