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Obama: Reopen the 9/11 Investigation — Part 1 – The Huffington Post
Melissa Rossi | HuffingtonPost.com
Patrick Leahy has a point when he urges President Obama to open investigations about the Bush administration. However, he’s not pointing at the issue that we need to start with. Namely, September 11th. What really happened? More than a few people know – and I am not alone in calling for those who know to start talking and fess up. Let’s not let this go the way of the JFK assassination – and whether with subpoenas or on their own volition, I demand that Dick Cheney, George W. Bush – both of whom refused to testify under oath during the 9/11 Commission proceedings — Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, Larry Wilkerson, George Tenet, Robert Mueller and the rest – as well as Bill Clinton and Al Gore (both of whom also refused to testify under oath) — start talking, and in a public arena. And I’m calling on the Obama administration to open up a probe and unravel the web of deceit.
Before we tuck the Bush administration into bed and hiss, “Nighty Night, you lying scoundrels,” before we go on to lock the door on that heinous era of American history, we do indeed need to probe what happened under their watch. But the event that most concerns me is what happened on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Oh yeah, that’s history, old news, the 9/11 Commission figured it all out, right? Except that members of the 9/11 Commission say it was “set up to fail” and that the investigation was severely hampered. So do assorted former members of the CIA, who demand a fresh look at the events of that day.
So, President Obama – leader of a new era in the United State – serve your people: pull out that can opener and pry open that can of worms.In following posts, I will outline some of the most mysterious coincidences and events that deserve re-examination – and there are many, including how strange things happen whenever Dick Cheney’s around and the missile defense program is slated to be cut as I note here and here. But let’s start with the premise that all was not told, and we deserve to know the truth about this catastrophic event that so changed the world — and boosted the military budget to new highs.While the Obama administration is fresh – and even though we’re all grappling with this economy – I urge Americans to demand that this be a top priority, and not to let Obama shrug off this “mystery” that was cloaked by his predecessor. To be continued….http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_Mueller
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"As assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division in the early 1990s, Mueller oversaw the department's investigation into BCCI, which was eventually found to be involved in a host of criminal activities, including support of global terrorism, international money laundering, and the selling of nuclear technology, according to a 1992 congressional report on the bank." [3]
Related SourceWatch Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_MuellerExcerpt:
Domestic wiretapping investigation
Director Mueller, along with Acting Attorney General James B. Comey, offered to resign from office in March 2004 if the White House overruled a Department of Justice finding that domestic wiretapping without a court warrant was unconstitutional.[10] Attorney General John D. Ashcroft denied his consent to attempts by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card and White House Counsel Alberto R. Gonzales to waive the Justice Department ruling and permit the domestic warrantless eavesdropping program to proceed. On March 12, 2004, President George W. Bush gave his support to changes in the program sufficient to satisfy the concerns of Mueller, Ashcroft and Comey.[10] The extent of the National Security Agency's domestic warrantless eavesdropping under the President's Surveillance Program is still largely unknown.
http://www.rense.com/general94/911after.htm
9-11 After A Decade, Have We Learned Anything?By Paul Craig Roberts
9-2-11
David Ray Griffen has written 10 carefully researched books documenting problems in the government's account. Scientists have pointed out that the government has no explanation for the molten steel. NIST has been forced to admit that WTC 7 was in free fall for part of its descent, and a scientific team led by a professor of nano-chemistry at the University of Copenhagen has reported finding nano-thermite in the dust from the buildings.
Larry Silverstein, who had the lease on the World Trade Center buildings, said in a PBS broadcast that the decision was made "to pull" Building 7 late in the afternoon of 9/11. Chief fire marshals have said that no forensic investigation was made of the buildings' destruction and that the absence of investigation was a violation of law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_9/11_Commission
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Criticism of the 9/11 Commission includes a variety of criticisms of the 9/11 Commission, the United States congressional commission set up to investigate the September 11 attacks in 2011 and chaired by former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean. Because the investigation was controversial and politically sensitive, many participants have been criticized during the process. Leading critics include members of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee and the Jersey Girls, who according to the documentary 9/11: Press for Truth, were instrumental in overcoming government resistance to establishing the 9/11 Commission.
The 9/11 Commission members were appointed by President George W. Bush and the United States Congress, which led to the criticism that the Commission was not independent. The Commission stated in its report that their "aim has not been to assign individual blame," a judgment which some critics believed would obscure the facts of the matter in a nod to consensus politics. In addition, some members of victims' families have claimed that the Commission had a conflict of interest.
http://payforfreedom.com/watchlist.html
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The following were added to the Corruption Watch List for their illegal acts in plain view:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More_Law_Center
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Founding and history
The Center was founded in 1999 by Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza, and Richard Thompson, the former Oakland County, Michigan, prosecutor known for his role in the prosecution of Jack Kevorkian, and who now serves as the Law Center's President and Chief Counsel. Among those who have sat on the Law Center's advisory board are: Senator Rick Santorum, former Senator and retired Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, former Major League Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, noted Catholic academic Charles Rice, former Fortune 500 CEO Mary Cunningham Agee, and Ambassador Alan Keyes. Santorum has played a crucial role in promoting intelligent design through his Santorum Amendment; however, following the Center's defeat in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case (see below), Santorum resigned from the Law Center's advisory board.[3] Originally, the Law Center's funding came from Monaghan's Ave Maria Foundation,[4] but is now primarily financed by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
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The Law Center is named after St. Thomas More, the 16th century Lord Chancellor whose refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim as supreme head of the Church of England ended his political career and led to his execution as a traitor to the King. St. Thomas More is patron saint of lawyers in the Catholic Church.[edit] Notable cases involving the Thomas More Law Center
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In August 2001, the Center filed a lawsuit against the San Diego chapter of Planned Parenthood, in which it sued Planned Parenthood to force it to inform women of a possible link between abortions and breast cancer. Although PP and medical experts denied any such link, a Thomas More Law Center lawyer claimed that a "preponderance of medical evidence" did establish a link.[5] The case was later dismissed by the judge, who said there was little likelihood the lawsuit would succeed.[6] The Center was ordered to pay $77,835 in legal fees.[7]
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Domino's_Pizza
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino's_Pizza
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Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) is an international pizza delivery corporation headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.[1] Founded in 1960, Domino's is the second-largest pizza chain in the United States[2] and has over 9,000 corporate and franchised stores[3] in 60 countries[4] and all 50 U.S. states. Domino's Pizza was sold to Bain Capital in 1998 and went public in 2004. The menu features both vegetarian and meat pizza, chicken wings and boneless chicken, potato wedges, garlic breads and a variety of dessert items including chocolate lava cakes, cookies and waffles, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and a variety of soft drinks including Coca-Cola, Fanta, and Sprite.
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/mitt-romney-bain-capital-debate
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Now, let's pick apart Romney's defense of Bain. When Bain took over companies, he said, "in each case we tried to make 'em bigger, make 'em more successful and grow" [emphasis mine]. Not so in the case of Dade International, a medical testing company acquired by Bain and Goldman Sachs in 1994. As Bloomberg reported, Bain cut 1,600 jobs from the company between 1996 and 1999 after merging the company with several others as part of Bain's restructuring plan. In 1999, Bain and Goldman sold Dade International, as it was later called, for a profit, but left the company buried in debt. It filed for bankruptcy in 2002.
Moynihan reports: "It was the third day of anticorporate protests that were promoted by a range of groups including AdbustersMedia Foundation, an advocacy group based in Canada, as well as a New York City group that called itself the General Assembly. Participants said that the demonstrations were meant to criticize a financial system that unfairly benefits corporations and the rich and undermines democracy."
Police form a wall of blue around the New York Stock Exchange as demonstrators march around Wall Street, 09/18/11. (photo: Bryan Smith/NY Daily News)
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