[WestMALocals] 9/11 cover-up on C-SPAN 2 this Sat w/ Prof. David
Ray Griffin
kate harris
kate at earthlovers.org
Thu May 5 17:46:02 EDT 2005
From: Fred Burks <fredburks at earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 14:44:00 -0700
Dear friends,
Prof. David Ray Griffin will appear on C-SPAN 2 (Book TV) this Saturday,
May 7th at 2:30 PM EST (11:30 AM Pacific time). In his 80-minute lecture to
a standing room audience of 400 at the University of Wisconsin, Prof.
Griffin, one of the most respected theologians in the US, discusses his
extensive research into the 9/11 cover-up. This nationally televised
lecture first aired last weekend and will be repeated Saturday for those
who missed it. David Ray Griffin is professor emeritus at the Claremont
School of Theology, where he taught for over 30 years. He has authored or
edited
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Griffin%2C%20David%20Ray/104-3352028-4380702>over
two dozen scholarly books.
Two years ago, a trusted friend sent Prof. Griffin an email referring him
to the reliable, easily verifiable information on the
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/9-11cover-up>two-page 9/11 summary from our
website, <http://www.WantToKnow.info>WantToKnow.info. After exploring the
links to revealing articles on major media websites and progressing
eventually to our <http://www.WantToKnow.info/9-11timeline60pg>60-page 9/11
timeline and other excellent resources, he became convinced of a major
cover-up around 9/11. Putting aside all of his work in theology, Prof.
Griffin then devoted himself to writing
<http://www.campusi.com/bookFind/asp/bookFindPriceLst.asp?prodId=1566565529>The
New Pearl Harbor, a devastating book which systematically presents a
detailed account questioning the official story of 9/11.
Following the publication of the 9/11 Commission Report, Prof. Griffin
published a second compelling book,
<http://www.campusi.com/bookFind/asp/bookFindPriceLst.asp?prodId=1566565847>The
9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions, which convincingly
deconstructs the official story presented in the report. These two books
have sold nearly 100,000 copies both in the US and abroad. They have been
translated into several languages, and have convinced many key people of
the need for a truly independent investigation into that fateful day.
As this is the first time that the 9/11 cover-up has received national
television coverage, I encourage you to watch this excellent program and
invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join you. If you feel so
called, <mailto:booktv at c-span.org>email C-SPAN expressing your gratitude
and support. We are moving ever closer to the critical mass necessary to
force the media to cover this vital issue in news headlines where it
belongs. Together, I know that we can and will
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/brighterfuture>build a brighter future for all
of us. Below are several informative links and a newspaper article (with
added links for easy verification) related to Prof. Griffin's lecture on
what may be the greatest cover-up ever to be exposed.
With very best wishes,
Fred Burks for the <http://www.wanttoknow.info/aboutus>WantToKnow.info Team
View the program online now for free.
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=en&qstechnology=>Windows
Media Player required (free download)
<http://www.911blogger.com/2005/04/proper-release-of-griffin-in-madison.html>http://www.911blogger.com/2005/04/proper-release-of-griffin-in-madison.html
Free audio version of program online.
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=en&qstechnology=>Windows
Media Player required (free download)
<http://www.septembereleventh.org/documents/drg_cspan.mp3>http://www.septembereleventh.org/documents/drg_cspan.mp3
Biographical information on Prof. David Ray Griffin
http://www.ctr4process.org/about/CoDirectors/CPSGriffin.htm
C-SPAN 2 announcement for the program featuring Prof. Griffin
<http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=5677&schedID=362>http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=5677&schedID=362
C-SPAN 2 schedule for Saturday, May 7th
<http://www.booktv.org/schedule/>http://www.booktv.org/schedule/
Order a copy of David Ray Griffin's show from C-SPAN 2 at:
http://www.c-spanstore.org/shop/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=186335-1&template=4
Article on David Ray Griffin lecture in Wisconsin State Journal
<http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=wsj:2005:04:19:412716:LOCAL/WISCONSIN>http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=wsj:2005:04:19:412716:LOCAL/WISCONSIN
Article covering lecture in Wisconsin's The Capital Times (see below for
full text)
<http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=36617&ntpid=5>http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=36617&ntpid=
Theologian calls for response to 9/11
By Samara Kalk Derby for
<http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=36617&ntpid=>The
Capital Times
April 19, 2005
David Ray Griffin asks the tough questions about Sept. 11, contending U.S.
officials had some knowledge of what was coming and possibly orchestrated
the attacks.
Griffin, whose book, "The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the
Bush Administration and 9/11," came out a year ago, drew an enthusiastic
standing ovation from the majority of the 400 or so people who packed his
lecture Monday night at Bascom Hall.
A retired Christian theologian, Griffin, 65, taught for more than 30 years
at the Claremont School of Theology in California.
His comments Monday night were directed at <http://mujca.com/>religious
people, who he said need to respond to Sept. 11 - and the American empire
that has ensued - based on the moral principles of their religious traditions.
Drawing laughter from the crowd, Griffin said he had in mind principles
like: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors' oil" and "Thou shalt not murder
thy neighbors in order to steal their oil."
While Griffin noted that his books and talks have not received attention
from the mainstream media, C-SPAN had a cameraman at the event and plans to
air the lecture at a future date. Madison's public access cable television
station, WYOU-TV/Channel 4, meanwhile, will air the talk at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Americans interpret the events of Sept. 11 in one of four ways, Griffin said:
• A first group accepts the official interpretation that Sept. 11 was a
surprise attack by Islamic terrorists. It is easy for these people "to
think of America's so-called War on Terror as a just war," Griffin said.
• A second group accepts the official line but thinks Sept. 11 has been
used opportunistically by the Bush administration to extend the American
empire. People who hold this view often believe that America's response to
Sept. 11, which has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, is far worse
than the attacks themselves, he said.
• A third group believes the Bush administration knew the attacks were
coming and let them happen. It shows the government as "deliberate and
cold-blooded," advancing its imperial designs while hypocritically
portraying itself as promoting a "culture of life," Griffin said.
Although there has been no national survey, a
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/zogby911>Zogby poll taken last year indicated
that almost half of the residents of New York City share this view, he said.
• A fourth group believes that the government orchestrated the attacks.
While no poll shows how many Americans believe this, polls in Canada and
Germany have found as many as 20 percent of those populations do, Griffin said.
In his follow-up book, "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and
Distortions," Griffin examines the questions that he and others in the
"9/11 Truth Movement" charge were never examined by the federal
government's 9/11 Commission.
Evidence to support the theory that U.S. officials had at least had some
foreknowledge of the attacks comes from
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/9-11timeline60pg#schippers>David Schippers, the
chief prosecutor for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, who
reportedly received warnings from FBI agents about the attacks six weeks
earlier, Griffin said.
Other government officials, including Attorney General John Ashcroft, would
not respond to the warnings, he added.
There was the extraordinarily high volume of
"<http://www.WantToKnow.info/9-11timeline60pg#options>put options"
purchased in the three days before the attacks, Griffin said, with
investors betting that stock in United and American Airlines - the two
airlines used in the attacks - would go down. There were also a
suspiciously high number of put options for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter,
which occupied 22 stories of the World Trade Center.
"U.S. intelligence agencies monitor the market, partly to look for signs of
impending attacks," Griffin said. "One wonders how information could be
much more specific than this."
Griffin then made a case that government officials planned and executed the
attacks.
For one, the United States military neglected to send fighter jets to
intercept the hijacked planes. Such
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/9-11timeline60pg#scramble>interceptions usually
occur within 10 to 20 minutes after the first signs of trouble and are
routine, happening about 100 times a year, Griffin said.
It seems implausible, he said, that the
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/9-11timeline60pg#pentagon>Pentagon was struck
by Flight 77, since it is "surely the best defended building on the
planet." The U.S. military has the best radar systems in the world and
"does not miss anything occurring in North American airspace," he added.
Griffin also made a case that the
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/9-11timeline60pg#wtcinvestigation>collapse of
the World Trade Center buildings was brought on by thousands of explosives
placed throughout each of the buildings. They went straight down, at
free-fall speed, as in controlled demolitions, and many people in the
buildings reported that they heard or felt explosions, he added.
"High-rise steel-frame buildings have never - before or after 9/11- been
caused to
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/9-11timeline60pg#wtcinvestigation3>collapse by
fire," he said.
Sue Adams, 50, introduced herself to Griffin after the talk, calling him
heroic. "I think some day we may really know the truth," she said, adding
that it will likely be after the Bush administration is gone.
Orion Litzau, a UW freshman studying engineering, agrees that the answers
the government put out through the 9/11 Commission were more than a simple
deception.
"They were not only partly false but a complete, bold face lie," he said.
"David Ray Griffin brings out interesting points about what could be the
true story behind the 9/11 attack."
Jim Goulding, 67, who teaches religious studies at Edgewood College,
admitted at first he wondered whether Griffin was a crackpot, but instead
found he had a "tremendous reputation as a theologian."
Goulding has read both of Griffin's Sept. 11 books.
"I think he makes a convincing case - well documented, well footnoted," he
said.
E-mail: skalk at madison.com
Published: 9:36 AM 4/19/05
Note: “On Wisconsin Pubic Radio (2/7/05) 27-year-CIA veteran
<http://schema-root.org/people/career/intelligence_analysts/ray_mcgovern/>Ray
McGovern said he "used to be an agnostic" on the issue of official
complicity in 9/11, but that David Ray Griffin's new book The 9/11
Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions has made a believer of him.
McGovern is now fully convinced that the 9/11 Commission Report was an
egregious cover-up and the case needs to be re-opened. McGovern is working
with a group called
<http://schema-root.org/people/political/think_tank/veteran_intelligence_professionals_for_sanity/>Veteran
Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, who represent the tip of a very
large iceberg of insiders who are appalled at what has been going on and
are hoping to do something about it.
For numerous excellent articles on 9/11 with links to the original sources,
<http://www.WantToKnow.info/coverupnews#a911>click here
See our archive of cover-up news articles at
<http://www.wanttoknow.info/coverupnews>http://www.WantToKnow.info/coverupnews
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