'Secret' 9/11 lies?2002 exec order let EPA bury info on air hazards

[jasmeel]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/438831p-369566c.html

With New Yorkers already fuming about reports that the feds downplayed the danger of Ground Zero dust, the White House gave EPA chief Christie Whitman the power to bury embarrassing documents by classifying them "secret."

"I hereby designate the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to classify information originally as 'Secret,'" states the executive order, which was signed by President Bush on May 6, 2002.

Although the stated reason for Bush's directive is to keep "national security information" from falling into enemy hands, advocates for thousands of ailing Ground Zero heroes are convinced there's a more sinister motive.

"I think the rationale behind this was to not let people know what they were potentially exposed to," said Joel Kupferman of the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project. "They're using the secrecy thing to cover up their malfeasance and past deceptions.">snip

What national security info could possibly be found at the WTC site? Any thoughts?

[truthisfreedom]

1. they got that right. it's all about covering ass. bushco has a lot of ass.

look at cheney. ass. big goddamned ass.

[133724]

26. .

[rodeodance]

2. my gaw. What will the WH NOT do!!

[havocmom]

14. Since the junta started by STEALING the WH

nothing else would be outta bounds

[jasmeel]

3. I'm wondering if the * admin is trying to hide evidence from the

WTC wreckage. That would fall under 'national security' more than toxic dust. I wish someone would leak the actual EPA documents so we could see what they are hiding.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. I'd like to see those reports...

I'm guessing Asbestos, silica, fiberglass and lead

evidence of explosives too, I'll bet.

[rodeodance]

4. WH says it wll have a response today --more mumble jumble !!

Asked last night about the executive order, a White House spokeswoman said she would have a response today.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

5. I can see the response right now.

The reason that we classified these documents for national security reasons is also classified for national security reasons. That is all.

[rodeodance]

10. yes,

[AndyA]

6. Honestly, I wonder if the United States would be better off with Osama

bin Laden as President. Or Charles Manson. On thing is for sure, George W. Bush is in the same league, he's just as crazy, he loves death and destruction as much, and he's an evil, evil man.

Heaven help us all.

[rodeodance]

7. I recall this---Whitman!

Whitman, who resigned as EPA chief in May 2003, could not be reached for comment yesterday. In a Newsweek interview that year, she said the White House never told her to lie about the air quality.

However, Whitman conceded that she did not object when words of caution were edited out of her public statements.

"We didn't want to scare people," she said.

[ramapo]

9. Whitman is gutless scum

It didn't take a genius to figure out that the WTC smoke was horribly toxic.

People should've been scared....

[liberalnurse]

8. Many objective healthcare workers

even with a minuscule of occupational hazard knowledge knew the 911 Tower rubble was toxic.....I knew they were lying all along. It's a medical common sense thing.

[laruemtt]

11. where are the lawsuits?

criminal and civil? they cannot get away with this. it's outright murder.

[hootinholler]

18. They may not have standing to sue

There are 'official duties' protections in place. I don't know if the rescue/cleanup workers can sue individuals, but they should be able to sue the EPA.

-Hoot

[laruemtt]

22. then sue the EPA, and

* for telling them to tell people it was safe.

[hpot]

12. Ho hum, not surprising

How many reasons do people need to impeach this pResident??

[SpiralHawk]

13. Bush and his corrupt repulicon cronies lie. Again.

They just have a lot of trouble telling the truth. About anything.

[Sinti]

15. The clean-up and rescue volunteers are now becoming terribly ill

and they are on their own. No agency will help them with their medical needs at all. God have mercy on them. Makes you wonder what kind of country this is. You lend a hand, and they chop of your fingers without so much as a thank you.

[Supersedeas]

16. b/c Environmental Policy is a National...errr...political secret

[bananas]

19. And now she's doing PR for the nuclear power industry

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x61914

"To that end the Nuclear Energy Institute, with the help of Hill & Knowlton, formed something called the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition. To co-chair it the institute hired a pair of environmental consultants, a duet to sing pro-nuclear songs. Christine Todd Whitman, of Whitman Strategy Group (which “can help businesses to successfully interact with government to further their goals,” according to its Web site), and Patrick Moore, of Greenspirit Strategies, were hired for their résumés: Whitman, a former New Jersey governor, is known as the outdoorsy and moderate Republican who ran the Environmental Protection Agency for two years under George W. Bush; Moore was a cofounder of Greenpeace in the 1970s. Part of the thinking, surely, was that the press would peg them as dedicated environmentalists who have turned into pro-nuke cheerleaders, rather than as paid spokespeople."

[stepnw1f]

20. Bush... Killing Americans

With a leader like him, who really needs an Osama Bin Laden to worry about.

[screembloodymurder]

21. None whatsoever.

The evidence would only prove the obvious, that Bush MIHOP. He's covering his own ass. BTW, one of the first environmental testing firms on the scene, tried to warn workers of the asbestos hazards. They got thrown off the job for telling workers to wear masks w/o EPA permission. Whitman should be on trial for murder.

[BenDavid]

23. Senator Clinton spoke out about

this problem often, and even on the Senate floor said this report was changed:

Senator Clinton Responds to EPA’s Failure to Protect New Yorkers Post-9/11
http://clinton.senate.gov/news/statements/details.cfm?id=251145&&

Clinton, Nadler, Community Leaders Call on EPA to Fix World Trade Center Air Quality Testing & Clean-Up Plan
http://clinton.senate.gov/news/statements/details.cfm?id=249590&&

Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the Release of the EPA’s World Trade Center Testing Plan
http://clinton.senate.gov/news/statements/details.cfm?id=249372%20&&

Just a small sampling of what Senator Clinton was saying about the lies put forth in that report saying the "air would cause no problems"

[indepat]

24. You would think stuff like this would piss off those we the people not

insane.

[dbt]

25. OMG! OMG! OMG! This is hugh!!!!11! Im series!

What will we Do if this tinfoil woo-woo CONSPIRACY THEORY is allowed to remain on the LBN?!?!?! What will people think of DU??? Mods, PLEASE send this to the 9/11 Forum before it's too late!!

:evilgrin:
dbt
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