News of the USA, a Nation in Dire Distress
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9/11 Truthers are Nuts!
Or are they?
Let's take a look:
MILITARY LEADERS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan
(Col. Ronald D. Ray) said that the official story of 9/11 is "the dog
that doesn't hunt" (bio)
Director of the U.S. "Star Wars" space defense program in both
Republican and Democratic administrations, who was a senior air force
colonel who flew 101 combat missions (Col. Robert Bowman) stated that
9/11 was an inside job. He also said:
"If our government had merely [done] nothing, and I say that as an
old interceptor pilot—I know the drill, I know what it takes, I know
how long it takes, I know what the procedures are, I know what they
were, and I know what they've changed them to—if our government had
merely done nothing, and allowed normal procedures to happen on that
morning of 9/11, the Twin Towers would still be standing and
thousands of dead Americans would still be alive. [T]hat is treason!"
U.S. Army Air Defense Officer and NORAD Tac Director, decorated with
the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and the Soldiers Medal (Capt.
Daniel Davis) stated:
"there is no way that an aircraft . . . would not be intercepted when
they deviate from their flight plan, turn off their transponders, or
stop communication with Air Traffic Control ... Attempts to obscure
facts by calling them a 'conspiracy Theory' does not change the
truth. It seems, 'Something is rotten in the State.' "
President of the U.S. Air Force Accident Investigation Board, who
also served as Pentagon Weapons Requirement Officer and as a member
of the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review, and who was awarded
Distinguished Flying Crosses for Heroism, four Air Medals, four
Meritorious Service Medals, and nine Aerial Achievement Medals (Lt.
Col. Jeff Latas) is a member of a group which doubts the government's
version of 9/11
U.S. General, Commanding General of U.S. European Command and Supreme
Allied Commander Europe, decorated with the Bronze Star, Silver Star,
and Purple Heart (General Wesley Clark) said "We've never finished
the investigation of 9/11 and whether the administration actually
misused the intelligence information it had. The evidence seems
pretty clear to me. I've seen that for a long time."
Air Force Colonel and key Pentagon official (Lt. Colonel Karen
Kwiatkowski) finds various aspects of 9/11 suspicious
Lieutenant colonel, 24-year Air Force career, Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs at the Defense Language Institute (Lt. Colonel Steve
Butler) said "Of course Bush knew about the impending attacks on
America. He did nothing to warn the American people because he needed
this war on terrorism."
Two-Star general (Major General Albert Stubbelbine) questions the
attack on the Pentagon
U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, former instructor at the USAF Fighter
Weapons School and NATO's Tactical Leadership Program, with a 20-year
Air Force career (Lt. Colonel Guy S. Razer) said the following:
"I am 100% convinced that the attacks of September 11, 2001 were
planned, organized, and committed by treasonous perpetrators that
have infiltrated the highest levels of our government ....
Those of us in the military took an oath to "support and defend the
Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic". Just because we have retired does not make that oath
invalid, so it is not just our responsibility, it is our duty to
expose the real perpetrators of 9/11 and bring them to justice, no
matter how hard it is, how long it takes, or how much we have to
suffer to do it.
We owe it to those who have gone before us who executed that same
oath, and who are doing the same thing in Iraq and Afghanistan right
now. Those of us who joined the military and faithfully executed
orders that were given us had to trust our leaders. The violation and
abuse of that trust is not only heinous, but ultimately the most
accurate definition of treason!"
U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, a fighter pilot with over 300
combat missions flown and a 21-year Marine Corps career (Lt. Colonel
Shelton F. Lankford) believes that 9/11 was an inside job, and said:
"This isn't about party, it isn't about Bush Bashing. It's about our
country, our constitution, and our future. ...
Your countrymen have been murdered and the more you delve into it the
more it looks as though they were murdered by our government, who
used it as an excuse to murder other people thousands of miles away.
If you ridicule others who have sincere doubts and who know factual
information that directly contradicts the official report and who
want explanations from those who hold the keys to our government, and
have motive, means, and opportunity to pull off a 9/11, but you are
too lazy or fearful, or ... to check into the facts yourself, what
does that make you? ....
Are you afraid that you will learn the truth and you can't handle
it? ..."
U.S. Navy 'Top Gun' pilot (Commander Ralph Kolstad) who questions the
official account of 9/11 and is calling for a new investigation,
says "When one starts using his own mind, and not what one was told,
there is very little to believe in the official story".
The Group Director on matters of national security in the U.S.
Government Accountability Office said that President Bush did not
respond to unprecedented warnings of the 9/11 disaster and conducted
a massive cover-up instead of accepting responsibility
Additionally, numerous military leaders from allied governments have
questioned 9/11, such as:
Canadian Minister of Defense, the top military leader of Canada (Paul
Hellyer)
Assistant German Defense Minister (Andreas Von Bulow)
Commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy (Anatoli Kornukov)
Chief of staff of the Russian armed forces (General Leonid Ivashov)
INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS
A 27-year CIA veteran, who chaired National Intelligence Estimates
and personally delivered intelligence briefings to Presidents Ronald
Reagan and George H.W. Bush, their Vice Presidents, Secretaries of
State, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many other senior government
officials (Raymond McGovern) said "I think at simplest terms, there's
a cover-up. The 9/11 Report is a joke", and is open to the
possibility that 9/11 was an inside job.
A 29-year CIA veteran, former National Intelligence Officer (NIO) and
former Director of the CIA's Office of Regional and Political
Analysis (William Bill Christison) said "I now think there is
persuasive evidence that the events of September did not unfold as
the Bush administration and the 9/11 Commission would have us
believe. ... All three [buildings that were destroyed in the World
Trade Center] were most probably destroyed by controlled demolition
charges placed in the buildings before 9/11." (and see this).
20-year Marine Corps infantry and intelligence officer, the second-
ranking civilian in U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence, and former CIA
clandestine services case officer (David Steele) stated that "9/11
was at a minimum allowed to happen as a pretext for war", and it was
probably an inside job (see Customer Review dated October 7, 2006).
A decorated 20-year CIA veteran, whose Pulitzer-Prize winning
investigative reporter Seymour Hersh called "perhaps the best on-the-
ground field officer in the Middle East", and astounding career
formed the script for the Academy Award winning motion picture
Syriana (Robert Baer) said that"the evidence points at" 9/11 having
had aspects of being an inside job .
The Division Chief of the CIA's Office of Soviet Affairs, who served
as Senior Analyst from 1966 - 1990. He also served as Professor of
International Security at the National War College from 1986 - 2004
(Melvin Goodman) said "The final [9/11 Commission] report is
ultimately a coverup."
Professor of History and International Relations, University of
Maryland. Former Executive Assistant to the Director of the National
Security Agency. Former military attaché in China. 21-year career in
U.S. Army Intelligence (Major John M. Newman, PhD, U.S. Army)
questions the government's version of the events of 9/11.
The head of all U.S. intelligence, the Director of National
Intelligence (Mike McConnel) said "9/11 should have and could have
been prevented"
9/11 COMMISSIONERS
The 9/11 Commissioners knew that military officials lied to the
Commission, and considered recommending criminal charges for such
false statements, yet didn't bother to tell the American people (free
subscription required).
Indeed, the co-chairs of the Commission (Thomas Keane and Lee
Hamilton) now admit that the Commission largely operated based upon
political considerations.
9/11 Commission co-chair Lee Hamilton says "I don't believe for a
minute we got everything right", that the Commission was set up to
fail, that people should keep asking questions about 9/11, that the
9/11 debate should continue, and that the 9/11 Commission report was
only "the first draft" of history.
9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey said that "There are ample reasons to
suspect that there may be some alternative to what we outlined in our
version . . . We didn't have access . . . ."
9/11 Commissioner Timothy Roemer said "We were extremely frustrated
with the false statements we were getting"
Former 9/11 Commissioner Max Cleland resigned from the Commission,
stating: "It is a national scandal"; "This investigation is now
compromised"; and "One of these days we will have to get the full
story because the 9-11 issue is so important to America. But this
White House wants to cover it up".
The Senior Counsel to the 9/11 Commission (John Farmer) who led the
9/11 staff's inquiry, said "I was shocked at how different the truth
was from the way it was described .... The tapes told a radically
different story from what had been told to us and the public for two
years.... This is not spin. This is not true."
SCIENTISTS
A prominent physicist with 33 years of service for the Naval Research
Laboratory in Washington, DC (Dr. David L. Griscom) said that the
official theory for why the Twin Towers and world trade center
building 7 collapsed "does not match the available facts" and
supports the theory that the buildings were brought down by
controlled demolition
A world-renowned scientist, recipient of the National Medal of
Science, America's highest honor for scientific achievement (Dr. Lynn
Margulis) said:
"I suggest that those of us aware and concerned demand that the
glaringly erroneous official account of 9/11 be dismissed as a fraud
and a new, thorough, and impartial investigation be undertaken."
The former head of the Fire Science Division of the government agency
which claims that the World Trade Centers collapsed due to fire (the
National Institute of Standards and Technology), who is a Ph.D. in
mechanical engineering, with more than 25 years experience in fire
research and its applications, and is a professor in the Department
of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland (Dr.
James Quintiere), called for an independent review of the World Trade
Center Twin Tower collapse investigation. "I wish that there would be
a peer review of this," he said, referring to the NIST
investigation. "I think all the records that NIST has assembled
should be archived. I would really like to see someone else take a
look at what they've done; both structurally and from a fire point of
view. ... I think the official conclusion that NIST arrived at is
questionable."
Former Director for Research, Director for Aeronautical Projects, and
Flight Research Program Manager for NASA's Dryden Flight Research
Center, who holds masters degrees in both physics and engineering
(Dwain A. Deets) says:
"The many visual images (massive structural members being hurled
horizontally, huge pyroclastic clouds, etc.) leave no doubt in my
mind explosives were involved [in the destruction of the World Trade
Centers on 9/11].''
A prominent physicist, former U.S. professor of physics from a top
university, and a former principal investigator for the U.S.
Department of Energy, Division of Advanced Energy Projects (Dr.
Steven E. Jones) stated that the world trade centers were brought
down by controlled demolition
A U.S. physics professor who teaches at several universities (Dr.
Crockett Grabbe) believes that the World Trade Centers were brought
down by controlled demolition
An expert on demolition (Bent Lund) said that the trade centers were
brought down with explosives (in Danish)
A Dutch demolition expert (Danny Jowenko) stated that WTC 7 was
imploded
A safety engineer and accident analyst for the Finnish National
Safety Technology Authority (Dr. Heikki Kurttila) stated regarding
WTC 7 that "The great speed of the collapse and the low value of the
resistance factor strongly suggest controlled demolition."
A 13-year professor of metallurgical engineering at a U.S.
university, with a PhD in materials engineering, a former
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment Senior Staff Member
(Dr. Joel S. Hirschhorn), is calling for a new investigation of 9/11
A Danish professor of chemistry (Dr. Niels Harrit) said, in a
mainstream Danish newspaper, "WTC7 collapsed exactly like a house of
cards. If the fires or damage in one corner had played a decisive
role, the building would have fallen in that direction. You don't
have to be a woodcutter to grasp this" (translated)
A former guidance systems engineer for Polaris and Trident missiles
and professor emeritus, mathematics and computer science at a
university concluded (Dr. Bruce R. Henry) that the Twin Towers "were
brought down by planted explosives."
A professor of mathematics (Gary Welz) said "The official explanation
that I've heard doesn't make sense because it doesn't explain why I
heard and felt an explosion before the South Tower fell and why the
concrete was pulverized"
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS
A prominent engineer with 55 years experience, in charge of the
design of hundreds of major building projects including high rise
offices, former member of the California Seismic Safety Commission
and former member of the National Institute of Sciences Building
Safety Council (Marx Ayres) believes that the World Trade Centers
were brought down by controlled demolition (see also this)
Two professors of structural engineering at a prestigious Swiss
university (Dr. Joerg Schneider and Dr. Hugo Bachmann) said that, on
9/11, World Trade Center 7 was brought down by controlled demolition
(translation here)
Charles Pegelow, structural engineer, of Houston, Texas (and see this)
Dennis Kollar, structural engineer, of West Bend, Wisconsin
Doyle Winterton, structural engineer (retired)
Haluk Akol, Structural Engineer and architect (ret.)
William Rice, P.E., structural engineer, former professor of Vermont
Technical College
An architect, member of the American Institute of Architects, who has
been a practicing architect for 20 years and has been responsible for
the production of construction documents for numerous steel-framed
and fire-protected buildings for uses in many different areas,
including education, civic, rapid transit and industrial use (Richard
Gage) disputes the claim that fire and airplane damage brought down
the World Trade Centers and believes there is strong evidence of
controlled demolition (many other architects who question 9/11 are
listed here)
LEGAL SCHOLARS
Former Federal Prosecutor, Office of Special Investigations, U.S.
Department of Justice under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald
Reagan; former U.S. Army Intelligence officer, and currently a widely-
sought media commentator on terrorism and intelligence services (John
Loftus) questions the government's version of 9/11.
Former Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation; former
Professor of Aviation, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Aviation
and Professor of Public Policy, Ohio State University (Mary Schiavo)
questions the government's version of 9/11.
Professor of International Law at the University of Illinois,
Champaign; a leading practitioner and advocate of international law;
responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of
1989, the American implementing legislation for the 1972 Biological
Weapons Convention; served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty
International (1988-1992), and represented Bosnia- Herzegovina at the
World Court, with a Doctor of Law Magna Cum Laude as well as a Ph.D.
in Political Science, both from Harvard University (Dr. Francis
Boyle) questions the government's version of 9/11.
Former prosecutor in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of
the U.S. Justice Department and a key member of Attorney General
Bobby Kennedy's anti-corruption task force; former assistant U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (J. Terrence "Terry"
Brunner) questions the government's version of 9/11.
Professor Emeritus, International Law, Professor of Politics and
International Affairs, Princeton University; in 2001 served on the
three-person UN Commission on Human Rights for the Palestine
Territories, and previously, on the Independent International
Commission on Kosovo (Richard Falk) questions the government's
version of 9/11.
Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and
Director, Center for Human Rights, University of Iowa; Fellow, World
Academy of Art and Science. Honorary Editor, Board of Editors,
American Journal of International Law (Burns H. Weston) questions the
government's version of 9/11.
Former president of the National Lawyers Guild (C. Peter Erlinder),
who signed a petition calling for a real investigation into 9/11. And
see petition.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Troy University; associate
General Counsel, National Association of Federal Agents; Retired
Agent in Charge, Internal Affairs, U.S. Customs, responsible for the
internal integrity and security for areas encompassing nine states
and two foreign locations; former Federal Sky Marshall; 27-year U.S.
Customs career (Mark Conrad) questions the government's version of
9/11.
Professor of Law, University of Freiburg; former Minister of Justice
of West Germany (Horst Ehmke) questions the government's version of
9/11.
Director of Academic Programs, Institute for Policy and Economic
Development, University of Texas, El Paso, specializing in executive
branch secrecy policy, governmental abuse, and law and bureaucracy;
former U.S. Army Signals Intelligence officer; author of several
books on law and political theory (Dr. William G. Weaver) questions
the government's version of 9/11.
Famed trial attorney (Gerry Spence) questions the government's
version of 9/11.
Former Instructor of Criminal Trial Practice, Boalt Hall School of
Law, University of California at Berkeley 11-year teaching career.
Retired Chief Assistant Public Defender, Contra Costa County,
California 31-year career (William Veale) said:
"When you grow up in the United States, there are some bedrock
principles that require concerted effort to discard. One is the
simplest: that our leaders are good and decent people whose efforts
may occasionally warrant criticism but never because of malice or
venality... But one grows up. ... And with the lawyer's training
comes the reliance on evidence and the facts that persuade... After a
lot of reading, thought, study, and commiseration, I have come to the
conclusion that the attacks of 9/11 were, in their essence, an inside
job perpetrated at the highest levels of the U S government."
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
Current U.S. Senator (Patrick Leahy) states "The two questions that
the congress will not ask . . . is why did 9/11 happen on George
Bush's watch when he had clear warnings that it was going to happen?
Why did they allow it to happen?"
Current Republican Congressman (Ron Paul) states that "we see the
[9/11] investigations that have been done so far as more or less
cover-up and no real explanation of what went on"
Current Democratic Congressman (Dennis Kucinich) hints that we aren't
being told the truth about 9/11
Former Democratic Senator (Mike Gravel) states that he supports a new
9/11 investigation and that we don't know the truth about 9/11
Former U.S. Republican Congressman and senior member of the House
Armed Services Committee, and who served six years as the Chairman of
the Military Research and Development Subcommittee (Curt Weldon) has
shown that the U.S. tracked hijackers before 9/11, is open to hearing
information about explosives in the Twin Towers, and is open to the
possibility that 9/11 was an inside job
FAMILY MEMBERS AND HEROIC FIRST RESPONDERS
A common criticism of those who question 9/11 is that they are
being "disrespectful to the victims and their families".
However, half of the victim's families believe that 9/11 was an
inside job (according to the head of the largest 9/11 family group,
Bill Doyle) (and listen to this interview). Many family and friends
of victims not only support the search for 9/11 truth, but they
demand it (please ignore the partisan tone). See also this interview.
Indeed, it has now become so clear that the 9/11 Commission was a
whitewash that the same 9/11 widows who called for the creation of
the 9/11 Commission are now demanding a NEW investigation (see also
this video).
And dying heroes, soon-to-be victims themselves, the first responders
who worked tirelessly to save lives on and after 9/11, say that
controlled demolition brought down the Twin Towers and that a real
investigation is necessary.
PSYCHIATRISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS
Finally, those who attack people who question the government's
version of 9/11 as "crazy" may wish to review the list of mental
health professionals who have concluded that the official version of
9/11 is false:
Psychiatrist Carol S. Wolman, MD
Psychiatrist E. Martin Schotz
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Duke University Medical Center, as well as Radiology, at Duke
University Medical Center D. Lawrence Burk, Jr., MD
Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology and
Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Ruters University Barry R.
Komisaruk
Professor of Psychology at University of New Hampshire William
Woodward
Professor of Psychology at University of Essex Philip Cozzolino
Professor of Psychology at Goddard College Catherine Lowther
Professor Emeritus of Psychology at California Institute of Integral
Studies Ralph Metzner
Professor of Psychology at Rhodes University Mike Earl-Taylor
Retired Professor of Psychology at Oxford University Graham Harris
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska and
licensed Psychologist Ronald Feintech
Ph.D. Clinical Neuropsychologist Richard Welser
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS
The roster above is only a sample. There are too many Ph.D.
scientists and engineers, architects, military and intelligence
officials, politicians, legal scholars and other highly-credible
people who question 9/11 -- literally thousands -- to list in one
place. Here are a few additional people to consider:
The former director of the FBI (Louis Freeh) says there was a cover
up by the 9/11 Commission
Former air traffic controller, who knows the flight corridor which
the two planes which hit the Twin Towers flew "like the back of my
hand" and who handled two actual hijackings (Robin Hordon) says that
9/11 could not have occurred as the government says, and that planes
can be tracked on radar even when their transponders are turned off
(also, listen to this interview)
Perhaps "the premiere collapse expert in the country", who 9/11
Commissioner Timothy Roemer referred to as a "very, very respected
expert on building collapse", the head of the New York Fire
Department's Special Operations Command and the most highly decorated
firefighter in its NYFD history, who had previously "commanded rescue
operations at many difficult and complex disasters, including the
Oklahoma City Bombing, the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, and many
natural disasters worldwide" thought that the collapse of the South
Tower was caused by bombs, because the collapse of the building was
too even to have been caused by anything else (pages 5-6).
Former Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Warning under Nixon,
Ford, and Carter (Morton Goulder), former former Deputy Director to
the White House Task Force on Terrorism (Edward L. Peck), and former
US Department of State Foreign Service Officer (J. Michael
Springmann), as well as a who's who of liberals and independents)
jointly call for a new investigation into 9/11
Former FBI agent (Robert Wright) says "The FBI, rather than trying to
prevent a terrorist attack, was merely gathering intelligence so they
would know who to arrest when a terrorist attack occurred."
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg said that some of the
claims concerning government involvement in 9/11 are credible,
that "very serious questions have been raised about what they [U.S.
government officials] knew beforehand and how much involvement there
might have been", that engineering 9/11 would not be humanly or
psychologically beyond the scope of the current administration, and
that there's enough evidence to justify a new, "hard-hitting"
investigation into 9/11 with subpoenas and testimony taken under oath
Former FBI translator, who the Department of Justice's Inspector
General and several senators have called extremely credible (free
subscription required) (Sibel Edmonds), said "If they were to do real
investigations we would see several significant high level criminal
prosecutions in this country. And that is something that they are not
going to let out. And, believe me; they will do everything to cover
this up". She also is leaning towards the conclusion that 9/11 was an
inside job.
Hmmm . . . maybe 9/11 Truthers are not nuts.
Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of. -- Bill Moyers
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3:25 PM
State Department Inspector General Howard "Cookie" Krongard
A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard - The current Executive Director of the
Central
Intelligence Agency is the former Chairman of the investment bank
A.B. Brown and
former Vice Chairman of Banker's Trust.
(Buzzy Krongard was on Blackwater's advisory board)
_Blood Is Thicker Than Blackwater_
(http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/11/14/countdown-blood-is-thicker-
than-blackwater/)
Earlier today Nicole _posted video_
(http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/11/14/house-hearings-on-state-
department-ig-shows-conflict/) from a House hearing
dealing with allegations that State Department Inspector General
Howard
"Cookie" Krongard impeded investigations into corruption in Iraq.
During the
hearing, Krongard repeatedly denied rumors that his brother, Buzzy
Krongard was
on Blackwater's advisory board --- but on tonight's Countdown we
learned that
lo and behold, after returning from a break in testimony, Krongard
informed
the Committee that he had just spoken with his brother and that he
did, in
fact, sit on Blackwaterâ™s board and that he was recusing himself
from any
further matters dealing with the mercenary contractor. He may want
to consider
lawyering up.
Cookie said under oath that he had spoken to his brother six weeks
prior to
the hearing and claims his brother failed to tell him he was going
to join
Blackwater's advisory board, but according to an _interview given to
TPM_
(http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004711.php) , Buzzy claims he
DID tell Cookie
he was going to join Blackwaterâ™s board two or three weeks before
the
hearing, which would put his brotherâ™s claims in question. Who
should be believe,
Cookie or Buzzy?
_Suppressed Details of Criminal Insider Trading Lead Directly Into
The CIA's
Highest Ranks_
(http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/10_09_01_krongard.html)
(CIA foreknowledge of the WTC attacks.)
SUPPRESSED DETAILS OF CRIMINAL INSIDER TRADING LEAD DIRECTLY INTO
THE CIA's
HIGHEST RANKS
CIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR "BUZZY" KRONGARD MANAGED FIRM THAT
HANDLED "PUT"
OPTIONS ON UAL
by Michael C. Ruppert
Although uniformly ignored by the mainstream U.S. media, there is
abundant
and clear evidence that a number of transactions in financial
markets
indicated specific (criminal) foreknowledge of the September 11
attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In the case of at least one
of these
trades -- which has left a $2.5 million prize unclaimed -- the firm
used to place
the "put options" on United Airlines stock was, until 1998, managed
by the
man who is now in the number three Executive Director position at
the Central
Intelligence Agency. Until 1997 A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard had been
Chairman of the
investment bank A.B. Brown. A.B. Brown was acquired by Banker's
Trust in
1997. Krongard then became, as part of the merger, Vice Chairman of
Banker's
Trust-AB Brown, one of 20 major U.S. banks named by Senator Carl
Levin this
year as being connected to money laundering. Krongard's last
position at
Banker's Trust (BT) was to oversee "private client relations." In
this capacity he
had direct hands-on relations with some of the wealthiest people in
the world
in a kind of specialized banking operation that has been identified
by the
U.S. Senate and other investigators as being closely connected to
the
laundering of drug money.
Krongard (re?) joined the CIA in 1998 as counsel to CIA Director
George
Tenet. He was promoted to CIA Executive Director by President Bush
in March of
this year. BT was acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1999. The combined
firm is the
single largest bank in Europe. And, as we shall see, Deutsche Bank
played
several key roles in events connected to the September 11 attacks.
THE SCOPE OF KNOWN INSIDER TRADING
Before looking further into these relationships it is necessary to
look at
the insider trading information that is being ignored by Reuters,
The New York
Times and other mass media. It is well documented that the CIA has
long
monitored such trades - in real time - as potential warnings of
terrorist attacks
and other economic moves contrary to U.S. interests. Previous
stories in
FTW have specifically highlighted the use of Promis software to
monitor such
trades.
It is necessary to understand only two key financial terms to
understand the
significance of these trades, "selling short" and "put options".
"Selling Short" is the borrowing of stock, selling it at current
market
prices, but not being required to actually produce the stock for
some time. If
the stock falls precipitously after the short contract is entered,
the seller
can then fulfill the contract by buying the stock after the price
has fallen
and complete the contract at the pre-crash price. These contracts
often have a
window of as long as four months.
"Put Options," are contracts giving the buyer the option to sell
stocks at a
later date. Purchased at nominal prices of, for example, $1.00 per
share,
they are sold in blocks of 100 shares. If exercised, they give the
holder the
option of selling selected stocks at a future date at a price set
when the
contract is issued. Thus, for an investment of $10,000 it might be
possible to
tie up 10,000 shares of United or American Airlines at $100 per
share, and the
seller of the option is then obligated to buy them if the option is
executed. If the stock has fallen to $50 when the contract matures,
the holder of the
option can purchase the shares for $50 and immediately sell them for
$100 -
regardless of where the market then stands. A call option is the
reverse of a
put option, which is, in effect, a derivatives bet that the stock
price will
go up.
A September 21 story by the Israeli Herzliyya International Policy
Institute
for Counterterrorism, entitled "Black Tuesday: The World's Largest
Insider
Trading Scam?" documented the following trades connected to the
September 11
attacks:
- Between September 6 and 7, the Chicago Board Options
Exchange saw
purchases of 4,744 put options on United Airlines, but only 396 call
options.
Assuming that 4,000 of the options were bought by people with
advance
knowledge of the imminent attacks, these "insiders" would have
profited by almost $5
million.
- On September 10, 4,516 put options on American Airlines
were bought
on the Chicago exchange, compared to only 748 calls. Again, there
was no
news at that point to justify this imbalance; Again, assuming that
4,000 of
these options trades represent "insiders," they would represent a
gain of about
$4 million.
- [The levels of put options purchased above were more than
six times
higher than normal.]
- No similar trading in other airlines occurred on the
Chicago
exchange in the days immediately preceding Black Tuesday.
- Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., which occupied 22 floors
of the
World Trade Center, saw 2,157 of its October $45 put options bought
in the
three trading days before Black Tuesday; this compares to an average
of 27
contracts per day before September 6. Morgan Stanley's share price
fell from
$48.90 to $42.50 in the aftermath of the attacks. Assuming that
2,000 of these
options contracts were bought based upon knowledge of the
approaching attacks,
their purchasers could have profited by at least $1.2 million.
- Merrill Lynch & Co., with headquarters near the Twin
Towers, saw
12,215 October $45 put options bought in the four trading days
before the
attacks; the previous average volume in those shares had been 252
contracts per
day [a 1200% increase!]. When trading resumed, Merrill's shares fell
from
$46.88 to $41.50; assuming that 11,000 option contracts were bought
by "insiders,"
their profit would have been about $5.5 million.
- European regulators are examining trades in Germany's
Munich Re,
Switzerland's Swiss Re, and AXA of France, all major reinsurers with
exposure
to the Black Tuesday disaster. [FTW Note: AXA also owns more than
25% of
American Airlines stock making the attacks a "double whammy" for
them.]
On September 29, 2001 - in a vital story that has gone unnoticed by
the
major media - the San Francisco Chronicle reported, "Investors have
yet to
collect more than $2.5 million in profits they made trading options
in the stock of
United Airlines before the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, according to
a
source familiar with the trades and market data.
"The uncollected money raises suspicions that the investors - whose
identities and nationalities have not been made public - had advance
knowledge of the
strikes." They don't dare show up now. The suspension of trading for
four
days after the attacks made it impossible to cash-out quickly and
claim the
prize before investigators started looking.
"October series options for UAL Corp. were purchased in highly
unusual
volumes three trading days before the terrorist attacks for a total
outlay of
$2,070; investors bought the option contracts, each representing 100
shares, for
90 cents each. [This represents 230,000 shares]. Those options are
now
selling at more than $12 each. There are still 2,313 so-called "put"
options
outstanding [valued at $2.77 million and representing 231,300
shares] according to
the Options Clearinghouse Corp."
"The source familiar with the United trades identified Deutsche Bank
Alex
Brown, the American investment banking arm of German giant Deutsche
Bank, as
the investment bank used to purchase at least some of these
options." This was
the operation managed by Krongard until as recently as 1998.
As reported in other news stories, Deutsche Bank was also the hub of
insider
trading activity connected to Munich Re. just before the attacks.
CIA, THE BANKS AND THE BROKERS
Understanding the interrelationships between CIA and the banking and
brokerage world is critical to grasping the already frightening
implications of the
above revelations. Let's look at the history of CIA, Wall Street and
the big
banks by looking at some of the key players in CIA's history.
Clark Clifford - The National Security Act of 1947 was written by
Clark
Clifford, a Democratic Party powerhouse, former Secretary of
Defense, and
one-time advisor to President Harry Truman. In the 1980s, as
Chairman of First
American Bancshares, Clifford was instrumental in getting the
corrupt CIA drug
bank BCCI a license to operate on American shores. His profession:
Wall Street
lawyer and banker.
John Foster and Allen Dulles - These two brothers "designed" the CIA
for
Clifford. Both were active in intelligence operations during WW II.
Allen Dulles
was OSS station chief in Berne, Switzerland, where he met frequently
with
Nazi leaders and looked after U.S. investments in Germany. John
Foster went on
to become Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower and Allen went
on to
serve as CIA Director under Eisenhower and was later fired by JFK.
Their
professions: partners in the most powerful - to this day - Wall
Street law firm of
Sullivan, Cromwell.
Bill Casey - Ronald Reagan's CIA Director and OSS veteran who served
as
chief wrangler during the Iran-Contra years was, under President
Richard Nixon,
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. His profession:
Wall
Street lawyer and stockbroker.
David Doherty - The current Vice President of the New York Stock
Exchange
for enforcement is the retired General Counsel of the Central
Intelligence
Agency.
George Herbert Walker Bush - President from 1989 to January 1993,
also
served as CIA Director for 13 months from 1976-7. He is now a paid
consultant to
the Carlyle Group, the 11th largest defense contractor in the
nation, which
also shares joint investments with the bin Laden family.
A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard - The current Executive Director of the
Central
Intelligence Agency is the former Chairman of the investment bank
A.B. Brown and
former Vice Chairman of Banker's Trust.
John Deutch - This retired CIA Director from the Clinton
Administration
currently sits on the board at Citigroup, the nation's second
largest bank, which
has been repeatedly and overtly involved in the documented
laundering of
drug money. This includes Citigroup's 2001 purchase of a Mexican
bank known to
launder drug money, Banamex.
Nora Slatkin - This retired CIA Executive Director also sits on
Citibank's
board.
Maurice "Hank" Greenburg - The CEO of AIG insurance, manager of the
third
largest capital investment pool in the world, was floated as a
possible CIA
Director in 1995. FTW exposed Greenberg's and AIG's long connection
to CIA drug
trafficking and covert operations in a two-part series that was
interrupted
just prior to the attacks of September 11. AIG's stock has bounced
back
remarkably well since the attacks. To read that story, please go to
_http://www.fromthewilderness.com/
free/ciadrugs/part_2.html_
(http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ciadrugs/part_2.html) .
One wonders how much damning evidence is necessary to respond to
what is now
irrefutable proof that CIA knew about the attacks and did not stop
them.
Whatever our government is doing, whatever the CIA is doing, it is
clearly NOT
in the interests of the American people, especially those who died
on
September 11.
posted by Alfons at
1:37 PM
posted by Alfons at
12:58 PM
posted by Alfons at
11:10 AM
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:54 PM
Subject: HR 1585 Authorizes Police-Military Integration For
Martial Law
received:
HR1585 Authorizes Plans For Martial Law
11-09-2007
Lee Rogers
UPDATE: The version passed by the U.S. House contains the language
described below, but it looks as if the public print version of the
bill has had this language removed. The U.S. House and U.S. Senate
still need to resolve differences on the bill. Why would so many
members of the U.S. House support a bill with this language included?
HR 1585 which is the 2008 Defense Authorization Bill
gives authorization to the U.S. military to plan a future merger
with the police that will be used during a catastrophic emergency.
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to design a plan for a
martial law apparatus. There is no question that the U.S. government
is seeking to ratchet up the militarized police state as they
anticipate massive resistance to the coming collapse of our economy
and war with Iran. This bill is yet another step in the direction for
the implementation of a militarized police state in this country.
Section 1615 of the bill describes the determination of department
of defense civil support requirements. Subsection (a) states the
following regarding the determination of requirements.
SEC. 1615. DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL SUPPORT
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Determination of Requirements - The Secretary of Defense shall
determine the military-unique capabilities needed to be provided by
the Department of Defense to support civil authorities in an incident
of national significance or a catastrophic incident.
This bill authorizes the Secretary of Defense to determine what
military capabilities will be provided to support civil authorities
during a catastrophic emergency. In other words, the Department of
Defense will be the agency drawing up plans for martial law which
will be enforced through a combination of the military and the
police.
In addition, the Secretary of Defense is to develop a plan that
will sustain this martial law apparatus for five years as shown below
in section (b).
(b) Plan for Funding Capabilities-
(1) PLAN- The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a
plan, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military
departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for
providing the funds and resources necessary to develop and maintain
the following:
(A) The military-unique capabilities determined under subsection
(a).
(B) Any additional capabilities determined by the Secretary to be
necessary to support the use of the active components and the reserve
components of the armed forces for homeland defense missions,
domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil
authorities.
(2) TERM OF PLAN- The plan required under paragraph (1) shall cover
at least five years.
Section 1621 of the bill describes how they intend to increase the
number of people in USNORTHCOM. Below is the appropriate subsection
in which the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will submit a
review of civilian and military positions within USNORTHCOM with the
goal of increasing the number of reservists and civilians employed by
USNORTHCOM. Clearly, they are anticipating massive civil unrest in
this country if they intend on increasing the manpower available to
USNORTHCOM.
(a) Manpower Review-
(1) REVIEW BY CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF- Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a
review of the civilian and military positions, job descriptions, and
assignments within the United States Northern Command with the goal
of significantly increasing the number of members of a reserve
component assigned to, and civilians employed by, the United States
Northern Command who have experience in the planning, training, and
employment of forces for homeland defense missions, domestic
emergency response, and providing military support to civil
authorities.
It gets better. Section 1622 of the bill establishes a Council of
Governors that will advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the White House on how they intend to integrate
the National Guard into this martial law apparatus. The section is
shown below.
SEC. 1622. COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS.
The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of Governors to
advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
and the White House Homeland Security Council on matters related to
the National Guard and civil support missions.
The bottom line is that this bill authorizes the U.S. military to
plan the integration of the military with civil authorities so they
have a full fledged martial law apparatus to use in the event of any
sort of catastrophic national emergency. The information in this bill
lines up with what was described in the Vision 2020 document which is
a document released by USNORTHCOM which describes the goal of a
future North American martial law apparatus. It also lines up with
NSPD-51/HSPD-20 which gives the President authoritarian powers during
a catastrophic emergency. One thing is for sure, these people would
not be wasting their time putting this stuff down on paper unless
they have plans to use it.
posted by Alfons at
10:36 PM
posted by Alfons at
9:26 PM
HR1585 Authorizes Plans For Martial Law
11-09-2007
www.roguegovernment.com
Lee Rogers
UPDATE: The version passed by the U.S. House contains the language
described below, but it looks as if the public print version of the
bill has had this language removed. The U.S. House and U.S. Senate
still need to resolve differences on the bill. Why would so many
members of the U.S. House support a bill with this language included?
HR 1585 which is the 2008 Defense Authorization Bill
gives authorization to the U.S. military to plan a future merger with
the police that will be used during a catastrophic emergency. This
bill authorizes the Department of Defense to design a plan for a
martial law apparatus. There is no question that the U.S. government
is seeking to ratchet up the militarized police state as they
anticipate massive resistance to the coming collapse of our economy
and war with Iran. This bill is yet another step in the direction for
the implementation of a militarized police state in this country.
Section 1615 of the bill describes the determination of department of
defense civil support requirements. Subsection (a) states the
following regarding the determination of requirements.
SEC. 1615. DETERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL SUPPORT
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Determination of Requirements - The Secretary of Defense shall
determine the military-unique capabilities needed to be provided by
the Department of Defense to support civil authorities in an incident
of national significance or a catastrophic incident.
This bill authorizes the Secretary of Defense to determine what
military capabilities will be provided to support civil authorities
during a catastrophic emergency. In other words, the Department of
Defense will be the agency drawing up plans for martial law which
will be enforced through a combination of the military and the
police.
In addition, the Secretary of Defense is to develop a plan that will
sustain this martial law apparatus for five years as shown below in
section (b).
(b) Plan for Funding Capabilities-
(1) PLAN- The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a
plan, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military
departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for
providing the funds and resources necessary to develop and maintain
the following:
(A) The military-unique capabilities determined under subsection (a).
(B) Any additional capabilities determined by the Secretary to be
necessary to support the use of the active components and the reserve
components of the armed forces for homeland defense missions,
domestic emergency responses, and providing military support to civil
authorities.
(2) TERM OF PLAN- The plan required under paragraph (1) shall cover
at least five years.
Section 1621 of the bill describes how they intend to increase the
number of people in USNORTHCOM. Below is the appropriate subsection
in which the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will submit a
review of civilian and military positions within USNORTHCOM with the
goal of increasing the number of reservists and civilians employed by
USNORTHCOM. Clearly, they are anticipating massive civil unrest in
this country if they intend on increasing the manpower available to
USNORTHCOM.
(a) Manpower Review-
(1) REVIEW BY CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF- Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a
review of the civilian and military positions, job descriptions, and
assignments within the United States Northern Command with the goal
of significantly increasing the number of members of a reserve
component assigned to, and civilians employed by, the United States
Northern Command who have experience in the planning, training, and
employment of forces for homeland defense missions, domestic
emergency response, and providing military support to civil
authorities.
It gets better. Section 1622 of the bill establishes a Council of
Governors that will advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the White House on how they intend to integrate
the National Guard into this martial law apparatus. The section is
shown below.
SEC. 1622. COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS.
The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of Governors to
advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
and the White House Homeland Security Council on matters related to
the National Guard and civil support missions.
The bottom line is that this bill authorizes the U.S. military to
plan the integration of the military with civil authorities so they
have a full fledged martial law apparatus to use in the event of any
sort of catastrophic national emergency. The information in this bill
lines up with what was described in the Vision 2020 document which is
a document released by USNORTHCOM which describes the goal of a
future North American martial law apparatus. It also lines up with
NSPD-51/HSPD-20 which gives the President authoritarian powers during
a catastrophic emergency. One thing is for sure, these people would
not be wasting their time putting this stuff down on paper unless
they have plans to use it.
posted by Alfons at
5:07 PM
posted by Alfons at
4:52 PM
posted by Alfons at
4:48 PM
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posted by Alfons at
4:15 PM
She covers topics such as Hawaii getting caught using DU (with the
news reel)
- The Queen owns most of the Uranium Mines, and uses the Rothchilds
to manage it, and the Rockefellers to help peddle it.
- It affects people for the next 4 Billion Years (DU)
- That scientists were secretly cutting the legs off of dead babies in
hospitals in order to conduct Strontium 90 level testings...
- There is a secret meeting under the polar ice cap every year
between the Russians and the Americans (submarines meeting) deciding
what they are going to do for the next year., and quotes Al Gore as
stating "I am the only Vice President who has ever been under the ice
cap in a submarine..."
- Quote Finland Scientist "No there is no outbreak here- but we are
going to vaccinate these people and in 12 years they will all be
dead..."
Unreal Stuff...
posted by Alfons at
3:46 PM
posted by Alfons at
7:51 PM
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5:10 PM
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