thinking For ourselves
9/11 and Public Safety: S
eeking Answers and Accountability
For Immediate & Wide Release
June 13, 2002 Co-Chairmen / Media Interviews
Washington, DC National Press Club Conference A Major Success
New Allegations Connect More Dots In The 9/11 Puzzle
Three-hour Un-edited Video with All Speakers, All Questions, and All Responses Now Available for Shipping
(Washington, DC) UnansweredQuestions.org, an independent, non-partisan network of citizens concerned about the growing
number of issues surrounding September 11, as yet un-addressed or unresolved, launched its new website at the first
press conference dealing with 9/11 issues other than airline safety on June 10, 2002 at the National Press Club in
Washington, DC. Thoroughly-sourced research and some disturbing new allegations were woven into a series of
presentations that will undoubtedly lay the groundwork for placing more pieces into the 9/11 puzzle.
Former Bush I Administration Asst. Secretary of Housing, Catherine Austin Fitts, and Kyle F. Hence, co-chair of
UnansweredQuestions.org, opened the conference with probing questions that have remain unanswered. Lorna Brett -- PR
Director of the Nolan Law Group representing Ellen Mariani who lost her husband, Julie Sweeney, making a impassioned
plea for answers, and her attorney Mary Schiavo -- former Inspector General for U.S. Department of Transportation and
lawyer for 32 families from all 9/11 hijacked planes, presented a case for egregious negligence linked to airline safety
and shocking yearly statistics of 672 hijackings globally since 1972.
Three 9/11 victim family groups were represented: Ryan Amundson and Derrill Bodley (Peaceful Tomorrows.org); Monica
Gabrielle (Skyscraper Safety Campaign); and Steven Alderman and his wife, Elizabeth (co-chair of Families of September
11th Memorial Committee). They posed pointed questions and expressed appreciation for the conference.
From the Wildernessí, Mike Ruppert, speaking by phone from British Columbia while on speaking tour, characterized a
pre-9/11 pattern of government behavior that exceeded mere incompetence. Author, John Judge addressed the failure of
U.S. air defenses unable to protect the Pentagon, and Journalist Tom Flocco offered several new intriguing lines in
inquiry into suspicious dealings involving Deutsche Bank and Enron and recent 9/11-linked FBI stock trading indictments.
J. Michael Springmann, Esq, former Visa Chief at U.S. Saudi Embassy, revealed that State Department forced him to issue
Visas to known terrorists -- then shredded his "unsafe" list after he left. Dr. Steve Camarota, Research Director for
Center for Immigration Studies, offered analysis of how lax border control invites terrorists, with researcher Richard
Ochs proposed that there was a specific political agenda in the timing of the Anthrax attacks. Jennifer Van Bergen from
truthout.org addressed the Constitutional implications of the Patriot Act.
UPI, CNN, NHK: Japan TV, Philadelphia Inquirer, American Free Press, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Paris Intelligence
Online, Accuracy In Media, International Currency Review, and numerous investigative journalists attended the press
conference.
*** Order a 3-Hour un-edited VIDEO of the entire press conference: Send check or money order for $19. (includes
shipping/handling via first class mail) made out to Kyle F. Hence, UnansweredQuestions.org, P.O. Box 1255, Newport, RI
02840
ALERT: Details of our next event scheduled to be held in New York City within 30 days will be forthcoming.