9/11 CitizensWatch

By Dan Eggen — Washington Post Staff Writer — Saturday, April 30, 2005; A02

The federal judge overseeing the prosecution of admitted al Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui has blocked an attempt by the Justice Department’s inspector general to release a report on FBI missteps prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to a ruling unsealed yesterday.

Without explanation, U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema denied the request by Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, who completed the report last July but since has been unable to get permission to provide an unclassified version of the document to the public.

The report, titled “A Review of the FBI’s Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks,” provides an in-depth examination of three episodes considered potential missed opportunities to detect the Sept. 11 plot, including Moussaoui’s arrest in August 2001.
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FRIDAY: 9/11 Activist Solutions — Revealing the Evidence

Judson Memorial Church; 239 Thompson St. (near Washington Sq. Park)

Friday April 29th, 2005 – 7 pm

Learn talking points, organizational skills, and viable actions we can all take to reveal the serious discrepancies of the official explanation of 9/11 and the subsequent cover-up. We must call for a true, independent investigation.

SATURDAY: 9/11 — The Quest For Truth Continues

West Park Presbyterian Church

86th St. & Amsterdam Ave.

Saturday April 30th

Doors open 6:30 PM, event begins at 7 pm

Understanding what really happened on 9/11 requires us to widen our political awareness. We must see 9/11 in a larger geo-political context to realize the broad ramifications of this event in history, how it has shaped our present as well as how it’s determining our future. Therefore, the urgency for truth only gets stronger with time since new evidence calling into question the official story and the 9/11 Report continues to surface.

Speakers will include Phil Berg (RICO lawsuit against Bush administration), Ray McGovern (retired CIA analyst), John Buchanan (9/11 Truth Candidate), Bob McIlvaine (9/11 victim family member), Nick Levis (anthrax research, 911truth.org), Kyle Hence (9/11 CitizensWatch, Justicefor911.org) and others. Also, we’ll view a special pre-recorded video statement from Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA).

See full details and directions for both events at www.ny911truth.org.

Sponsored by NY 911 Truth

David Ray Griffin’s speech “9/11 and the American Empire” before a packed house of 450 at the University of Wisconsin/Madison is now scheduled to be aired on C-Span2 at 10:30 AM Eastern time.

To confirm the schedule when it’s posted Thursday afternoon visit:

http://www.booktv.org/schedule

For details on his latest book dissembling the 9/11 Commission Report visit:

http://www.interlinkbooks.com/Books_/911CommRep.html

According to the C-span producer who contacted CiizensWatch the Griffin speech will be aired again following Saturday’s broadcast for those who miss it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 26, 2005

Contact: Sibel Edmonds, (703) 519-3640, sibeldeniz@aol.com

PRESS ADVISORY

National Security Whistleblowers Coalition:

Congress, Whistleblower Protection & Accountability

Date: Thursday, April 28

Time: 1:30 PM- 3:00PM

Location: 122 Cannon House Office Building, SE, Washington, DC

What:

An unprecedented group of national security whistleblowers have formed a united front as the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC). They will collectively attend two bipartisan congressional meetings today to demand that Congress act to end government retaliation against those who expose national security blunders, that Congress hold hearings into the federal government’s actions against whistleblowers, and that Congress act to require ‘individual accountability’ for retaliation against whistleblowers. The congressional meetings will be followed by a press conference featuring speakers from the NSWBC and guest speakers.

[Please read NOTE section. -Ed.]
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Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal is being criticized for remarks suggesting the U.S. bears some responsibility for the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. What do you think?

24.6%

I disagree and think she should apologize for the remarks. (2313 responses)

40.4%

I agree with her position. (3803 responses)

13.5%

I disagree but think she has a right to voice her opinion. (1272 responses)

3.0%

I don’t have an opinion either way. (284 responses)

18.4%

I think this incident has been blown out of proportion. (1734 responses)

9406 total responses

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/nyc-gyll0426,0,7942473.story?vote17294341=1

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“Because I think America has done reprehensible things and is responsible in some way and so I think the delicacy with which it’s dealt allows that to sort of creep in,” she said on the channel.

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BY ROBERT KAHN — April 25, 2005

Even as a Web site devoted to her was overwhelmed with scathing criticism, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal refused Monday to back down from her statement that the United States “is responsible in some way” for the attacks on the World Trade Center.

“Not to have the courage to ask these questions of ourselves is to betray the victims of 9/11,” she said in a new statement issued by her publicist yesterday in response to the controversy.

The actress appears in “The Great New Wonderful,” which features five stories about people living in the aftermath of the Twin Towers attack.
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When we asked how many Americans were named in the intercepts, Edmonds said “There is direct evidence involving no more than ten American names that I recognized,” further revealing that “some are heads of government agencies or politicians–but I don’t want to go any further than that,” as we listened in stunned silence.

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By Tom Flocco — Monday, April 25 @ 01:27:43 EDT

“By justice a king gives a country stability; but one who is greedy for bribes tears it down.” Proverbs 29:4

Campaign coffers profit from 911, coke and courts

FBI linguist won’t deny intelligence intercepts tied 911 drug money to U.S. election campaigns

by Tom Flocco

Washington — April 25, 2005 — TomFlocco.com — Former FBI contract translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds and her attorneys were ordered removed from the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse so that a three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals panel could discuss her case in private with Bush administration lawyers.
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by Bob Braun — Monday, April 25, 2005

WASHINGTON –Speaking truth to power can be fearful, futile and frustrating. Power has a way of winning, even over truth. That’s why it’s called power.

Yet there are moments — bright, shiny, and, sadly, often illusory moments — when truth, or those who try to speak it, seem to enjoy a little glory. It happened to Kristen Breitweiser of Middletown at a ceremony here the other day.

She won an award, a “truth-telling” award, for her work in lobbying for the creation of the 9/11 commission.
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John Vincent, a former FBI agent who is the Midwest representative of Judicial Watch, said Wright was informed he was being suspended in part for public statements he made at a news conference in Washington in 2003, when he criticized the FBI’s “pathetic” counterterrorism work.

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Veteran Criticized Hamas Probes

By John Mintz — Washington Post Staff Writer

Saturday, April 23, 2005; Page A10

The FBI has moved to fire a veteran agent who alleged that the bureau had mishandled domestic investigations of the Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, the Palestinian group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
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Court won’t let public hear what FBI whistleblower has to say

by James Ridgeway – Village Voice — April 21st, 2005 2:19 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The unsettling story of whistleblower Sibel Edmonds took another twist on Thursday, as the government continued its seemingly endless machinations to shut her up. The U.S. Court of Appeals here denied pleas to open the former FBI translator’s First Amendment case to the public, a day after taking the extraordinary step of ordering a secret hearing.

Edmonds was hired after 9-11 to help the woefully staffed FBI’s translation department with documents and wiretaps in such languages as Farsi and Turkish. She soon cried foul, saying the agency’s was far from acceptable and perhaps even dangerous to national security. She was fired in 2002.

Ever since, the government has been trying to silence her, even classifying an interview she did with 60 Minutes.
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