Thoughts on FOX News Special "The Secrets of 9/11"

Last night, Fox News ran a special called “The Secrets Of 9/11.”  To those of us that have been following the story of 9/11, much of what was in this report was nothing new.  I will try to focus on the areas mentioned in the report.

The idea that the alleged hijackers had support from within the United States is well known. The story of Anwar al-Alwlaki, for the most part, was also known to us, as was “Al-Qaeda’s” base in Arizona, and the story of Omar Al-Bayoumi.

Although the report did talk about the 28 redacted pages of the Joint Congressional Inquiry, and Saudi Arabia’s possible involvement in the attacks, it failed to mention Prince Bandar’s wife’s alleged role in financing the two alleged hijackers in San Diego.  

Even though I was surprised to see mention of Abdussattar Shaikh, the report neglected to mention people like Wally Hilliard, Rudy Dekkers, and Steven Butler.  

The report did talk a little bit about Alec Station, but failed to really delve into that whole story.  I very much recommend the writings of Kevin Fenton with regard to that issue. What the CIA knew about the 2 alleged hijackers in San Diego was also barely touched on.

After I read this report from Fox News that said, “the network was never disrupted — so there is every reason to believe it remains in place,” I instantly thought that this was going to be a fear mongering report from Fox.  It did have those aspects to it, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. The report talked about Anwar al-Alwlaki as being the next Osama Bin Laden, but that role has already been given to Saif al Adel.

The first questions that popped into my mind were, “if it was “never disrupted,” then why should we take the “War Of Terror” seriously if you’re not even going to take care of it in our own backyard? Why was it “never disrupted?” Who should be held accountable for not disrupting it? Why did the Pentagon lawyers redact the guest list from the lunch?”

Again, people need to be held accountable for 9/11.  That is also a story that has been known to us.

At the end of the report, the Fox News reporter said, “there are strong reasons to look back, and continue the investigation into the secrets of 9/11.”  I couldn’t agree more.