REPUBLICAN: public needs to see classified pages of 9/11 report before we do more in Middle East
Two Republicans and a Democratic representative in Congress got to see the classified section of the Joint Congressional Inquiry into 9/11 report. I remember reading an earlier article on this, and the Republican said he was "shaken" by what he saw.
I emphasize the Republican involvement in this because you would expect them to be rah-rah for war and knee-jerk support whatever Bush did, especially in the "War on Terror."
It's hard to disagree with what this guy says: Americans need to know this crucial missing piece of what happened on 9/11 or we can't give informed consent to our government's foreign policy in the Middle East or anywhere else.
In March Benswann.com reported that Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Walter Jones (R-NC), and Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), along with families who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001, urged the president to declassify 28 pages from the 9/11 congressional investigation report, providing more information to the general public.
Before we involve ourselves in #Iraq, Congressmen and their constituents need to know more about the events leading up to 9/11. Understanding what enabled this tragedy to occur is fundamental to drafting a strategy for the Middle East.
Thats why I joined families of 9/11 victims and Congressman Walter Jones and Congressman Stephen Lynch at a press conference to promote the release of 28 classified pages from an official 9/11 report. Based on my reading of the documents, I am confident that making these 28 pages public would not damage our national security.
During a press conference Rep Massie said, As I read it, and we all had our own experience, I had to stop every couple of pages and just sort of try to absorb and try to rearrange my understanding of history. It challenges you to re-think everything. I think the whole country needs to go through that.
http://911blogger.com/news/2014-07-16/rep-massie-shocking-911-documents-it-challenges-you-re-think-everything-joshua-cook-jul-16-2014
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)I'm guessing there was strong evidence of Saudi and/or Pakistan backing.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)and more on Bandar and terror from a few years back:
http://professorsmartass.blogspot.com/2008/02/bandar-bushs-terror-threat-to-britain.html
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)as per the Downing Street Memos
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Mostly but not entirely from our military presence in Saudi Arabia post-Gulf War.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)head.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Rather than Iraq.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)it looks less like an "attack" and more like a favor (to those in power).
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)The conservatives I've talked to mostly have no clue at all about our military presence there during that DECADE (Support da troops! Derp!) and make nothing of the connection between Bin Laden and most of the hijacker's national origin.
More often than not, they think some of the hijackers were Iraqi.
There is no way to atone for what we did to Iraq.
polynomial
(750 posts)A huge reason 911 is secret
This is my prophecy: The media will be very tied to the war crime. This is hunch but living through that period does convince me the three big networks are in on the hoax. This war was total profiteering.
Another prophecy: those on the inside of the media close to the records especially utube tapes and other news films will be able to show complicity to the wars and commercial time profiteering.
Moreover, I would suspect prominent news anchor have secretly taken some of the most important archives as insurance against prosecution, retribution or retaliation.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)though it is more an issue of editors of papers, producers of TV news, and mostly, owners of both.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)True, but there have been hints that those pages redacted by Dubya will reveal the Saudi's ties to the Bush Family and his father's ties to terrorism.