Verifiable Media Reports Raise Questions on
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America's
top military leaders drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit
acts
of terrorism in US cities to trick the public into supporting a war
against
Cuba in the early 1960s. Approved in writing by the Pentagon Joint
Chiefs,
Operation Northwoods even proposed blowing up a US ship and
hijacking planes
as a false pretext for war. [ABC News,
5/1/01, Pentagon
Documents]






1996-2001: Federal authorities are aware for years before 9/11
that suspected
terrorists with ties to Osama bin Laden are receiving flight training
at schools
in the US and abroad. One convicted terrorist confesses that his
planned role
in a terror attack was to crash a plane into CIA headquarters. [Washington
Post, 9/23/01, CBS,
5/30/02, more]




1996-2001: On multiple occasions spies give detailed reports on
bin Laden's
location. Each time, the CIA director or top White House officials
prevent bin Laden's elimination. [Los Angeles Times,
12/5/04, New York
Times, 12/30/01, more]




2000-2001: 15 of the 19 hijackers fail to fill in visa
documents properly in Saudi Arabia. Only six are interviewed. All 15
should have been denied entry to the US. [Washington
Post, 10/22/02, ABC,
10/23/02] Two top Republican senators say if State Department
personnel had merely followed the law, 9/11 would not have happened. [AP, 12/18/02, more]



2000-2001: The military conducts exercises simulating hijacked
airliners used as weapons to crash into targets causing mass casualties.
One target is the World Trade Center (WTC), another the Pentagon. Yet
after 9/11, over and over the White House and security officials say
they're shocked that terrorists hijacked airliners and crashed them into
landmark buildings. [USA
Today,
4/19/04, Military
District
of Washington, 11/3/00, New
York Times, 10/3/01, more]



Jan
2001: After the Nov 2000 elections, US intelligence agencies
are
told to "back off" investigating the bin Ladens and Saudi
royals. There have
always been constraints on investigating Saudi Arabians. [BBC,
11/6/01, more]



Spring 2001: A series of military and governmental policy
documents
is released that seek to legitimize the use of US military force in
the pursuit
of oil and gas. One advocates presidential subterfuge and hiding the
reasons
for warfare "as a necessity for mobilizing public support."
[Sydney
Morning
Herald, 12/26/02, more]



May 2001: For the third time, US security chiefs reject
Sudan's
offer
of thick files on bin Laden and al-Qaeda. A senior CIA source calls
it
"the
worst single intelligence failure in the business." [Guardian,

9/30/01, more][url=][/url]



June-Aug 2001: German intelligence warns the CIA that
Middle
Eastern terrorists are training for hijackings and targeting American
interests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin alerts the US of suicide pilots
training
for attacks on US targets. In late July, a Taliban emissary warns the
US that
bin Laden is planning a huge attack on American soil. In August,
Israel warns
of an imminent Al Qaeda attack. [Fox News,
5/17/02,
Independent,
9/7/02, CNN,
9/12/02, more][url=][/url]



July 4-14, 2001: Bin Laden reportedly receives kidney
treatment
from Canadian-trained Dr. Callaway at the American Hospital in Dubai.
Dr.
Callaway declines to comment. During his stay, bin Laden is allegedly
visited by one or two CIA agents. [Guardian,

11/1/01, Sydney

Morning Herald, 10/31/01, London
Times 11/1/01, UPI, 11/1/01, more]



July 26, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft stops flying
commercial
airlines due to a threat assessment. [CBS,

7/26/01] In May 2002, Ashcroft walks out of his office rather
than
answer
questions about it. [Fox News/AP,
5/16/02, more]



Aug 6, 2001: President Bush receives an intelligence briefing
warning
that bin Laden might be planning to hijack commercial airliners.
Titled "Bin
Ladin Determined To Strike in US," the briefing specifically
mentions the
WTC. Yet Bush later claims it "said nothing about an attack on
America." [Washington

Post, 4/12/04, Briefing,

8/6/01, more]



Aug 27, 2001: An FBI supervisor says he's trying to keep a
hijacker
from "flying a plane into the WTC." [Senate
Report
(Hill #2), 10/17/02] Headquarters chastises him for notifying the
CIA.
[Time,

5/21/02, more]



Sept 10, 2001: A number of top Pentagon
brass suddenly cancel travel plans for the next morning, apparently
because of security concerns. Why isn't this news spread widely? [Newsweek, 9/13/01,
Newsweek,
9/24/01, more]



Sept 11, 2001: Data recovery experts extract data from 32
damaged WTC
computer drives. The data reveals a surge in financial transactions
shortly
before the attacks. Illegal transfers of over $100 million may have
been made
through WTC computer systems immediately before and during the 9/11
disaster.
[Reuters, 12/18/01,
CNN,

12/20/01, more]



Sept 11, 2001: Described as a bizarre coincidence, a US
intelligence
agency was set for an exercise on Sept 11 at 9 AM in which an
aircraft
would crash into one of its buildings near Washington, DC. [USA
Today/AP,
8/22/02, more]




Sept 11, 2001: Hours after the attacks, a "shadow
government"
is formed. Key congressional leaders say they didn't know this
government-in-waiting
had been established. [CBS,

3/2/02, Washington Post,
3/2/02, more]



Sept 11, 2001: Six air traffic controllers who
dealt
with two of the hijacked airliners
make a tape recording describing the events within hours of the
attacks. The tape is never turned over to the FBI. It is later illegally
destroyed
by a supervisor without anyone making a transcript or even
listening
to
it. [Washington

Post, 5/6/04, New
York Times,
5/6/04]