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Robert - Director of Advanced Space Programs Development under Ford and Carter Burks, Fred - State Department Interpreter for Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton Christison, William - Director of the CIA's Office of Regional and Political Analysis Cleland, Senator Max - U.S. Senator from Georgia. Member of 9/11 Commission Cole, John - Intelligence Operations Specialist, 18 Years in FBI Conrad, David Mark - Professor of Criminal Justice, Agent in Charge, Internal Affairs, U.S. Customs Costello, Edward - Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI, Judge Dew, Rosemary - Supervisory Special Agent, Counterterrorism & Counterintelligence, FBI Dzakovic, Bogdan - Counterterrorism Expert, FAA, Federal Air Marshall, Witness for 9/11 Commission Edmonds, Sibel - Language Translation Specialist, FBI Elson, Steve - Special Agent, FAA, 22 Years in Military, Navy Seal Fitts, Catherine Austin - Assistant Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush Freeh, Louis - Director of the FBI 1993-2001 Goodman, Melvin - Division Chief and Senior Analyst of Soviet Affairs, CIA Goulder, Morton - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter Graf, Mark - Security Supervisor, Department of Energy Graham, Gilbert - Special Agent, Counterintelligence, 24 Years in FBI Heikal, Mohamed Hassanein - Foreign Minister, Egypt Hellyer, Paul - Minister of National Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, Canada Honegger, Barbara - White House Policy Analyst Under Ronald Reagan Ivashov, Gen. Leonid - Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Kleiman, Diane - Special Agent, U.S. Customs Kwiatkowski, Lt. Col. Karen - Political-Military Affairs Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense Larkin, Lynne - Operations Officer, CIA MacMichael, David - Senior Estimates Officer, CIA, 10 Years in Marine Corps McGovern, Raymond - Chairman, National Intelligence Estimates, 27 Years in CIA Meacher, Michael - Undersecretary for Industry, Minister for the Environment, UK 1997-2003 Nelson, Col. George - Aircraft Crash Investigator, 34 Years in U.S. Air Force Pahle, Theodore J. - Senior Intelligence Officer, 37 Years in Defense Intelligence Agency Peck, Edward - Deputy Director of the White House Task Force on Terrorism under Ronald Reagan Ray, Col. Ronald - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan Reynolds, Morgan - Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor under George W. Bush Ritter, Maj. Scott - Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and Chief UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq Roberts, Paul Craig - Ass. Secretary of Treasury under Ronald Reagan, Father of Reaganomics Rokke, Maj. Douglas - Director U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Project Sarshar, Behrooz - Language Translation Specialist, FBI Shaffer, Lt. Col. Anthony - Defense Intelligence Agency, 23 Years in Military, Bronze Star Recipient Shayler, David - Counter-terrorism Officer, MI5 (UK Intelligence Service) Stubblebine, Gen. Albert - Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence, 32 Years in Military Sullivan, Brian - Special Agent, Risk Management Specialist, FAA, Lieutenant Colonel Military Police Tortorich, Larry - US Navy Commander, Department of Homeland Security Turner, Jane - Special Agent, FBI Vincent, John - Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI von Buelow, Andreas - State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defense, West Germany Weldon, Rep. Curt - Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Whitehurst, Dr. Fred - Supervisory Special Agent, Forensic Examiner, FBI, U.S. Army Intelligence Wittenberg, Capt. Russ - Air Force Fighter Pilot, Commercial Jet Pilot for 35 Years Wright, Col. Ann - U.S. Army Colonel, 27 Years in Military, Diplomat Zeigler, Capt. Gregory - U.S. Army Intelligence Officer Zipoli, Matthew - Special Response Team Officer, Department of Energy Many respected senior members of the U.S. military, intelligence services, and government have expressed significant criticism of the 9/11 Commission Report. Some even allege government complicity in the terrible acts of 9/11. Below are the highly revealing statements on this vital topic of over 50 prominent public servants with links for verification and further investigation. **The collective voices of these respected senior officials give credibility to the claim that the 9/11 Commission Report is tragically flawed. **These dedicated individuals from both political parties cannot be simply dismissed as irresponsible believers in some 9/11 conspiracy theory. Their sincere concern, backed by decades of service to their country, demonstrate that criticism of the 9/11 Commission Report is not only reasonable and responsible, it is in fact a patriotic duty. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ![Congressman Curt Weldon, "What's the Sept. 11 commission got to hide?"][60] Rep. Curt Weldon **Rep. Curt Weldon **- Ten-term Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania. House Armed Services Committee Vice Chairman. Homeland Security Committee Vice Chairman. * **U.S. House of Representatives Speech 10/19/05: ** "Intelligence officers ... identified [lead 9/11 hijacker] Mohammed Atta and three terrorists a year before 9/11, tried to transfer that information to the FBI, were denied, and the FBI Director has now said ... the FBI could have used it to perhaps prevent the hijackings. The 9/11 Commission totally ignored this entire story. I am a strong supporter of our military. I am a strong supporter of President Bush. I say all of that, Mr. Speaker, because ... there is something desperately wrong here. I have met with at least 10 people who fully corroborate what [intelligence officer] [Tony Shaffer][61] says. This is not [about] Republicans or Democrats. It is about what is fundamental to this country." [http://curtweld...][62] - Link to speech on Weldon's website * **Fox News 8/28/05: **"'There's something very sinister going on here that really troubles me,' Weldon told Fox News on Thursday, blasting the 9/11 commission for not taking the claims more seriously. He said some panel members were trying to smear Shaffer and [Able Danger][63]. 'What's the 9/11 commission got to hide?'" [http://www.foxnews....][64] - Fox News webpage with quote * **Bio: **[http://curtweldon.house.gov/Biography/][65] ![Max Cleland, The 9/11 Commission is a national scandal.][66] Senator Max Cleland **Senator Max Cleland **- Former member of the 9/11 Commission, resigned December 2003. Currently serves on the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. U.S. Senator from Georgia 1996-2002. Administrator of U.S. Veterans Administration 1977-1981. Awarded Silver Star and Bronze Star for U.S. Army bravery in Viet Nam. Triple amputee from war injuries. * **_Boston Globe_ Article 11/13/03:** "If this decision stands [to limit 9/11 Commission access to White House documents], I, as a member of the commission, cannot look any American in the eye, especially family members of victims, and say the commission had full access. This investigation is now compromised." [http://www.boston.com/...][67] - Link to _Boston Globe_ article * **Article 11/21/03:** Regarding the 9/11 Commission: "It is a national scandal." [http://dir.salon.com/story/...][68] * **Resigned from the 9/11 Commission, 12/03** * **Transcript of audio interview 3/23/04:** "One of these days we will have to get the full story because the 9/11 issue is so important to America. But this White House wants to cover it up." [http://www.democracynow.org/...][69] * **Bio:** [http://memory.loc.gov/...][70] - Library of Congress ![Louis Freeh, "No wonder the 9/11 families were outraged by these revelations and called for a "new" commission to investigate."][71] Louis Freeh **Louis Freeh **- Director of FBI, 1993-2001. Former U.S. District Court Judge for Southern District of New York, appointed by President George H.W. Bush. Former Deputy United States Attorney in New York. Former FBI agent. Former officer in United States Army. * **_Wall Street Journal_ 11/17/05: **"Even the most junior investigator would immediately know that the name and photo ID of [lead 9/11 hijacker Mohammed] Atta in 2000 is precisely the kind of tactical intelligence the FBI has many times employed to prevent attacks and arrest terrorists. Yet the 9/11 Commission inexplicably concluded that it 'was not historically significant.' This astounding conclusion--in combination with the failure to investigate [Able Danger][63] and incorporate it into its findings--raises serious challenges to the commission's credibility and, if the facts prove out, might just render the commission historically insignificant itself. No wonder the 9/11 families were outraged by these revelations and called for a 'new' commission." [http://www.op...][72] - Link to _Wall Street Journal_ article * **Bio: **[http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/...][73] - FBI Website ![Ambassador Edward Peck, We request an immediate re-investigation of 9/11][74] Edward L. Peck **Edward L. Peck** - Deputy Director of the White House Task Force on Terrorism under Ronald Reagan. Former Deputy Coordinator, Covert Intelligence Programs at the State Department. U.S. Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq (1977-80). 32-year veteran of the Foreign Service. * **Signatory:** Petition requesting a reinvestigation of 9/11: We want truthful answers to questions... As Americans of conscience, we ask for four things: * An immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer * Immediate investigation in Congressional Hearings. * Media attention to scrutinize and investigate the evidence. * The formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry. [http://www.911truth.org/article. ...][75] * **Bio**: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Peck][76] ![Paul Craig Roberts, father of "Reaganomics" questions 9/11 Commission Report][77] Paul Craig Roberts **Paul Craig Roberts, PhD** - Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury under Ronald Reagan. "Father of Reaganomics." Former Associate Editor of the _Wall Street Journal_. Currently Chairman of the Institute for Political Economy and Research Fellow at the [Independent Institute][78]. * **Essay:** "We know that it is strictly impossible for any building, much less steel columned buildings, to 'pancake' at free fall speed. Therefore, it is a non-controversial fact that the official explanation of the collapse of the WTC buildings is false." [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/...][79] * **Essay:** "There are not many editors eager for writers to explore the glaring defects of the 9/11 Commission Report. One would think that if the report could stand analysis, there would not be a taboo against calling attention to the inadequacy of its explanations." [http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts02062006....][80] * **Bio**: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Craig_Roberts][81] ![Morgan Reynolds, "We can prove the government's story is false."][82] Morgan Reynolds **Morgan Reynolds, PhD** - Chief Economist, Department of Labor under George W. Bush 2001-2002. Former Director of the Criminal Justice Center at the National Center for Policy Analysis. Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University. * **Video:** "I first began to suspect that 9/11 was in inside job when the Bush-Cheney Administration invaded Iraq. … We can prove that the government's story is false." [http://video...][83] - Free video presentation of Dr. Reynolds * **Essay: **"It is hard to exaggerate the importance of a scientific debate over the cause(s) of the collapse of the twin towers and building 7. The job of scientists, engineers and impartial researchers everywhere is to get the scientific and engineering analysis of 9/11 right. Unfortunately, getting it right in today's 'security state' demands daring because explosives and structural [experts have been intimidated][84] in their analyses of the collapses of 9/11." [http://www.lewrockwell.com/...][85] * **Website: **[http://nomoregames.net][86] * **Bio:** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Reynolds][87] ![Catherine Austin Fitts, "The Commission was a whitewash."][88] Catherine Austin Fitts **Catherine Austin Fitts **- Assistant Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush. Former Managing Director of Wall Street investment bank, Dillon, Read & Co. * **Audio Interview 9/9/04:** Regarding 9/11: "The official story could not possibly have happened. It's not possible. It's not operationally feasible. ... The Commission was a whitewash." (About 45 minutes into the file.) [http://157....][89] * **Essay:** "The first category of people who benefited were those who are guilty and complicit in designing, implementing and financing the 9/11 operation. On such a sophisticated and successful covert operation, the people responsible would have had budgets and financing and would have organized the operation to maximize their political and financial benefits." [http://globalresearch.ca/...][90] * **Signatory:** Petition requesting a reinvestigation of 9/11. [http://www.911truth.org/article ...][75] * **Website:** [http://www.solari.com][91] * **Bio**: [http://www.solari.com/about/ca_fitts.html][92] ![Morton Goulder, We request an immediate re-investigation of 9/11][93] Morton Goulder **Morton Goulder** - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Warning under Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter (1973-77). Founder of Sanders Associates. * **Signatory:** Petition requesting a reinvestigation of 9/11: We want truthful answers to questions... As Americans of conscience, we ask for four things: * An immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer * Immediate investigation in Congressional Hearings. * Media attention to investigate the evidence. * The formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry. [http://www.911truth.org/article. ...][75] * **Bio**: [http://www.ecora.com...][94] ![Fred Burks, Frederick Burks "How is it possible that our military's highly touted missile detections systems could not locate Flight 77 in the 42 minutes it was known to be lost before it crashed into the heart of the defense system of the U.S.?"][95] Fred Burks **Fred Burks** - Former State Department Interpreter for Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Vice Presidents Dick Cheney and Al Gore, Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright. 18-year State Department career. * **Essay:** "How is it possible that our military's highly touted missile detections systems could not locate Flight 77 in the 42 minutes it was known to be lost before it crashed into the heart of the defense system of the U.S.?** **An even bigger question is why isn't our media asking these questions? Why isn't our military spending many millions of dollars to find out why military defense systems failed on 9/11? Why is it that the 9/11 Commission budget was far less than the budget allotted to the Challenger Disaster or even the Monica Lewinsky affair?" [http://www.WantToKnow.info/911...][96] * **Signatory:** Petition requesting a reinvestigation of 9/11. [http://www.911truth.org/...][75] * **Website:** [http://www.WantToKnow.info][97] * **Bio**: [http://www.WantToKnow.info/aboutus#burks][98] U.S. MILITARY OFFICERS ![General Albert Stubblebine, "I look at the hole in the Pentagon and I look at the size of an airplane that was supposed to have hit the Pentagon. And I said, 'The plane does not fit in that hole'. So what did hit the Pentagon? What hit it? Where is it? What's going on?"][99] General Albert Stubblebine ** General Albert Stubblebine, U.S. Army (ret)** - Commanding General of Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), 1981 - 1984. Also commanded U.S. Army's Intelligence Center. Former head of Imagery Interpretation for Scientific and Technical Intelligence. 32-year Army career. * **Video: **"One of my experiences in the Army was being in charge of the Army's Imagery Interpretation for Scientific and Technical Intelligence during the Cold War. I measured pieces of Soviet equipment from photographs. It was my job. I look at the hole in the Pentagon and I look at the size of an airplane that was supposed to have hit the Pentagon. And I said, 'The plane does not fit in that hole'. So what did hit the Pentagon? What hit it? Where is it? What's going on?" [http://www.undersiegemovie.com ... ][100] * **Bio: **[http://www.canadiansub.com/Board....][101] ![Colonel Robert Bowman, "A lot of these pieces of information, taken together, prove that the official story, the official conspiracy theory of 9/11 is a bunch of hogwash. It's impossible."][102] Col. Robert Bowman **Col. Robert Bowman, PhD, U.S. Air Force (ret**) - Director of Advanced Space Programs Development under Presidents Ford and Carter. Air Force fighter pilot, over 100 combat missions. PhD in Aeronautics, Nuclear Engineering. * **Video:** "A lot of these pieces of information, taken together, prove that the official story, the official conspiracy theory of 9/11 is a bunch of hogwash. It's impossible. … There's a second group of facts having to do with the cover up. Taken together these things prove that high levels of our government don't want us to know what happened and who's responsible. Who gained from 9/11? Who covered up crucial information? And who put out the patently false stories about 9/11 in the first place? I think the case is pretty clear that it's highly placed individuals in the administration with all roads passing through Dick Cheney. I think the very kindest thing that we can say about George W. Bush and all the people in the U.S. Government that have been involved in this massive cover-up ... is that they were aware of impending attacks and let them happen. However even that is high treason and conspiracy to commit murder." [http://video.go...][103] * **Signatory:** Petition requesting a reinvestigation of 9/11. [http://www.911truth.org/article.php?...][75] * **Bio: **[http://bowman2006.com/about....][104] ![George Nelson, "With all the evidence readily available at the Pentagon crash site, any unbiased rational investigator could only conclude that a Boeing 757 did not fly into the Pentagon as alleged."][105] Col. George Nelson **Col. George Nelson, U.S. Air Force (ret)** - Former U.S. Air Force aircraft accident investigator and airplane parts authority. 34-year Air Force career. * **Essay:** "The government alleges that four wide-body airliners crashed on the morning of September 11 2001, resulting in the deaths of more than 3,000 human beings, yet not one piece of hard aircraft evidence has been produced in an attempt to positively identify any of the four aircraft. On the contrary, it seems only that all potential evidence was deliberately kept hidden. With all the evidence readily available at the Pentagon crash site, any unbiased rational investigator could only conclude that a Boeing 757 did not fly into the Pentagon. Similarly, with all the evidence available at the Pennsylvania crash site, it was most doubtful that a passenger airliner caused the obvious hole in the ground and certainly not the Boeing 757 as alleged. As painful and heartbreaking as was the loss of innocent lives and the lingering health problems of thousands more, a most troublesome and nightmarish probability remains that so many Americans appear to be involved in the most heinous conspiracy in our country's history." [http://www.physics911.net/georgenelson....][106] ![Colonel Ronald Ray, "I'm astounded that the conspiracy theory advanced by the administration could in fact be true and the evidence does not seem to suggest that's accurate."][107] Col. Ronald D. Ray **Col. Ronald D. Ray, U.S. Marine Corps (ret)** - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during Reagan Administration. Highly decorated Vietnam veteran (two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart). Appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve on American Battle Monuments Commission. From 1990 to 1994, served as Military Historian and Deputy Director of Field Operations for U.S. Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington, D.C. * **Article:** "The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under the Reagan Administration and a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and Colonel has gone on the record to voice his doubts about the official story of 9/11 - calling it 'the dog that doesn't hunt.' Ray questioned the feasibility of having a budget of half a trillion dollars a year, yet not even being able to defend the Pentagon. 'Half a trillion dollars a year and a bunch of guys over in a cave in Afghanistan were able to penetrate that half a trillion dollar network that's supposed to provide Americans with national security.'" [http://www.prisonplanet.com/...][108] * **Bio:** [http://www.firstprinciplespress.org/...][109] ![Anthony Shaffer][110] Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer **Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, U.S. Army (ret)** - Former Military Intelligence Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency. Member of [Able Danger][63] effort to target Al Qaeda's global structure. Former Chief of the Army's HUMINT [Human Intelligence] program. Awarded the Bronze Star for bravery for the first of his two combat tours to Afghanistan. 23-year military intelligence career. * **Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee 2/15/06 **(page 18) - "After contact by two separate members of the [Able Danger][63] team … the 9/11 [Commission] staff refused to perform any in-depth review of investigation of the issues that were identified to them. … It was their job to do a thorough investigation of these claims - to not simply dismiss them based on what many now believe was a "preconceived" conclusion to the 9/11 story they wished to tell. … I consider this a failure of the 9/11 staff ... as is evidenced by their recent, groundless conclusion that [Able Danger][63]'s findings were "urban legend." [http://www.abledan...][111] * **Bio: **[http://www.c4ads.org/anthony.shaffer...][112] ![Karen Kwiatkowski, "Reading through the official 9/11 report, I quickly lost my focus - apparently emulating the 9/11 commission over the past 20 months."][113] Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski **Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, PhD, U.S. Air Force (ret) **- Former Political-Military Affairs Officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Staff Member, Office of Director of the National Security Agency. 20-year Air Force veteran. * **Essay:** "Reading through the official 9/11 report, I quickly lost my focus - apparently emulating the 9/11 commission over the past 20 months. …One wonders if the entire commission wasn't secretly replaced by pod people from the old Soviet Central Committee. I naively expected more constructive and useful information in the report." [http://www.lewrockwell.com/...][114] * **Bio: **[http://militaryweek.com/...][115] ![Scott Ritter][116] Major Scott Ritter **Major Scott Ritter, U.S. Marine Corps **- Former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and Chief Weapons Inspector for the United Nations Special Commission in Iraq 1991-1998. * **Video:** "I, like the others, am frustrated by the 9/11 Commission Report, by the lack of transparency on the part of the United States government, both in terms of the executive branch and the legislative branch when it comes to putting out on the table all facts known to the 9/11 case." [http://video.google.com/videoplay?...][117] * **Bio: **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter][118] ![Douglas Rokke, "When you look at the whole thing, especially the crash site void of airplane parts, the size of the hole left in the building and the fact the projectile's impact penetrated numerous concrete walls, it looks like the work of a missile. And when you look at the damage, it was obviously a missile." ][119] Major Douglas Rokke **Major Douglas Rokke, PhD, U.S. Army (ret)** - Former Director U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Project. * **Article: **Regarding the impact at the Pentagon on 9/11/2001: "When you look at the whole thing, especially the crash site void of airplane parts, the size of the hole left in the building and the fact the projectile's impact penetrated numerous concrete walls, it looks like the work of a missile. And when you look at the damage, it was obviously a missile." [http://www.rense.com/....][120] * **Bio: **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Rokke][121] ![Russ Wittenberg, 'The government story they handed us about 9/11 is total B.S.' Wittenberg convincingly argued there was absolutely no possibility that Flight 77 could have 'descended 7,000 feet in two minutes, all the while performing a steep 270 degree banked turn before crashing into the Pentagon's first floor wall.' ][122] Capt. Russ Wittenberg **Capt. Russ Wittenberg, U.S. Air Force ** - Former Air Force fighter pilot, over 100 combat missions. Commercial pilot for Pan Am and United Airlines for 35 years. Had previously flown the actual two United airplanes that were hijacked on 9/11. * **Article:** "'The government story they handed us about 9/11 is total B.S.' Wittenberg convincingly argued there was absolutely no possibility that Flight 77 could have 'descended 7,000 feet in two minutes, all the while performing a steep 270 degree banked turn before crashing into the Pentagon's first floor wall.' 'For a guy to just jump into the cockpit and fly like an ace is impossible,' said Wittenberg, recalling that when he made the jump from Boeing 727s to the highly sophisticated computerized characteristics of the 737s through 767s, it took him considerable time to feel comfortable flying." [http://www.arcticbeacon.com....][123] * **Audio Interview 9/16/04:** "[Flight 77] could not have flown at those speeds which they said it did without going into what they call a high speed stall. The airplane won't go that fast if you start pulling those high G maneuvers at those bank angles. To expect this alleged airplane to run these maneuvers with a total amateur at the controls is simply ludicrous." [http://911underground.com/...][124] ![Barbara Honegger, "A US military plane, not one piloted by al Qaeda, performed the highly skilled, high−speed 270−degree dive towards the Pentagon that Air Traffic Controllers on 9/11 were sure was a military plane as they watched it on their screens. Only a military aircraft, not a civilian plane flown by al Qaeda, would have given off the "Friendly" signal needed to disable the Pentagon's anti−aircraft missile batteries as it approached the building."][125] Barbara Honegger **Barbara Honegger** - Senior Military Affairs Journalist at the Naval Postgraduate School (1995 - present). White House Policy Analyst and Special Assistant to the Assistant to President Ronald Reagan (1981-83). * **Essay: **"The US military, not al Qaeda, had the sustained access weeks before 9/11 to also plant controlled demolition charges throughout the superstructures of WTC1 and WTC2, and in WTC7, which brought down all three buildings on 9/11. A US military plane, not one piloted by al Qaeda, performed the highly skilled, high−speed 270−degree dive towards the Pentagon. Air Traffic Controllers on 9/11 were sure [it] was a military plane as they watched it on their screens. Only a military aircraft, not a civilian plane flown by al Qaeda, would have given off the 'friendly' signal needed to disable the Pentagon's anti−aircraft missile batteries as it approached the building. Only the US military, not al Qaeda, had the ability to break all of its Standard Operating Procedures to paralyze its own emergency response system." [http://blog.lege....][126] * **Bio: **[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk...][127] ![Gregory Zeigler][128] Capt. Gregory M. Zeigler **Capt. Gregory M. Zeigler, PhD, U.S. Army** - Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer * **Statement:** "I knew from September 18, 2001, that the official story about 9/11 was false. ... Anomalies poured in rapidly: the hijackers' names appearing in none of the published flight passenger lists, [BBC reports][129] of stolen identities of the alleged hijackers or the alleged hijackers being found alive, the obvious demolitions of WTC1, 2, and 7, the lack of identifiable Boeing 757 wreckage at the Pentagon ... [Link to full statement ][130] U.S. INTELLIGENCE SERVICES VETERANS ![Raymond McGovern, "The 9/11 report is a joke. The question is: What's being covered up? Is it gross malfeasance, gross negligence, misfeasance?"][131] Raymond L. McGovern **Raymond L. McGovern** - Former Chairman, National Intelligence Estimates, CIA. Responsible for _President's Daily Brief (PDB)_ for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. 27-year CIA veteran. Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer. * **Video:** "I think at simplest terms, there's a cover-up. The 9/11 report is a joke. The question is: What's being covered up? Is it gross malfeasance, gross negligence? Now there are a whole bunch of unanswered questions. And the reason they're unanswered is because this administration will not answer the questions. This is the bottom line for me; just as Hitler in 1933 cynically exploited the burning of the parliament building, the Reichstag, this is exactly what our President did in exploiting 9/11. The cynical way in which he played on our trauma, used it to justify attacking, making a war of aggression on a country that he knew had nothing to do with 9/11. That suffices for me. That's certainly an impeachable offense." [http://video.google...][132] * **Signatory:** Petition requesting a reinvestigation of 9/11. [http://www.911truth.org/...][75] * **Bio: **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McGovern][133] ![William Christison, "I now think there is persuasive evidence that the events of September did not unfold as the Bush administration and the 9/11 Commission would have us believe. … An airliner almost certainly did not hit The Pentagon. … The North and South Towers of the World Trade Center almost certainly did not collapse and fall to earth because hijacked aircraft hit them." ][134] William Christison **William Christison** - Former National Intelligence Officer and Director of the CIA's Office of Regional and Political Analysis. 29-year CIA veteran. * **Essay:** "I now think there is persuasive evidence that the events of September did not unfold as the Bush administration and the 9/11 Commission would have us believe. An airliner almost certainly did not hit The Pentagon. The North and South Towers of the World Trade Center almost certainly did not collapse and fall to earth because hijacked aircraft hit them." [http://www.dissidentvoice.org...][135] * **Article: **"[David Griffin][136] believes this all was totally an inside job - I've got to say I think that it was too. I have since decided that....at least some elements in this US government had contributed in some way or other to causing 9/11 to happen… The reason that the two towers in New York actually collapsed and fell all the way to the ground was controlled explosions rather than just being hit by two airplanes. All of the characteristics of these demolitions show that they almost had to have been controlled explosions." [http://www.prisonplanet.com/...][137] * **Bio: **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Christison...][138] ![Melvin Goodman, "I want to talk about the [9/11] Commission itself, about the flawed process of the Commission and finally about the conflict of interest within the Commission that is extremely important to understand the failure of the Commission."][139] Melvin A. Goodman **Melvin A. Goodman** - Senior Analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State Department, 1974-1976. Former Division Chief and Senior Analyst, Office of Soviet Affairs, CIA,1976 - 1986. Professor of International Security, National War College 1986-2004. Currently Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy and Adjunct Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University. Author or co-author of five books on international relations. * **Congressional testimony:** "I want to talk about the [9/11] Commission itself, about the flawed process of the Commission and finally about the conflict of interest within the Commission that is extremely important to understand the failure of the Commission." [http://www.house.gov/mckinney/...][140] * **Signatory:** Petition requesting a reinvestigation of 9/11. [http://www.911truth.org/...][75] * **Bio:** [http://ciponline.org/biographies....][141] ![Robert Baer][142] Robert Baer **Robert Baer** - Former CIA Case Officer, Specialist in Middle East, Directorate of Operations. Awarded Career Intelligence Medal. 21-year CIA veteran. Author of two nonfiction books about CIA operations, _See No Evil _and _Sleeping with the Devil_ * **Audio Interview 6/9/06:** _Thom Hartmann:_ "Are you of the opinion there was an aspect of 'inside job' to 9/11 within the U.S. government?" _ Robert Baer:_ "There is that possibility, the evidence points at it." _ Hartmann:_ "And why is it not being investigated?" _ Baer_: "Why isn't the WMD story being investigated? Why hasn't anybody been held accountable for 9/11? We held people accountable after Pearl Harbor. Why has there been no change in command? Why have there been no political repercussions? Why has there [not been] any sort of exposure on this?" [http://www.911blogger.com/...][143] * **Essay: **"Did bin Laden act alone, through his own al-Qaida network, in launching the attacks? About that I'm far more certain and emphatic: no." [http://books.guardian.co....][144] * **Bio:** [http://www.concertideas.com/...][145] ![Sibel Edmonds, "I find your report seriously flawed in its failure to address serious intelligence issues that I am aware of, which have been confirmed, and which as a witness to the commission, I made you aware of."][146] Sibel D. Edmonds **Sibel D. Edmonds **- Former Language Translation Specialist, FBI. Performed translations for counterterrorism, counterintelligence operations. 9/11 Commission Witness. * **Letter to 9/11 Commission**: "I find your report seriously flawed in its failure to address serious intelligence issues that I am aware of, which have been confirmed, and which as a witness to the commission, I made you aware of. Thus, I must assume that other serious issues that I am not aware of were in the same manner omitted from your report. These omissions cast doubt on the validity of your report and therefore on its conclusions and recommendations." [http://www.com...][147] * **Website:** [http://www.justacitizen.com][148] * **Bio:** [http://www.aclu.org/...][149] ![Bogdan Dzakovic][150] Bogdan Dzakovic **Bogdan Dzakovic** - 14-year Counterterrorism expert, Security Division of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Team Leader of FAA's Red (Terrorism) Team. Former Team Leader in Federal Air Marshal program. Former Coast Guard officer. Witness for 9/11 Commission. * **Video transcript**: Regarding the 9/11 Commission "The best I could say about it is they really botched the job by not really going into the real failures. … At worst, I think the 9/11 Commission Report is treasonous. And if you look at what the word 'treason' means in the Webster's Dictionary, it's a betrayal of a trust." [http://www.911rep...][151] * **Bio: **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdan_Dzakovic][152] ![John Cole][153] John M. Cole ![David Mark Conrad][154] David Mark Conrad ![Edward Costello][155] Edward J. Costello ![Rosemary Dew][156] Rosemary N. Dew ![Steve Elson][157] Steve Elson David Forbes No photo available ![Mark Graf][158] Mark Graf Gilbert M. Graham No photo available ![Diane Kleiman][159] Diane Kleiman Lynne A. Larkin No photo available ![David MacMichael][160] David MacMichael Theodore J. Pahle No photo available Behrooz Sarshar No photo available Brian F. Sullivan No photo available Larry J. Tortorich No photo available ![Jane Turner][161] Jane A. Turner ![John Vincent][162] John B. Vincent ![Fred Whitehurst][163] Dr. Fred Whitehurst ![Ann Wright][164] Col. Ann Wright Matthew J. Zipoli No photo available ** Letter to Congress on 9/11 Commission Report** "We the undersigned wish to bring to the attention of the Congress and the people of the United States what we believe are serious shortcomings in the [9/11 Commission] report and its recommendations. Omission is one of the major flaws in the Commission's report. We are aware of significant issues and cases that were duly reported to the commission by those of us with direct knowledge, but somehow escaped attention. The omission of such serious and applicable issues and information by itself renders the report flawed, and casts doubt on the validity of many of its recommendations." [http://www.pogo.org/m/hsp/...][165] **Petition signed by 25 military, intelligence, and security veterans below:** **John M. Cole**** **- Former Intelligence Operations Specialist, Counterintelligence Division, FBI. In charge of FBI's foreign intelligence investigations covering India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.18-year FBI career. ** David "Mark" Conrad **- Retired Agent in Charge, U.S. Customs. Responsible for internal integrity and security for areas encompassing nine states and two foreign locations. Former Federal Sky Marshall. 27-years in U.S. Customs. Currently Professor of Criminal Justice at Troy University. ** Edward J. Costello, Jr. **- Former Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI. Former Judge, Los Angeles, CA. ** Rosemary N. Dew **- Former Supervisory Special Agent, Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, FBI. Former member President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) and the Electronic Commerce/Cyber Crime Working Group. 13-year FBI career. **Bogdan Dzakovic** - 14-year Counter-terrorism expert, Security Division of Federal Aviation Administration. Witness before the 9/11 Commission. (For more, [click here][166]) ** Sibel D. Edmonds **- Former Language Translation Specialist, performing translations for counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations, FBI. Witness before the 9/11 Commission. (For more, [click here][167]) ** Steve Elson **- Former Special Agent with the U.S. Navy and the FAA. Specialist in Counterterrorism, Intelligence, and Security. Twenty-two years military experience, primarily in Naval Special Warfare and nine years Federal service with the FAA and DEA. Retired Navy Seal. ** David Forbes**** **- Aviation, Logistics and Govt. Security Analysts, BoydForbes, Inc. ** Melvin A. Goodman**** **- Senior Analyst at the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State Department, 1974-1976. Professor of International Security at the National War College 1986-2004. (For more, [click here][168]) ** Mark Graf**** **- Former Security Supervisor, Planner, and Derivative Classifier, Department of Energy. Former Chairman of the Rocky Flats (DOE) Physical Security Systems Working Group from 1990 through 1995. ** Gilbert M. Graham **- Retired Special Agent, Counterintelligence, FBI. 24-year FBI career. ** Diane Kleiman**** **- Former Special Agent, US Customs. Exposes major cover-ups on her website: [http://www.customscoverup.com][169] ** ****Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, PhD, U.S. Air Force (ret) **- Former Political-Military Affairs Officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Staff Member, Office of Director of the National Security Agency. 20-year Air Force veteran. (For more, [click here][170]) ** Lynne A. Larkin**** **- Former CIA Operations Officer. Served in several CIA foreign stations and in the CIA's counter-intelligence center helping chair a multi-agency task force and seminars on coordinating intelligence among intelligence and crime prevention agencies. ** David MacMichael **- Former Senior Estimates Officer with special responsibility for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the CIA's National Intelligence Council. Former Captain, U.S. Marine Corps. 10-year military service. ** Raymond L. McGovern **- Former Chairman, National Intelligence Estimates, CIA, responsible for preparing the _President' Daily Brief (PDB)_ for Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. 27-year CIA veteran. Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer. (For more, [click here][171]) ** Theodore J. Pahle **- Former Senior Intelligence Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency. 37-year intelligence career. HUMINT [Human Intelligence] operations officer with DIA, Office of Naval Intelligence and U.S. Army Intelligence. Middle East and Latin American operations specialist. ** Behrooz Sarshar **- Retired Language Translation Specialist, performing Farsi translations for counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations dealing with Iran and Afghanistan, FBI. ** Brian F. Sullivan**** **- Retired Special Agent, Risk Management Specialist, FAA. Retired Lieutenant Colonel, Military Police. ** Commander Larry J. Tortorich, U.S. Navy (ret)**** **- Former Deputy Program Manager for Logistics - Tomahawk Cruise Missiles. 24-year Navy career in the fields of aviation and counterterrorism. Two years as a federal employee with DHS/TSA in the fields of security and counterterrorism. ** Jane A. Turner **- Retired Special Agent, 24-years in FBI. ** John B. Vincent **- Retired Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI. 27-year FBI career. ** Dr. Fred Whitehurst **- Retired Supervisory Special Agent / Laboratory Forensic Examiner, FBI. Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer. ** Col. Ann Wright, U.S. Army (ret) **- Retired Army officer and Former U.S. Diplomat. 29 years in U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserves. Member of International law team in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada. Served in Panama and Somalia. Joined Foreign Service in 1987. Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassies in Sierra Leone, Micronesia and Afghanistan. Helped reopen US Embassy in Kabul in December, 2001. ** Matthew J. Zipoli **- Special Response Team (SRT) Officer, DOE. Vice President, Security Police Officer's Association, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory INTERNATIONAL MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ![Paul Hellyer, "I think the inquiry has been very shallow, very superficial. I would like to see a much tougher, more in-depth inquiry."][172] Paul Hellyer **Paul Hellyer** - Former Minister of National Defense of Canada. Former Deputy Prime Minister. Former Member of House of Commons. * **Video:** Regarding 9/11: "I think the inquiry has been very shallow, very superficial. I would like to see a much tougher, more in-depth inquiry. I would like to see someone in a position of authority ask those questions and insist on getting answers. We have to try and get the truth. I hope that somebody has the courage and persistence to keep at it until we get it." [http://www.septembereleventh.org/...][173] * **Bio: **[http://www.nationmaster.com/...][174] ![Andreas von Buelow, "The official story is so inadequate and far-fetched that there must be another one."][175] Andreas von Buelow **Andreas von Buelow, PhD** - Former State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defense of West Germany. Former Minister of Research and Technology. Member of Bundestag (Parliament) 1969-1994. * **Video:** Regarding 9/11 Commission inquiry: "The official story is so inadequate and far-fetched that there must be another one." [http://video.google.com/...][176] * **Article/Interview:** "The planning of the attacks was technically and organizationally a master achievement. To hijack four huge airplanes within a few minutes, and within one hour to drive them into their targets with complicated flight maneuvers! This is unthinkable without years-long support from secret apparatuses of the state and industry." [http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/VonBuelow....][177] * **Bio: **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Von_Buelow][178] ![Michael Meacher, "It was a 580-page avoidance of any serious explanation."][179] Michael Meacher **Michael Meacher** - Former Under Secretary for Industry, Under Secretary for Health and Social Security, Minister of Environment, and Member of the House of Commons (UK). * **Video:** Regarding the 9/11 Commission Report: "It was a 580-page avoidance of any serious explanation. The official investigative report says the US has never been able to find the sources of financing for 9/11. And then they say, 'That after all is a matter of no great importance.' I find that astonishing. It is a matter of absolutely central importance. It seems to me extraordinary that the United States with its stupendous military capabilities and the most technologically advanced country in the world completely and totally failed to follow up on these leads." [http://video.google.com/...][176] * **Bio:** [http://www.epolitix.com/...][180] ![Leonid Ivashov, "Only secret services and their current chiefs - or those retired but still having influence inside the state organizations - have the ability to plan, organize and conduct an operation of such magnitude."][181] General Leonid Ivashov **General Leonid Ivashov** -