The 9/11 Commission Report One Year Later: A Citizens Response – Did The Commission Get It Right?

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08/31/2005 8pm - 11:30pm EST
09/02/2005 8pm - 1am EST

July 22, 2005
Caucus Room, Cannon House Office Building, Room 345
Independence Ave. & First St., SE

First Hour:
Part one: A Critical Examination of the 9/11 Commission

Welcome
Moderator: Verna Avery Brown, Pacifica Radio

Opening Statements
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)
Pastor West’s Blessing

9/11 Families Report
Unanswered Questions and The Call for Accountability
Lorie Van Auken, 9/11 Family Steering Committee
(ends mid-way)

Second Hour:
Lorie Van Auken, 9/11 Family Steering Committee (overlaps)
Q&A Mike Ruppert, Wayne Madsen, Ray McGovern

Behind the 9/11 Commission: Flaws in the Process
Staff Report – A Citizens Critique
John Judge, staff and 9/11 Citizens Watch
Conflicts of Interest – A Commission Investigates Itself
Mel Goodman, former CIA, Center for International Policy

Third Hour:
Q&A Bob McIlvaine, Mike Ruppert, Wayne Madsen, Ray McGovern

Omissions and Errors in the Commission’s Final Report
NORAD/FAA, P-56 Responses, Pre-9/11 Exercises
Paul Thompson, author of Terror Timeline
Suspects and Plots, the link to Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden
Nafeez Ahmed, author of The War on Freedom
The $100,000 Transfer – Pakistan ISI, bin Laden and US Intelligence
John Newman, former NSA, author of JFK & Vietnam

Fourth Hour:
Foreknowledge and Forewarnings of 9/11
Marilyn Rosenthal, 9/11 family member, academic
Q&A Mike Ruppert, Wayne Madsen, Ray McGovern

9/11 in Historical Perspective: Flawed Assumptions
The Underground World of Terrorist Financing
Lauretta Napolione, author of Modern Jihad, Terror Incorporated

The Rise of the Neo-Conservatives
Anne Norton, Leo Strauss & the Politics of American Empire (ends mid-way)

Fifth Hour:
The Rise of the Neo-Conservatives
Anne Norton, Leo Strauss & the Politics of American Empire (overlaps)
Deep Politics: Contragate, Drugs, Oil, Covert Operations and Terrorism
Peter Dale Scott, author of Drugs, Oil & War
Afghanistan Mujahedin – Covert Operations, Creating Terrorism
Nafeez Ahmed, author of The War on Truth
Q&A Mike Ruppert, Wayne Madsen, Ray McGovern (ends mid-way)

Sixth Hour:
Q&A Mike Ruppert, Wayne Madsen, Ray McGovern (continues)

Part Two: A Critical Examination of the Commission’s Recommendations
Foreign Policy: Immediate Response and Recommendations
The End of International Law?
Wayne Smith, former diplomat, Center o n International Policy
Alternatives to Pax Americana and Permanent War
Bob McIlvaine, September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

Domestic Policy: Immediate Response and Recommendations
Dual Legal Systems and Military Tribunals
Kit Gage, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Jumana Musa, Amnesty International
(ends mid-way)

Seventh Hour:
Civil Liberties in American Post-9/11: Is Security Worth the Trade?
Mary Rose Oakar, President ADC (begins mid-way)
Elaine Cassel, author of The War on Civil Liberties
The Rise of Secrecy After 9/11
Rebecca Daugherty, Reporters Committee o n Freedom of the Press
The Patriot Acts – Sunset o n Freedom?
William Michaels, author of No Greater Threat
Q&A Mike Ruppert, Wayne Madsen, Ray McGovern
(ends mid-way)

Eighth Hour:
Q&A Mike Ruppert, Wayne Madsen, Ray McGovern
(continues)

Intelligence Reform: Immediate Response and Recommendations
The New DNI: Congressional Oversight and Unbiased Intelligence?
Mel Goodman, former CIA, Center for International Policy
Ray McGovern, veteran of Analysis Directorate of CIA
(ends mid-way)

Ninth Hour:
“The Wall”: Breaking Down the Division of Intelligence, Military and Law Enforcement
David MacMichaels, former CIA (starts mid-way)
Covert Operations and Increased Intelligence Budget – Solution or Cause?
John Nutter, author of The CIA’s Black Operations
Q&A Mike Ruppert, Wayne Madsen, Ray McGovern

Conclusions and the Need for New Investigation, Release of Files
Rep. Cynthia McKinney

Closes Remarks

End Part I