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Pentagon 10/13/06

Saturday, October 14 2006 @ 05:45 PM EDT
Contributed by: davidslesinger
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Today, Friday the 13th, Erin Myers and I went to the Pentagon. Leafletting is illegal there, so we brought signs. Erin held a 6plus feet long patriotsquestion911.com. He held it over his head on a couple poles for 2 plus hours. I held "More Gin, Less Rummy". We started a little before 7AM and ended about 9 AM. It was a sublime experience.

We stood near where I had stood a couple of years ago with the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker vigil. It's an interesting spot. A certain significant minority of passersby have no connection to the Pentagon. They either switch from subway to bus or vice versa at the US war HQ.

For 50 minutes we stood outside the cordoned off zone for vigilers. They had parade style moveable metal fences. I thought they had decided not to allow vigilers and was waiting to be shooed away. It turned out they were not so draconian, they just needed to reinforce their right to establish protest zones. It's not nearly as unreasonable as when the president ventures out. He's not allowed to see any signs. Everybody could see ours.

There were dozens of positive responses to my joke at the secretary's expense. Sometimes you'd hear people laugh loudly. Sometimes just the thumbs up sign. Sometimes a big smile. Sometimes just a glimmer. Erin and I agreed that Mr. Rumsfeld could easily be able to be amused rather than threatened by the joke. A couple of years ago when I first had the idea, I met a fellow who claimed acquaintance of Rummy in his Illinois days. He, at least, felt that Rummy would be amused. You can't tell me a man of those long years has never had to bear the brunt of a surname so close to the great temptation, "demon rum."

I must compare this feat of dozens of smiling peole to my many years of guerilla theater activities. I chose the standard of getting the police to smile as the highest honor for street theater. Pentagon workers are not actually police, but as the old saying goes, "it's close enough for government work."

The main reason we were there was Erin's sign. Three people came over separately to speak to us.

One fellow wanted us to speculate. He asked why anyone in the government would want to commit such an act. I said it was possible they wanted an excuse to invade Iraq. He asked why. I said it's possible they wanted the oil. Then I urged him to look at the site. I said he didn't even know my background to know whether listening to my speculation was worth his time, I reminded him that the 51 former government officials listed at the site had significant credentials, some even from DOD. He seemed to accept that.

Another fellow asked for clarification, and then claimed that issue wasn't his responsibility. I noted that as a citizen he should have great cause for concern if the official story was a lie. He seemed to see my point.

Then there was the colonel who had written 2 books. He was polite enough, but saddened me greatly. His main point was that since the 51 former government officials was such a tiny percentage of retired government workers, it's hardly impressive enough to examine. He said he's seen other 911 websites and thus need not look at this one.

He reminded me of a feeling I sometimes have that some of my closest relatives, who deserve praise for being as good to me as they are, don't seem to see any difference between a terrorist and a nonviolent activist. Almost like lumping Gandhi and Bin laden together. Maybe I'm being unfair to my relatives, but I was not unfair when I suggested this historian colonel was afraid to look at the evidence. He denied it, of course. Nevertheless, any so called, "debunker" should be encouraged to make actual critiques of what we assert, rather than calling us names. It's better to make it easier for those sophisticated at obfuscation to deal with the evidence we present.

Ultimately our scholar colonel was easily polite enough and deserving of praise on that front. He involved himself in sophistry over the Minetta testimony, but he was nowhere near mean spirited.

Ultimately, his biggest weakness was that he spent 15 minutes with 2 people who have no claim to professional authority on the issue so he could justify ignoring the assertions of some who can claim to have professional authority.

He did raise a discussion of Pierre Salinger's involvement in the analysis of the mystery of flight 800. His point was that Salinger was outside his "pay grade"( my words) , suggesting that Salinger's misplaced involvement should give other nonprofessionals pause.

Here's a respectful challenge to any debunker. Go through the patriots listed at patriotsquestion911.com and make your case that each of them should not be heeded.

The lone guard carrying an automatic weapon came over a little before 9. He asked if we were staying all day. I said no, we'd leave soon. He noted concern for our safety if he left. Erin exclaimed how little tension seemed to surround our effort. The guard reiterated how committed he was to free speech. I responded that one of the implications of a position like mine that 911 was an inside job is that they could do it again, declare martial law and round up people like me and put us in camps, which are already built. These camps exist ostensibly for illegal immigrants, but could still be used to hold activists born in this country, like me.

I realize I want very much to go back and raise the following question:

Since the rubble pile from the towers was so small, what sort of weapon could have caused whatever wasn't in the rubble to be transformed into dust sized particles. These tiny particles have wreaked havoc with the lungs of so many first responders, not to mention everyday residents of Lower Manhattan. How can all the concrete on every floor become dust?

Dave Slesinger
Rockville, Maryland

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10/03/06 at the Department of State

Wednesday, October 04 2006 @ 11:36 AM EDT
Contributed by: davidslesinger
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Today, October 3, my mother's 85th birthday, Erin Myers and I went down to the State Department and gave out around 300 leaflets. I made 200 originally, had 20 left over, and went to Kinkos at GWU to make 80 more. I believe it's possible to give out 500 plus at the locations we did.

I used the greeting, "State department workers preserve the nations honor."

One man said, "That's what I'm trying to do." As he declined to accept the leaflet.

One woman made disapproving faces, but did not cross into incivility.

I went to get more leaflets. I'm glad I did. In the second batch was my favorite.
A man responded to my laudatory comments on preserving the nation's honor. He said,"It's too late!" I said, "No, No! That's what this is about." He took the leaflet. He could be the jackpot right there!

THE PEOPLE ON THE EDGE OF POWER ARE EVERYDAY WORKING PEOPLE LIKE YOU. REACH OUT TO THEM ABOUT 9/11.

Another man asked me to tell him why he should take the leaflet. I said, "There are over 50 former government officials saying we should have a real investigation of 9/11. Some of them even say it's an inside job." He took the leaflet. I asked one and only one woman if she'd heard of Ed Peck. She had.

One idea is to go to each of the federal agencies that have anyone previously at that agency to quote.

I discussed race in the DOJ/FBI post. I'll attempt to do it again here.

I don't think it's reasonable to talk of dealing with good sized numbers of humans in the DC area without some respect paid to race. Cornel West emphasizes the depth of the problem. Any white person needs to think twice or more before they claim to fully aware of racism.

There were more black faces than white ones coming from State. It surprised me. It could be there are a lot of automobile commuters I was missing. The willingness to take a leaflet seemed not to be correlated with race. Most people took leaflets. It was a little better response than DOJ.

People need to consider doing this at home. You know how video presentations of dangerous feats include a warning: Don't do this at home. I'm offering a different warning: IF you DON'T do this at home NOW, we'll have fascism with police arbitrarily brutalizing innocent people.

Next Up (or soon at least): the NTSB and/or the FAA

Dave Slesinger
Rockville, Maryland

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Leafletting for Whistleblowers 9/21/06

Saturday, September 23 2006 @ 02:14 AM EDT
Contributed by: davidslesinger
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FBI POLICEMAN SHOUTED, "We don't want you here. Nobody is interested in what you have to say." I corrected him saying a couple of people had taken the leaflet. I agreed most people weren't interested. I complemented him by saying he was being very effective standing in front of me since it was harder to leaflet. Then I gave out 3 leaflets really quick to workers exiting.

The 3 personal accounts below kick off our campaign to leaflet federal whistleblowers. We urge people to repeat our efforts who are capable of distinguishing between the patriots who implement federal policy and those who committed treason on 911. Like our civil disobedience, this is a moral challenge, not a physical challenge. While leafleting has physical dimensions, that's not the level we challenge them on.

If you have any interest please contact David Slesinger at 240-221-3293 or dslesinger@alum.mit.edu or you may always sign up for an account and leave your comments, request or your own story below. Our current leaflet is below the personal accounts of the event.

After having leafleted deception dollars at the DOJ on a lark a few months ago, I thought there were four entrances for the four sides. First I went to the north door. It was too slow. I walked back toward Dan, on the west. I asked the people waiting for the bus near the north door if any of them worked for DOJ. There was only one. He took the leaflet. It seems people exited mainly east and west.

I walked around to check on Erin, who was fine. I walked back to Dan and decided to go to Staples to get more leaflets. As I walked north a DOJ official of East Asian ancestry was being interviewed for TV. I offered a leaflet and he took it.

When I got to Staples, I made a correction by eliminating the word surprise from the first leaflet. I made 200.

I had picked DOJ as our first focus because I thought the newer FBI building had no place to enter and exit except by car. On the way back to DOJ from Staples, I saw people exiting "the Bureau". What other bureau could be 'the" bureau? I started to leaflet and was immediately told I couldn't leaflet there because it was federal property. He suggested I leaflet across the street. I called my lawyer friend and left messages on both work and cell.

I went back to DOJ, in the next block, and spoke with Dan. I gave him more leaflets and walked around the building on the south side to find Erin walking back after having given out all of his. He was upbeat.

I walked back to the west side. Dan said they watched me carefully as I had walked toward Erin. I went over to the guards to introduce myself. They declined to shake my hand. I offered the DVD of my talk on nonviolence at the 911:Revealing the Truth Conference in Chicago in June. They said to just leave the DVD a few feet away from them. A fellow who had taken Dan's leaflet and was nearby explained that the guards couldn't accept anything. I said I wanted to have it get to their bosses. I explained my lawyer had advised me what I was doing was legal, but that the authorities would want to check me out. I wanted them to know I'm open to dialogue. The fellow who had taken the leaflet from Dan volunteered to give it to the right people. He was a dressed down barrel- chested guy who probably was undercover.

Because half the people exiting west were cutting across the street before getting to Dan, I stood where they would have to walk. My pitch was," Department of Justice workers are the bulwark of freedom." Half the people took them. It was the opposite of normal leafleting. Black folks didn't take them as much as white folks.

The fear federal workers would have of offending bosses is hardly irrelevant. This is why I didn't want media attention. If we took a picture while leafleting, it could be right when our best shot at a whistleblower was passing by.

My lawyer friend called from his cell and reiterated I could leaflet outside the Bureau. He agreed to take a call, if necessary.

I went north to the FBI and began leafletting those exiting the southwestern corner. The western exit I had stopped at earlier was not far from this one, but the corner exit was marked "Employees Only". It was about 5:30PM.

My pitch was," I'll bet you care about the Constitution even more than I do." One guy responded, "I carry it in my pocket." Only a couple people took leaflets. That was partly because there were knee high metal obstacles that workers exiting the building had to walk through. This is bad for leafleting since as soon as people left the building they spread out and didn't walk close enough to me. This might be remedied by having several leafleters spread in a semicircle at once.

One black officer immediately urged me to stop. I explained my lawyer had told me it was okay. I said that if they needed to arrest me, I promised to be completely polite. He insisted I should have my lawyer come here to talk to him. He said he wasn't going to arrest me. As I started leafleting again, he complained I wasn't listening to him. I responded that I was listening I just didn't agree.

Then higher ranking white guards came out. One blond guy said he'd distribute my leaflets inside for me. I said I wasn't sure he was sincere. He was the "good cop". The other dark haired guard asked why I was there. I handed him a leaflet, which he declined. He wanted me to explain. I said I was very worried about the country. I said that I respected the people who worked there. In particular I thought 9/11 was an inside job. He began yelling at me and standing increasingly close to me so I had to keep moving back. He yelled," We don't want you here. Nobody is interested in what you have to say." I corrected him saying a couple of people had taken the leaflet. I agreed most people weren't interested. I complemented him by saying he was being very effective standing in front of me since it was harder to leaflet. Then I gave out 3 leaflets really quick to workers exiting. Is it possible that my confrontation with the FBI guards made my leaflet more interesting?

The "good cop" asked for my license. I made sure he agreed to give it back. An important aspect of nonviolence is to not be afraid of what the police might know. He returned with it and said I was clean. I said I'd be willing to come talk to them if they were interested. They offered to give me a number to call. I said I didn't want to come down, but I would if they wanted me to. All I require is that we be able to tape any conversation. I said I'd given a DVD of my talk in Chicago to people at DOJ, and didn't have another. They were interested that we had people at DOJ and asked where. I told them.

The "bad cop" claimed that they don't want people standing at the FBI exit since even if I wasn't taking note of faces, others could do so after I set the precedent. I said there was some merit to that argument. They noted my bag, which he said was a source of fear. I said I had hundreds of American flags in it, that they were welcome to examine. They did. The "bad cop" kept saying I was harassing the workers. Considering how polite I was and how determined he was to intimidate me, I noted the irony to myself.

Dan called and said he was ready to eat. The "good cop" made a pitch that I give him all the leaflets in my hand. I had to admit it was a reasonable request. I gave him about 40. Dan arrived. I told the cops that none of them had crossed any reasonableness line. We left for the Hawk and Dove Pub.

Commentary:

Can you imagine the impact of the release of ONE of the 12 documents?

This can be done at all federal buildings in the US. If you do it, send us your story. If you can't be completely polite NO MATTER WHAT, don't do it.

We need people to come to DC and leaflet the bureau again. Contact 911courage.org or me at 240-221-3293 or at dslesinger@alum.mit.edu.

I'd like to leaflet State, the FAA, Commerce (NIST) and the White House. I'd consider doing the CIA and Pentagon and NSA, but it IS illegal to leaflet there.

Dave Slesinger
Rockville, Maryland
September 22, 2006

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Three Women at the Department of Justice

Friday, September 22 2006 @ 07:47 PM EDT
Contributed by: dmnalven
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Yesterday, Dave Slesinger, myself and a fellow named Erin Myers leafletted 911Courage's "CALL FOR FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS TO SAVE THE CONSTITUTION" flyer at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. It's a call for federal level whistleblowers with Daniel Ellsberg's September 2004 plea for the exposure of any of a list of 12 important documents that have not been made available to the public in full, completely withheld or censored beyond meaningfulness.

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The Heart of America Still Beats

Friday, September 22 2006 @ 05:23 PM EDT
Contributed by: erin
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My name is Erin S. Myers. I'm nobody of any particular note save for what I fancy as a somewhat unpopular mindset in a climate of popular fear. A climate of fire, which I view as intentionally stoked more than rationality and reason should call for; For I do not fear this government, rather I suspect, this government fears me.... the way it should be.

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America The Beautiful?
By Judith Moriarty - 3-20-7

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PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS again! "Are We Experiencing the Last Days of Constitutional Rule?" posted March 20th.

"The Bush administration�s greatest success is its ability to escape accountability for its numerous impeachable offenses."

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Inside strategist and former National Security Advisor ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI's recent book "Second Chance" is the perfect compliment to Dr Griffin's scholarly essay, analysing and rating the past 2 decades of US diplomacy (or lack of). The George II administration is given an "F".

David Ray Griffin's latest excellent essay: Neocon Imperialism, 9/11, and the Attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq.

"One way to understand the effect of 9/11, in most general terms, is to see that it allowed the agenda developed in the 1990s by neoconservatives�-often called simply �neocons�---to be implemented."

A must read. Ed

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THE EMPIRE TURNS ITS GUNS on the CITIZENRY
by Paul Craig Roberts
January 24, 2007

"In recent years American police forces have called out SWAT teams 40,000 or more times annually. Last year did you read in your newspaper or hear on TV news of 110 hostage or terrorist events each day? No. What then were the SWAT teams doing? They were serving routine warrants to people who posed no danger to the police or to the public...."

Read the rest at: AntiWar.com

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GONZALES QUESTIONS HABEAS CORPUS
by ROBERT PARRY

"In one of the most chilling public statements ever made by a U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales questioned whether the U.S. Constitution grants habeas corpus rights of a fair trial to every American...."

Read the rest at the
Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel

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9/11 BALLOT QUESTION MEETS SIGNATURE QUOTA
Published: Friday, January 12, 2007

Burlington Free Press

"The Burlington 9/11 group gathering signatures for a ballot question asking whether a new investigation into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have met their quota...."

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Dave was interviewed on The Dynamic Duo (Jim Fetzer and Kevin Barrett) radio show Monday, Jan 8th, 4 - 6pm EST.
Archives available to members only at GCNLIve -> Program Info -> Sample/Archives

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Boston Tea Party for 9/11 Truth gets picture in the Boston Sunday Globe!

9/11 Truth Patriots throw crates of 9/11 Reports off Moakley Bridge. Picture in Boston Sunday Globe December 17, 2006

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David Slesinger gets first question in on CSPAN program with Tom Daschle and Lee Hamilton. (Story at left.)
Look for: Daschle, Hamilton on the Current State of Homeland Security

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William Rodriguez on London radio.
Organised by the British 9/11 truth movement, recorded at the Indian YMCA, Central London by London Sound Posse. HERE

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Erin, Dave and Bryan at court.

David Slesinger's synopsis of his day in court is to the left.

911COURAGE.ORG LEAFLETTER to PLEAD GUILTY to TRESSPASS CHARGE

9/11 Activist to Request Maximum Sentence

The press release announcing his November 13th court appearance is also to the left. Ed.

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"There is no line this President has not crossed — nor will not cross — to keep one political party, in power."

Keith Olbermann continues his criticism of the partisanship shown by this executive and his administration at the conclusion of his show on MSNBC November 1st and available here as text. Ed.

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Beit Shalom Ministries
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Denver to D.C. -
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"On Feb. 1, 2007 Elliott Nesch and Raymond Schwab are walking from Denver Colorado to Washington D.C."

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War Crimes Committed by the United States in Iraq and Mechanisms for Accountablility

37 Page indictment, published October 10th, of our executive and his administration, listing violation after violation of International Law, as prepared by Consumers for Peace with the very able advice of Ms. Karen Parker. Utterly damning, with full detail and cites. Ed.

Must Reads:

NYCLU Calls On Mayor Bloomberg To Terminate Giuliani Center Contract

NYCLU Press Release
February 6, 2002

It's time to bring an old letter back to light. Ed.

"The NYCLU calls on Mayor Bloomberg to recognize this contract for what it is – a contract to sign away the public's right to know..."

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New's Letter - on the New World Order

"Information you are unlikely to find in the Mainstream Press"

State of the Michael New Case
Sept-Oct 2006

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The Pentagon Attack Papers

Barbara Honegger's appendix, "Seven Hours in September: The CLock that Broke the Lie.", to Jim Marr's new book "The Terror Conspiracy".

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Death of Habeas Corpus: "Your Words are Lies, Sir"

Keith Olbermann speaks out against this renegade executive and the Military Commission Act of 2006 at the conclusion of his show on MSNBC October 18th and available here as text. Ed.

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9/11 Widows Blast Bush Administration Over Rice, Tenet Meeting
By Larisa Alexandrovna
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Posting to Headlines Wire of Scoop
Article: www.UnansweredQuestions.org
Date: Monday, 9 October 2006
Time: 1:12 pm NZT

"In an October 5th response to recent news of yet another pre-September 11th warning that was ignored by senior Bush administration officials, four widows who lost their husbands during the terrorist attacks have issued a statement about what they see as the failure of White House officials to act upon warnings that Al Qaeda was planning a strike on the United States."

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"Yet another smoking gun adding to others after 5 years of government and media deception."

Les Jamieson
3C Admin, 911Truth.org
October 7, 2006

Why 9/11 Is Ground Zero For the Anti-War Movement.

"This liar-in-chief president has relegated the anti-war movement to "a focus group" and has consistently exploited the 9/11 attacks as a dependable source of fear-mongering."

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Reporter Bob Woodward Says Bush Misleads on Iraq - CBSnews.com

"(Sept. 28) Veteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that the Bush administration has not told the truth regarding the level of violence, especially against U.S. troops, in Iraq. He also reveals key intelligence that predicts the insurgency will grow worse next year.

"In Wallace's interview with Woodward, to be broadcast on 60 Minutes this Sunday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. ET/PT, the reporter also claims that Henry Kissenger is among those advising Mr. Bush.

"According to Woodward, insurgent attacks against coalition troops occur, on average, every 15 minutes, a shocking fact the administration has kept secret. "It's getting to the point now where there are eight-, nine-hundred attacks a week. That's more than 100 a day. That is four an hour attacking our forces," says Woodward."

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"The detailed deliberate planning to finish the job in Iraq was not considered as Secretary Rumsfeld forbade military planners from developing plans for securing a post-war Iraq. At one point, he threatened to fire the next person who talked about the need for a post-war plan."

- John R.S. Batiste, Major General, U.S. Army (Retired)
September 25, 2006

At alternet.org

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Chris Wallace takes on Bill Clinton... and loses

"The 9/11 Commission was a total debacle too."

"You did your nice little conservative hit job on me."

"There's been a serious disinformation campaign by this administration."

Chris opens a can of worms and is subject to the wrath of Bill for the remainder of the interview as he explains that he was ready to go into Afghanistan upon certification by the FBI and CIA of Bin Laden's deeds, which did not happen. Ed.

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Refuting the Lie, a Response to Popular Mechanics: Debunking 9/11 Myths
By Craig Schlanger
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Sep 25, 2006

"It's important to note from the start that this book is not meant to debunk anything. Its main purpose is to craft a mindset where anyone who questions the official 9/11 story likely spends their weekends at Roswell. This is a psychological attack on those who dare question their government's account of a most tragic day in our history; it's a return fire in an ongoing information war. The purpose is not to answer pressing questions. Instead, the writers choose the path of assassinating the character of anyone who dares ask such questions."

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Mayor of Salt Lake City, Rocky Anderson, Blasts President Bush at August 30th Public Forum - KUTV

You've got to hear this. His Honor doesn't let up for 45 minutes! Rocky for President!!! Ed.

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Was Homeland Security Behind Attack On 911 Investigative Journalist Bollyn?

By Christopher Bollyn
American Free Press
8-31-6

“The ‘undercover tactical unit’ involved in the assault and TASERing of a 9/11 investigative journalist at his Chicago-area home was most likely an operation ordered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to a former high-ranking police official.”

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On Mike Malloy‘s firing at Air America:

VERITAS VAMPIRUS
News from the Undead
One Critic‘s Journal of Fact & Opinion

Number 26, Aug. 31, 2006
by Mark S. Tucker
“Have pen, will poison.”

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And in an attack on another front:

"In a move that has been termed 'positively Orwellian' by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Jeff Ruch, George W. Bush is ending public access to research materials at EPA regional libraries without Congressional consent. This all-out effort to impede research and public access is a [loosely] covert operation to close down 26 technical libraries under the guise of budgetary constraint. Scientists are protesting, but at least 15 of the libraries will be closed by Sept. 30, 2006."
(Posted at Slashdot.org)

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Popular Mechanics research editor Davin Coburn's interview on the Charles Goyette show in Phoenix. (Serious backpedaling)

Popular Mechanics invited to the National 9/11 Debate

"This letter / invitation was 'hard copy' mailed to Popular Mechanics Editor-In-Chief James B. Meigs, and editors of the Popular Mechanics book, Debunking 9/11 Myths, Brad Reagan and David Dunbar. Meigs was recently on Fox News, O'Reilly Factor touting the Popular Mechanics book as the final answer on 9/11. Let's see if they really stand behind their work! Call them, write them, e-mail them, and let them know its time to debate because their book is debatable!"

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Ben & Jerry's Thoughts on... Federal Spending and American Pie

"America stands first in nuclear defense capabilities and first in nuclear defense expenditures among industrialized countries. And it's not even close!

"But America ranks only...
14th in efforts to lift children out of poverty;
18th in the percentage of children in poverty;
And last (yes, last!) in providing health insurance for all children."

(See link above for more)

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Under Fire! U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Targeted For Suggesting New Independent 9/11 Investigation

The Lone Star Iconoclast, Monday, August 21, 2006

Army: Doubting Official 9/11 Story Is 'Disloyal To The United States'

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SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY CARTER

"The US and Israel Stand Alone"

Former US president Jimmy Carter speaks with DER SPIEGEL about the danger posed to American values by George W. Bush, the difficult situation in the Middle East and Cuba's ailing Fidel Castro.

Former US president Jimmy Carter: "I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon."

SPIEGEL: Mr. Carter, in your new book you write that only the American people can ensure that the US government returns to the country's old moral principles. Are you suggesting that the current US administration of George W. Bush of acting immorally?

Carter: "There's no doubt that this administration has made a radical and unpressured departure from the basic policies of all previous administrations including those of both Republican and Democratic presidents."

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Link sent in by JB with this message that we would like all to consider:

"All Roads to Peace Lead us Back to 9-11... if we will turn around."

*Group of 9/11 Widows 'Question the Veracity of the Entire Commission's Report'*

by Ron Brynaert, at The Raw Story

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Evidence of War Photo Fraud at Reuters and Others, aish.com.

You have to ask yourself, "Why are these agencies creating (false) sympathy for Hezbollah?" Ed.

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9/11 INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST HARASSED AND BEATEN AT HIS HOME BY UNDERCOVER COPS

Christopher Bollyn
16 August 2006, 3:03 am

Listen to his radio show on Fridays at RBNlive.com from 11 am to 1pm. (Central Time USA) Call-in Number: 800-313-9443

"It's after 2 a.m. in the morning, my deadline is tomorrow, and I have been beaten up by the local police and my right elbow is sorely hurting, but I need to write down exactly what happened to me today before I go to sleep. Otherwise I will forget important details.

"I was harassed, beaten, and shocked with a Tazer-like gun in my front yard before my wife and children, and then abused for 6 hours by the ADL-trained local police. I have every reason to believe it is because of my journalistic investigation into 9/11. I have been threatened before in my career as a journalist, but this is the first time I have been intentionally beaten and abused ... by the cops....

"I am shocked at how I was treated, because although my journalism gets me into trouble with police in many places, I have never been treated so brutally in my life. I honestly believe this brutal treatment is connected to my 9/11 research.

"I intend to seek asylum in Norway or Switzerland. I can read the writing on the wall.

"Investigative journalists are not safe in Iraq ... or the United States."

Mr Bollyn's complete narrative at: Rumor Mill News Reading Room

Don't miss his and other's great research at: American Free Press. Ed.

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Thanks to PursuingTruth for tipping off these links

Removed at youTube due to rights issues:
Lou Dobbs Wakes Up to 9/11 Lies

Sy Hersh: 'US, Israel planned Middle East war'

And at MotherMedia
We Are Winning - An Earnest Prayer
by Leland Lehrman --------------------------------------

Movie prompts protester at Rockville theater

Frederick News-Post Online Published on August 10, 2006

“911Courage.org member believes government complicit in 2001 terrorist attacks depicted in 'World Trade Center'

“David Slesinger, an activist with the group 911Courage.org, distributes leaflets on the group’s theory that the government was behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks during the Rockville premiere of the Oliver Stone movie ‘World Trade Center’ on Wednesday afternoon.”

STORY by Alexander C. Baldinger

Photo by Sam Yu

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What is Bush Preparing For?

Posted on the front page at Netscape.com, August 8, 2006 about 10AM:

As the congressional elections later in the year could result in the loss of Republican control of Senate and Congress, Bush is making efforts now to push through some very controversial legislation.

Federal Control of the National Guard

The National Governors Association, a bipartisan organization of American governors, has sent a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees to protest an upcoming bill that would allow the federal government to usurp state control over the National Guard in "emergencies".

This bill is highly significant because, if passed, it will dramatically decrease the security of the US. It will allow the federal government to unilaterally declare an emergency and take military control over America's states.

Below is an excerpt of the NGA's letter:

"A provision in section 511 of the House-passed DoD Act would allow the President to federalize the National Guard of the states without the consent of the governor. Specifically, this clause amends Title 10 of the United States Code to give the President the authority to take control of the Guard in case of "a serious natural or manmade disaster, accident, or catastrophe that occurs in the United States, its territories and possessions, or Puerto Rico....

"The possibility of the federal government pre-empting the authority of the state or governor in natural and manmade disasters is opposed by the nation's governors....

"We urge you to drop this provision that would usurp governor's authority over the National Guard during emergencies."

Complete article

Article posted August 6 at JURIST discussing the Governor's letter, with links.

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