Dear President Bok,

I appreciate your reply. I must however take issue with the notion that I would expect Harvard to wish to or be able to review every report and/or document with which Harvard professors are associated. I would expect that it could and would moreover review one in particular that shocks the conscience as profoundly as the 9/11 Commission Report. It is also a fact that Professor May is teaching a course on the subject and in the process more than likely conveying false information to Harvard students (unless of course he is in the process of disavowing the report which is not born out by the course description.)

I urge you to reconsider your position as this issue is currently gaining widespread interest among the Harvard community and you will find that the facts are not on the side of the Commission, its report, or current conventional "wisdom". If indeed you have considered the facts and in your judgement they do not merit further scrutiny of Professor May's teaching that is your prerogative. If, however, you have not studied the issue closely I respectfully recommend that you do and take appropriate measures, lest Harvard continue to serve as the vehicle for a criminal falsification of history that is currently unraveling and will soon be exposed. It will certainly not be arguable down the line that Harvard was misled or was not aware of the problems with the status quo if its leadership decides to dismiss without further study this most urgent of matters.

Very sincerely,

Gustavo A. Espada

Derek Bok wrote:

> Dear Mr. Espada:
>
> Thank you for your email regarding Professor Ernest May’s involvement with /The 9/11 Commission Report/. I hope that you will understand that the University cannot possibly review and comment on all the reports and documents with which our professors are associated.
>
> I appreciate your taking the time to share your concerns with me.
>
> Best regards,
> Derek Bok
>
>
>
> At 10:17 PM 9/18/2006, you wrote:
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>> Dear President Bok,
>>
>> I write to you as both alumnus of Harvard College ('96) and current member of Harvard's administrative staff to request a formal statement from you on the subject of the evidence that the events of September 11 have been and continue to this day to be misrepresented in a profoundly malicious and unconscionable manner. As a senior adviser to the 9/11 Commission Harvard Professor of History Ernest May has associated my alma mater with a report that is acknowledged by a growing number of people around the world to be, without exaggerating, a criminally deceptive document, as it intentionally deflects blame from the actual planners and executors of the controlled demolition of the World Trade Center complex.
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>> A thorough summary of the relevant issues may be found in the following documentary:
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>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6708190071483512003&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en
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>> and further documentation on the subject on this website: http://www.st911.org
>>
>> An institution that is as highly regarded as Harvard, and whose motto is "truth", cannot be allowed to remain silent on an issue of such import.
>> I attempted without success to bring these issues to the attention of Prof. William Kirby while he was Dean of FAS. Presumably because he knows me personally he did respond to my inquiry only to express his ignorance of the subject, but his faith in his colleague Professor May.
>> I replied to him that the facts suggest that his colleague was at the very least negligent in his job of advising the 9/11 Commission and urged him to become familiar with the evidence. He did not reply so I cannot say with certainty if he read my message.
>> As shown by the recent actions of Brigham Young University against their professor of physics Steven Jones, placed on paid leave for his audacity in publishing and discussing with students his research proving beyond reasonable doubt that the WTC was demolished with explosives, the time has come for the leaders of American and world academia to weigh in on the subject of academic freedom, and beyond that to speak truth to power on the subject of the atrocities committed on September 11, 2001.
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>> I trust that you will acknowledge your receipt of this inquiry from a concerned alumnus and reflect on its significance. The time has come to confront an ever more clearly troubling reality--this institution cannot remain silent on this issue and retain its credibility into the future.
>> Should you wish to discuss the issues involved in more detail I would be happy to meet with you in person at your convenience.
>>
>> Respectfully yours,
>>
>> Gustavo Alfonso Espada
>> Harvard College Class of 1996
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