DOJ Retracts Court Filings That Undercut FBI's Anthrax Case
Rushing into court to undo a major gaffe, Justice Department lawyers defending a civil suit Tuesday retracted statements that seemed to undercut the FBI’s finding that a former Army microbiologist mailed the anthrax-filled letters that killed five people in 2001. Although the seven-page correction, filed in federal court in Florida, addresses conflicts between lawyers in […]
DOJ Casts Serious Doubt on Its Claims About Anthrax Attacks
Ever since the FBI claimed (for a second time) that it had discovered in 2008 the identity of the anthrax attacker — the recently-deceased-by-suicide Army researcher Bruce Ivins — it was glaringly obvious, as I documented many times, that the case against him was exceedingly weak, unpersuasive and full of gaping logical, scientific, and evidentiary holes. […]
Rashard Mendenhall Sues Champion Over 9/11 Tweets
Rashard Mendenhall created one of the offseason’s biggest controversies when he tweeted some stuff about 9/11 following Osama Bin Laden’s death. The tweets got fans all stirred up, drew some remarks from teammates and got him fired as an endorser of Champion. In response, Mendenhall is suing Hanesbrand, the parent company of Champion.
Firefighters for 9/11 Truth on FX Series "Rescue Me"
Franco Rivera, the character portrayed by Daniel Sunjata on the FX series “Rescue Me” can be seen wearing a Firefighters for 9/11 Truth t-shirt in the first episode of the show’s new season. Sunjata’s character first revealed his views about 9/11 to a journalist on a 2009 episode of the show. Sunjata is also a 9/11 activist in his personal life and provided the narration for the film Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup.
FBI to Investigate News Corp Over 9/11 Hacking Allegations
The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that News of the World journalists tried to hack into the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York. The launch of the FBI inquiry amounts to the first official inquiry within the US into News Corporation activities. The move brings the scandal within Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper division closer to his American home and to News Corporation’s headquarters in Manhattan.
"Terrorism Expert" Exposed As Fraud
CNN reported Wednesday that a so-called terrorism expert that is paid with tax dollars and has even appeared on their own network may be a fraud. Walid Shoebat claims he converted to Christianity after years as a Palestinian Liberation Organization terrorist who once helped firebomb an Israeli bank in Bethlehem. But CNN’s Jerusalem bureau could find no proof that that his story was true. The Israeli police and the bank had no evidence that a firebombing ever took place.
“All Islamic organizations in America should be the No. 1 enemy. All of them,” Shoebat recently said at a South Dakota counter-terrorism conference. Tax records indicated that Shoebat’s anti-Muslim speeches, books and videos brought in $500,000 in 2009.
9/11 Memorial Gets 42,000 Ticket Reservations on First Day
The National September 11th Memorial, set to open to the public on September 12 this year, is expecting quite a large number of visitors, if advanced ticket reservations are any indication. Monday, reserved passes to the memorial became available on its website, and 24 hours later, 42,000 passes had been reserved, according to Joe Daniels, president and CEO of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum.
Panetta to Troops: We're in Iraq Because of 9/11
Newly appointed US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told American troops in Baghdad on Monday that 9/11 was the reason they were in Iraq, before he was quickly corrected by his spokesman. “The reason you guys are here is because of 9/11. The US got attacked and 3,000 human beings got killed because of Al-Qaeda,” Panetta told about 150 soldiers at the Camp Victory US base.
CIA Organized Fake Vaccine Drive to Get Bin Laden DNA
The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an elaborate attempt to obtain DNA from the fugitive al-Qaida leader’s family, a Guardian investigation has found. As part of extensive preparations for the raid that killed Bin Laden in May, CIA agents recruited a senior Pakistani doctor to organise the vaccine drive in Abbottabad, even starting the “project” in a poorer part of town to make it look more authentic, according to Pakistani and US officials and local residents. The doctor, Shakil Afridi, has since been arrested by the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) for co-operating with American intelligence agents.
What Did You Learn From 9/11?
For nearly 10 years, The New York Times has reported on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the subsequent local and global effects of the worst terrorist attacks ever to occur on American soil. Now, with the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks a few months away, we want to hear from you.