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/September 9, 2005/
*THE 9/11 OMISSION: DID THE COMMISSION GET IT WRONG?*
*BRAIN TRUST PANELS AT CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS CONFERENCE*
On September 23 and 24, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus will host two “brain
trust” panels at their annual legislative conference to be held at the Washington Convention Center, 801 Mr. Vernon
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC on the topic of what was omitted from the 9/11 Commission’s Final Report, unanswered
questions that remain and their inadequate recommendations which have failed to make the country safer, to address the
true sponsors and causes of the attacks and to properly balance civil liberties and secrecy, security and war. The event
is free and open to the public.
Members of Congress, academicians and authors will present information on the road that led to 9/11, the response that
followed, and the unexamined evidence and assumptions that framed the official report. Speakers will include John Cooley
(author of Unholy Wars). C. William Michaels (author of No Greater Threat), Richard Falk (author of The Great Terror
War), David Ray Griffin (author of 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions), Barbara Rosenberg (molecular
biologist), James Bamford (author of A Pretext for War), Rep. Curt Weldon (on Able Danger), Benjamin Barber (author of
Fear¹s Empire), Natsu Saito (author of Confronting the Crime of Silence), Athan Theoharis (author of The FBI and
American Security) and James Ridgeway (author of 5 Unanswered Questions About 9/11). There will be a showing of related
documentary films on Saturday.
A brief agenda for the events appears below:
Moderator: Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Friday, September 23 – 2:00 – 4:50 pm – Room 146-B
Panel: The Road To 9/11
Unholy Wars in Central Asia: Mujahadin, the CIA and Russia, John Cooley, author of Unholy Wars
Panel: The Road Since 9/11
The 12 Steps to Building a National Security State, C. William Michaels, author of No Greater Threat
Empire Won’t Save You: Rights and Civil Liberties in Peril, Richard Falk, author of The Great Terror War
3:35 – 4:50 pm
Panel: What the Commissioners Chose to Ignore
David Ray Griffin, author, The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions
Where was NORAD on the Morning of 9/11?, Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN) (Videotape of hearings)
Anthrax: A Missing Chapter in the 9/11 Commission Report, Barbara Rosenberg, molecular biologist
War for Sale: 9/11 and the Abuses of Intelligence, James Bamford, author of A Pretext for War
Able Danger: Military Intelligence and the 9/11 Hijackers, Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Saturday, September 24 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Documentary films on 9/11
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Panel: Post - 9/11 Liberty v. Security
The War on Terror: Where is Jihad vs. McWorld Taking Us?, Benjamin Barber, author of Fear’s Empire
Implications of the Patriot Acts, Natsu Saito, co-editor of Confronting the Crime of Silence
The FBI and Security, Athan Theoharis, author of The FBI and American Democracy
Unanswered Questions on 9/11, James Ridgeway, author of 5 Unanswered Questions About 9/11
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