911 Truth Statement
Respected Leaders and Families Launch 9/11 Truth Statement Demanding Deeper Investigation into the Events of 9/11
NEW YORK CITY, NY (Oct. 26, 2004) – An alliance of 100 prominent Americans and 40 family members of those killed on 9/11 today announced the release of the 911 Truth Statement, a call for immediate inquiry into evidence that suggests high-level government officials may have deliberately allowed the September 11th attacks to occur. The Statement supports an August 31st Zogby poll
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Focusing on twelve questions, the Statement highlights areas of incriminating evidence that were either inadequately explored or ignored by the Kean Commission, ranging from insider trading and hijacker funding to foreign government forewarnings and inactive defenses around the Pentagon. The Statement asks for four actions: an immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Congressional hearings, media analysis, and the formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry.
The Statement's list of signatories includes notables spanning the political spectrum, from Presidential candidates Ralph Nader, Michael Badnarik, and David Cobb to Catherine Austin Fitts, a member of the first Bush administration, as well as Washington veterans like Pentagon whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern. Other signers range from peace activists like Code Pink president Jodie Evans and Global Exchange's Kevin Danaher to former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, Edward L. Peck; from environmentalists like Randy Hayes and John Robbins to business leaders such as Paul Hawken and Karl Schwartz, CEO of Patmos Nanotechnologies; from populist journalist Ronnie Dugger to renowned investigative reporter Kelly Patricia O'Meara.
Signatories
1. Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D., anthropologist, author, Population Politics
2. Ed Asner, actor, activist
3. Marshall Auerback, international portfolio strategist for David W. Tice & Associates, Inc.
4. Catherine Austin Fitts, Asst. Secretary of Housing in the first Bush administration
5. Keidi Obi Awadu, aka The Conscious Rasta, talk show host, LIBRadio
6. Michael Badnarik, Libertarian candidate for President
7. Byron Belitsos, publisher, Origin Press, author Planetary Democracy
8. Philip J. Berg, Esquire, former deputy attorney general, Pennsylvania
9. Medea Benjamin, activist, author, co-founder, Global Exchange and Code Pink
10. Dennis Bernstein, investigative reporter, radio host of KPFA's Flashpoints
11. Steve Bhaerman aka Swami Beyondananda, author, political comedian
12. Brad Blanton, Ph.D., psychotherapist, author, Radical Honesty
13. Saniel Bonder, spiritual teacher and author, Great Relief
14. Dr. Robert Bowman, USAF Lt. Col. (Rtd.), founder, Institute for Space and Security Studies
15. John Buchanan, author, candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, 2004
16. Gray Brechin, Ph.D., author, environmental historian, professor, UC Berkeley
17. Fred Burks, presidential interpreter for Bush, Clinton, Cheney, and Gore
18. Norma Carr-Rufino, Ph.D., author, professor of management, San Francisco State University
19. Angana Chatterji, Ph.D., scholar-activist and professor of anthropology
20. Paul Cienfuegos, co-founder, Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County
21. David Cobb, attorney, national presidential candidate, US Green Party
22. John Cobb, Ph.D., theologian, co-author, For the Common Good
23. Ernest Callenbach, founder/editor, Film Quarterly, author, Ecotopia
24. Kevin Danaher, Ph.D., author, speaker, co-founder, Global Exchange
25. Stephen Dinan, author, Radical Spirit
26. Bill Doyle, advocate for 9/11 families, father of Joseph Doyle, Cantor Fitzgerald employee
27. Ronnie Dugger, journalist/author, co-founder, Alliance for Democracy
28. Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D., Director, American Center for Democracy, author, Funding Evil
29. Daniel Ellsberg, author, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
30. Jodie Evans, president, Code Pink
31. Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University
32. Michael Franti, musician, filmmaker, human rights worker
33. Jim Garrison, Ph.D., president, State of the World Forum, author, America as Empire
34. Bruce Gagnon, Chair, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
35. Ric Giardina, author, consultant, speaker, former Director of Trademarks and Brands for Intel
36. John Gray, Ph.D., #1 bestselling author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
37. Stan Goff, 25-year Army Special Ops veteran, author, Full Spectrum Disorder
38. Melvin Goodman, senior fellow, Center for International Policy, author, former Senior Analyst, CIA, professor, National War College
39. Morton Goulder, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Warning under Nixon, Ford, and Carter
40. David Ray Griffin, Ph.D., theologian, author, New Pearl Harbor
41. Doris "Granny D" Haddock, campaign finance crusader, NH Democratic candidate for Senate
42. Thom Hartmann, radio host; author, Unequal Protection
43. Richie Havens, singer, songwriter, performer, artist
44. Paul Hawken, bestselling author, environmentalist, entrepreneur, founder of Smith & Hawken
45. Randy Hayes, founder, Rainforest Action Network, US National Director, Direction Conservation
46. Richard Heinberg, author, The Party's Over, core faculty, New College of California
47. Van Jones, executive director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
48. Rob Kall, editor, OpEdNews.com, president, Futurehealth, Inc.
49. Georgia Kelly, executive director, Praxis Peace Institute
50. Sean Kelly, Ph.D., author, professor of philosophy and religion, CA Institute of Integral Studies
51. John Joseph Kennedy, Democratic Write-in Presidential Candidate for 2004
52. Mimi Kennedy, actress, Dharma and Greg, progressive activist
53. Faiz Khan, M.D., Triage Emergency Physician on 9/11, Assistant Imam
54. David Korten, author, When Corporations Rule the World
55. France Moore Lappé, author, Diet for a Small Planet; founder, Small Planet Institute
56. Scott M. Legere, 25 year radio broadcaster as Scott Ledger, Tampa FL
57. Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, TIKKUN Magazine, author, Healing Israel/Palestine
58. Michael Levine, bestselling author of Deep Cover, journalist, 25-year veteran of the DEA
59. Joanna Macy, Ph.D., eco-philosopher, author
60. Enver Masud, founder, The Wisdom Fund, author, The Truth About Islam
61. John McCarthy, former Special Forces Captain, president, Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy
62. Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, co-founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
63. Cynthia McKinney, five-term Congresswoman from Georgia
64. Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author, professor, co-founder, Green Earth Foundation
65. Mark Crispin Miller, media critic, author, professor, New York University
66. Joseph W. Montaperto, New York City Fire Department
67. Leuren Moret, geoscientist, radiation specialist, environmental commissioner
68. Ralph Nader, Independent candidate for President
69. Craig Neal, author, co-founder, The Heartland Institute, former publisher, Utne Reader
70. Jeff Norman, executive director, Tour of Duty
71. Jenna Orkin, Esquire, World Trade Center Environmental Organization
72. Kelly Patricia O'Meara, investigative journalist, public relations
73. Michael Parenti, Ph.D., author, Superpatriotism and The Terrorism Trap
74. Edward L. Peck, former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, former Deputy Director to the White House Task Force on Terrorism
75. Peter Phillips, Ph.D., professor, Sonoma State University, director, Project Censored
76. Henri Poole, Internet pioneer, board member, Free Software Foundation
77. Robert Rabbin, author, speaker, creator of TruthForPresident.org
78. Paul H. Ray, Ph.D., sociologist, author, The Cultural Creatives
79. John Renesch, business futurist, author, Getting to the Better Future
80. John Rensenbrink, professor emeritus, Bowdoin College, co-founder, US Green Party
81. John Robbins, author, founder, EarthSave International
82. William Rodriguez, 9/11 rescue effort hero, founder, Hispanic Victims Group
83. Neal Rogin, Emmy-award winning writer, performer, social observer
84. Allen Roland, Ph.D., psychotherapist, published author and peace activist
85. Rosemary Radford Ruether, professor of feminist theology, Graduate Theological Union
86. Michael Ruppert, publisher/editor, From The Wilderness, author, Crossing the Rubicon
87. Chris Sanders, founder, Sanders Research Associates
88. Karl W. B. Schwarz, President, CEO, Patmos Nanotechnologies, LLC
89. Peter Dale Scott, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, author, Drugs, Oil, and War
90. Firefighter Kevin Shea, FDNY Hazmat Operations
91. Michelle Shocked, singer/songwriter, activist
92. Indira Singh, risk management and computer systems consultant
93. J. Michael Springmann, attorney, former Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State
94. Douglas Sturm, Ph.D., university professor emeritus, Bucknell University
95. Marjorie Hewit Suchocki, Ph.D., theologian, author
96. Chuck Turner, Boston City Council
97. James W. Walter Jr., venture investor, philanthropist, founder of Walden Three
98. Dan Whaley, E-commerce pioneer, founder of GetThere.com, acquired for $750M
99. Burns H. Weston, J.S.D., Professor of Law Emeritus, Director, Center for Human Rights, U-Iowa
100. Howard Zinn, professor, historian, author, A People’s History of the United States
Family Members
1. Joanne Barbara, wife of FDNY Asst. Chief of Dept. Gerard Barbara
2. Gayle Barker, sister of William A. Karnes, WTC
3. Michele Bergsohn, wife of Alvin Bergsohn, Cantor Fitzgerald
4. Derrill Bodley, father of Deora Bodley, passenger on Flight 93
5. Kathryn C. Bowden, sister of Thomas H. Bowden, Jr. WTC1, 104th floor
6. Janet Calia, wife of Dominick Calia, Cantor Fitzgerald, WTC1
7. Maggie Cashman, wife of William Joseph Cashman, United Flight 93
8. Lynne Castrianno Galante, sister of Leonard Castrianno, 1WTC, 105th floor
9. Elza Chapa-McGowan, daughter of Rosemary Chapa, Pentagon
10. Bruce De Cell, father-in-law of Mark Petrocelli North Tower, 92nd floor
11. Ralph D'Esposito, father of Michael DÕEsposito, WTC, 96th floor
12. Loisanne Diehl, Surviving Spouse, Michael D. Diehl, WTC2, 90th floor
13. Jonathan M. Fisher, son of Dr. Gerald Paul "Geep" Fisher, Pentagon
14. Michael J. Fox, brother of Jeffrey L. Fox, Tower 2, 89th floor
15. Laurel A. Gay, sister of Peter A. Gay, AA Flight 11
16. Ilene Golinsky, wife of Col. Ronald F. Golinski USA RET, Pentagon
17. Kristen Hall, daughter of fallen firefighter Thomas Kuveikis 9/11
18. Kurt D. Horning, father of Matthew D. Horning, WTC Tower One, 95th floor
19. Jennifer W. Hunt, wife of William C. Hunt, Euro Brokers
20. Lori, Jerry, and Beatrice Guadagno, sister and parents of Richard Guadagno, Flight 93
21. John Keating, son of Barbara Keating, passenger on AA Flight 11
22. L. Russell Keene II, father of Russ Keene III, WTC2, 89th floor, KBW
23. Peter Kousoulis, sister died in WTC
24. Barbara Krukowski-Rastelli, mother of William E. Krukowski, NYC firefighter
25. Laura and Ira Lassman, parents of Nicholas C. Lassman, died in WTC, Tower One
26. Johnny Lee, husband of Lorraine Greene
27. Alicia LeGuillow, mother of Nestor A. Cintron III
28. Francine Levine, sister of Adam K. Ruhalter, who died on 9/11
29. Christopher Longing, husband of Laura M. Longing, WTC1
30. Bob McIlvaine, father of Robert McIlvaine, WTC, Merrill Lynch
31. Mary McWilliams, mother of FF Martin E. McWilliams- Engine 22
32. Daryl J. Meehan, brother of Colleen Ann Barkow, WTC 1, 105th floor
33. Elvira P. Murphy, wife of Patrick Murphy, WTC 1
34. Natalee Pecorelli, sister of Thomas Pecorelli of Flight 11
35. James L Perry, M.D and Patricia J. Perry, parents of John W. Perry, Esq., NYPD Officer 9/11
36. Elaine Saber, mother of Scott Saber
37. Julie Scarpitta, mother of Michelle Scarpitta, WTC Building 2, 84th floor
38. Kathleen A. Stanton, WTC South, Injured Survivor
39. Elizabeth Turner, wife of Simon Turner, lost on 11th September 2001
40. Joan W. Winton, mother of David Winton, WTC, South Tower, 89th floor
41. David Yancey, husband of Vicki Yancey, American Airlines Flight 77
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