NYT-Part of 9/11 Report Remains Unreleased, and an Inquiry Is Begun

[maddezmom]

One last chapter of the investigation by the Sept. 11 commission, a supplement completed more than two months ago, has not yet been made public by the Justice Department, and officials say it is unlikely to be released before the presidential election, even though that had been a major goal of deadlines set for the panel.


Drawing from this unpublished part of the inquiry, the commission quietly asked the inspectors general at the Departments of Defense and Transportation to review what it had determined were broadly inaccurate accounts provided by several civil and military officials about efforts to track and chase the hijacked aircraft on Sept. 11.

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In testimony before the commission, officials had described a quick response to the hijackings that narrowly missed intercepting some of the planes, but the commission's investigators later determined from documentary evidence that none of the military planes were anywhere near the four airliners.

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Besides the pursuit of the hijacked planes, the supplement, a monograph 60 to 70 pages long, revisits other subjects in the commission's final report of July - telephone calls made from the hijacked airplanes, airline security and orders issued that morning by President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney - and provides additional detail or context, former commission members said.



more: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/politics/30panel.html

More cover-ups, wonder if it mentions * reading my pet goat?? :eyes:

[grytpype]

1. Holy shit...

Every day bring a new reason to despise Bush.

[Eloriel]

2. none of the military planes were anywhere near the four airliners

Well, they could've just done some homework on the internet to figure that out.

the commission quietly asked the inspectors general at the Departments of Defense and Transportation to review what it had determined were broadly inaccurate accounts provided by several civil and military officials about efforts to track and chase the hijacked aircraft on Sept. 11.


Dontcha love the euphemisms? LIES, Commissiones, they were LIES.

[Rose Siding]

3. Yeah, Corallo, it's a real puzzle

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Mr. Kerrey suggested that presidential politics were behind the delay in the report's release, but a spokesman for the Justice Department, Mark Corallo, said that an ordinary review of the material for national security clearance was complicated when the commission shut down in August.

"It's unlikely in the next few weeks," Mr. Corallo said of when the supplement would be released. "It was a real legal quandary."

[JohnyCanuck]

4. Maybe the NY Atrny General's office will get to the bottom of it

Not that I am holding my breath.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: David Kubiak, 207-967-2390, [e-mail]
Kyle F. Hence, 401-935-7715, [e-mail]

New York, NY (October 28, 2004) - On behalf of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Chief Investigator William Casey today accepted a Complaint and Petition from a group of New York City citizens including 9/11 family members, survivors and a Ground Zero triage physician. The Complaint demands that the AG open a criminal inquiry and/or grand jury investigation into the many still unsolved crimes of September 11, 2001 over which he has jurisdiction.

The complainants first held a press conference to explain the reasoning and desperation behind their unique Citizens' Complaint and Petition, which calls for criminal and civil probes into previously suppressed or ignored areas of inquiry identified by the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, 9/11 CitizensWatch and many independent researchers.

The lead complainants currently include Bob McIlvaine, who lost his son Robert in the World Trade Center collapse; Patricia Perry, who lost her son John, a New York City Police officer; William Rodriguez, a WTC maintenance worker and rescue effort hero; Jenna Orkin, Chairwoman of the World Trade Center Environmental Organization; Dr. Faiz Khan, Ground Zero triage physician; and ambulance first responder,. Megan Bartlett, founder of Ground Zero for Peace (who was recently hospitalized with malignant reactions to toxic WTC dust and unable to attend).

In brief statements prior to signing the 20-page Citizens' Complaint, the complainants voiced their hope that the public would strongly support their call to Attorney General Spitzer and also urge him to finally investigate the victim families' questions that the 9/11 Commission would not touch. Explaining the timing of the action, organizers cited the very recent Zogby 9/11 Poll ( http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.dbm?ID=855 ) which showed that nearly half of New Yorkers believe officials in this government "consciously" allowed the 9/11 attacks to succeed, and that 66% wanted a new and deeper investigation. They further noted steadily accumulating evidence that belies the "official narrative" such as this week's breaking story on the "black box" recorders recovered from the WTC site, the existence of which the FBI and Kean Commission had both insistently denied.

Bob McIlvaine reported that during one of the 9/11 Commission hearings, Commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste said, "This is not an investigation. This is an exposition". Justice for 9/11 Steering Committee member, Kyle F. Hence, who opened the event and introduced the Complainants, said that during recent Congressional hearings Commission Vice-Chairman, Lee Hamilton, openly admitted, "We did not answer all of the questions posed by victim family members."

Jenna Orkin stated there was strong evidence suggesting that the Executive Office of the President was responsible for last minute changes to an EPA press release that confirmed the safety of the air in lower Manhattan, clearing the way for the re-opening of Wall Street. "Here it appears that the government was willing to sacrifice the lives of Americans for purely economic ends." She opened her remarks by predicting that those who will die of exposure to toxic dust from the destroyed twin towers will ultimately far exceed those who died on the day of the attacks. Yet this painful story was relegated to a minor footnote in the 9/11 Commission Report.

After signing the Complaint, members of the Steering Committee and several Complainants walked to 120 Broadway and presented the signed document and several evidentiary books to Chief Investigator William Casey in the office of the New York State Attorney General.

The group cited The Terror Timeline by Paul Thompson, The New Pearl Harbor by David Ray Griffin, The War on Freedom by Nafeez Ahmed, and Crossing the Rubicon by Michael C. Ruppert as key resources that would be useful in any Grand Jury probe convened by the Attorney General.

Attorney Carolyn Betts, legal consultant for the Complaint, noted this was the first Citizens' Complaint filed with a State's Attorney General that would become what she called a "living document" -- in other words, an evolving compilation of argument and evidence posted on the Internet in full public view. Organizers also noted that Americans could view the Complaint at www.JusticeFor911.org and those who wish to support it can sign a petition on the site.

The group vowed to press their case regardless of upcoming election results, insisting that the search for 9/11 truth, justice and accountability is hardly a partisan concern, as witnessed by the Tuesday release of the 9/11 Truth Statement . The 9/11 Truth Statement also demands deeper new investigations and is signed by 100 prominent Americans spanning every faith and party, including former Republican officials, military officers, and three presidential candidates. The Justice for 9/11 Steering Committee includes representatives from 9/11 CitizensWatch , 911truth.org and the World Trade Center Environmental Organization and was organized this month in New York City.

www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041028220743555

[librechik]

8. Spitzer's homicide investigation

will blow them away--but not tomorrow. I can see this coming down like Nixon & Agnew. The Pukkkes will fix the election and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde become president again. Cheney is already under criminal investigation, he will go first, then Mr. Hyde will scurry away to the loony bin.

[July]

12. If they steal it, that's my take.

They can't stop the reckoning, the house of cards has to come down some time. They're spinning all the time (as opposed to actually working on the nation's behalf), and that's not really working anymore. It's just a matter of time.

Problem is, who steps in then?

That's why we have to defeat them on Tuesday.

[iam]

5. This is IT everyone!

Get of yer asses and Do something with the few remaining days we have! Call a friend, call a stranger, anything to get these animals out of the seat of power. What will you tell your children when they ask you what you did to protect freedom? What will you say when your kids ask why we can see the air? What a tiger is? Why are the police in the LIBRARY? What will you say?

[Longhorn79]

6. I was under an FAA contract at the time, and

my boss, who was certainly someone in the know, said he knew for certain that the plane over PA was shot down. Coincidentally, he had just gotten back from lunch with the FAA chief when he said that, but who knows?

[althecat]

7. This is amazing... so they published the "Official 911 Report"

... while they still had a large number of unanswered questions about what happened on the morning of the attack. What sort of credibility does this leave the rest of the report.

[librechik]

9. It's been nominated for National Book Award

wrong category--should have been for fiction.

[maddezmom]

10. kick for the 9/11 Families

[July]

11. So they put all the damning stuff in a supplement.

Then held back the supplement till after the election.

And they're not toadies for incompetents and traitors?

[maddezmom]

13. and Tony Snow just reported...no word on why it's been held up

maybe he should read something besides the Faux meme's and teleprompter. :eyes:

[flying_blind]

14. Kick for Osama & pet goats

[DeepModem Mom]

15. kick