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HOW TO STOP BUSH’S 9-11 ADS

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There's a wave of anger about these ads all over the media right now. The media need the pressure to ask the real questions, the ones that go beyond the ad itself. Do ONE thing towards this efffort, and keep the wave going.
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HOW TO STOP BUSH’S 9-11 ADS

Firefighter Tommy Fee in Rescue Squad 270 in Queens was appalled. "It's as sick as people who stole things out of the place. The image of firefighters at Ground Zero should not be used for this stuff, for politics," Fee said.
FUROR OVER BUSH'S 9/11 AD
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/170291p-148587c.html

Worse than the use of these images for politics, Bush has actively blocked all attempts by both the 9-11 Commission and the 9-11 Families to find answers about what really happened on that day. We wonder why. Why would anyone need to cover up the most basic information on their activities around 9-11? And why has Bush offered only one hour of his time to talk to commissioners who have worked for months to break through his own adminstration’s stonewalling?

This is more than an outrage.

But you can help.

Please demand answers to the following 23 questions provided by the 9-11 Family Steering Committee. Email, phone, and fax addresses are below. If it seems overwhelming, just send one email. Make one phone call. Each one will add up.


THE FAMILY STEERING COMMITTEE STATEMENT AND QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 9/11 COMMISSION INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT BUSH FEBRUARY 16, 2004

February 16, 2004. The Family Steering Committee believes that President Bush should provide sworn public testimony to the full ten-member panel of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

Collectively, the Commissioners are responsible for fulfilling the Congressional mandate. Therefore, each Commissioner must have full access to the testimony of all individuals and the critical information that will enable informed decisions and recommendations. Before an audience of the American people, the Commission must ask President Bush in sworn testimony, the following questions:

1. As Commander-in-Chief on the morning of 9/11, why didn't you return
immediately to Washington, D.C. or the National Military Command Center
once you became aware that America was under attack? At specifically
what time did you become aware that America was under attack? Who
informed you of this fact?

2. On the morning of 9/11, who was in charge of our country while you
were away from the National Military Command Center? Were you informed
or consulted about all decisions made in your absence?

3. What defensive action did you personally order to protect our nation
during the crisis on Sept. 11? What time were these orders given, and
to whom? What orders were carried out? What was the result of such
orders? Were any such orders not carried out?

4. In your opinion, why was our nation so utterly unprepared for an
attack on our own soil?

5. U.S. Navy Captain Deborah Loewer, the Director of the White House
Situation Room, informed you of the first airliner hitting Tower One of
the World Trade Center before you entered the Emma E. Booker Elementary
School in Sarasota, Florida. Please explain the reason why you decided
to continue with the scheduled classroom visit, fifteen minutes after
learning the first hijacked airliner had hit the World Trade Center.

6. Is it normal procedure for the Director of the White House Situation
Room to travel with you? If so, please cite any prior examples of when
this occurred. If not normal procedure, please explain the
circumstances that led to the Director of the White House Situation Room being
asked to accompany you to Florida during the week of September 11th.

7. What plan of action caused you to remain seated after Andrew Card
informed you that a second airliner had hit the second tower of the
World Trade Center and America was clearly under attack? Approximately how
long did you remain in the classroom after Card's message?

8. At what time were you made aware that other planes were hijacked in
addition to Flight 11 and Flight 175? Who notified you? What was your
course of action as Commander-in-Chief of the United States?

9. Beginning with the transition period between the Clinton
administration and your own, and ending on 9/11/01, specifically what information
(either verbal or written) about terrorists, possible attacks and
targets, did you receive from any source?
This would include briefings or communications from:
* Out-going Clinton officials
* CIA, FBI, NSA, DoD and other intelligence agencies
* Foreign intelligence, governments, dignitaries or envoys
* National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice
* Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism czar

10. Specifically, what did you learn from the August 6, 2001, PDB
about the terrorist threat that was facing our nation? Did you request any
follow-up action to take place? Did you request any further report be
developed and/or prepared?


11. As Commander-in-Chief, from May 1, 2001 until September 11, 2001,
did you receive any information from any intelligence agency official or
agent that UBL was planning to attack this nation on its own soil using
airplanes as weapons, targeting New York City landmarks during the week
of September 11, 2001 or on the actual day of September 11, 2001?

12. What defensive measures did you take in response to pre-9/11
warnings from eleven nations about a terrorist attack, many of which cited an
attack in the continental United States? Did you prepare any directives
in response to these actions? If so, with what results?

13. As Commander-in-Chief from May 1, 2001 until September 11, 2001,
did you or any agent of the U,S, government carry out any negotiations or
talks with UBL, an agent of UBL, or al-Qaeda? During that same period,
did you or any agent of the U.S. government carry out any negotiations
or talks with any foreign government, agents, or officials regarding
UBL? If so, what resulted?

14. Your schedule for September 11, 2001 was in the public domain since
September 7, 2001. The Emma E. Booker School is only five miles from
the Bradenton Airport, so you, and therefore the children in the
classroom, might have been a target for the terrorists on 9/11. What was the
intention of the Secret Service in allowing you to remain in the Emma
E. Booker Elementary School, even though they were aware America was
under attack?

15. Please explain why you remained at the Sarasota, Florida,
Elementary School for a press conference after you had finished listening to
the children read, when as a terrorist target, your presence potentially
jeopardized the lives of the children?

16. What was the purpose of the several stops of Air Force One on
September 11th? Was Air Force One at any time during the day of September
11th a target of the terrorists? Was Air Force One's code ever breached
on September 11th?

17. Was there a reason for Air Force One lifting off without a
military escort, even after ample time elapsed to allow military jets to
arrive?

18. What prompted your refusal to release the information regarding
foreign sponsorship of the terrorists, as illustrated in the inaccessible
28 redacted pages in the Joint Intelligence Committee Inquiry Report?
What actions have you personally taken since 9/11 to thwart foreign
sponsorship of terrorism?

19. Who approved the flight of the bin Laden family out of the United
States when all commercial flights were grounded, when there was time
for only minimal questioning by the FBI, and especially, when two of
those same individuals had links to WAMY, a charity suspected of funding
terrorism? Why were bin Laden family members granted that special
privilege � a privilege not available to American families whose loved ones
were killed on 9/11?

20. Please explain why no one in any level of our government has yet
been held accountable for the countless failures leading up to and on
9/11?

21. Please comment on the fact that UBL's profile on the FBI's Ten Most
Wanted Fugitives poster does not include the 9/11 attacks. To your
knowledge, when was the last time any agent of our government had contact
with UBL? If prior to 9/11, specifically what was the date of that
contact and what was the context of said meeting.

22. Do you continue to maintain that Saddam Hussein was linked to al
Qaeda? What proof do you have of any connection between al-Qaeda and the
Hussein regime?

23. Which individuals, governments, agencies, institutions, or groups
may have benefited from the attacks of 9/11? Please state specifically
how you think they have benefited.

The Family Steering Committee for the 9/11 Independent
Commission – http://www.911independentcommission.org

To find out more, please attend the upcoming 3/26, 3/27, 3/28 International 9-11 Inquiry in San Francisco.
See: http://www.deceptiondollar.com/Inquiry911.htm, http://www.911visibility.org and 911truth.org.



MASS FAX, PHONE, EMAIL CAMPAIGN FOR 9-11 TRUTH - Spread the Word!!

MARCH 22 - MARCH 24 - Mark Your Calendar!!

PLEASE CONTACT the below on the above 3 days, and NOW, following the Bush Ads release.

Fax if you have a fax machine, but call and email all these numbers and attempt to discuss politely in detail the 23 questions of the 9-11 Family Steering Committee that are not being asked with as many staff people at the below numbers as you can. The message to impart to these offices is below. Please urge all you know to participate in this historic phone/fax/email campaign for truth 3/22 thru 3/24, and NOW!

CBS Evening News, Saturday and Sunday editions:
E-MAIL: weekends [at] cbsnews.com
PHONE: (212) 975-3247

CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
E-MAIL: evening [at] cbsnews.com
scams [at] cbsnews.com .
PHONE: (212) 975-3247

ABC News:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/WorldNewsTonight/WNT_newemail_form.html

NBC/MSNBC:
World [at] MSNBC.com
Nightly [at] NBC.com
hardball [at] msnbc.com
countdown [at] msnbc.com
Imus [at] msnbc.com
Dateline [at] NBC.com

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?3
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?2
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?5
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?6
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?7
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?8
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?73
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?18
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?13
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?19

FOX News:
Comments [at] foxnews.com
Atlarge [at] foxnews.com
Hannity [at] foxnews.com
Beyondthenews [at] foxnews.com
Colmes [at] foxnews.com
Bullsandbears [at] foxnews.com
Heartland [at] foxnews.com
Ontherecord [at] foxnews.com
Cavuto [at] foxnews.com
Dayside [at] foxnews.com
Special [at] foxnews.com
Forbes [at] foxnews.com
Studiob [at] foxnews.com
Friends [at] foxnews.com
Beltway [at] foxnews.com
Foxmagazine [at] foxnews.com
Myword [at] foxnews.com
Comments [at] foxnews.com
Oreilly [at] foxnews.com
FNS [at] foxnews.com
Newswatch [at] foxnews.com

NY Times NEWS DEPARTMENT:
nytnews [at] nytimes.com
1-888-NYT-NEWS.
executive-editor [at] nytimes.com
managing-editor [at] nytimes.com
news-tips [at] nytimes.com; the-arts [at] nytimes.com
bizday [at] nytimes.com; foreign [at] nytimes.com
metro [at] nytimes.com; national [at] nytimes.com

SF Chronicle:
(415) 777-1111
National . . . (415) 777-7430
Editorial News City Desk . . . (415) 777-7100
Letters [at] sfchronicle.com, chronfeedback [at] sfchronicle.com

John Kerry for President, Inc.
info [at] johnkerry.com
202-548-6800
202-548-6801 (fax)

Edwards for President
Phone: (919) 785-1900
E-mail: Info [at] JohnEdwards2004.com
Chelsea Wilson (Raleigh Headquarters Volunteer Information)
E-mail: CWilson [at] JohnEdwards2004.com

Kucinich for President
(216) 889-2004
Fax: (216) 251-5974

Sharpton 2004
Telephone: (888) 303-4903
Fax: (888) 303-4903

Drew University President’s Office - 9-11 Chairman Kean is President of
Drew
President: Thomas H. Kean, 973/408-3100
cadm [at] drew.edu
Fax: 973/408-3068
Fax: 973/408-3242
Fax: 973/408-3242

9-11 Commission:
Washington Office*
Tel: (202) 331-4060
Fax: (202) 296-5545 info [at] 9-11Commission.gov

New York Office
Tel: (212) 264-1505
Fax: (212) 264-1595
info [at] 9-11Commission.gov

Thomas H. Kean Chair
Lee H. Hamilton Vice Chair
Richard Ben-Veniste
Fred F. Fielding
Jamie S. Gorelick
Slade Gorton
Bob Kerrey
John F. Lehman
Timothy J. Roemer
James R. Thompson

Senator Tom Daschle
(202) 224-2321
Aberdeen: (605) 225-8823
Rapid City: (605) 348-7551
Sioux Falls: (605) 334-9596
Fax: (202) 224-6603
http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/webform.html

Congressman J. Dennis Hastert D.C. Office
Phone: 202-225-2976
Fax: 202-225-0697
Batavia District Office
Phone: 630-406-1114
Fax: 630-406-1808
Dixon Regional Office
Phone: 815-288-0680
Fax: 815-288-0743
Geneseo Regional Office
Phone: 309-944-3558

CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY PELOSI:
(202) 225-4965
fax (202) 225-8259
sf.nancy [at] mail.house.gov
(415) 556-4862

SENATOR BILL FRIST:
202-224-3344
202-228-1264 (fax)
615-352-9411
615-352-9985 (fax)



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