Lies and Crimes, Peace and Democracy

We can not have Peace and Democracy if we accept the Lies and Crimes which deny us Peace and Democracy. Some of the Lies are foundational to the “War on Terror”, which itself is a lie. Al Qaeda, for example, is not responsible for the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center buildings. To believe so would be to believe in miracles, fairy tales.

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Lies and Crimes, Peace and Democracy

We can not have Peace and Democracy if we accept the Lies and Crimes which deny us Peace and Democracy. Some of the Lies are foundational to the “War on Terror”, which itself is a lie. Al Qaeda, for example, is not responsible for the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center buildings. To believe so would be to believe in miracles, fairy tales.

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9/11 Fund to Cut Payments to Sick Survivors by at Least 50%

The $7.4 billion fund created to aid people sickened by exposure to toxins at the sites of deadly attacks on the World Trade Center, after the EPA assured them it was safe, now has only $2.4 billion left to pay 19,000 claims.

Veni, Vidi, Tweeti – An Obituary For The Republic

Authored by Tom Engelhardt via TomDispatch.com,

What dreamers they were! They imagined a kind of global power that would leave even Rome at its Augustan height in the shade. They imagined a world made for one, a planet that could be swallowed by a single great power. No, not just great, but beyond anything ever seen before — one that would build (as its National Security Strategy put it in 2002) a military “beyond challenge.” Let’s be clear on that: no future power, or even bloc of powers, would ever be allowed to challenge it again.

And, in retrospect, can you completely blame them? I mean, it seemed so obvious then that we — the United States of America — were the best and the last. We had, after all, outclassed and outlasted every imperial power since the beginning of time. Even that other menacing superpower of the Cold War era, the Soviet Union, the “Evil Empire” that refused to stand down for almost half a century, had gone up in a puff of smoke.

Imagine that moment so many years later and consider the crew of neoconservatives who, under the aegis of George W. Bush, the son of the man who had “won” the Cold War, came to power in January 2001. Not surprisingly, on viewing the planet, they could see nothing — not a single damn thing — in their way. There was a desperately weakened and impoverished Russia (still with its nuclear arsenal more or less intact) that, as far as they were concerned, had been mollycoddled by President Bill Clinton’s administration. There was a Communist-gone-capitalist China focused on its own growth and little else. And there were a set of other potential enemies, “rogue powers” as they were dubbed, so pathetic that not one of them could, under any circumstances, be called “great.”

In 2002, in fact, three of them — Iraq, Iran, and North Korea — had to be cobbled together into an “axis of evil” to create a faintly adequate enemy, a minimalist excuse for the Bush administration to act preemptively. It couldn’t have been more obvious then that all three of them would go down before the unprecedented military and economic power of us (even if, as it happened, two of them didn’t).

It was as clear as glass that the world — the whole shebang — was there for the taking. And it couldn’t have been headier, even after a tiny Islamist terror outfit hijackedfour American jets and took out New York’s World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. As President Bush would put it in an address at West Point in 2002, “America has, and intends to keep, military strengths beyond challenge, thereby making the destabilizing arms races of other eras pointless, and limiting rivalries to trade and other pursuits of peace.” In other words, jihadists aside, it was all over. From now on, there would be an arms race of one and it was obvious who that one would be. The National Security Strategy of that year put the same thought this way: “Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a military build-up in hopes of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States.” Again, anywhere on the planet ever.

Look at more or less any document from the period and you’ll sense that they weren’t shy about touting the unprecedented greatness of a future global Pax Americana. Take, for instance, columnist Charles Krauthammer who, in February 2001, six months before the terror attacks of September 11th, wrote a piece swooning over the new Bush administration’s “unilateralism” to come and the “Bush Doctrine” which would go with it. In the process, he gave that administration a green light to put the pathetic Russians in their nuclear place and summed the situation up this way:

“America is no mere international citizen. It is the dominant power in the world, more dominant than any since Rome. Accordingly, America is in a position to reshape norms, alter expectations, and create new realities. How? By unapologetic and implacable demonstrations of will.”

“How Did USA’s Oil Get Under Iraq’s Sand?”

And soon enough after September 11th, those unapologetic, implacable demonstrations of will did, in fact, begin — first in Afghanistan and then, a year and a half later, in Iraq. Goaded by Osama bin Laden, the new Rome went into action.

Of course, in 2019 we have the benefit of hindsight, which Charles Krauthammer, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, and the rest of that crew didn’t have as they applied their Roman-style vision of an imperial America to the actual world. It should be added, however, that the millions of people who hit the streets globally to protest the coming invasion of Iraq in the winter of 2003 — “How did USA’s oil get under Iraq’s sand?” said a typical protest sign(which Donald Trump would have understood in his own way) — had a far better sense of the world than did their American rulers-to-be. Like the Soviets before them, in fact, they would grievously confuse military power with power on this planet.

More than 17 years later, the U.S. military remains stuck in Afghanistan, bedeviled in Iraq, and floundering across much of the Greater Middle East and Africa on a planet with a resurgent Russia, and an impressively rising China. One-third of the former axis of evil, Iran, is, remarkably enough, still in Washington’s gunsights, while another third (North Korea) sits uncomfortably in a presidential bear hug. It’s no exaggeration to say that none of the dreams of a new Rome were ever faintly fulfilled. In fact, if you want to think about what’s been truly exceptional in these years, it might be this: never in history has such a great power, at its height, seemed quite so incapable of effectively applying force, military or otherwise, to achieve its imperial ends or bring its targets to heel.

And yet, wrong as they may have been on such subjects, don’t sell Krauthammer and the rest of that neocon crew short. They were, in their own way, also prophets, at least domestically speaking. After all, Rome, like the United States, had been an imperial republic. That republic was replaced, as its empire grew, by autocratic rule, first by the self-anointed emperor Augustus and then by his successors. Arguably, 18 years after Krauthammer wrote that column, the American republic might be heading down the same path. After all, so many years later, the neocons, triumphantly risen yet again in Washington (both in the administration and as its critics), finally have their Caesar.

Hail, Donald J. Trump, we who are about to read your latest tweet salute you!

A Rogue State of One

Let’s note some other passing parallels between the new Rome and the old one. As a start, it’s certainly accurate to say that our new American Caesar has much gall(divided into at least three parts). Admittedly, he’s no Augustus, the first of a line of emperors, but more likely a Nero, fiddling while, in his case, the world quite literally burns. Still, he could certainly say of campaign 2016 and what followed: Veni, Vidi, Tweeti (I came, I saw, I tweeted). And don’t forget the classic line that might someday be applied to his presidency, “Et tu, Mueller?” — or depending on who turns on him, you can fill in your name of choice.

One day, it might also be said that, in a country in which executive power has become ever more imperial (as has the power of the Senate’s majority leader), blowback from imperial acts abroad has had a significant, if largely hidden, hand in crippling the American republic, as was once true of Rome. In fact, it seems clear enough that the first republican institution to go was the citizen’s army. In the wake of the Vietnam War, the draft was thrown out and replaced by an “all-volunteer” force, one which would, as it came to fight on ever more distant battlefields, morph into a home-grown version of an imperial police force or foreign legion. With it went the staggering sums that, in this century, would be invested — if that’s even the word for it — in what’s still called “defense,” as well as in a vast empire of bases abroad and the national security state, a rising locus of power at home. And then, of course, there were the never-ending wars across much of the Greater Middle East and parts of Africa that went with all of that. Meanwhile, so much else, domestically speaking, was put on the equivalent of austerity rations. And all of that, in turn, helped provoke the crisis that brought Donald Trump to power and might, in the end, even sink the American system as we’ve known it.

The Donald’s victory in the 2016 election was always a sign of a deep disturbance at the heart of an increasingly unequal and unfair system of wealth and power. But it was those trillions of dollars — The Donald claims seven trillion of them — that the neocons began sinking into America’s “infinite” wars, which cost Americans big time in ways they hardly tracked or noticed. Those trillionsdidn’t go into shoring up American infrastructure or health care or education or job-training programs or anything else that might have mattered to most people here, even as untold tax dollars — one estimate: $15,000 per middle-class family per year — went into the pockets of the rich. And some of those dollars, in turn, poured back into the American political system (with a helping hand from the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision) and, in the end, helped put the first billionaire in the Oval Office. By the 2020 election campaign, we may achieve another all-American first: two or even three of the candidates could be billionaires.

All of this not only gave Americans a visibly unhinged president — think of him, in axis-of-evil terms, as a rogue state of one — but an increasingly unhinged country. You can feel so much of this in President Trump’s confused and confusing attempts to both end American wars and ratchet them up, 17-and-a-half — he always claims “almost 19” — years after the invasion of Afghanistan. You can feel it in his gut-level urge to attack the “deep state” and yet fund it beyond its wildest dreams. You can feel it in his attempts to create a corps of “my generals” and then fire them all. You can feel the unhinged nature of events in a world in which, after so many years of war, America’s enemies still seem to have the formula for staying afloat, no matter what Washington does. The Taliban in Afghanistan is on the rise; al-Shabaab in Somalia, is still going strong; the Houthis in Yemen remain functional in a sea of horror and starvation; ISIS, now without its caliphate, has from Syria to the PhilippinesAfrica to Afghanistan, become a distinctly global brand; al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula thrives, while terror groups more generally continue to spread.

You can feel it in the president’s confused and confusing explanations for his urges to withdraw American troops in days or four months or whenever from Syria and do the same or maybe not exactly in Afghanistan. (As he said in his State of the Union address, American troops would both withdraw and “focus” on “counterterrorism” in that country.) You can feel it in the way, after so many years of visible failure, the neocons are once again riding high in Washington, ascendant both in his administration and as critics of its global and military policies.

These days, who even remembers that classic early Cold War question — who lost China? — that rattled American domestic politics for years, or later, the similar one about Vietnam? Still, if Donald Trump ever truly does withdraw American forces from Afghanistan (undoubtedly leaving this country’s allies in a Vietnam-style ditch), count on foreign policy establishmentarians in Washington and pundits around the country to ask an updated version of the same question: Did Donald Trump lose Afghanistan?

But no matter what happens, don’t make the mistake of blaming him. It’s true that he tweeted endlessly while the world burned, but he won’t be the one who “lost” Afghanistan. It was “lost” in the grisly dreams of the neocons as the century began and it’s never truly been found again.

Of course, we no more know what’s going to happen in the years ahead than the neocons did in 2001. If history has taught us anything, it’s that prediction is the diciest of human predilections. Still, think of this piece as an obituary of sorts. You know, the kind major newspapers write about those still living and then continually update until death finally occurs.

Think of it not as an obituary for a single loopy president, a man who, with his “great, great wall,” has indeed been an opiate of the masses (for his famed base, at least) in the midst of an opioid crisis hitting them hard. Yes, Donald J. Trump, reality TV star and bankruptee, he of the golden letters, was elevated to a strange version of power by a troubled republic showing signs of wear and tear. It was a republic feeling the pressure of all that money flowing into only half-noticed distant wars and into the pockets of billionaires and corporate entities in a way that turned the very idea of democracy into a bad joke.

Someday, if people ask the obvious question — not who lost Afghanistan, but who lost America? — keep all those failed imperial wars and the national security state that went with them in mind when you try to answer. Cumulatively, they had a far more disruptive role than is now imagined in toppling the dominos that sent us all careening on a path to nowhere here at home. And keep in mind that, whatever Donald Trump does, the Caesarian die was cast early in this century as the neocons crossed their own Rubicon.

Hail, Caesar, we who are about to die salute you!

FBI Won’t Run Honest Investigation of Hillary Clinton Crimes, but Is Tripping Over Itself to Investigate the Theft of Files That Might Expose the Truth About 9/11

This article was originally published by Ethan Huff at NaturalNews.com

An underground hacking collective known as “The Dark Overlord” reportedly announced on New Year’s Eve that it now has in its possession 18,000 documents related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks – critical information that, because it could potentially blow the lid on 9/11 being an inside job, has prompted the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to launch an urgent investigation.

Even as this same corrupt FBI refuses to pursue justice against felonious traitor Hillary Clinton, federal authorities are now actively pursuing these anonymous, would-be whistleblowers, which claim they’ll sell the documents in exchange for Bitcoin.

According to “two people familiar with the matter,” The Dark Overlord group possesses both emails and non-disclosure agreements concerning 9/11 that were sent and received by insurers such as Hiscox and Lloyd’s of London, both of which deny that they suffered a security breach in relation to the theft. Also mentioned as one of the sources of the stolen documents is law firm Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, now called Husch Blackwell.

The announcement by The Dark Overlord further invites ISIS, al-Qaeda, and various other nation states to “bid” on the documents online, insinuating that whomever offers to pay the most Bitcoin will gain exclusive access to the stolen documents.

“Pay the f*** up, or we’re going to bury you with this,” The Dark Overlord is vulgarly demanding. “If you continue to fail us, we’ll escalate these releases by releasing the keys, each time a Layer is opening, a new wave of liability will fall upon you,” the letter adds.

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The Dark Overlord tells politicians, law enforcement, and others to pay up or face repercussions

The Dark Overlord has already released a handful of decryption keys, which apparently unlock private conversations about the World Trade Center that took place among a cohort of entities that we’re guessing probably don’t want their identities publicly revealed – which would explain The Dark Overlord’s demands for bribery money in exchange for secrecy.

“If you’re one of the dozens of solicitor firms who was involved in the litigation, a politician who was involved in the case, a law enforcement agency who was involved in the investigations, a property management firm, an investment bank, a client of a client, a reference of a reference, a global insurer, or whoever else, you’re welcome to contact our e-mail below and make a request to formally have your documents and materials withdrawn from any eventual public release of the materials,” the demand letter adds.

“However, you’ll be paying us.”

Interestingly enough, The Dark Overlord says it’s been under investigation for many years now, particularly after it obtained key information about Larry Silverstein, the former owner of the World Trade Center complex who infamously stated on video that a decision was made to “pull it” before the buildings came down that fateful day.

The insurance industry took a major hit from the attacks, which cost the 2017 equivalent of around $45 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute. This large amount of money prompted a series of lawsuits, at least some of the details of which are now allegedly in The Dark Overlord’s possession.

As for Silverstein Properties, the real estate development firm owned by Larry Silverstein that’s been tasked with rebuilding the World Trade Center complex, the company says it isn’t at all phased by the data breach.

“We have spent the last 17 years fulfilling our obligation to deliver a magnificent and fully rebuilt World Trade Center,” a company announcement reads. “We will not be distracted by 9/11 conspiracy theories.”

Sources for this article include:

ZeroHedge.com

NaturalNews.com

InsuranceAge.co.uk

FBI Probing Theft of 18,000 Documents Linked to 9/11 Attacks

from The Anti Media: The FBI is investigating the theft of 18,000 documents related to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center by a hacking collective known as The Dark Overlord, according to FT, citing two people familiar with the matter. Posting under the name “The Dark Overlord”, the hacker or hackers claimed on […]

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FBI Probing Theft Of 18,000 Documents Linked To Sept 11 Attacks

The FBI is investigating the theft of 18,000 documents related to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center by a hacking collective known as The Dark Overlord, according to FT, citing two people familiar with the matter. 

Posting under the name “The Dark Overlord”, the hacker or hackers claimed on New Year’s Eve that they had taken emails and non-disclosure agreements relating to the 9/11 attacks that were sent and received by groups including insurers Hiscox and Lloyd’s of London and the law firm Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, now called Husch Blackwell.

The Dark Overlord said it would sell the documents for bitcoin, inviting Isis, al-Qaeda and nation states to bid for them online. –FT

“Pay the fuck up, or we’re going to bury you with this. If you continue to fail us, we’ll escalate these releases by releasing the keys, each time a Layer is opened, a new wave of liability will fall upon you,” reads the hacking group’s demand letter. 

“If you’re one of the dozens of solicitor firms who was involved in the litigation, a politician who was involved in the case, a law enforcement agency who was involved in the investigations, a property management firm, an investment bank, a client of a client, a reference of a reference, a global insurer, or whoever else, you’re welcome to contact our e-mail below and make a request to formally have your documents and materials withdrawn from any eventual public release of the materials. However, you’ll be paying us,” the note continues. 

Images of some of the documents began circulating on Wednesday after the group released decryption keys, which appear to show communications related to the World Trade Center. 

The FBI is one of multiple law-enforcement agencies who are now investigating the breach, according to FT. The Dark Overlord, meanwhile, says that it has been under investigation for years, and that it had also gathered other information from Lloyd’s and Silverstein Properties – founded by former WTC owner Larry Silverstein. 

Hiscox insurance said it became aware of the hack last April. 

“The law firm’s systems are not connected to Hiscox’s IT infrastructure and Hiscox’s own systems were unaffected by this incident,” said a Hiscox spokesperson. “One of the cases the law firm handled for Hiscox and other insurers related to litigation arising from the events of 9/11, and we believe that information relating to this was stolen during that breach.”

“We will continue to work with law enforcement in both the UK and US on this matter,” added the spokesperson. 

The September 11 attacks cost the insurance industry the equivalent of $45bn in 2017 terms, according to the Insurance Information Institute, and led to years of litigation over who should bear the cost.

Both Hiscox and Lloyd’s have expanded heavily into cyber insurance in recent years, selling protection against the costs of dealing with cyber attacks.

Husch Blackwell said it had not been hacked: “Several documents bearing the letterhead of a predecessor law firm to Husch Blackwell were made public earlier this week by a cyber terrorist group,” the company said in a statement.

“After a thorough review Husch Blackwell can confirm that no documents were obtained from Husch Blackwell and that there was no unauthorised access to Husch Blackwell systems, client files, documents or data.”  –FT

A spokesperson for Lloyd’s said it had no evidence of a breach of their systems, and said in a statement “Lloyd’s will continue to monitor the situation closely, including working with managing agents targeted by the hacker group.”

Silverstein Properties says that the company is investigating the claims, and that “e are aware of claims of alleged security breaches at firms involved in the five-year insurance litigation following the attacks of 9/11,” adding “To date, we have found no evidence to support a security breach at our company. We have spent the last 17 years fulfilling our obligation to deliver a magnificent and fully rebuilt World Trade Center. We will not be distracted by 9/11 conspiracy theories.”
 

Chasing Osama: Serve No Evil

“Chasing Osama” is a portion of the “September 11th, 2001” chapter of my next book, Serve No Evil.

CHASING OSAMA

On March 15th, 2001 Jane’s Defense News reported that the United States planned on invading Afghanistan later that year. Then in June of 2001, our own government told India that an invasion of Afghanistan was planned for October of 2001. (19) The United States invaded Afghanistan on October 7th, 2001, supposedly to hunt down Osama bin Laden “dead or alive” for masterminding the 9/11 attacks.

The Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan from December 1979 until February of 1989 after the Mujahideen rebelled against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) government in the 1970s. The Mujahideen was made up of opposition groups who fought against the soviet-backed DRA and eventually Soviet troops as well. During the occupation, under Operation Cyclone, the CIA indirectly gave millions of dollars each year to the Mujahideen through Pakistan’s ISI. The funding continued on after the Soviets left Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden was in Afghanistan during the occupation, assisting in anti-soviet activity. Osama bin Laden became the leader of al-Qaeda (The Base) – a conglomerate of quasi independent Islamic terrorist cells spread across at least 26 countries – in 1988.

In the Global Research.org article, Al Qaeda: the Database, former French military intelligence agent Pierre-Henry Bunel explained al-Qaeda was originally a database, “In the mid-1980’s, al-Qaeda was a database located in a computer and dedicated to the communications of the Islamic Conference’s secretariat. Al-Qaeda remained the database of the Islamic Conference.” Bunel also wrote about Osama bin Laden’s ties to the United States, “When Osama bin Laden was an American agent in Afghanistan, the al-Qaeda Intranet was a good communication system through coded or covert messages. Al-Qaeda was neither a terrorist group nor Osama bin Laden’s personal property…The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called al-Qaeda. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the ‘devil’ only in order to drive the ‘TV watcher’ to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the U.S. and the lobbyists for the U.S. war on terrorism are only interested in making money.”

The 9/11 Commission stated there was a CIA unit assigned to Osama bin Laden well before the events of 9/11. This unit’s staff would rise from “a dozen staff,” according to Ian Henshall’s 9/11 Revealed: The New Evidence & the 9/11 Commission Report, to “forty or fifty” people by 9/11. So what did the CIA know of bin Laden’s plot to fly airplanes into buildings? Former Director-General of Pakistan’s ISI Hamid Gul once said Osama bin Laden was “fondly nurtured by the CIA” adding that the CIA admired him. Bin Laden was always invited to “garden parties at the embassy.”

Declining Health

Osama bin Laden met with local CIA agents in July of 2001, according to a French newspaper article written by Alexandra Richard and translated by Tiphaine Dickson. Le Fargo ran the story one month after the World Trade Center attacks with the headline, The CIA met Bin Laden while undergoing treatment at an American Hospital last July in Dubai. The author of the October 11th, 2001 article discovered that while receiving medical care in an American hospital in Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Osama bin Laden was visited by local CIA agents. The claim was made by “a partner of the administration of the American Hospital in Dubai” who said bin Laden was there between “July 4th and 14th, 2001. Bin Laden started this journey to Dubai from an airport in Quetta, Pakistan. Once in Dubai, bin Laden was admitted to the American hospital with his personal physician, bodyguards and others. Osama bin Laden “was admitted to the well-respected urology department run by Terry Callaway, gallstone and infertility specialist. Dr. Callaway declined to respond to our questions despite several phone calls.” Alexandra Richard, the writer of the article, points out that back in March of 2000 Asia Week ran a story about the declining health of Osama bin Laden. Suffering from a “kidney infection that is propagating itself to the liver” that “requires specialized treatment” it seems bin Laden’s health has been an issue for quite some time. “According to our sources,” Alexandra Richard explained, “bin Laden’s “travels for health reasons” have taken place before. Between 1996 and 1998, bin Laden made several trips to Dubai on business.”

Two weeks after the attacks of September 11th, 2001 the United States government pressured the Central Bank of the Arab Emirates to “freeze assets and investments of 26 people or organizations” suspected of having on-going contact with bin Laden’s organization. The local CIA agent reportedly bragged about meeting with bin Laden. The day after Osama left the hospital, the well known agent who bragged about the encounter to locals in Dubai was called back to headquarters in the United States. “According to Arab diplomatic sources as well as French intelligence,” Alexandra Richard wrote, “very specific information was transmitted to the CIA” about possible terror attacks inside and outside of the United States. “A DST report dated 7 September enumerates all the intelligence, and specifies that the order to attack was to come from Afghanistan.” An emergency meeting between the French foreign intelligence service, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), and senior United States officials was then held in August of 2001 at the U.S. embassy in Paris. Richard reported the Americans were extremely worried and requested very specific information from the French about Algerian activists, without advising their counterparts about the reasons for their requests.

A January 28th, 2002 CBS news article titled Hospital Worker: I Saw Osama reported Osama bin Laden was at a hospital in Pakistan on September 10th, 2001. “Pakistan intelligence sources tell CBS News that bin Laden was spirited into a military hospital in Rawalpindi for kidney dialysis treatment.”

Tora Bora

“The biggest and most important failure of CENTCOM leadership came at Tora Bora when they turned down my request for a battalion of U.S. Rangers to block bin Laden’s escape.” – Gary Berntsen (Jawbreaker)

Commander of all CIA forces in Eastern Afghanistan Gary Berntsen was sent into the country for one purpose in December of 2001. Berntsen was ordered by Director of Counterintelligence Cofer Black to find and kill al-Qaeda, and to bring him Osama bin Laden’s head in a box. Berntsen and his Jawbreaker team, aided by Afghan forces, found Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora.

Berntsen found bin Laden “hiding among the millions of Pushtuns who live along the mountainous Afghan-Pakistan border.” Osama bin laden was being protected by the Pushtuns, who believed “it’s their tribal duty to protect him from outsiders.” According to Jawbreaker, a large number of the Afghan forces’ “foot soldiers were followers of local religious leader Maulaiw Mohammed Younus Khalis, who had instructed them to allow al-Qaeda to escape” the Tora Bora Mountains as Berntsen’s teams tried to “pin Bin Laden’s forces against the mountains.”

One of those soldiers was Haji Zahir, the son of Afghanistan Vice-President Haji Qadir; who was assassinated in July of 2002. The London Telegraph wrote, “The death of Haji Abdul Qadir, the Afghan vice-president, yesterday was the second assassination of an Afghan minister within four months and a major blow to a government that many see as the last chance for a peaceful Afghanistan.” Qadir’s son, Haji Zahir told Susan B. Glaser of the Washington Post that he “left for Tora Bora with seven hundred soldiers…but I didn’t know what for.” On July 31st, 2002, Commander of the U.S. Central Command Tommy Franks told the Senate Armed Services Committee that “it was the Afghans who wanted to attack in the Tora Bora area. We had Special Forces troopers with those Afghans, to be sure. We had linkage with the Pakistanis, who some would say, although not much reported at the time, had in the vicinity of 100,000 troops on the western Pakistani border along a great many points of exfiltration.”

Berntsen’s three U.S. teams “codenamed Black, Silver, and Red established posts on the ridges [of Tora Bora] and began calling in air strikes.” Constant strikes came from B-52s, B-1 bombers and AC-130 Spectre gunships. Numerous times, Berntsen recommended that U.S. Army rangers “be dropped behind al-Qaeda positions to block their escape to Pakistan.” Berntsen’s recommendations fell on deaf ears. During the “fall” of the Taliban and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, Pushtun warlord Nuruddin became one of the Afghan allies of the United States. According to page 280 of Jawbreaker, “most of [Nuruddin’s] men were from the local Khungani tribe and many of them had been on bin Laden’s payroll in recent months, hired to dig caves.”

One of these men was Haji Nazir, who told reporters he was sent into the mountains to warn al-Qaeda forces about the U.S.-Afghan force that was coming for bin Laden. Nazir also told Anthony Loyd of the London Sunday Times that he told one member of al-Qaeda “he had three days to leave with his men, surrender or get ready to fight.” This was part of his “Pushtun responsibility” to warn the Arab. “Now it is fulfilled and we shall fight” were Nazir’s parting words. Three days would be enough time to give Osama bin Laden and his forces options for what to do next. Spin Gul was a Nuruddin sub-commander who held a grudge against the Americans, but was being paid to fight on the side of the United States. He told the Christian Science Monitor he will never forgive the Americans for an airstrike on a Taliban trench, of which he was a part of. 30 men were in the bunker and only five lived through the bombing.

Another man on the ground in Tora Bora with the Jawbreaker team was Bilal. A former Master Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps., he was a big part of Berntsen’s plan to wipe out al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Bilal was a Shiite Muslim born in west Beirut, whose parents immigrated to Detroit when he was seven. While hunting for terrorists in the mountainous caves near Milawa, Afghanistan, Bilal recovered a hand-held radio tuned to an al-Qaeda frequency. In Arabic he heard chatter over the radio stating “kill the Americans” as well as requests for food and water. The al-Qaeda forces could not believe how quickly their position was located. Time was running out for al-Qaeda and for Osama bin Laden, whose voice was heard over the radio.

There is an Iran Press Service report that states al-Qaeda forces wanted to surrender to “United Nations officials” as long as “foreign observers” were present. Gary Berntsen constantly thought about the need for United States soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan, especially to keep al-Qaeda from retreating into Pakistan. Berntsen wrote, “I repeated to anyone who would listen: We need Rangers now! The opportunity to get bin Laden and his men is slipping away!!” Even though CENTCOM Commander Tommy Franks insisted the Afghan allies “wanted to get into Tora Bora,” Berntsen’s reports made it clear that the Afghan allies were not “anxious” to get al-Qaeda or Osama in the Tora Bora mountains.

Berntsen asked some serious questions which should have been answered a long time ago, way before the publication of his book. “Why was the U.S. military looking for excuses not to act decisively? Why would they want to leave something that was so important to an unreliable Afghan army that’d been cobbled together at the last minute?” Just as Berntsen was closing in on Osama bin Laden, he got the call to turn over his reigns and come home. “Now that we finally had bin Laden and his al-Qaeda cadres in the White Mountains,” Berntsen wrote on page 298 of Jawbreaker, “why was headquarters pulling us out? And why was Washington hesitant about committing troops to get bin Laden?”

“It was a twenty-four hour climb through the White Mountains from Tora Bora to Pakistan. Yet, General Dailey and CENTCOM continued to ignore my request for eight hundred U.S. ground troops.” – Gary Berntsen

Berntsen adds that Bilal estimated that half of the thousand al-Qadea fighters with bin Laden in the mountains had been killed during the constant U.S. air raids. With the aid of Rangers, Berntsen was certain he could have prevented any escape from the mountains. The potential threat of escape into Pakistan was always on Berntsen’s mind. He knew that 40 Joint Special Operations Command soldiers and a dozen Special Forces troops “could not cover all the escape routes across hundreds of miles of cave and mountain passes.” To escape the Tora Bora mountains into Pakistan, Berntsen wrote, bin Laden split his forces into two groups. “One group, numbering 135 men, headed east into Pakistan.” Bin Laden escaped with over 200 Saudi and Yeminis al-Qaeda members and supporters through the cold snow of the mountainous terrain, into Parachinar, Pakistan, controlled by the Pushtuns. According to Berntsen’s book, bin Laden “was guided by members of the Pushtun Ghilzai tribe, who were paid handsomely in money and rifles.” (pg. 307-308)

Gary Berntsen told Newsweek, “He was there,” referring to Osama bin Laden. In his book Jawbreaker, Gary Berntsen says there were intelligence operatives tracking bin Laden in Tora Bora. Bin laden was “holed up” in the Tora Bora Mountains. Berntsen and other U.S. commanders had definitive intelligence that bin Laden was there and could have been caught. Mr. Berntsen does not agree with Former CENTCOM commander General Tommy Franks, when the general said, “Bin Laden was never within our grasp” in an op-ed for the New York Times on October 19th, 2004. Berntsen disputed the quote, telling Newsweek that General Franks “was not on the ground out there. I was.” (20) Author Ron Suskind wrote that CIA briefer Henry Crumpton cautioned President Bush that bin Laden was in a position to escape from Tora Bora. (21) The New York Times reported that Buzzy Krongard – retired from the CIA in 2004 – said the United States may be better off with bin Laden at large, acknowledging that bin Laden’s capture “might prove counterproductive.” Krongard was the number three in the chain of command at the CIA in 2004. “Several US officials privately admitted it may be better” to keep bin Laden alive, trapped between the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan “rather than make him a martyr or put him on trial.” (22)

Al-Qaeda Leader Dined At the Pentagon After 9/11

Based on an interview by the FBI that took place after the Fort Hood shooting in November 2009, Fox News reportedly received “exclusive documents” that al-Qaeda leader, Anwar al-Awlaki, “dined at the Pentagon just months after 9/11.” (23) If true, what was Awlaki doing there? According to Fox News, he was brought to the Pentagon as part of a military “outreach” designed to be “a push within the Defense Department to reach out to the Muslim community.”

After a current Defense Department employee heard Awlaki speak, condemning al-Qaeda and the terror attacks, he was vetted by the proper authorities. Awlaki was “invited to and attended a luncheon at the Pentagon in the secretary of the Army’s Office of Government Counsel.” Was he really vetted? Concerning the vetting process, a former high ranking FBI agent said, “They vetted people politically and showed indifference toward security and intelligence advice of others.”

Awlaki was interviewed by the FBI four times within a week of the September 11th terror attacks. He allegedly had ties to at least three of the 9/11 hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Hani Hanjour. Yet, he was still allowed to enter the Pentagon just months after the terror attacks that claimed over 3,000 lives, promoted a war in Afghanistan and eventually helped sway public opinion to illegally invade Iraq. Fox News reported, “Former Army Secretary Tommy White, who led the Army in 2001, said he doesn’t have any recollection of the luncheon or any contact with Awlaki.” White added that just because he didn’t know about it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Army spokesman, Thomas Collins, told Fox News, “The Army has found no evidence that the Army either sponsored or participated in the event described in this report.” Collins did say that he believed the meeting was sponsored by the office of the Secretary of Defense, under Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Fox News then asked a spokeswoman from the Pentagon about the luncheon and was basically told, “We’ll get back to you on that.”

The Fox News report concluded with a former high-ranking FBI agent telling them, “At the time Awlaki went to lunch at the Pentagon, there was tremendous ‘arrogance’ about the vetting process at the Pentagon.” Paul Watson of Infowars.com takes it one step further, “American-born cleric Awlaki’s role as a key figure in almost every recent terror plot targeting the United States and Canada, coupled with his visit to the Pentagon, only confirms our long stated position that Awlaki is a chief terrorist patsy-handler for the CIA – he is the federal government’s premier false flag agent.” (24)

Anwar Awlaki has been linked to the shooting spree in Fort Hood Texas in November 2009, the Christmas day bombing attempt of December 2009, and a failed bombing attempt in Times Square, New York, in May of 2010. (25) “Following the Fort Hood shooting,” wrote Paul Watson, “it was also revealed that shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan had been in contact with Awlaki before the rampage. Awlaki preached to both Hasan and the 9/11 hijackers at the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia in 2001.” As for Awlaki being in contact with the Christmas day bomber?

“The Delta Flight 253 incident was staged from start to finish,” Paul Watson reported. “The U.S. State Department allowed Abdul-mutallab to board the plane, aided by a well-dressed Indian man, despite the fact that he was on a terror watch list and had no passport.” In Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki was charged with “plotting to kill foreigners and being a member of the terrorist group, al-Qaeda. Since he was a Yemini citizen, Yemen kept him in their country and did not hand him over to U.S. authorities. In April of 2010, Barack Obama placed Awlaki on a CIA terrorist kill list. After at least two attempts by U.S. drones, Anwar al-Awlaki was finally killed by a drone attack on September 20th, 2011.

“On [August 26th, 2011] Fox News reported that the State Department is protecting the privacy of terrorists by refusing to release documents about Anwar al-Awlaki, the Muslim cleric who became the first American on the CIA’s kill or capture terrorist list. In response to a Fox News FOIA request for al-Awlaki’s passport records, the State Department replied, “The release of this information to you would be an invasion of personal privacy of another person, without written authorization from that person.” It’s official: The feds have lost their minds, this time at the cost of forgetting the heart of 9/11 and all the sacrifices made to fight militant Islam since. Ten years after 9/11, the federal government has become an acute enabler of terrorism.” – Chuck Norris

Where In the World Is Osama bin Laden?

On June 27th, 2010, despite the fact that CIA Director Leon Panetta told ABC’s This Week, “We are engaged in the most aggressive operations in the history of the CIA in that part of the world,” he also said only 50 to 100 militants were operating in Afghanistan. Panetta expressed his belief that al-Qaeda was relying on “operatives” living in the United States and those who had no criminal background. Panetta also said the CIA has not had good intelligence on Osama bin Laden since the “early 2000s.”

Osama bin Laden is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List for multiple U.S. embassy bombings back in 1998. He is the alleged leader of “The Base,” better known as al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda stems from the self-proclaimed freedom fighters, the Mujahedeen. The Mujahedeen was made of loosely-aligned groups of Afghan opposition to the Soviet installed DRA (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) back in the late 1970s. The CIA not only funded the Mujahedeen, but they trained them as well, giving them rocket-propelled grenades to shoot down Soviet helicopters. The Soviet occupation ended in the late 1980s, just before the full collapse of the Soviet Union about ten years later.

Working for the CIA at the time, Zbignew Brzezinski (a campaign advisor for Barack Obama during the 2008 Presidential Election) understood the global chess game and how to win it. How could the CIA accomplish what the Soviet forces could not do, which was to conquer Afghanistan? How could the United States Government get the American people to go along with the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan? Brzezinski once said, “The public supported America’s engagement in World War II largely because of the shock effect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.” On September 11th, the public was given a reason to invade Afghanistan; to find Osama bin Laden. Yet, somehow chasing Osama bin Laden became secondary to overthrowing Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

On November 11th, 2011 Ethan A. Huff of Natural News.com wrote about the increase in opium production since the invasion of Afghanistan, “Afghanistan is, by far, the largest grower and exporter of opium in the world today, cultivating a 92 % market share of the global opium trade. But what may shock many is the fact that the US military has been specifically tasked with guarding Afghan poppy fields, from which opium is derived, in order to protect this multibillion dollar industry that enriches Wall Street, the CIA, MI6, and various other groups that profit big time from this illicit drug trade scheme. Prior to the tragic events of September 11th, 2001, Afghanistan was hardly even a world player in growing poppy, which is used to produce both illegal heroin and pharmaceutical-grade morphine. In fact, the Taliban had been actively destroying poppy fields as part of an effort to rid the country of this harmful plant, as was reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on February 16th, 2001, in a piece entitled Nation’s opium production virtually wiped out. But after 9/11, the U.S. military-industrial complex quickly invaded Afghanistan and began facilitating the reinstatement of the country’s poppy industry. According to the United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP), opium cultivation increased by 657 percent in 2002 after the U.S. military invaded the country under the direction of then-President George W. Bush.”

Geraldo Rivera was on Fox News trying to justify the fact that U.S. soldiers are guarding the poppy fields in Afghanistan, “We are tolerating the cultivation of the opium because we know that if we were to destroy it now, the population would turn against the marines and it would be a real security risk.” Ironic isn’t it? In the United States we put people in jail for using narcotics, but in Afghanistan, our soldiers are guarding them. Afghanistan not only has vast poppy fields, but it also has enough Lithium to be labeled the Saudi Arabia of Lithium. Lithium is used in just about every modern battery today. The New York Times reported that the Pentagon “discovered” nearly $1 trillion worth of mineral reserves in Afghanistan. Bolivia has a lot of Lithium too, so let’s see what happens to them in the next ten or twenty years.

In late 2001, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah was considering cutting its ties to the American empire. The paper reported that Abdullah wrote a letter to George W. Bush in August of 2001, saying that “a time comes when peoples and nations part…it is time for the United States and Saudi Arabia to look at their separate interests. Those governments that don’t feel the pulse of the people and respond to it will suffer the fate of the Shah of Iran.”

The last Shah of Iran was Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi. He was the emperor of Iran from September 16th, 1941 to February 11th, 1979. He was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution, after being labeled a puppet of the U.S. Government. Zbigniew Brzezinski was President Jimmy Carter’s National Security advisor at the time. The Shah was overthrown and sent into exile, until his death at age 60, on July 27th, 1980.

If They Really Wanted Osama bin Laden

On February 26th, 1993, terrorists loaded a Ryder van with explosives and parked it in the basement of the World Trade Center. At 12:17 p.m. the van exploded. Six people were killed in the bombing and an additional 1,042 people were injured. Infowars.com writer Paul Watson explained what happened at the World Trade Center in 1993, “The first World Trade Center bombing was provocateured by the government. In 1993 the FBI planted their informant, Emad A. Salem, within a radical Arab group in New York led by Ramzi Yousef. Salem was ordered to encourage the group to carry out a bombing targeting the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. Under the illusion that the project was a sting operation, Salem asked the FBI for harmless dummy explosives which he would use to assemble the bomb and then pass on to the group. At this point the FBI cut Salem out of the loop and provided the group with real explosives, leading to the attack on February 26 that killed six and injured over a thousand. The FBI’s failure to prevent the bombing was reported on by the New York Times in October 1993.” (26)

If the United States really wanted to capture Osama bin Laden for allegedly orchestrating the 1993 World Trade Center bombing they had the perfect opportunity in March of 1996. Back then, the Sudan Government offered to hand over bin Laden to the United States. Sudan did not want Osama in their country at that time. Webster Griffin Tarpley described bin Laden as “an embarrassment to the rulers of that country, General Bashir and Hassan Turabi.”

In his book, 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA, Webster Griffin Tarpley explained that when Sudan made Secretary of State Madeline Albright the offer to deliver Osama bin Laden to the United States, “instead of gratefully accepting the extradition of the man who was already one of the world’s top terrorists,” Secretary Albright “chose this moment to provoke a new wave of tensions with Sudan, even contriving – no doubt as a clever diversion – to shut down the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum because of alleged terrorist threats.” The deal was available to the United States “until May 1996” when bin Laden left Sudan under growing pressure and entered Afghanistan.

“The Sudanese offer was documented by Barton Gellman in the Washington Post soon after 9/11,” wrote Tarpley. He paraphrased what Gellman wrote in the article, that through a back-channel from the Sudanese President to the CIA, Sudan offered to “arrest Osama bin Laden and place him in Saudi custody, according to officials and former officials in all three countries.” In defense of the Clinton administration, Gellman added, “[The] Clinton administration struggled to find a way to accept the offer in secret contacts that stretched from a meeting at a Rosslyn hotel on March 3, 1996, to a fax that closed the door on the effort ten weeks later. Unable to persuade the Saudis to accept bin Laden, and lacking a case to indict him in U.S. courts at the time, the Clinton administration finally gave up on the capture.” (27)

OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD

“Today…the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.” – President Barack Obama (May 1st, 2011)

The official story goes something like this…a small helicopter-borne strike team entered the compound where Osama bin Laden was hiding, and completed their mission within 40 minutes. When they located bin Laden, he resisted capture and was shot in the face. After being positively identified by both the strike force and family members, bin Laden’s dead body was transported with the strike team out of Pakistan. Islamic tradition requires that the body be buried within 24 hours of death. So in order to respect the custom, the decision was made to bury the body at sea. Is that really in accordance with Islamic tradition?

On May 2nd, former Pakistan General Hamid Gul asked Alex Jones, “Why don’t they show the body” and “have a descent Islamic burial? Why hasn’t this been done?” According to the Los Angeles Times on May 3rd, bin Laden was given an opportunity to surrender before troops opened fire on him “at least one time,” shooting him “in the head.” As evidence, “a photo of his face was transmitted to analysts, who confirmed the identification.” (28)

On May 4th, we were told the government had photographs of a dead Osama bin Laden. However, White House Press Secretary James Carney told the public they can’t see the photographs that depict parts of bin Laden’s skull blown away and a gunshot wound around his left eye. President Obama felt the images were too gruesome. President Obama told 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft he was certain Osama bin Laden was dead, “We’ve done DNA sampling and testing and so there is no doubt we killed Osama bin Laden.” Allegedly the DNA of Osama bin Laden was taken during the 40 minute raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan and compared against DNA samples from bin Laden’s mother and three sons. (29)

We were lied to about what happened on September 11th, about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the connection between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. The government lacked sufficient evidence of their claims each time. Yet many Americans still believe that Osama bin Laden was killed by SEAL team 6 on May 1st, 2011. The day after bin Laden was killed, Chief Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan was at the first press conference to answer questions about the operation that allegedly led to the death of Osama bin Laden. The first question asked was about “the specific goal of the raid.”

Did the U.S. Government target bin Laden for death, or would they try and take him alive if they could? “Absolutely,” Brennan said during the press conference on May 2nd. “It was to prepare for all contingencies. If we had the opportunity to take bin Laden alive, if he didn’t present any threat, the individuals involved were able and prepared to do that. We had discussed that extensively at a number of meetings in the White House and with the President. The concern was that bin Laden would oppose any type of capture operation. Indeed he did. It was a firefight. He, therefore, was killed in that firefight, and that’s when the remains were removed. But we certainly were planning for the possibility [of taking bin Laden alive], which we thought was going to be remote, given that he would likely resist arrest, but that we would be able to capture him.”

President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates were all in the White House Situation Room as the raid on the Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound began. What was it like in the situation room? Brennan explained, “When the operation did get underway, then the President rejoined the group and we were able to monitor in a real-time basis the progress of the operation from its commencement to its time on target, to the extraction of the remains, and to the egress off of the target. It was probably one of the most anxiety-filled periods of time, I think, in the lives of the people who were assembled here yesterday. Minutes passed like days and the President was very concerned about the security of our personnel…it was clearly very tense. There was a fair degree of silence as it progressed, as we would get the updates, and when we finally were informed that those individuals who were able to go in that compound and found an individual that they believed was bin Laden there was a tremendous sigh of relief that what we believed and who we believed was in that compound actually was in that compound and was found, and the President was relieved once we had our people and those remains off target.” Brennan refused to go into details about what they were able to see in real-time.

CIA Director Leon Panetta told PBS, “Once those teams went into the compound, I can tell you that there was a time period of almost 20 or 25 minutes that we really didn’t know just exactly what was going on.” The CIA-led operation to “capture or kill” Osama bin Laden was hailed as a huge mile-stone in the war on terror. Director Panetta watched the raid live from the 7th floor of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. On Sunday, May 1st, 2011 Panetta gave the order “to capture or kill” the al-Qaeda leader inside the Abbottabad compound. Panetta then adds that “Under the rules of engagement,” Panetta added, “if he had in fact thrown up his hands, surrendered and didn’t appear to be representing any kind of threat, then they were to capture him. But they had full authority to kill him.”

According to The Los Angeles Times, an unnamed U.S. official claimed Osama bin Laden was shooting back at the strike force that entered his hide-out in Pakistan. Bin Laden “was shot while shooting back, the official reported.” This same official added that the purpose of the mission was not to execute bin Laden. “If [bin Laden] decided to lay down his arms, he would have been taken captive.” (30)

On May 3rd, White House spokesperson James Carney admitted that Osama bin Laden “was not armed” when Navy Seals stormed his compound, two days before. James Carney added that bin Laden was shot and killed when his wife rushed the Seal team. CIA Director Leon Panetta later told PBS NewsHour he did not think bin Laden was armed, but he was shot because of “threatening moves” made towards the SEALs. “That’s the reason they fired.” Yet according to the Middle East news channel, Al-Arabiya, someone in Pakistani security claimed bin Laden’s 12 year old daughter said U.S. forces captured, and then killed her father in front of family members. (31)

United States Senator Saxby Chambliss hoped the Navy Seals entered the compound to kill, not capture, Osama bin Laden. According to Political Insider with Jim Galloway, Chambliss told Galloway that as bin Laden poked his head out of a room on the third floor, Seals shot and missed, as the alleged 9/11 mastermind went back into the room. Chambliss had no problem telling Galloway what the real purpose of the mission was, “We needed to take this guy out and I know that’s what the executive order said.” (32) Chambliss also claimed to have seen the dead photograph of Osama. He said it looks like “what you would expect from somebody who’s been shot in the head.” Of course that was Wednesday morning.

By Wednesday evening his story changed as well. Eventually Chambliss admitted the photo he saw was not official. It was shown to him on an electronic device. He had no idea where the photograph came from. A freshman Republican on the Armed Services Committee Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) also saw the photograph of a dead bin Laden with a facial wound. She is in favor of releasing the photographs to the public. Like Chambliss, she was shown the photo on an electronic device and doesn’t know if it’s authentic. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) told reporters he didn’t know if the photo he saw was real or not. Later he would clarify that the photograph he saw “and that a lot of other people saw is not authentic.” (33)

Asked if Osama bin Laden was living in the house under the protection of the ISI, former director of its Osama bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer told Wall Street Journal.com “it’s a given.” Scheuer was certain at least part of Pakistan’s ISI was involved harboring Osama bin Laden in some way. (34) Just two days earlier, Obama told the nation, “It’s important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding.” So here we have reports that some within the Pakistani ISI or military were helping harbor Osama bin Laden. While at the same time, Pakistani forces were participating in the raid to capture Osama.

John Brennan also said, “The last time that we had actionable, and [what] we thought was very credible, information about where” Osama bin Laden “was located, was in Tora Bora.” Yet we all know how that incident turned out. In the mountains of Tora Bora, Osama bin Laden was cornered by U.S. forces. There is evidence that suggests bin Laden was allowed to flee the mountain region, and that U.S. forces were ordered to not pursue him.

On May 3rd, Infowars.com reported, “During an interview with Imtiaz Tyab of Aljazeera, a man who lives in the Abbottabad neighborhood where Osama was supposedly killed said he never saw him. “If somebody new comes on your street,” the man said, “you always know.” He said he never saw the six foot four Saudi and does not believe he lived there.” (35)

“At the end of the day, this was still a 55/45 situation. I mean, we could not say definitively that bin Laden was there. Had he not been there, then there would have been significant consequences.” – Barack Obama (60 Minutes interview) (36)

Bin Laden’s Been Dead

“I found out through my sources that he had had kidney disease, and as a physician I knew that he had to have two dialysis machines and he was dying.” – Steve Pieczenick (37)

In December of 2001, Fox News reported – based on an article by the Pakistan Observer – a Taliban leader was at the funeral of Osama bin Laden in mid-December of that year. Their Taliban source cited lung complications as to the reason bin Laden died and was buried “in the vicinity of the Tora Bora mountains” in December of 2001. “About 30 close associates of bin Laden in Al Qaeda, including his most trusted and personal bodyguards, his family members and some “Taliban friends,” attended the funeral rites.” (38) An article by Kurt Nimmo and Alex Jones of Infowars.com reads, “In 2003, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told Fox News Channel analyst Morton Kondracke she suspected Bush knew the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and was waiting for the most politically expedient moment to announce his capture.” (39)

On November 1st, 2001, Le Fargo, a French newspaper, reported that two months before September 11th, 2001, Osama bin Laden flew to Dubai, one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, for treatment at an American hospital. The American hospital and the Bush White House denied the claim. While reportedly being treated in the Urology Department, bin Laden was visited by family members, Saudi notables, and two CIA agents. The 10 day stay adds speculation to bin Laden’s kidney complications. If bin Laden was being treated for kidney dialysis back in 2001, skeptics point out it is highly unlikely that bin Laden would still be alive in 2011. (40)

On May 2nd, 2011, The Corbett Report ran a story titled, “Osama Bin Laden Pronounced Dead…For the Ninth Time.” The pronouncements came from various political figures throughout the years. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in January 2002 he thought bin Laden was dead. Dale Watson was the FBI Counter-terrorism chief, before retiring in 2002. While speaking at a conference in July of 2002, he asked law enforcement officials in the audience if bin Laden was dead. Watson’s view was, “I personally think he is probably not with us anymore but I have no evidence to support that.” (41) Likewise, the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai was interviewed in October of 2002 by CNN, where he told them he thought bin Laden was “probably dead.” (42) In 2005, Senator Harry Reid was told that bin Laden might have died during a 2005 October earthquake in Pakistan. (43) A year later, French intelligence leaked a report which suggested bin Laden had died in Pakistan. (44) In 2007, Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani Prime Minister, told David Frost of Al-Jazeera that Omar Sheikh had killed Osama bin Laden. (45) Then in 2009, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari didn’t think Osama was alive and claimed he hadn’t heard chatter about bin Laden through his sources in U.S. intelligence agencies in over seven years. (46)

Abbottabad, Pakistan is a northwestern city known to heavily include Pakistani ex-military soldiers and training facilities for the Pakistan military academy. One man who has lived in the area all his life did not believe Osama was in the compound. “We are a closed net community. At least we would have seen him once.” “We are not fools,” another resident told CCTV News about the alleged death of bin Laden. “Whenever they want to take control of an area, they act this way. Osama was never here.” Some early questionable reports suggest that bin Laden and his wife had not left the compound in five years. It’s believed the compound is only about 6 years old. 130 kilometers from the federal capitol, near a military academy, contractor Jahangir was “shocked” when he heard on the news that Osama bin Laden was captured in his home town. Jahangir said new residents would have to show an ID card before they’re allowed to move into the area. “Osama is not the bird who can fly inside” the compound, Jahangir told the reporter in Abbottabad.

Around 1 a.m. Pakistan time, Jahangir saw an Apache helicopter over the compound. Jahangir lives a few minutes away from the compound. He went to the roof of his house and in pitch black he heard shooting for about two minutes. Then, at about 1:15 a.m., “We hear an explosion, like, big noise…Then I hear the people was crying there, or somewhere. Then we run there, because my cousin is living there, right? It’s a five minute walk if I run from my house to there.” Jahangir owed the house next to bin Laden’s compound. When Jahangir and his “brother and a few other people” ran to the scene, the Pakistan Army arrived and took over the compound. Jahangir remained on the scene until 4 a.m. “The next house is my other house, which I rent to my cousin’s friend, and every day in the evening we went there by walk, with my wife, for the, just, walk. I [have] never seen anything like that. I can’t believe that, and to be honest, it’s not true.”

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan didn’t know bin Laden was there. The Pakistani Anti- terrorist Squad could not confirm Osama bin Laden’s death. (47)

Heightened Security After bin Laden Dies

“The terrorist threat to the homeland is in many ways at its most heightened state since 9/11.” – Janet Napolitano (2011)

Once Osama bin Laden was pronounced dead to the world the U.S. Department of State issued a world-wide caution alert to all United States citizens. Due to the alleged death of Osama bin Laden, “U.S. government facilities worldwide remain at a heightened state of alert.” America was already on a heightened state of alert before announcing bin Laden’s death. After his death, we are told the threat of terrorism has increased, not decreased. We allegedly captured the #1 terrorist in the world and were then told we were in more danger after doing so. It reminds of Marvel Comics’ Hydra organization, whose motto was “If a head is cut off, two more will take its place.”

On July 26th, 2011 the State Department issued a global warning that U.S. citizens should “maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.” With September 11th right around the corner, the message was meant to reinforce the fictitious danger we face from al-Qaeda and “affiliated groups.” In short, the message to the world from our government is to be afraid, be very afraid. “The Department of State believes there is an enhanced potential for anti-American violence given the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011. Current information suggests that Al-Qeada and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. interests in multiple regions, including Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East…Extremists may elect to use conventional or non-conventional weapons, and target both official and private interests.”

The terrorist’s potential targets range from “residential areas” such as your own home or your church, “high-profile sporting events,” places of business, restaurants, hotels, clubs, and “other tourist destinations both in the United States and abroad where U.S. citizens gather in large numbers, including during holidays.” So what do they base this new “enhanced potential for anti-American violence” on? Like the death of Osama bin Laden, we were “reminded” to trust the government and take them at their word. I would assume that this “current” and “credible” information came about from the Abbottabad, Pakistan raid, where Osama bin Laden allegedly died in a firefight with U.S. forces.

“Current information suggests that al-Qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. and Western interests in Europe…Credible information indicates terrorist groups also seek to continue attacks against U.S. interests in the Middle East and North Africa.” We were warned not to participate in demonstrations abroad. I wonder how long it will take for this threat “abroad” to become a threat inside the United States. In some cases, and rapidly expanding, it is becoming more and more difficult to peacefully demonstrate inside the United States. One only needs to research “free-speech zones” to understand how demonstrations in general are frowned upon and seen as a threat to the establishment. We the People are a threat to those who are trying to control the world. “U.S. citizens are warned that demonstrations intended to be peaceful can escalate into violent clashes. U.S. citizens are reminded that demonstrations and riots can occur with little or no warning. U.S. citizens are urged to avoid areas of demonstrations if possible and to exercise caution if within the vicinity of a demonstration.”

To put it into proper context, the State Department is referring to threats abroad, for now. “The events of the last few months in many countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria, have resulted in civil unrest and large-scale protests and demonstrations.”

Martin Armstrong Exposes The Dick Cheney / Donald Rumsfeld Conspiracy

Authored by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com,

I went to go watch VICE – the story about how Dick Cheney took over the government with the aid of his wife – Lynne Cheney. Vice is a film that seeks to bring complicated information about the inner corruption in Washington and transform it into a digestible and entertaining format. There is no question that Christian Bale delivered a very impressive performance of how Dick Cheney really is – a secretive and distant man whose eyes were always filled with naked contempt. Amy Adams gave a fantastic performance as well and captured the real character of the former Second Lady Lynne Cheney who was very much like her husband – ambitious, and equally just as ruthless.

While the film captures the reality of what took place, it completely misses the real story behind the scenes as to even how Cheney came to be Vice President. The film shows that he was out of politics and had effectively retired for some time. It pretends that George Bush called him to be his Vice President and they negotiate that Cheney will have most of the power and Bush was too stupid to understand what he was agreeing to.

As always, for whatever reason, I seem to be always in the middle of just about every major event for the past 30+ years. I have stated before that I was asked to fly around the country and meet with Republicans who wanted to run for President. Prior to 1999, they were told I was there to advise them on the world economy and how it functioned. I have been to White House dinners and testified before Congress. I have taken calls from Washington in times of crisis. So meeting with people who wanted to run for President was nothing unusual for me. The real issue was not that I was giving them advice, but I was to assess whether they were capable of comprehending how the world functioned economically as well as politically. I was regarded as the unbiased adviser around the world. Europeans loved me because I was not one of them. They knew I would advise according to the cycles and markets. I cannot even bring staff with me to meetings in Brussels today for the problem because they are European and will have skin in the game. The same was true when I was asked to fly to Beijing during the 1997 Asian Currency Crisis.

The real story how Cheney got that power is significantly different from how the movie portrayed that aspect. It did a fantastic job in covering what he did once in power, with the exception of the meeting when 911 took place. The film portrays everyone in that room and its sources were correct in saying they were all confused but Cheney was more concerned about talking to his lawyer in that meeting. What I do know is that the first World Trade Center bombers were in MCC prison in Manhattan and they were given markers by the recreation officer Mr. Kumb. They drew on the walls of their cell the twin towers with planes flying into them one year BEFORE the incident. In creating Home Land Security, Congress merely stated that various agencies had information but did not share it with one another. Cheney had personal offices in all the agencies and I believe he knew well what took place on 911.

The movie correctly portrays Donald Rumsfeld as his co-conspirator. Just the day before 911 on September 10th, the Inspector General reported that $2.3 trillion was missing from the Defense Department accounting. Rumsfeld stated before Congress an investigation was necessary. The next day, the plane that struck the Pentagon hit the precise room where all those records were stored.

The World Trade Center 7 collapsed like a pancake when no plane ever touched it. That building has all the evidence of many things we will never know about. I have 20 years worth of recordings that would have been enough to put all the major New York trading banks in prison. Tapes that admitted paying bribes to Russian officials and all sorts of market manipulations. All of those tapes from my case vanished that same day. I personally believe that Cheney knew what was in the works. The mere fact that the terrorists drew the WTC on the wall of their cell 1 year before and the MCC took pictures and made a big deal out of it tells me that information had been passed on.

Now to the issue of Cheney becoming Vice President. I was asked to go to Texas to meet with George Bush, Jr during the early summer of 1999. I was told that “this is different. He’s really stupid.” Up to that point, the entire process I was involved in was to assess the qualification of those who wanted to run for President. Suddenly I was told this was different. When I asked why would you make someone stupid President, the response was “he has the name.”

I was then asked if I would accept the position of Chief Economic Adviser in the White House. I was told BECAUSE Bush was stupid, which they pay well in the movie, that they needed to surround him with smart people. I declined because to take such a position meant I would have to shut down my operation. I said thanks, but no thanks.

The kingmakers who I would go visit potential candidates for selected the people to put around Bush. Cheney had been Chief of Staff so he knew the game. He was inserted into the White House DELIBERATELY to be the default, President. The movie makes it sound that Bush Junior had to convince him to be his VP. That is absolutely NOT the way this selection process worked. They would NEVER have allowed the very person they said was “stupid” to select the people to run the country. They were selected to be the babysitters. I know this because I was one of the people asked and declined.

9/11 Grand Jury: Conclusive Evidence Towers Were Brought down by Explosions

Grand Jury in 911 case says it has conclusive evidence that Twin Towers were brought down by controlled demolition

A grand jury investigating the 9/11 attacks will be shown evidence that the Twin Towers were brought down by a controlled demolition for the first time.

On April 10, 2018, the Lawyers Committee for 9/11 Inquiry submitted a legal petition to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for a Grand Jury to examine the evidence for the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings.

The 52-page petition states:

“The Lawyers’ Committee has reviewed the relevant available evidence . . . and has reached a consensus that there is not just substantial or persuasive evidence of yet-to-be-prosecuted crimes related to the use of pre-planted explosives and/or incendiaries to destroy WTC1, WTC2 and WTC7 in New York City on 9/11, but there is actually conclusive evidence that such federal crimes were committed… The Lawyers’ Committee states unequivocally that the evidence permits no other conclusion – as a matter of science, as a matter of logic, and as a matter of law.”

Paulcraigroberts.org reports: What transpired last month is without question the greatest step forward the 9/11 Truth Movement has ever taken toward bringing about a real investigation into the events of September 11, 2001.

In a letter dated November 7, 2018, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York notified the Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry that he would comply with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3332 requiring him to present to a special grand jury the Lawyers’ Committee’s reports filed earlier this year of unprosecuted federal crimes at the World Trade Center.

This means a 23-member grand jury, vested with subpoena power and the authority to take sworn testimony, will hear the voluminous evidence of the World Trade Center’s demolition and will have the ability to conduct a thorough investigation that results in indictments against suspected individuals — in other words, what the 9/11 Truth Movement has been working toward for 17 years.

Rather than simply crossing our fingers and hoping for the best, this real and time-sensitive opportunity to achieve our ultimate goal demands that we do everything in our power to ensure a thorough and successful grand jury investigation.

Because the U.S. Attorney is legally required to share all evidentiary filings made by the Lawyers’ Committee — including any future submissions — there are several measures the Lawyers’ Committee and AE911Truth can and must take to bolster the evidence, increase the likelihood that key experts and eyewitnesses will be asked to testify, and further assist the jurors’ investigation.

From now through December 31, we humbly ask for your support so we can do everything possible in the months ahead to make this grand jury proceeding a real investigation. Please visit AE911Truth.org/GrandJury to learn more and make a generous year-end donation today. Together we can force the first real 9/11 investigation.

Josie Varga: Deathbed Visits May 13th 9pmPT

Josie Varga is the best-selling author of Visits from Heaven. The author of several books, she has been called an angel who has taken human form. A former magazine editor and communications consultant, her life changed course when she received a validated dream message from a man who died in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Forever transformed by her experience, she embarked on a spiritual journey as she vowed to help others understand that life truly never ends and love never dies. Life, she says, is eternal and so are we.
Dedicated and passionate about her research into metaphysics and the afterlife, she is a sought-after blogger and motivational speaker. She has a popular group on Facebook for people to share their spiritual experiences and find comfort in knowing that they are not alone. With several other projects in the works, she is currently working on a television pilot based on her book Visits from Heaven. Josie lives in Westfield, New Jersey.

Philip Marshall – Lack of Evidence

by Greg Fernandez Jr
“As a former operative in this group’s notorious covert missions, including Iran-Contra and the sting of Pablo Escobar, I recognized that this smoke rising over Manhattan might add a major piece to my large jigsaw puzzle of evidence.” – Philip Marshall (The Big Bamboozle, page 9)

Philip Marshall’s first wife, Ann Kallauner, told the Union Democrat she did not believe Marshall was a “Contra pilot.” She believes her former husband provided a taxi service for Barry Seal; a man who worked in black-ops smuggling drugs and guns in and out of the country for the CIA and DEA. So how much did Kallauner really know about her ex-husband? In the same interview she admits that Marshall was not always honest about his travels with Barry Seal. “He’d be in one city, tell me he was in another,” she told the Union Democrat. Philip and Ann Marshall were married for about three years starting in 1985. Kallauner, who lives in Louisiana, was also surprised at the allegation, “I don’t see him doing that without being in an altered state.”

Philip Marshall began flying at age 15. The young pilot’s first flight instructor was his father. On 9/11, after the second plane struck the World Trade Center, Marshall’s father called him from New Orleans, the city where Philip was raised. From his Santa Barbara home in Northern California Marshall picked up the phone, “Phil, thank God you’re home.” Marshall’s father added, “There’s more planes missing.” In Richard Clarke’s gate-keeping book, Against All Enemies, Clarke wrote that on 9/11 there were more than a dozen planes missing that day.

As Marshall watched the events of September Eleventh unfold, he began to make connections between the terrorist attack and the fictional book he was about to publish called “Lakefront Airport.” In The Big Bamboozle Marshall writes, “I remembered, through a rush of shock and awe, my work over the previous ten years, the hundreds of hours at this desk, on layovers, studying the new inexorable power that had invaded America, the bull in the china shop that had already caused havoc in my career and the undercurrent of deep mistrust amongst our pilot association. The culmination of that research was nearly finished, and because there were so many holes in my understanding at that time [Lakefront Airport] was written as a novel based on my time flying for the spooks back in the 1980s.”

Even before 9/11 Marshall had “a sick feeling that America was in deep trouble, that a group, this new Bush Administration, just like the old Bush Administration, was an incredibly dangerous, brazen bunch of well-connected, well-educated ideologists. They were on a power trip similar to others in world history, but as far as I knew this was the first attempt by what our founders had labeled domestic enemies to overthrow the Constitution and place America under their own absolute power.”

Many news reports have been quick to echo what the Calaveras County Sheriffs Department has claimed; Philip Marshall killed his two teenage kids, his dog, and himself. What we know is that there is no motive for the allegation, and we know that this conclusion was made the same day that the three bodies were found. The family dog was found in a bedroom, the two kids were found “sleeping” on a couch in the front room, six feet away from each other, and Marshall was found face-up near the front door, in a pool of blood with his gun next to him.

The biggest conspiracy theory here is the one that the police have come up with. Have they tested Philip Marshall for gun residue (ballistics testing)? The police department have not released any information about this question and I haven’t seen it asked in the local news reports about Philip Marshall.

The Calaveras County coroner, Kevin Raggio, claims the two teenagers, Alex (17) and Macaila (14), appeared to be “sleeping.” Joel Metzger, of Calaveras Enterprise.com, points out “It’s highly unlikely Marshall could have shot one without waking the other.” Metzger reports that Sgt. Chris Hewitt was asked about this. Hewitt responded by saying he could not comment on it, “It’s part of an active investigation.” I thought they had concluded their investigation when they determined Marshall was guilty of a double-murder suicide? Perhaps the investigation is still “on-going” because the police have no motive, no suicide note, and no indication that Marshall fit the profile of someone who murdered the two people closest to him, his own flesh and blood.

Some would say that Marshall did this because of the separation and future divorce to his second wife, Sean Marshall. That is a theory to which there is no evidence. Critics point to a December 2008 dispute Marshall had with Sean and her sister, Erin, over the custody battle of the kids. Marshall was accused by Sean and Erin of slapping Erin at the Forest Meadows home. Marshall was detained, not arrested, and eventually released.

A month earlier in November, Philip Marshall hid in the shower of his house with a video camera as Sean entered the home and allegedly stole a bottle of six 20-milligram pills of Kadian; a very strong opioid.

The police were called out and eventually arrested Sean Marshall, charging her with petty theft, trespassing and possession of drugs without prescription. The charges were dropped on September 28th, 2009. When asked by police why she took the pills, she told them she hid the pills in a tree and planned on giving them to her lawyer.

A divorce hearing was scheduled for this week, February 25th, 2013. Sean Marshall filed for divorce in October 2012. Though the police have no motive, and it’s possible they never will, there are theories that one of the reasons why Philip would kill his kids is over the divorce. Again, this makes little sense considering the age of the children. If Philip Marshall was as close with his kids as friends and neighbors claim, then he didn’t have to worry about losing his teenage children in the custody battle. Alex was 17, almost an adult, who could make his own decision as to where he wanted to live and why. Though Macaila was 14, I believe the judge would have asked her where she wanted to reside, with the mother or father.

Since the two teens went to a high school near the Marshall residence and were active in both social and sporting activities, there’s little doubt the teens would want to finish high school at Bret Harte Union High. Philip Marshall was heavily involved in their school activities as well. So for me, the “If I can’t have the kids, nobody can” theory is very weak.

Bob Freels, security guard for the gated-community of Forest Meadows told the Union Democrat, “I would never have guessed anything like this.” He describes them as a normal family.

Bret Harte Union High School’s Assistant Principle Kelly Osborn is quoted as saying, “It just doesn’t make sense.” A neighbor named Mike Brown described Mr. Marshall as a dedicated father and Merita Calloway of the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors said Marshall was very involved with his kids.

Joel Metzger, of Calaveras Enterprises.com, reports that Calloway also said, “the actions don’t match the person we know” and “he loved his children.” Nextdoor neighbor Carolyn Greenwood said, “I knew him long enough to know he was a regular guy. He was a good father, always there for his kids and a helpful neighbor.” More to the point of foul-play, Merita Calloway, who also lives in the gated-community, told a sheriff’s captain that she “truly felt like somebody came in the house.” While visiting Murphys soon after the incident, Wayne Madsen learned that a side-door was open when the bodies were found.

As seen above, the same day the bodies were found the police released a statement claiming “the reason for this murder-suicide is unknown at this time.”

So where is the motive provided by the Calaveras County Sheriff’s office? They have none. The people who lived near Philip Marshall and communicated with him have a hard time believing Marshall would kill his two children. There is no suicide note and no motive. Also, no one heard any gun shots between Thursday, January 31st and Saturday February 2nd, 2013.

On February 3rd Sgt. Chris Hewitt made it clear the police investigating the crime do not believe there was foul-play. “All evidence and information at the scene confirmed this was indeed a double-murder suicide and there was no evidence to suggest there was an outside party who entered the house and committed a triple murder.” I hope part of their evidence is gun residue found on Philip Marshall. Of course, the police can’t even determine the time of death. They can only theorize on that too. It happened some time between Thursday and Saturday. The autopsy results by Calaveras County coroner Kevin Raggio confirmed what we already knew – that all four died from a single gun shot wound to the head. The toxicology report, which may not be released for a few more weeks, will hopefully shed some light on what really happened to Marshall and his family. Until then, I don’t see how anyone can conclude this was a double-murder suicide.

I believe Marshall, his two kids, and the family dog (a small shitzu) were murdered one or two days before the Superbowl; which happened to take place in Marshall’s hometown of New Orleans. There is just as much evidence, if not more, to suggest foul-play as there is to suggest a double-murder suicide. Yes, Marshall had a Glock 9mm registered in his name, but where is the ballistic evidence to prove Marshall fired the weapon? Even then, how could the police rule out foul-play the same day the bodies were found. More so, if the investigation was on-going on Superbowl Sunday, why was a clean-up crew removing evidence from a crime scene?

On February 19th, Wayne Madsen told Alex Jones of Infowars.com, “Police said even before they had finished investigating the case, they permitted professional cleaners to come into the Marshall home to clean the premises. After that, there were two sets of vehicles seen at the Marshall home still conducting the investigation after the home was professionally cleaned.”

Madsen, of The Wayne Madsen Report, was in the town of Murphys right around the same time I was. On February 13th, Sean Marshall and her sister were at Bret Harte Union High School near Murphys for some type of ceremony for the two slain teens. The sister, Erin, gave some type of eulogy and Sean gave the closing statement. It’s not clear if either two women think Philip Marshall is guilty or innocent of this crime. Sean was quoted as saying, by Joel Metzger, “Being in Turkey and getting the news, it was almost unbearable. When I heard of this devastation, there are no words ever to explain the emotions, the hurt, the regrets. I couldn’t hear God at that moment. I couldn’t hear his answers why, why would you do this? Why them? Why me? Hug everyone, love everyone, be kind.”

Why blame God? Why not blame the ones who murdered Philip Marshall and his two kids? Shall we just trust in what the police say? Should we believe, without evidence, that Philip Marshall murdered his two children, his dog, and then shot himself on the left side of the head?

Wayne Madsen was in Murphys the same day as the ceremony. That night, on February 13th, Madsen told Infowars Nightly News host Jakari Jackson, “that evening, someone tried to break in through a sliding door at the back of the residence. It’s quite clear that Marshall has something that somebody wanted so bad, they were willing to kill him and his children and his family dog for.”

Barry Seal

Conspiracy theories continue due to the unanswered questions, not because of Marshall’s past. Examining Marshall’s past brings us to Barry Seal. Barry Seal’s wife once said that her husband flew the getaway plane out of Dallas after John F. Kennedy was killed. It’s believed that Seal began flying for black-op missions in the 50’s and hired Marshall in the 80’s after Seal lost his pilot’s license. Marshall told Coast to Coast that many of the contract pilots did not know what their planes were carrying. Both Seal and Marshall were involved in smuggling arms and drugs into South America. Barry Seal had ties to David Ferrie, who was also a pilot at one time. 1967, David Ferrie was questioned by District Attorney Jim Garrison about his involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Ferrie lied to Garrison about his whereabouts of November 22, 1963. Soon after Ferrie met with Garrison, Ferrie allegedly committed suicide. On February 19, 1986, Barry Seal was shot multiple times while attempting to exit his car. Seal was going to testify that George H. W. Bush was involved in the smuggling operations. Barry Seal may have been involved in what is know as Operation 40; the alleged hit team that was ordered to kill JFK on November 22, 1963.

Philip Marshall’s fictional Lakefront Airport is about Barry Seal and his CIA-connected smuggling operations involving contract pilots.

According to page 152 of Philip Marshall’s last published book, The Big Bamboozle, “Barry had some wild encounters with with the world’s most dangerous people that included cocaine kingpins and Intelligence Community assassins.” In Marshall’s only “fictional” book, Lakefront Airport, he told the tales of Barry Seal’s “dealings and eventual sting on the notorious Pablo Escobar” as well as Mr. Seal’s “early days of smuggling marijuana and explosives and his dealings with Ollie North and George H. W. Bush’s secret operations south of the border.”

On page 153,Philip Marshall refers to Barry Seal as his former boss. “The third man from the left is my former boss Barry Seal.” This picture was taken in Mexico city on January 22, 1963, at the La Reforma nightclub. Of the picture Marshall writes, “Here may very well be the founding members of the Intelligence Community’s Special Activities Division. This photo was taken ten months before President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas. Some independent investigators believe that this was the assassination team, nicknamed Operation 40, that pulled it off.”

My Trip To Murphys

My friend Patrick Henningsen of 21st Century Wire.com said Murphys is “probably the most picturesque town in North California.” Well said.

Wayne Madsen confirmed everything I learned on my trip to Murphys, and so much more. If not for Wayne’s excellent work, I might have reserved some judgment for a later date. It’s clear to me that many people in the town of Murphys do not believe the official story about Philip Marshall. I hope this revelation will help them consider that 9/11 was an inside job, as Marshall believed. He made direct ties between the hijackers, the flight training they received inside the United States, and the Saudi Arabian Government. It’s believed the Saudis and others financed the terrorist operation that killed over 3,000 people, spawned two unconstitutional wars, created the Patriot Act and made room for N.D.A.A. legislation where the president could detain anyone suspected of working with terrorists whether they are citizens of the United States or not. Due process died on 9/11. Even worse, many believe due process died a long time ago.

On February 19th, Alex Jones told the Infowars.com audience, “I talked to Colonel Marshall [of] the Defense Language School. He said, “All I know is Mohamed Atta trained in my class.””

“The official version about some ghost (Osama bin Laden) in some cave on the other side of the world defeating our entire military establishment on U.S. soil is absolutely preposterous… The true reason the attack was successful is because of an inside military stand-down and a coordinated training operation that prepared the hijackers to fly heavy commercial airliners. We have dozens of FBI documents to prove that this flight training was conducted in California, Florida and Arizona in the 18 months leading up to the attack.” – Philip Marshall (2012)

When Philip Marshall saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center it would set him on a course to discover the truth about 9/11. He came to realize that the Osama bin Laden “killing” on May, 2, 2011 was a farce. I have covered this in my own book, False Flags. Actually it appears Marshall began seriously researching 9/11 around the same time as I did.

Philip Marshall was not killed because he wrote a book on 9/11. Many people have done that. Can we prove he was killed as part of a black-op? Not at this time. Yet we know Marshall had dealings with black-ops and that he knew a lot of key players in the Iran-Contra scandal and the sting of Pablo Escobar. As a pilot Marshall understood that the official story about a plane hitting the Pentagon was not true. To this day, the government has not provided any proof of their own conspiracy theory of what happened at the Pentagon on 9/11.

One of the questions I have is how Marshall’s children felt about their father’s books. Apparently, on Macaila’s Facebook page there’s a link to her father’s book on 9/11.

Finally, we have the tie-in to more gun control. This time, the high school where Alex and Macaila Marshall attended has created a bereavement fund that includes a scholarship for future students. One of the considerations for the scholarship is the student’s view on “gun control regulations in the community.”

“A bereavement fund for the siblings has been set up at the U.S. Bank branch in Angels Camp. Donations can be made out to Alex and Macaila and mailed to the bank at 580 S. Main St., Angels Camp, CA 95222. The donations will go toward the memorials and a student annual scholarship for Bret Harte High School. The funding will consider students who are involved with the promotion of mental health awareness and gun control regulations in the community, according to organizers.”

Students were told instead of paying admission for that Friday’s school dance, they could donate to the bereavement fund. While I am happy there is a bereavement fund to honor the two teens, I am disgusted that the “organizers” would use such a tragic event to promote more gun regulations.

With all the surrounding questions, what is the big picture here? What is the Big Bamboozle?

“The big picture was emerging as an empire, with a confederacy of domestic enemies attempting a coup, a revolution, against the United States.” – Philip Marshall (The Big Bamboozle, page 9)

FLASHBACK: World Trade Center Scrap Lands in India

(CorpWatch)   It might seem like a tangent to the tragedy of the Sept 11th attacks: the fate of the thousands of tons of steel that formed the twin towers. As with so many other unwanted materials from the US, more than 30,000 tons of steel scrap — possibly contaminated with asbestos, PCBs, cadmium, mercury and dioxins — has been exported to India and other parts of Asia. Though the risks from the scrap are probably not on the order of the health threats at Ground Zero, the U.S. nevertheless has the obligation to ensure that toxic contamination from the World Trade Center is not exported to other nations.

Mysterious Shipments

At least one shipload, onboard a vessel named Brozna, landed in the South Indian port city of Chennai in early January. The scrap was unloaded, as any routine consignment would be, by port workers with absolutely no protection. Two other ships, Shen Quan Hai and Pindos, also reported to be carrying World Trade Center scrap berthed and offloaded their cargo in Chennai. But preliminary investigations failed to reveal documentation linking the cargo to the Trade Center. Reports are vague about another shipment making its way into Northern India through the Western port city of Kandla.

Similar shipments have reportedly reached China, where Baosteel Group purchased 50,000 tons of the potentially toxic scrap. Malaysia and South Korea are also reported to have received shipments. Eventually, most of the 1.5 millions tons of scrap from the cleanup may end up dirtying Asian ports and threatening Asian workers.

Few details are known about who purchased the scrap, but an unidentified Indian trader reportedly bought an undisclosed amount of the World Trade Center debris, and the 33,000 ton shipment onboard the Brozna was collected by Chennai-based Sabari Exim Pvt. Ltd. and removed to the company’s facilities outside the city.

Nor are the names of US-based traders who may have exported the shipments to India known. However, two New Jersey companies were among the bidders that won the contract for removing more than 60,000 tons of Trade Center scrap. New Jersey-based Metal Management Northeast, bought 40, 000 tons and Hugo Neu Schnitzer, based outside Jersey City, bought 25,000 tons. Schnitzer was reportedly eyeing the Southeast Asian markets, possibly Malaysia, where prices are higher.

Public Health Concerns From Tribeca to Chennai

In this case, it is hard to accuse the US of double standards because US safety regulations were trampled in the chaos over Ground Zero. In lower Manhattan, thousands of rescue workers and residents have been exposed daily to unknown but significant dangers from air contamination. Hundreds of New York firefighters are filing to go on permanent disability, while serious respiratory infections and other chronic health problems afflict area residents, especially children. A few days after the attacks, even President Bush stood on the rubble without protective gear, joining the rest of a city too shocked and too busy to take proper precautions against the toxic cloud over Manhattan.

The steel scrap imported by India and China may not represent the same level of health threat as Ground Zero. But given the amount of material involved, and the short time frame for any decontamination process, it is indeed possible that the steel is contaminated with toxic materials.

In the months after the bombing reports surfaced about the presence of toxic contamination at Ground Zero, including poisons such as dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), cadmium, mercury, asbestos and lead in the debris. What remains in question is whether toxic chemicals have attached themselves to the steel scrap.

There are no safe levels of exposure to cancer-causing substances like asbestos, PCBs and dioxins, and toxic metals like cadmium, mercury and lead. Asbestos, PCBs and dioxins may cause harm even in miniscule doses. Also, like cadmium and mercury, once ingested or inhaled, they resist degradation or excretion and tend to build up to dangerous levels in the body over the long run.

Insurance companies like American International Group and Liberty Mutual have refused coverage to the demolition contractors charged with the clean-up. The contractors fear that without insurance they will be driven into bankruptcy by an anticipated flood of lawsuits over asbestos, mercury and other toxins released into the air by the collapse of the twin towers and clean up efforts, according to the New York Times.

Not Enough Information

Contamination of steel scrap is a common concern in the scrap industry. As far as CorpWatch has been able to determine, US authorities have not studied the levels of contaminants in the Trade Center scrap that was exported. If they have, the information has not reached Indian authorities or port workers.

Trade union groups swiftly moved into action when the exports were reported last month, but were hamstrung by the lack of information. “The Port Authorities tell us that steel scrap is legal. And unless we find evidence of contamination, we can’t stop the shipment,” said S.R. Kulkarni, secretary of the Mumbai-based All India Port & Dock Workers Union.

Nor has the information been forthcoming in the United States. The New York Environmental Law and Justice Project recently filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the USEPA after US public health activists suspected regulatory officials were downplaying the toxic contamination in and around Ground Zero.

However, Chennai-based lawyer T. Mohan says there’s enough doubt raised about the safety of the debris to warrant precautionary steps. “There were talks to declare Ground Zero a Superfund site. That’s proof enough for us to be concerned that this consignment may be contaminated,” he noted.

Who’s Responsible?

Under the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste, it falls to the Indian Government to prevent the import of wastes if they are found hazardous. That’s because the US refuses to sign the Basel Convention and is therefore not bound by the treaty. This includes an amendment know as the Basel Ban prohibiting developed countries from exporting hazardous material to industrializing nations like India. But Mohan believes that morally, “the burden of proving [the waste] is not hazardous rests with the US exporters and US government.”

Despite a Indian Supreme Court order prohibiting the imports of hazardous waste into India, US shipments top the list of hazardous waste exports to India. Everything from zinc ash, toxic ships-for-scrap and lead-bearing wastes are routinely sent to unscrupulous importers in India. The Indian regulatory agencies, notably the port and customs authorities and the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests, have maintained their habitual silence on matters such as this that pertain to human health and environment.

“They seem more intent on passing the buck to each other rather than dealing with the problem and hauling in the US Government for negligence,” says attorney Mohan.

Steel reprocessing is a dirty business, especially when the steel contains plastic, chemical and heavy metal contaminants. In fact, secondary steel almost always contains some toxic materials. Lower wages and laxer environmental regulations in Asian countries mean that Asian traders and re-processors can offer better prices for the steel scrap than their European or North American counterparts. That is one of the reasons why scrap metal is exported to Asia in the first place.

The export of contaminated scrap and hazardous wastes to industrializing countries fits a long-standing pattern of environmental discrimination by the United States. An infamous example is the shipload of toxic incinerator ash from Philadelphia that traveled the oceans for two years before ending up on a beach in Haiti in 1988.

In a February 4th letter to the US embassy in New Delhi, three major Indian trade unions, Greenpeace and People’s Union for Civil Liberties blasted the US Government for its “continued inaction” in stemming the export of wastes and scrap to industrializing countries. They called it “a consistent pattern in keeping with USA’s tacit, if not active, support for toxic trade.”

“We’re totally opposed to the US and other rich countries using India as a dumping ground for all kinds of wastes and rejects. Such dumping of steel scrap is adversely affecting the major steel plants in our country, apart from causing environment and health problems,” says P.K. Ganguly, the New Delhi-based Secretary of Centre of Indian Trade Unions.

The way out of the current bind over the World Trade Center scrap is simple, say environmentalists. United States authorities should provide evidence that the scrap lying in India is free of poisonous contaminants. If the it is found to be contaminated, then immediate steps should be taken to return the consignment to the US.

If, on the other hand, the shipment is found clean, there may be no immediate threat of exposure to toxic chemicals. Even if the scrap turns out not to be dangerous, the question remains: who profits –and who suffers — from shipping valuable steel scrap to be recycled half-way across the globe in India before it returns to the US in its new incarnation as soup cans or luxury cars?

Nityanand Jayaraman is an independent, investigative reporter based in India.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=1608

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