Why do so many 9/11 victims families, Ph.D's and gov't officials insist that 9/11 was an inside job?

Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D., anthropologist, author, Population Politics


Ed Asner, actor, activist


Marshall Auerback, international portfolio strategist for David W. Tice %26amp; Associates, Inc.


Catherine Austin Fitts, Asst. Secretary of Housing in the first Bush administration


Keidi Obi Awadu, aka The Conscious Rasta, talk show host, LIBRadio


Michael Badnarik, Libertarian candidate for President


Byron Belitsos, publisher, Origin Press, author Planetary Democracy


Philip J. Berg, Esquire, former deputy attorney general, Pennsylvania


Medea Benjamin, activist, author, co-founder, Global Exchange and Code Pink


Dennis Bernstein, investigative reporter, radio host of KPFA's Flashpoints


Steve Bhaerman aka Swami Beyondananda, author, political comedian


Brad Blanton, Ph.D., psychotherapist, author, Radical Honesty


Saniel Bonder, spiritual teacher and author, Great Relief


Dr. Robert Bowman, USAF Lt. Col. (Rtd.), founder, Institute for Space and Security Studies


John Buchanan, author, candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, 2004


Gray Brechin, Ph.D., author, environmental historian, professor, UC Berkeley


Fred Burks, presidential interpreter for Bush, Clinton, Cheney, and Gore


Norma Carr-Rufino, Ph.D., author, professor of management, San Francisco State University


Angana Chatterji, Ph.D., scholar-activist and professor of anthropology


Paul Cienfuegos, co-founder, Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County


David Cobb, attorney, national presidential candidate, US Green Party


John Cobb, Ph.D., theologian, co-author, For the Common Good


Ernest Callenbach, founder/editor, Film Quarterly, author, Ecotopia


Kevin Danaher, Ph.D., author, speaker, co-founder, Global Exchange


Stephen Dinan, author, Radical Spirit


Ronnie Dugger, journalist/author, co-founder, Alliance for Democracy


Daniel Ellsberg, author, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers


Jodie Evans, co-founder, Code Pink


Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University


Michael Franti, musician, filmmaker, human rights worker


Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedienne, talk show host, Air America Radio


Jim Garrison, Ph.D., president, State of the World Forum, author, America as Empire


Bruce Gagnon, Chair, Global Network Against Weapons %26amp; Nuclear Power in Space


Ric Giardina, author, consultant, speaker, former Director of Trademarks and Brands for Intel


John Gray, Ph.D., #1 bestselling author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus


Stan Goff, 25-year Army Special Ops veteran, author, Full Spectrum Disorder


Melvin Goodman, senior fellow, Center for International Policy, author, former Senior Analyst, CIA, professor, National War College


Morton Goulder, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence and Warning under Nixon, Ford, and Carter


David Ray Griffin, Ph.D., theologian, author, New Pearl Harbor


Doris "Granny D" Haddock, campaign finance crusader, NH Democratic candidate for Senate


Thom Hartmann, radio host; author, Unequal Protection


Richie Havens, singer, songwriter, performer, artist


Paul Hawken, bestselling author, environmentalist, entrepreneur, founder of Smith %26amp; Hawken


Randy Hayes, founder, Rainforest Action Network, US National Director, Direction Conservation


Richard Heinberg, author, The Party's Over, core faculty, New College of California


Van Jones, executive director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights


Rob Kall, editor, OpEdNews.com, president, Futurehealth, Inc.


Georgia Kelly, executive director, Praxis Peace Institute


Sean Kelly, Ph.D., author, professor of philosophy and religion, CA Institute of Integral Studies


John Joseph Kennedy, Democratic Write-in Presidential Candidate for 2004


Mimi Kennedy, actress, Dharma and Greg, progressive activist


Faiz Khan, M.D., Triage Emergency Physician on 9/11, Assistant Imam


David Korten, author, When Corporations Rule the World


Frances Moore Lapp?, author, Diet for a Small Planet; founder, Small Planet Institute


Scott M. Legere, 25 year radio broadcaster as Scott Ledger, Tampa FL


Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, TIKKUN Magazine, author, Healing Israel/Palestine


Michael Levine, bestselling author of Deep Cover, journalist, 25-year veteran of the DEA


Joanna Macy, Ph.D., eco-philosopher, author


Enver Masud, founder, The Wisdom Fund, author, The Truth About Islam


John McCarthy, former Special Forces Captain, president, Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy


Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, co-founder, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity


Cynthia McKinney, five-term Congresswoman from Georgia


Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author, professor, co-founder, Green Earth Foundation


Mark Crispin Miller, media critic, author, professor, New York University


Joseph W. Montaperto, New York City Fire Department


Leuren Moret, geoscientist, radiation specialist, environmental commissioner


Ralph Nader, Independent candidate for President


Craig Neal, author, co-founder, The Heartland Institute, former publisher, Utne Reader


Jeff Norman, executive director, Tour of Duty


Jenna Orkin, Esquire, World Trade Center Environmental Organization


Kelly Patricia O'Meara, investigative journalist, public relations


Michael Parenti, Ph.D., author, Superpatriotism and The Terrorism Trap


Edward L. Peck, former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, former Deputy Director to the White House Task Force on Terrorism


Peter Phillips, Ph.D., professor, Sonoma State University, director, Project Censored


Henri Poole, Internet pioneer, board member, Free Software Foundation


Robert Rabbin, author, speaker, creator of TruthForPresident.org


Paul H. Ray, Ph.D., sociologist, author, The Cultural Creatives


John Renesch, business futurist, author, Getting to the Better Future


John Rensenbrink, professor emeritus, Bowdoin College, co-founder, US Green Party


John Robbins, author, founder, EarthSave International


William Rodriguez, 9/11 rescue effort hero, founder, Hispanic Victims Group


Neal Rogin, Emmy-award winning writer, performer, social observer


Allen Roland, Ph.D., psychotherapist, published author and peace activist


Rosemary Radford Ruether, professor of feminist theology, Graduate Theological Union


Michael Ruppert, publisher/editor, From The Wilderness, author, Crossing the Rubicon


Chris Sanders, founder, Sanders Research Associates


Karl W. B. Schwarz, President, CEO, Patmos Nanotechnologies, LLC


Peter Dale Scott, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, author, Drugs, Oil, and War


Firefighter Kevin Shea, FDNY Hazmat Operations


Michelle Shocked, singer/songwriter, activist


Indira Singh, risk management and computer systems consultant


J. Michael Springmann, attorney, former Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State


Douglas Sturm, Ph.D., university professor emeritus, Bucknell University


Marjorie Hewit Suchocki, Ph.D., theologian, author


Chuck Turner, Boston City Council


James W. Walter Jr., venture investor, philanthropist, founder of Walden Three


Dan Whaley, E-commerce pioneer, founder of GetThere.com, acquired for $750M


Burns H. Weston, J.S.D., Professor of Law Emeritus, Director, Center for Human Rights, U-Iowa


Howard Zinn, professor, historian, author, A People's History of the United States


Family Members





Joanne Barbara, wife of FDNY Asst. Chief of Dept. Gerard Barbara


Gayle Barker, sister of William A. Karnes, WTC


Michele Bergsohn, wife of Alvin Bergsohn, Cantor Fitzgerald


Derrill Bodley, father of Deora Bodley, passenger on Flight 93


Kathryn C. Bowden, sister of Thomas H. Bowden, Jr. WTC1, 104th floor


Janet Calia, wife of Dominick Calia, Cantor Fitzgerald, WTC1


Maggie Cashman, wife of William Joseph Cashman, United Flight 93


Lynne Castrianno Galante, sister of Leonard Castrianno, 1WTC, 105th floor


Elza Chapa-McGowan, daughter of Rosemary Chapa, Pentagon


Bruce De Cell, father-in-law of Mark Petrocelli North Tower, 92nd floor


Ralph D'Esposito, father of Michael D'Esposito, WTC, 96th floor


Loisanne Diehl, Surviving Spouse, Michael D. Diehl, WTC2, 90th floor


Adina D. Eisenberg, sister of Eric Eisenberg, WTC


Jonathan M. Fisher, son of Dr. Gerald Paul "Geep" Fisher, Pentagon


Michael J. Fox, brother of Jeffrey L. Fox, Tower 2, 89th floor


Laurel A. Gay, sister of Peter A. Gay, AA Flight 11


Irene Golinsky, wife of Col. Ronald F. Golinski USA RET, Pentagon


Lori, Jerry, and Beatrice Guadagno, sister and parents of Richard Guadagno, Flight 93


Kristen Hall, daughter of fallen firefighter Thomas Kuveikis 9/11


Kurt D. Horning, father of Matthew D. Horning, WTC Tower One, 95th floor


Jennifer W. Hunt, wife of William C. Hunt, Euro Brokers


John Keating, son of Barbara Keating, passenger on AA Flight 11


L. Russell Keene II, father of Russ Keene III, WTC2, 89th floor, KBW


Peter Kousoulis, sister died in WTC


Paul %26amp; Barbara Kirwin, parents of Glenn Davis Kirwin, Cantor Fitzgerald 105th floor


Barbara Krukowski-Rastelli, mother of William E. Krukowski, NYC firefighter


Laura and Ira Lassman, parents of Nicholas C. Lassman, died in WTC, Tower One


Johnny Lee, husband of Lorraine Greene


Alicia LeGuillow, mother of Nestor A. Cintron III


Francine Levine, sister of Adam K. Ruhalter, who died on 9/11


Bob McIlvaine, father of Robert McIlvaine, WTC, Merrill Lynch


Mary McWilliams, mother of FF Martin E. McWilliams- Engine 22


Daryl J. Meehan, brother of Colleen Ann Barkow, WTC 1, 105th floor


Elvira P. Murphy, wife of Patrick Murphy, WTC 1


Natalee Pecorelli, sister of Thomas Pecorelli of Flight 11


James L Perry, M.D and Patricia J. Perry, parents of John W. Perry, Esq., NYPD Officer 9/11


David Potorti, brother of James Potorti, North Tower, WTC, Marsh %26amp; McLennan


Terry Kay Rockefeller, sister of Laura Rockefeller, North Tower, WTC


Grissel Rodriguez-Valentin, wife of Benito Valentin, WTC1, 94th floor


Alissa Rosenberg-Torres, widow of Luis Eduardo Torres, post-9/11 mother, writer


Elaine Saber, mother of Scott Saber


Julie Scarpitta, mother of Michelle Scarpitta, WTC Building 2, 84th floor


Paula Shapiro, mother of Eric Eisenberg, WTC2


Elizabeth Turner, wife of Simon Turner, lost on 11th September 2001


Adele Welty, mother of Firefighter Timothy Welty, FDNY, Squad 288


Joan W. Winton, mother of David Winton, WTC, South Tower, 89th floor


David Yancey, husband of Vicki Yancey, American Airlines Flight 77


Nissa Youngren, daughter of Robert G. LeBlanc, flight 175


Late Signatories (starting toward 200...)





Rita M. Haley, President, National Organization for Women, New York Chapter


Immortal Technique, Harlem-based hip-hop artist with Viper Records, Revolutionary I%26amp;II


Bob Kirkconnell, served in the U.S. Air Force 27 years, reaching the rank of Master Sergeant


Dennis Kyne, former Army air medic, 18th Airborne Corps during Gulf War I, musician, author, "Support the Truth"


Paul Landis, author, "Stop Bush Now!"


Eric H. May, former Army military intelligence officer and media essayist


Charles Shaw, Editor, Newtopia Magazine, National Peace Action Coordinator, National Green Party


Peter Erlinder, professor, William Mitchell College of Law, past-President National Lawyers Guild


Daniel Robert Rezac, 2004 Vice-Presidential Write-In Candidate, former Aviator %26amp; Armor Officer, Army National Guard, B.S.B.A.


Joel Horwitz, lost beloved cousin in WTC 1


Jessica Murrow, lost husband Stephen Adams, Beverage Manager, Windows on the World, WTC 1


Ellen Mariani, lost husband Neil on Flight 175


Jean Hunt, disabled survivor of Pentagon attack


Ralph %26amp; Brigitte Sabbag, lost son Jason in WTC 2

Why do so many 9/11 victims families, Ph.D's and gov't officials insist that 9/11 was an inside job?
Probably because they've actually taken the time to look at the evidence, unlike the radio talk show hosts who never have the time to actually look at the thousands of pieces of evidence, but have the audacity to call us kool-aid drinkers when we don't agree. The real kool-aid drinkers are the ones who follow blindly, never questioning the government. The truth will be told!
Reply:All you conspiracy believers. Explain one simple singe thing to an ignoramus like me. If, as you claim Bush staged the whole thing, exactly why did he do it. What did he get out of it? The Irak war has turned him into one of the most unpopular Presidents in history. Oil. where is the oil? He has not made a single Dollar that anyone knows about. And most amazing of all. The hundreds of people who must have been involved in such a complicated scheme. Not a single one of them has grown a conscience or carelessly talked out of turn and given the whole evil plot away. Please people, grow a brain.
Reply:That is an impressive list of very educated, renowned individuals. They question 9/11 because most of us have questions about 9/11, and these questions have remained unanswered. Until there is a fullscale investigation into those events by a reputable, nonpartison team, we will not have these answers. Even then, it would be a difficult job.





It would have been a simple matter to test the steel and rubble for explosives. As far as I know, it wasn't done.
Reply:It just looks odd when we arm the people who then in-turn bomb us.
Reply:i dont think we will EVER have conclusive evidence as to whether it was an inside job or not, and i know for a fact that neither side will ever admit they were wrong. just look at the assassination of JFK, it's a classic example of something that happened over 40 years ago that we will never know the truth to
Reply:i dont know the point of posting all that, ..for that question, but ...i think the media, ..and people in general, like to create drama and conflicting ideas to create.....situations...


...i dont believe it was an inside job, and never will,...i dont care what information is falsely documented, its just ridiculous....the whole idea.
Reply:It is because the sitting President was and is a Republican and it is easier for too many people to believe the Republican party is more interested in killing Americans than in protecting the Country. Didn't you know that ANY SINGLE THING that goes wrong here is a part of a right-wing conspiracy? My granddaughter fell off her bicycle. That is the result of a former right-wing administration in the city where she lives failing to anticipate a cracked sidewalk. The left-wing administration currently in power merely inherited the problem and so can NEVER be held responsible.





Some people WANT to believe that every problem in the world is the result of the existence of a conservative wing in American politics. They are uniformly fools. They are fools to the same extent as those who believe all the world's problems are caused by the existence of a liberal wing in American politics.
Reply:There was a program that was on The History Channel called "9-11 Conspiracies" (I think) that investigated the issues raised by the conspiracy theorists. It tended to disprove every single one of their allegations. If you have not watched it, I would recommend you doing so. It answers a lot of questions. Even some of the most ardent conspiracy theorists have recanted some of their rhetoric after being confronted with the facts, instead of the widespread speculation that is so prevalent.
Reply:You guys are a bunch of NUTS !!!!





There were no explosives planted in the buildings to make them collapse. They fell because the super structure above came crushing down on the floors below....thus the weight of each floor thereafter added more weight which crushed the structure all the way to ground. If you don't believe that can happen....then I guess you will it's some kind of conspiracy when a Karate expert breaks through 10 bricks with his bare hand. He is actually only breaking one at a time...just like the floors in both towers collapsed....one at a time....once the metal beams melted and let the above structure collapse.





Most of the people you list are so left wing I wouldn't trust them if they said they smelled smoke ...and their heads were on fire.





OK...you guys can click on all the thumbs down you want...but you know I'm right when you do that.
Reply:Sadly, they may be right.. I cannot think of anything I would like to believe less.. but .. these are smart people.. they have nothing to gain... There honestly should be more investigation.. i truly would not put anything past Cheney... Bush is dumb, but I don't think he would take part in this. I can't believe I am defending him... but it is true.. I do think Cheney could be a part of some evil plan.