McKinney in NYC: Open the files on 9/11

McKinney Calls for New Investigation, Release of Files on 9/11

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 04:23

Seven years ago, criminal terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were carried out on September 11 by hijacked planes, which led to the deaths of thousands of people.

A month later, key figures in the print and broadcast media and members of Congress were sent envelopes containing very lethal and highly weaponized anthrax, which led to the deaths of journalists and postal employees. After the initial shock diminished, there were calls for explanations, investigations, accountability and a reasoned response that did not include war. The administration ignored or openly opposed them.

Instead, we went into a call for permanent wars that would last beyond our lifetime, changes in civil liberties both overt and covert, a takeover of state power by the executive branch, and the creation of a national security emergency state that would somehow protect us.

Cynthia McKinney was one of the few voices of reason during that time in the Congress. Long an opponent of militarism and wars abroad, she also called for explanations and accountability when information began to come to light about multiple advanced warnings and apparent foreknowledge of the imminence and methods of the attack inside government intelligence agencies that still failed to prevent it. She supported calls by the families of the 9/11 victims for an official investigation into what was being termed a "failure of intelligence" even though it more closely resembled a failure of response, of standard operating procedures, and of government officials and agencies to respond and prepare for, or even comprehend the source of these attacks.

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http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-82310

McKinney's 2005 Congressional Briefing on YouTube