Prominent Americans Questioning the Official U.S. Government Explanation of 9/11

The following CIA, FBI, Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel (current  and retired) are among the 220 scrupulous, highly credentialed and professional patriots from Senior Military, Intelligence Service,  Law Enforcement and Government Officials who have signed on to the  global call for a first investigation into the 9/11/2001 attack. It is posted at PatriotsQuestion911.

This call is based on the following evidence-based observations:

• The jet  fires were out when buildings WTC 1 & 2 fell–the only buildings of their type in known history to ostensibly collapse from fire.
• There wasn’t enough energy in the jet fuel to cause the collapse.
• WTC Buildings 1 & 2 fell in the manner of an internally demolished structure.
• Nano-thermite was found in WTC 1 & 2 dust–the compound used to internally demolish buildings.
• WTC steel  was photographed with clean-sliced diagonal cuts–identical to those found in internally demolished buildings.
• WTC debris  was immediately secured and shipped to China for reprocessing before it could be forensically investigated as necessary for any crime scene.
• WTC Building 7 was also destroyed–and in the manner of an internal demolition, yet never damaged by jet, building debris or fire.
• Explosions in all the buildings were experienced and heard by witnesses far from where the jet fuel was not present and long before the upper building destruction had any impact at the explosion locations.

The following personnel are in the Patriots list demanding a new 9/11 investigation. They are clear about three issues:

1. The official government explanation for what happened on 9/11/2001 has too many contradictions and unanswered questions to be adequate one;
2. We do not know who did the 9/11/2001 attack, how or why, and need a first and genuine investigation, and
3. This investigation must occur before concluding that the “War on Terror” is an appropriate response to the attacks. Here are just some of the many scrupulous and highly credentialed personnel supporting this call:

Col. Ronald D. Ray, U.S. Marine Corps (ret) – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan Administration and a highly decorated Vietnam veteran (two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart). Appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve on the American Battle Monuments Commission (1990 – 1994), and on the 1992 Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces.

General Wesley Clark, U.S. Army (ret)  – Former Commanding General of U.S. European Command, which included all American military activities in the 89 countries and territories of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Additionally, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), which granted him overall command of NATO military forces in Europe 1997 – 2001. Awarded Bronze Star, Silver Star, and Purple Heart for his service in Viet Nam and numerous subsequent medals and citations. Graduated valedictorian of his class at West Point.

Lt. Col. Robert Bowman, PhD, U.S. Air Force (ret) – Director of Advanced Space Programs Development under Presidents Ford and Carter. U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with over 100 combat missions. (PhD in Aeronautics and Nuclear Engineering, Cal Tech). Former Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering and Assistant Dean at the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology. 22-year Air Force career.

Capt. Edgar Mitchell, U.S. Navy (ret), BS Industrial Management, BS Aeronautical Engineering, Doctor of Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT  – Pilot and Astronaut. Sixth man to walk on the moon (Apollo 14 mission). Patrol bomber and attack plane pilot, U.S. Navy.

Lt. Col. Karen U. Kwiatkowski, PhD, U.S. Air Force (ret)  – Former Political-Military Affairs Officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Also served on the staff of the Director of the National Security Agency. 20-year Air Force career.

Col. Donn de Grand-Pre, U.S. Army (ret) (1926 – 2009) – Former Director, Ground Weapons Systems, Office of International Logistics Negotiations serving as chief Pentagon arms negotiator for the Middle East. Former Civilian Deputy Chief of the International Division, Office of the Chief of Research and Development. Also served as Commander of Special Troops for the U.S. Army Reserves.

Louis Freeh – Director of the FBI, 1993 – 2001. Former U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York, appointed by  President George H.W. Bush. Former Deputy United States Attorney in New York. Former FBI agent. Former officer in the United States Army JAG Corps Reserve.

Robert G. Wright, Jr. – Special Agent, International Terrorism Unit, FBI.

Harry Samit – Special Agent, FBI, assigned to the FBI Field Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Former U.S. Navy pilot and Naval Intelligence Officer. He is most noted for arresting Zacarias Moussaoui on August 16, 2001.

Sibel D. Edmonds – Witness before the 9/11 Commission. Former Language Translation Specialist, performing translations for counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations, FBI.

Bogdan Dzakovic – Witness before the 9/11 Commission. 14-year Counter-terrorism expert in the Security Division of the Federal Aviation Administration. Team Leader of the FAA’s Red (Terrorism) Team, which conducted undercover tests on airport security through simulated terrorist attacks. Former Team Leader in the Federal Air Marshal program. Former Coast Guard officer.

Angelo M. Codevilla, PhD  – Former U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer specializing in U.S. intelligence operations in Western Europe.

Coleen Rowley  – Former Special Agent and Minneapolis Division Counsel, FBI.

Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. (1924 – 2006) – Captain, U.S. Army Intelligence, World War II.

Milton Bearden – Former CIA Station Chief in Pakistan, Germany, Nigeria, and Sudan.

Robert Baer  – Former CIA Case Officer, Specialist in the Middle East, Directorate of Operations. Awarded Career Intelligence Medal. 21-year CIA veteran. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh wrote that Baer “was considered perhaps the best on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East.”

Michael Scheuer, PhD – Former Chief of the CIA’s bin Laden unit (aka Alec Station), the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorism Center 1996 – 1999. Special Adviser to the Chief of the bin Laden unit, September 2001 to November 2004. 22-year CIA career.

William Christison (1928 – 2010) – Joined the CIA in 1950, and served on the analysis side of the Agency for 28 years. From the early 1970s he served as National Intelligence Officer (principal adviser to the Director of Central Intelligence on certain areas) for, at various times, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa.

Raymond L. McGovern – 27-year CIA Veteran. Former Chairman, National Intelligence Estimates (NIE), the consensus reports of all U.S. intelligence agencies.