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Former FBI agent Colleen Rowley discusses still unanswered questions about the lead up to 9/11

Former FBI agent Colleen Rowley discusses still unanswered questions about the lead up to 9/11

Former FBI agent Colleen Rowley discusses still unanswered questions about the lead up to 9/11

Sibel Edmonds testified under oath August 8, 2009. This segment covers testimony regarding Behrooz Sarshar, an FBI translator who Edmonds took to the FBIs Inspector General and the 9/11 Commission; Sarshar had personal knowledge that the FBI received information in April 2001 from a reliable Iranian intelligence asset that Osama bin Ladin was planning attacks on four to five cities with planes. Some of the people were already in the country, and the attacks would happen in a few months."

See Video 2 of 5, Transcript pgs 66-67
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Sibel Edmonds testified under oath August 8, 2009. This segment covers testimony regarding the involvement of US and Turkish officials in a nuclear trafficking network, and the outing of Brewster Jennings as a CIA front company which was investigating them.

See Video 2 of 5, Transcript pgs 54-64
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7374

Sibel Edmonds testified under oath August 8, 2009. This segment covers her testimony regarding former Attorney General John Ashcroft claim of State Secrets to justify placing two gag orders on her. The first gag order was in response to her First Amendment case, the second when she was subpoenaed by 9/11 families regarding her knowledge of Saudi institutions and Al Qaeda financing.

See Video 1 of 5, and pgs 42-46 of the transcript:
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Colin Scoggins, the military liaison at Boston Air Traffic Control (ATC), calls the Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) at 9:21 on 9/11. He tells them there is a third hijacked aircraft, inbound to Washington, but misstates its number (he says it is American 11, it is actually American 77) and position (he says it is NE of Washington, in reality it is SW). American 77 was hijacked before 9:00 a.m., but this is NEADS' first notification of the third hijack, because neither the other ATC facilities nor the National Military Command Center at the Pentagon are providing it with any information. A timeline for Flight 77 can be found here: http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=compl...

Colin Scoggins, the military liaison at Boston Air Traffic Control (ATC), calls the Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) at 9:24 on 9/11. He tells them there is a hijacked airliner approaching Washington from the SW, not NE, which is what he wrongly told them three minutes previously. He still incorrectly believes it is American 11, not American 77. The plane hits the Pentagon about 13 minutes later after the interceptors are launched in the wrong direction. A timeline for Flight 77 can be found here: http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=compl...

Colin Scoggins, the military liaison at Boston Air Traffic Control (ATC), calls the North East Air Defense Sector (NEADS) at 9:36 on 9/11. He says a hijacked airliner is six miles SW of the White House. The plane is American Airlines flight 77, and hits the Pentagon about two minutes after this call begins. A timeline for Flight 77 can be found here: http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=compl...

An operator at the Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) on 9/11 warns other operators to "be careful what we say on the loop, because these are being recorded and these tapes will be handed over." The tapes formed the basis of the 9/11 Commission's account of what happened. A timeline of the day's events can be found here: http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=compl... This section is from tape 15, at 37:52, probably about 9:16 a.m. real time.

http://www.frostnixon.com - The Official Frost Nixon Interviews -€“ Clip 1 -€“ Nixon on White House Chief of Staff, HR Haldeman & his note-taking regarding the 18.5 minute gap in the Watergate tapes.

When discussing the legacy of a failed presidency, nothing could be more relevant, engaging or important than the series of interviews that David Frost conducted with Richard Nixon in 1977. Following a three-year political silence, the series drew the largest ever TV news audience and granted the American people a tacit admission of guilt from the former president.
With the Ron Howard film (adapted from the Tony Award® winning play) opening in theaters on December 5th, there will be unprecedented interest in the real thing. Frost/Nixon

http://www.frostnixon.com -€“ Frost Nixon Interviews -€“ Clip 6 - "€œI don'€™t go with the idea that what brought me down was a coup, a conspiracy, etc... I brought myself down. " "€œI gave them a sword, and they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish." "I guess if I had been in their position, Id a done the same thing."

When discussing the legacy of a failed presidency, nothing could be more relevant, engaging or important than the series of interviews that David Frost conducted with Richard Nixon in 1977. Following a three-year political silence, the series drew the largest ever TV news audience and granted the American people a tacit admission of guilt from the former president.
With the Ron Howard film (adapted from the Tony Award® winning play) opening in theaters on December 5th, there will be unprecedented interest in the real thing. Frost/Nixon

http://www.frostnixon.com - Frost Nixon Interviews - Clip 5 - Nixon "If I intended to cover up , then believe me, I'€™d a done it."€ "€œDo you know how I could a done it? So easily?" Paraphrased: Simply by giving clemency to everybody after the election. "€œAnd the whole thing would'€™ve gone away."

When discussing the legacy of a failed presidency, nothing could be more relevant, engaging or important than the series of interviews that David Frost conducted with Richard Nixon in 1977. Following a three-year political silence, the series drew the largest ever TV news audience and granted the American people a tacit admission of guilt from the former president.
With the Ron Howard film (adapted from the Tony Award® winning play) opening in theaters on December 5th, there will be unprecedented interest in the real thing. Frost/Nixon

http://www.frostnixon.com - Frost Nixon Interviews -€“ Clip 4 - Nixon "€œI didn't believe that we were covering any criminal activities." "I didn'€™t believe that John Mitchell was involved." "€œI was trying to contain it politically." "€œThere was no cover up of any criminal activities."

When discussing the legacy of a failed presidency, nothing could be more relevant, engaging or important than the series of interviews that David Frost conducted with Richard Nixon in 1977. Following a three-year political silence, the series drew the largest ever TV news audience and granted the American people a tacit admission of guilt from the former president.
With the Ron Howard film (adapted from the Tony Award® winning play) opening in theaters on December 5th, there will be unprecedented interest in the real thing. Frost/Nixon

http://www.frostnixon.com -€“ Frost Nixon Interviews - Clip 3 - Hush money for Hunt & talking about blackmail, Frost says that Nixon endorsed or ratified it, Nixon denies. Frost "Why didn'€™t you stop it?"€ Nixon says, "€œI had no knowledge of the fact that it was going to be paid."

When discussing the legacy of a failed presidency, nothing could be more relevant, engaging or important than the series of interviews that David Frost conducted with Richard Nixon in 1977. Following a three-year political silence, the series drew the largest ever TV news audience and granted the American people a tacit admission of guilt from the former president.
With the Ron Howard film (adapted from the Tony Award® winning play) opening in theaters on December 5th, there will be unprecedented interest in the real thing.

http://www.frostnixon.com -€“ Frost Nixon Interviews -€“ Clip 2 -€“ Sir David Frost asking Nixon about The million dollars in cash issue, Keeping Hunt under control, Buying time, The Hunt problem needs to be handled, Mitchell can provide the money, Nixon gets angry & says "€œLet me stop you right there, you are doing something that I am not doing" "You are reading there, out of context, out of order, because I have read this, I know it better than you do, And I should know it better because I was there."

When discussing the legacy of a failed presidency, nothing could be more relevant, engaging or important than the series of interviews that David Frost conducted with Richard Nixon in 1977. Following a three-year political silence, the series drew the largest ever TV news audience and granted the American people a tacit admission of guilt from the former president.
With the Ron Howard film (adapted from the Tony Award® winning play) opening in theaters on December 5th, there will be unprecedented interest in the real thing. Frost/Nixon

Staff at the North East Air Defense Sector (NEADS) learn that a second plane (United 175) has been hijacked on 9/11. They joke about it; we hear them say: "That's it, I'm not flying with United or American any more," "I never thought I would have wished for ValuJet to come back," and "I'm glad I'm not flying today," to which the answer is, "Don't worry Jim, we'll carjack you on the way home." Two minutes later they are talking about stock they own. A timeline detailing the events of the day of 9/11 can be found here: http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=compl...

The second speech by President Richard Nixon about Watergate, given on August 15, 1973. Nixon denies wrongdoing, says he had no part in the cover-up, refuses to turn the White House tapes over to investigators, and blames the issue of 1960s radicals. A timeline of Watergate can be found here: http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=nixon_a...