Wednesday, September 8 2010   -   Research/Evidence

August 31, 2010
911blogger.com, James Gourley's blog

The International Center for 9/11 Studies has secured the release of hundreds of hours of video footage and tens of thousands of photographs used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for its investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Building 7. This material is being released to the Center under the Freedom of Information Act, in response to a lawsuit the Center filed against NIST.

The Center filed a FOIA Request with NIST on January 26, 2009, seeking production of "all of the photographs and videos collected, reviewed, cited or in any other way used by NIST during its investigation of the World Trade Center building collapses." Following several unsuccessful attempts to get NIST to even acknowledge receipt of the Request, the Center was forced to file a lawsuit on May 28, 2009. Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, the Request was assigned a reference number, and NIST began periodically releasing batches of responsive records. To date, the Center has received over 300 DVDs and several external hard disk drives that contain responsive records - more than 3 terabytes of data so far - and NIST has indicated that additional records will be released in the future.

 

Tuesday, September 7 2010   -   In the Media

By Rachel Trees
September 05, 2010
Indiana Daily Student

The 9/11 Working Group of Bloomington’s presentation Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater titled "Peace Through Truth; 9/11 and State Crimes Against Democracy" outlined speakers’ skepticisms toward the events that took place on 9/11.

Speakers included Graeme MacQueen, founding director for McMaster University’s Centre for Peace Studies in Ontario, and behavioral neuroscientist Laurie Manwell.

"The folks who are engaged in the movement are serious scholars who come to conclusions based on evidence that should be available to everyone in the room," said Byron Bangert, member of the 9/11 Working Group of Bloomington.

 

Saturday, September 4 2010   -   Get Involved

'The fictional basis for the war on terror'

9/11 Working Group sponsors Sept. 4 discussion at Buskirk-Chumley
by Kevin Ryan
August 19, 2010
Published in the Bloomington Alternative

Most people recognize that the events of 9/11 were the driving force behind the "War on Terror." Less well recognized is the fact that this borderless war against an ill-defined enemy has expedited economic collapse, driven totalitarian legislation and generated a great deal of animosity against the United States throughout the world. The pain and suffering caused by 9/11 comes with an opportunity, however. Through a better understanding of those tragic events, we can achieve crucial insights that can not only end the wars but might ultimately lead to lasting positive change in human society.

On Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. in the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre in Bloomington, the 9/11 Working Group of Bloomington will sponsor a free presentation by two prominent truth and peace activists. Buddhist scholar and peace studies director Graeme MacQueen will discuss "The fictional basis for the war on terror." Behavioral scientist Laurie Manwell will speak on the social and psychological implications of 9/11 and other state crimes against democracy.

 

Saturday, September 4 2010   -   Get Involved


Join us in NYC this September 11th and 12th for a symposium of critical thinkers - "How the World Changed After 9/11"

This two-day event will be filmed for television, featuring eight panels with 32 experts in world affairs! The panels will look at 9/11's impact on military policy, loss of privacy, the media, perception of Islam, US politics, and much more!

You'll hear a stellar array of speakers, for instance Cindy Sheehan, Ray McGovern, Cynthia McKinney, Peter Dale Scott, Michael Parenti, Kristina Borjesson, Ralph Schoenman, Sara Flounders, Coleen Rowley, Senator Mike Gravel, Governor Don Siegelman. In addition, this event will feature the first US appearance of Dr. Niels Harrit, who rocked the science community with his team’s paper revealing explosives found in the World Trade Center dust.

Get full details at www.howtheworldchanged.org. Seating is limited so reserve your ticket now!

 

Sunday, August 29 2010   -   Other Important News

August 29, 2010
Source: 9/11 Truth News

A new report released by a think tank called Demos warns of the hazardous effects of conspiracy theories on society and recommends strategies for governments to mitigate these effects, including the infiltration of websites.

The report, called The Power of Unreason: Conspiracy Theories, Extremism and Counterterrorism, says "most notoriously and influentially, the ‘9/11 truth movement’ has questioned the official accounts of 9/11 and has become a large and growing political force."

The authors note that the 9/11 truth movement is "peaceful", but make no distinction between the legitimate questioning of the official account of 9/11 and any number of unrelated, and often racist, conspiracy theories.

The Demos report acknowledges that "some conspiracies have turned out to be true. Our institutions and governments have deceived the population to advance hidden and unstated interests", and goes on to cite Operations Northwoods, the Joint Chief of Staff’s unimplemented plan to stage a false flag Cuban terror attack in 1963, as well as the CIA’s involvement in the Chilean coup of 1973.

 

Friday, August 27 2010   -   Get Involved

This year's 9/11 Film Festival will be held in three venues over four days and will have a total of five different programs. The film festival runs from September 9th through September 12th and is being held in theaters in Oakland San Francisco and San Leandro, CA.

The 2010 9/11 Film Festival opens Thursday, September 9th at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland with a nine hour program. It then moves over to San Francisco's intimate VIZ Cinema in Japantown for a Friday night double feature and filmmaker Q&A. On Saturday, September 11th the film festival continues with two all day programs, one at the VIZ Cinema and the other at The Historic Bal Theatre in San Leandro. The festival closes with an afternoon program at the VIZ Cinema on Sunday.

Highlights of this year's festival include the world premiere of the film Hypothesis, the North American premiere of the film War Promises and presentations by Prof. Peter Phillips and Prof. Mickey Huff of Project Censored, physics professor David Chandler, and author and filmmaker Servando Gonzalez.

The film festival also features the San Francisco premiere of several international films, including Zero: An Investigation into 9/11, 9/11 False Flag and War Promises.

 

Friday, August 27 2010   -   Resources and Materials

Review by Carol Brouillet
August 26, 2010
communitycurrency.org

Film produced by Brett Smith
2010, 48 minutes

The film is a glimpse into the pivotal life of Professor Steven E. Jones by a young filmmaker, Brett Smith, over the course of the years when Professor Jones’s criticism of the official explanation for the destruction of the World Trade Center drew national attention to him and Brigham Young University.

Professor Jones had been teaching at Brigham Young University for over twenty years, and he loved his students and his career. He was attending a lecture in 2005 when the subject of 9/11 came up. The lecturer hinted that something was deeply amiss in the official story and half the room agreed with her. Professor Jones fell into the other half of the room's shocked surprise at the idea. Afterwards he did some research on the Internet, discovered Jim Hoffman’s WTC 7 site, and learned for the first time about building 7, not struck by a plane, which came down in the exact manner of a controlled demolition. His research into the destruction of the buildings began.

Professor Jones wrote his first paper on the subject, "Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Completely Collapse?", and presented a seminar on the same topic at BYU, both of which drew the local press and created quite a stir.

 

Friday, August 27 2010   -   Get Involved

19 August 2010

For Immediate Release:

Join WeAreChange for "Our Lives Post 9/11", a Four Day 9/11 Truth Conference and Charity Event in New York City - September 9th-12th 2010

Former C.I.A., F.B.I., members of the House and Senate, a State Governor, Parliament Member, and others converge; with the people, with you, to discuss the fallacies of the official 9/11 report, and the post 9/11 world.

This year in NYC, whistle blowers from all levels of government agencies, politicians, filmmakers, activists and journalists will unite with hundreds of others to raise awareness to the plight of the 9/11 First Responders by holding a Charity conference over the course of four days.

The events of 9/11 changed all of our lives. From foreign and domestic policy to new security measures, America has not been the same since that fateful day. "Our Lives Post 9/11" is a four day conference where people will come together to share ideas, raise money and awareness and work toward a better future.

"Our Lives Post 9/11" will feature a lineup of speakers spanning from government officials, whistle blowers, political scholars, 9/11 family members, and more to discuss the criminal negligence of the American Government leading up to and following 9/11.

Speakers include Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, George Galloway, British politician, Richard Gage, AIA, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Cindy Sheehan, Peace Activist, Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman, Annie Machon, former MI5 agent, Mike Gravel, former U.S Senator, and so many more!

 

Friday, August 27 2010   -   Get Involved

Sydney's Sept 11 Protest Calls for End of Afghan War!

August 24, 2010
By John Bursill
John Bursill's Blog at visibility911.com/

So why should we believe that "9/11 Truth" can stop the war in Afghanistan and bring the "War on Terrorism" to an end?

I will lay out below the non-conspiratorial reasons why it is vitally important that we continue to demand accountability from our governments, on why it is they went to war on our behalf in 2001. I will also argue why I am correct to strongly assert that the pursuit of 9/11 truth and a criminal investigation of those events is the only practical path to peace today. Details of an upcoming Sydney "9/11 Truth for Peace" Protest on September 11th, 2010 are at the bottom of this article.

On the 11th of September 2001 the world entered a very dark chapter of its history! We were promised a 100 years of war in this "New American Century" fighting "the terrorists" wherever the American Empire deemed they were, and at the time of their choosing. We were told that this "New Pear Harbor" event carried out on 9/11 by the CIA born Al-Qaeda was a fair and reasonable reason to carry out a preemptive strike against their supporters the Taliban, by the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.

The vast majority of the world’s population and its governments rallied behind the US determined to fight Islamic terrorism together world wide. Although some more skeptical commentators and governments were cautious with their support for this so called "War on Terrorism", they found themselves intimidated into silence. For the Bush/Cheney Administration and its powerful media supporters made it abundantly clear "that you are with us or you are with the terrorists" GWB.

 

Friday, August 27 2010   -   Editorials

By John Albanese
August 25, 2010

On September 10, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld announced that an estimated $2.3 Trillion in Pentagon spending was missing -- and unaccounted for -- from the Pentagon. One day later, on 9/11, the story also disappeared, along with any semblances of governmental accountability and journalistic integrity.

In the wake of 9/11 America was a traumatized nation where asking difficult questions was often perceived as unpatriotic and equated with disloyalty.

Forget the fact that $2.3 Trillion equals the GDP of Italy. Forget that the military only spent an estimated $311 billion in the year 2000 - and that approximately 7.5 times that amount had disappeared. We were at war the very next day on 9/11 -- and that was all that mattered. Forget that Italy had just disappeared from the map.

That was the power of 9/11.

And in the years that followed it appeared that no lie was too big, no claim too outrageous, no initiative too insane, to trigger an appropriate response from either the media or the public. Accountability was replaced with blind nationalism and comforting platitudes.

 

Thursday, August 26 2010   -   Open Letters

August 17, 2010
Donna Marsh O'Connor
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

In February of 2002 a group of family members of 9/11 victims formed September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows in order to challenge the ever inflating sentiment and hysteria that led our nation into (eventually) two wars; that led to the death of thousands of U.S. servicemen and women, countless civilian casualties, and an era of perpetual fear-mongering perpetrated by politicians that today places us squarely in the viral debate over a place of worship near Ground Zero.

Despite the fact that PT (as we often like to call ourselves) has been around from almost the beginning, it is this acrimonious debate, fueled by the mainstream media's voracious appetite for angry controversy that our voices are sought after.

When we asked for an end to the sentiments of retribution and hostility did anyone hear?

[Remainder of this letter and Keith Olbermann's interview with O'Connor at Read More]