I wrote this in response to his article, but it won't let me post it... I didn't want it to go to waste.

Every day, I receive a half dozen Emails and a score or more comments from 9/11 rejectionists.^ The 9/11 cover-up, according to these correspondents, is that the U.S. government was complicit, even responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT WILLIAM? COULD IT BE THERE'S SOMETHING TO WHAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO SEND YOU "A HALF DOZEN EMAILS AND A SCORE OR MORE COMMENTS" EVERY DAY? MAYBE AS A JOURNALIST, YOU MIGHT THINK IT IMPORTANT TO LOOK INTO IT FOR YOURSELF. I KNOW IF I WAS A JOURNALIST, I MIGHT THINK THE WORST ATTACKS ON AMERICAN SOIL IN HISTORY MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO, BUT WHAT DO I, A SIMPLE AMERICAN, KNOW?

Like those who often write to tell me that the Pentagon, the FBI and/or the intelligence agencies are following them, that they are mind control victims whose lives have been ruined by directed energy weapons in space or the transmitters implanted in their teeth, I have a special place for this mass of correspondence.^ It is called delete.

OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT A HISTORY BUFF WILLIAM. IF YOU WERE, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THE CIA TOOK PART IN A PROGRAM CALLED, "MKULTRA". THAT PROGRAM WAS SPECIFICALLY CREATED TO TEST UNWILLING PARTICIPANTS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO MIND CONTROL.

YOU CAN WATCH AN ENTIRE ABCNEWS SPECIAL ON IT HERE:

http://www.xenutv.com/cults/himindcontrol1.ram
http://www.xenutv.com/cults/himindcontrol2.ram
http://www.xenutv.com/cults/himindcontrol3.ram

SO, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE VICTIMS OF MIND CONTROL, THERE MIGHT BE LEGITIMACY BEHIND THEIR CLAIMS. I, HOWEVER, DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO IT. I PREFER TO FOCUS ON 9/11 TRUTH THAN THOSE OTHER THINGS YOU DESCRIBED. WHY YOU FEEL THE NEED TO ASSOCIATE PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR THIS COUNTRY WITH THOSE PEOPLE YOU DESCRIBED, IS AN ENIGMA TO ME.

So when the headline crossed my desktop on Monday that "Over 70 million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation," I admit that I fell for it and clicked on the link.

AS ANY GOOD JOURNALIST SHOULD. ARE YOU A GOOD JOURNALIST WILLIAM OR JUST A MOUTHPIECE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION?

The tale is depressing.^ The 9/11 truth seekers, that self-declared movement who now count in their membership a number of high profile celebrities, turn out to be exactly what I thought they were: predatory and devious, seekers of polarization and not light, abusive of the political system, contemptuous of anything that even resembles the "truth."

I ACTUALLY LIKE THE TRUTH WILLIAM. I HAVE NO CONTEMPT FOR IT AT ALL. IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER THAN BEING LIED TO. WHY DON'T YOU TRY TELLING IT TO US SOMETIME.

There was a moment in December 2004 after President Bush nominated Bernard Kerik to be Secretary of Homeland Security that I thought the national security paradigm had finally changed in America.

Kerik, to refresh flagging memories, led the New York City Police Department through 9/11.

I always interpreted the White House's selection of Kerik as a need and a desire to neutralize the 9/11 families.^ I don’t mean a specific organization, nor a specific cause.^ I mean the mass of civilians who had become a powerful political force.^ Lives torn apart by a diabolical terrorist attack, they demanded action, accountability and investigation, speaking out despite the "men working" signs guarding national security making.

Normal citizens found themselves compelled by loss and shock.^ These were not anti-war activists, nor a partisan special interest working on behalf of a single agenda.^ In the aftermath of 9/11, they were instantly conferred with respect and given voice: their very presence insured that the events of that day remained specific and devastating, that 9/11 would not become some political football or reality show for the administration or its opponents to abuse.

But national security is men's work, and by the end of 2004, the men in charge had had enough.^ By appointing Kerik, I thought the President was specifically someone who could represent a sanctioned view of 9/11.^ Kerik would turn the citizen's movement into just another constituency, a special interest that needed to be dealt with but one marginalized rather than revered.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, RATHER THAN ALLOW A REAL INVESTIGATION, A "POLITICAL FOOTBALL" AS IT WERE, YOU ARE HAPPY WITH LETTING THESE FAMILY MEMBERS NOT KNOW HOW THEIR LOVED ONES DIED? IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN MORE THAN HAPPY TO INVOKE 9/11 AS THEIR "POLITICAL FOOTBALL", AND THEY MOST CERTAINLY HAVE ABUSED IT. AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THEY USED IT TO SELL THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WAR. IF IT WAS 19 HIJACKERS THAT PERFORMED THOSE ATROCITIES, IT WAS 19 HIJACKERS. NOT THE COUNTRY OF AFGHANISTAN. IF OSAMA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE ATROCITIES, THEN HE SHOULD HAVE BECOME OUR PRIORITY. INSTEAD, WE SUPPOSEDLY LET HIM ESCAPE IN TORA BORA. WHY DID WE DO THAT WILLIAM? WHY DID WE INVADE IRAQ BECAUSE OF 9/11? IRAQ HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. INVADING IRAQ AFTER 9/11 WOULD BE LIKE THE UNITED STATES INVADING MEXICO AFTER PEARL HARBOR.

Fast forward to 911Truth.org's press release Monday.^ "Although the Bush administration continues to exploit September 11 to justify domestic spying, unprecedented spending and a permanent state of war," it said, "a new Zogby poll reveals that less than half of the American public trusts the official 9/11 story or believes the attacks were adequately investigated."

The poll, conducted from Friday, May 12 through Tuesday, May 16, shows, according to 911truth.org, that:

42% of Americans believe there has indeed been a cover up,
45% think "Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the attacks, including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or helped facilitate their success"

Janice Matthews, executive director of 911truth.org said that there was "mounting evidence for U.S. government involvement in 9/11."

911truth.org went on to quote poll co-author W. David Kubiak as saying that the 9/11 "myth" is "the administration's primary source of political and war-making power."

AS I SAID, THEY HAVE ABUSED IT WHILE PLAYING, "POLITICAL FOOTBALL". AS RAY MCGOVERN RECENTLY SAID TO DONALD RUMSFELD, "WE ARE NOT IDIOTS".

The organization then offered the view that if more Americans were exposed to "independent 9/11 research," that is, the mass of conspiracy theories that is being exploited by this Star Wars bar of "justice" activists, "about 90 percent would support a new investigation of the events of that fateful day."

ACTUALLY WILLIAM, RESEARCH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CONSPIRACY THEORY. I'M GUESSING YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED INTO IT, BUT THEY ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. IS A SCIENTIST WHO RESEARCHES CURES FOR CANCER A CONSPIRACY THEORIST? I DON'T THINK SO. THE RESEARCH YOU SPEAK OF WAS PROMPTED BECAUSE WE WEREN'T BEING TOLD ANYTHING, AND OUR QUESTIONS WEREN'T BEING ANSWERED. THEREFORE, WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS, AND GUESS WHAT? WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE ONLY WAY 9/11 COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE WAS IF PEOPLE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION TOOK PART IN IT. IMAGINE THAT.

Zogby then put out its own press release warning that 911truth.org was offering its opinions, and not Zogby's as to the "meaning of the poll results."^ It pointed out that Mr. Kubiak was not a "poll co-author" but a member of the organization.^ "Zogby International had no role in interpreting the survey results for the sponsor or in producing the news release," Zogby warned.

Zogby then gave its own narrative summary of the poll:

In the question, "Some people believe that the US government and its 9/11 Commission concealed or refused to investigate critical evidence that contradicts their official explanation of the September 11th attacks, saying there has been a cover-up. Others say that the 9/11 Commission was a bi-partisan group of honest and well-respected people and that there is no reason they would want to cover-up anything. Who are you more likely to agree with?"

US government and 9/11 Commission are NOT covering up (48%)
US government and 9/11 Commission are covering up (42%)
No sure (10%)

People are "completely divided" on whether they believe President Bush exploited the 9/11 attacks (44%).

People are "closely divided" on whether there should be another investigation, with a slight plurality (47%) saying the attacks were thoroughly investigated, while 45% feel the attacks should be reinvestigated.

9/11truth.org refers to 9/11 "crimes," of "motives" involved in the attacks, it asks "who profited."

Isn't the answer self-evident?^ The organization itself exploits the 9/11 families and the American public's confusion.

THEY DO? REALLY? I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BAD WORD SAID ABOUT 911TRUTH.ORG BY ANY OF THE 9/11 FAMILY MEMBERS. IN FACT, SOME OF THEM HAVE WORKED WITH 911TRUTH.ORG IN THE PAST. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE AN ORGANIZATION THAT "EXPLOITS" THE 9/11 FAMILIES AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S CONFUSION? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH TOLD US TO GO SHOPPING AFTER 9/11, WHEN WE WERE ALL WONDERING WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP, CONFUSED US A HELLUVA LOT MORE THAN ANYTHING 911TRUTH.ORG HAS DONE. AND THEN TO LIE TO US ABOUT 9/11, AND COVER-UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF INFORMATION PERTAINING TO IT, WELL, THAT WAS CERTAINLY CONFUSING FOR ME.

For a moment, the 9/11 families -- and again I don't mean a specific set of families or any organization -- recognized that 9/11 was the largest governmental failure in history, that if "we" the people were going to have security we were going to have to involve ourselves.^ 911truth.org might pretend that this is their goal as well, but in fact there is no amount of investigation, no amount of fact, no amount of government action, no amount of intelligence information, no amount of war, in fact no amount of security that is ever going to change anyone's mind here.

WATCH WHAT FAMILY MEMBER BOB MCILVAINE HAD TO SAY ABOUT "THE LARGEST GOVERNMENTAL FAILURE IN HISTORY".

http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8668

THEN WATCH WHAT FAMILY MEMBER DONNA MARSH O'CONNOR HAD TO SAY ABOUT "THE LARGEST GOVERNMENTAL FAILURE IN HISTORY"

http://www.yourbbsucks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4692

These are not typical Americans who just want better security and government and pray for successful prosecution of the war on terrorism.^ This is a purely partisan political and cynical anti-everything group looking to exploit 9/11, just as they accuse the administration of doing.

I DO NOT PRAY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF THE WAR ON TERRORISM. I WOULD HOPE THAT "WORLD WAR III", AS IT IS DESCRIBED BY BUSH, WOULD END AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. PHONY WARS ON TERRORISM IRK ME. AS FAR AS YOUR CLAIM OF US BEING "PURELY PARTISAN", I THINK BILL CLINTON IS A SC_MBAG. I THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE COWARDS. I THINK THEY ARE ACTING IN A TREASONOUS WAY IN ALLOWING THIS ADMINISTRATION DO WHATEVER THE H_LL THEY WANT. AS FAR AS EXPLOITING 9/11, PLEASE SEE ABOVE, AND IF YOU NEED MORE EXAMPLES, HOW ABOUT THE PATRIOT ACT, NSA WIRETAPS, DOING AWAY WITH THE CONSTITUTION, AND ON AND ON AND ON...

Though 9/11truth.org and the blogosphere continues to rail against the mainstream media for ignoring their issue and their cause, the only gratifying element of the story is the restraint so far shown by the media in ignoring the thinly masked craziness and the Internet hype.^

IF YOU THINK IGNORING THE 9/11 TRUTH MOVEMENT IS GRATIFYING, THEN YOU ARE A TRAITOR TO YOUR COUNTRY.

Oh, I know I'm giving them air time, and surely the "news" will cover the "growing" 9/11 rejectionist movement as we get closer to election time, but what is really interesting here is not some cover-up but the enormous disillusionment that exists not just with the war in Iraq but also the fight against terrorism.

WOW, GOOD FOR YOU WILLIAM. YOU GAVE HALF THE COUNTRY SOME "AIR TIME". WOW, YOU REALLY ARE AN AMAZING JOURNALIST. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.