We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Why the Planes Were Not Intercepted on 9/11

Click here to access article by Kevin Ryan from Foreign Policy Journal. 

This fairly lengthy article focuses on two key figures that failed to alert US air defenses against the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. It explores their critical roles and their backgrounds and the failure of the 9/11 Commission to critically examine them. Both of their backgrounds are of most interest as well as several other characters he discovered that had ties to covert operations. The author arrives at this conclusion:
When a new, honest investigation is finally convened, it should look into why a lawyer, who knew how to handle evidence and get financiers off the hook, was experiencing his first day on the job as national operation manager at the FAA.  And If 9/11 was a “special operation” as many people now suspect, that investigation might consider that a number of special operations specialists were in place to ensure that the operation went off without a hitch and was not discovered.  Long-time special operations leaders like Michael Canavan, Hugh Shelton, Brian Michael Jenkins, and Richard Armitage played critical parts with respect to the facilities, events, and official story of 9/11.
For further information from a reliable source about this controversial tragedy, I recommend the Journal of 9/11 Studies.