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Issue 10 - Spring / Summer 2005 Page 64 |
NYC's 9/11 Citizens' CommissionAn Open Inquiry into the attacks of September 11, 2001 |
An historic questioning of what really happened on 9/11 – held in Symphony Space, New York City, September 9, 2004.
This citizen-sponsored commission was one of two major inquiries which questioned the official 9/11 story held in New York City, the site of the destruction of the three World Trade Center buildings. The second inquiry occurred September 11, 2004 at the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom. The NY phase of hearings was a continuation of the democratic momentum generated by the International Citizens’ Inquiries into 9/11 held earlier in 2004 – Phase 1 in San Francisco, March 16-18 and Phase 2 in Toronto, May 25-31. It was followed by the Los Angeles Citizens’ 9/11 Grand Jury Hearing, October 23, 2004.
The format of the NYC 9/11 Citizens’ Commission began with the presentation of evidence from witnesses to a panel of three commissioners. The commissioners then questioned the witnesses on their presentations. The hearings concluded with questions and discussion from members of the audience.
The Three Commissioners
Chair: Congresswoman, The Hon. Cynthia McKinney, 5th Term Member of the US House of Representatives (D-GA), who has distinguished herself since 9/11 as the sole voice in the US House of Representatives to support the many citizen questions about the official 9/11 story and the suspicious and destructive actions of the US government which have followed because of it.
Robert McIlvaine: 9/11 victim family member, father of Bobby McIlvaine, lost on the 106th floor in the WTC North Tower collapse.
Dr. Faiz Khan M.D., emergency room physician, local Imam, 9/11Truth.org advisory board member.
The Witnesses and their Topics
(in order of appearance)
Barry Zellman, 9/11 victim family member, lost his brother Kenneth in the WTC North Tower – reflections on loss.
Mindy Kleinberg (via video testimony), 9/11 widow, member of the Family Steering Committee gave testimony before the official 9/11 Commission on March 31st, 2003, asking the tough questions the Commission would not.
Jenna Orkin, Chairperson of the WTC Environmental Organization, is an activist representing the community of Ground Zero and others affected by the environmental disaster of 9/11. This disaster resulted from the failure of the EPA and the White House to inform the public about the toxic contamination of the air and to execute appropriate testing and remediation.
John Judge, researcher, co-founder of 9/11 Citizens Watch questioned contradictions and omissions of the official 9/11 Commission Report and the recommendations that came from those conclusions and reviewed the US government’s history of covert operations.
Barrie Zwicker, media critic and producer of The Great Deception and The Great Conspiracy explained how governments throughout history have employed covert state terror to drum up support for wars, helped in modern times by a complicit media.
Michael Springman, Washington DC attorney, was the former US foreign service officer who blew the whistle on the issuance of visas to terrorists by the US government.
Paul Thompson, 9/11 researcher / activist, author of Terror Timeline (Harper Collins, 2004) detailed the foreign intelligence warnings and the potential role of Pakistan in the 9/11 attacks.
Michael C. Ruppert, publisher / editor of From the Wilderness Newsletter and author of Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil, detailed the 9/11 war games that involved live hijack exercise drills and inserting false radar blips into radar screens on 9/11, plus how the attacks were facilitated by the US government and particularly by Vice President Cheney.
Indira Singh, large enterprise financial risk management analyst and NYC resident at Ground Zero exposed the national security mystery of the software company Ptech; artificial intelligence ‘surveillance and intervention’ software and its deployment on US government computers.
Nicholas Levis, author and researcher with 9/11Truth.org gave an overview of bodies of evidence gathered by 9/11 researchers over the last three years and evaluated the possibilities for a future investigation.
Carolyn Betts, corporate finance attorney, specializing in the legal aspects of the US Black Budget, offered classification criteria for organizing 9/11 evidence to prepare avenues of litigation for 9/11 crimes.
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