9/11 Ten Years Later: When State Crimes Against Democracy Succeed

Table of Contents

Introduction: 9/11 Ten Years Later

1. Did 9/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan?
2. The Destruction of the World Trade Center: Why Have Otherwise Rational Journalists Endorsed Miracles?
3. Why Have Bill Moyers and Robert Parry in Particular Endorsed Miracles?
4. Building What? How State Crimes Against Democracy Can Be Hidden in Plain Sight
5. Phone Calls from the 9/11 Planes: How They Fooled America
6. Cheney's Meet the Press Interview: Why the 9/11 Commission Contradicted It
7. A Consensus Approach to the Pentagon
8. Nationalist Faith: How It Blinds America to the Truth about 9/11
9. When State Crimes Against Democracy Succeed

From the Introduction: 9/11 Ten Years Later

The words in the title of this book - "9/11 Ten Years Later" - are often followed with an exclamation point. The exclamation point may be a way of expressing, by members of the 9/11 Truth Movement, amazement that the truth has not already been publicly revealed. The exclamation point might be used by detractors of this movement -- perhaps along with an expletive -- to express their feeling that it is time for these people to "get a life." The exclamation point might reflect a position somewhat in the middle -- of spouses of members hoping that no more years of their family life will be oriented around the work of trying to get the truth revealed.

In any case, for reasons discussed in this book (especially the final two chapters), there is nothing surprising about the fact that the 9/11 crime has not been revealed. Those who have gained control of a state in an ostensible democracy have many means not only for orchestrating major crimes, but also for preventing those crimes (including their crimes against democracy itself) from being publicized. 

What is somewhat surprising, perhaps to the perpetrators themselves, is the fact that the 9/11 Truth Movement is still alive and, in fact, continues to grow. The first professional 9/11 organization, Scholars for 9/11 Truth, was formed in 2005, and since then a dozen professional organizations have been created. It was not until 2006 that architect Richard Gage started Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth with one member -- himself -- but now over 1,500 architects and engineers have signed its petition. Some of the organizations, such as Scientists for 9/11 Truth and Actors and Artists for 9/11 Truth, have started up only in the past two years.

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