Was wußte Bush???

Geschrieben von peacemaker2002 am 18. Mai 2002 00:34:24:

Ziel und Ergebnis waren vordefiniert. Jetzt wieder offen? Was die Kongreßabgeordnete McKinney Herrn Bush fragt- und was für helle Aufregung in den USA sorgt Kongressabgeordnete McKinney fragt öffentlich, ob Bush vom 11.9. im Voraus wußte! D.h. jetzt geht es in den USA los. In einem Telefonat mit einem ihrer Kollegen (Kongressabgeordneten) erfuhr ich heute (23.4.), dass sie durchaus nicht allein steht - we are not going to turn our backs on her ...(#e but congress`s priority is - pork)


Statement of Congresswoman Cynthia
McKinney

April 12, 2002

The need for an investigation of the events
surrounding September 11 is as obvious as is the
need for an investigation of the Enron debacle.
Certainly, if the American people deserve answers
about what went wrong with Enron and why (and
we do), then we deserve to know what went
wrong on September 11 and why.

Are we squandering our goodwill around the world
with what many believe to be incoherent,
warmongering policies that alienate our friends and
antagonize our allies? How much of a role does our
reliance on imported oil play in the military policies
being put forward by the Bush Administration? And
what role does the close relationship between the
Bush Administration and the oil and defense
industries play, if any, in the policies that are
currently being pursued by this Administration?

We deserve to know what went wrong on
September 11 and why. After all, we hold thorough
public inquiries into rail disasters, plane crashes,
and even natural disasters in order to understand
what happened and to prevent them from
happening again or minimizing the tragic effects
when they do. Why then does the Administration
remain steadfast in its opposition to an investigation
into the biggest terrorism attack upon our nation?

News reports from Der Spiegel to the London
Observer, from the Los Angeles Times to MSNBC
to CNN, indicate that many different warnings
were received by the Administration. In addition, it
has even been reported that the United States
government broke bin Laden's secure
communications before September 11. Sadly, the
United States government is being sued today by
survivors of the Embassy bombings because, from
court reports, it appears clear that the US had
received prior warnings, but did little to secure and
protect the staff at our embassies.

Did the same thing happen to us again?

I am not aware of any evidence showing that
President Bush or members of his administration
have personally profited from the attacks of 9-11.
A complete investigation might reveal that to be the
case. For example, it is known that President
Bush's father, through the Carlyle Group had - at
the time of the attacks - joint business interests with
the bin Laden construction company and many
defense industry holdings, the stocks of which, have
soared since September 11.

On the other hand, what is undeniable is that
corporations close to the Administration, have
directly benefited from the increased defense
spending arising from the aftermath of September
11. The Carlyle Group, DynCorp, and Halliburton
certainly stand out as companies close to this
Administration. Secretary Rumsfeld maintained in a
hearing before Congress that we can afford the
new spending, even though the request for more
defense spending is the highest increase in twenty
years and the Pentagon has lost $2.3 trillion.

All the American people are being asked to make
sacrifices. Our young men and women in the
military are being asked to risk their lives in our
War Against Terrorism while our President's first
act was to sign an executive order denying them
high deployment overtime pay. The American
people are being asked to make sacrifices by
bearing massive budget cuts in the social welfare of
our country, in the areas of health care, social
security, and civil liberties for our enhanced military
and security needs arising from the events of
September 11; it is imperative that they know fully
why we make the sacrifices. If the Secretary of
Defense tells us that his new military objectives
must be to occupy foreign capital cities and
overthrow regimes, then the American people must
know why. It should be easy for this Administration
to explain fully to the American people in a
thorough and methodical way why we are being
asked to make these sacrifices and if, indeed, these
sacrifices will make us more secure. If the
Administration cannot articulate these answers to
the American people, then the Congress must.

This is not a time for closed-door meetings and this
is not a time for se crecy. America's credibility,
both with the world and with her own people, rests
upon securing credible answers to these questions.
The world is teetering on the brink of conflicts while
the Administration's policies are vague, wavering
and unclear. Major financial conflicts of interest
involving the President, the Attorney General, the
Vice President and others in the Administration
have been and continue to be exposed.

This is a time for leadership and judgment that is
not compromised in any fashion. This is a time for
transparency and a thorough investigation.


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