The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1566565529
ISBN 13
9781566565523
Category
973.931 Terrorism-Government Policy-United State
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Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Pages
253
Subject
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Responsibility -- Political aspects -- United States; Governmental investigations -- United States; Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States; Intelligence service -- United States; United States -- Politics an
Abstract
Taking to heart the idea that those who benefit from a crime ought to be investigated, here the eminent theologian David Ray Griffin sifts through the evidence about the attacks of 9/11 - stories from the mainstream press, reports from abroad, the work of other researchers, and the contradictory words of members of the Bush administration themselves - and finds that, taken together, they cast serious doubt on the official story of that tragic day.
He begins with simple question: Once radio contact was lost with the fights, why weren’t jets immediately set up (“scrambled”) from the nearest military airport, something that according to the FAA’s own manual is routine procedure? Why did the administration’s story about scrambling jets change in the days following the attacks? The disturbing questions don’t stop there: they emerge from every part of the story, from every angle, until it is impossible not to suspect of architects of the official story enormous deception,
A teacher of ethic and theology, Griffin writes with a compelling logic, urging readers to draw their own conclusion from the evidence. The new pearl Harbor is a stirring call for a thorough investigation into what happened on 9/11. It rings with the conviction that it is still possible to search for the truth in American political life.
He begins with simple question: Once radio contact was lost with the fights, why weren’t jets immediately set up (“scrambled”) from the nearest military airport, something that according to the FAA’s own manual is routine procedure? Why did the administration’s story about scrambling jets change in the days following the attacks? The disturbing questions don’t stop there: they emerge from every part of the story, from every angle, until it is impossible not to suspect of architects of the official story enormous deception,
A teacher of ethic and theology, Griffin writes with a compelling logic, urging readers to draw their own conclusion from the evidence. The new pearl Harbor is a stirring call for a thorough investigation into what happened on 9/11. It rings with the conviction that it is still possible to search for the truth in American political life.
Biblio Notes
Introduction
I. PART ONE - THE EVENTS OF 9/11
1. FLIGHTS 11 AND 175: HOW COULD THE HIJACKERS' MISSIONS HAVE SUCCEEDED?...........................................................................................P 3
2. FLIGHT 77: WAS IT REALLY THE AIRCRAFT THAT
STRUCK THE PENTAGON?.........................................................................P 25
3. FLIGHT 93: WAS IT THE ONE FLIGHT THAT WAS SHOT DOWN?.........P 49
4. THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR: WHY DID HE ACT AS HE DID?............P 57
II. PART TWO - THE LARGER CONTEXT
5. DID US OFFICIALS HAVE ADVANCE INFORMATION ABOUT 9/11?.......P 67
6. DID US OFFICIALS OBSTRUCT INVESTIGATIONS PRIOR TO 9/11?......P 75
7. DID US OFFICIALS HAVE REASONS FOR ALLOWING 9/11?................P 89
8. DID US OFFICIALS BLOCK CAPTURES AND
INVESTIGATIONS AFTER 9/11?.................................................................P 105
III. PART THREE - CONCLUSION
9. IS COMPLICITY BY US OFFICIALS THE BEST EXPLANATION?.............P 127
10. THE NEED FOR A FULL INVESTIGATION........................................P 147
I. PART ONE - THE EVENTS OF 9/11
1. FLIGHTS 11 AND 175: HOW COULD THE HIJACKERS' MISSIONS HAVE SUCCEEDED?...........................................................................................P 3
2. FLIGHT 77: WAS IT REALLY THE AIRCRAFT THAT
STRUCK THE PENTAGON?.........................................................................P 25
3. FLIGHT 93: WAS IT THE ONE FLIGHT THAT WAS SHOT DOWN?.........P 49
4. THE PRESIDENT'S BEHAVIOR: WHY DID HE ACT AS HE DID?............P 57
II. PART TWO - THE LARGER CONTEXT
5. DID US OFFICIALS HAVE ADVANCE INFORMATION ABOUT 9/11?.......P 67
6. DID US OFFICIALS OBSTRUCT INVESTIGATIONS PRIOR TO 9/11?......P 75
7. DID US OFFICIALS HAVE REASONS FOR ALLOWING 9/11?................P 89
8. DID US OFFICIALS BLOCK CAPTURES AND
INVESTIGATIONS AFTER 9/11?.................................................................P 105
III. PART THREE - CONCLUSION
9. IS COMPLICITY BY US OFFICIALS THE BEST EXPLANATION?.............P 127
10. THE NEED FOR A FULL INVESTIGATION........................................P 147
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