Questions to be Answered

Questions to be Answered (as of January, 2003)

SEC

1. What are the names of the individuals and the financial institutions who placed "put" orders on American Airlines and United Airlines for the 3 weeks prior to 9/11? Who has possession of these monies?

INS

1. Who approved the posthumous visa requests of Atta and Al-shehhi?

2. Whose job was it to check on the validity of student visas? Specifically, Hani Hanjour entered this country on a student visa and never attended class. Who was responsible for this?

3. What countries did the terrorists enter this country from? Specifically, when, where, and how did they enter this country? What country of origin were the terrorists' passports from? Under what names were their passports?

4. In 1996 Congress gave $800 million to the INS to upgrade its computer systems. To date, those systems remain antiquated. Where is this money? Whose responsibility was it to oversee that this was carried out?

5. Why was the CIPRIS (the Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students – created by Congress in 1996) system not used to track foreign students after it was recommended by the National Commission on Terrorism in 1998 and was so effective in trials?

6. Three hijackers obtained visas under an accelerated approval program, called Visa Express at travel agencies in Saudi Arabia. Visa Express had only been in place for three months before September 11, 2001. Saudi Arabia is the only country with known terrorist risks which had this accelerated approval. Who initiated this process and what was the reason given for instituting the program? Why were incomplete and erroneously filled out visa applications of the hijackers approved?

FAA

1. A flight attendant on AA#11 notified her supervisor within the first few minutes of the plane being overtaken. What was the name of this supervisor? What exactly did he do with this information? Why was NORAD not immediately notified? What are the names of the individuals whose responsibility centers upon notifying NORAD in situations like this--on the local, regional, and national levels? Why was the protocol not followed?

2. Why were these four planes able to evade all radar ? Even when the transponders are disconnected, a plane is still able to be located by its "skin" on radar screens.

3. Was there a gun on AA#11? FAA executive summary stated that a gun was fired. This report was thereafter redacted. What is the truth?

4. Where did the information about box-cutters come from? How do we know that the terrorists were armed with these? Furthermore, why was the American public told after 9/11 that box-cutters were allowed on planes, when we have since come to find out that they were specifically listed as airline contraband? Who is responsible for this disinformation?

5. Where are the "black boxes" and the transcripts from all four crash sites? Why has the FBI not invited the NTSB into the investigation?

6. Nine of the hijackers were selected for special security screenings, two for irregularities in identification documents, six for extra-scrutiny by a computer screening program and one because he was traveling with a questionable individual. What exactly were the irregularities in identification? Which two had these irregularities? What is the name of the individual who made the decision to let these two men board the planes? What was done during the course of the detainment of these two individuals? What questions were asked? Was anything confiscated? With regard to the remaining seven hijackers, what was the list of questions asked of them? Who interrogated them? Was anything confiscated? What is the name of the individual who permitted these men to board the planes? Where are the logs and records and incident reports from these detainments?

7. Why was Logan Airport not sanctioned for its repeated failure to meet FAA standards for airline security? If they were sanctioned, how much were they fined? Did they completely pay the fine? What is the name of the individual who was responsible for making sure that Logan Airport met its airport/airline security requirements?

8. Where are all transcripts from Air Traffic Control? Where are all logs and records from the FAA?

9. Why did three foreign owned airline security screening companies have their liability levels capped in the Homeland Security Bill? Who is responsible for this? What was the reasoning?

Port Authority/WTC/City of New York

1. WTC was not up to "code" with regard to their fireproofing. Whose responsibility was it to ensure that these buildings were built to "code"? What is the name of the individual who was responsible to ensure that all buildings were maintained?

2. Why were WTC emergency evacuation protocols not followed?

3. Why were the roof access doors locked?

4. Why were the sprinkler systems locked?

5. Why was there no roof-top evacuation?

6. What is the name of the individual who made the announcement in 2 WTC who told workers to return to their offices?

7. In light of the 1993 bombings, what additional security precautions were put into effect?

8. The Port Authority of NY/NJ owns and operates Newark International Airport. They also owned and operated the WTC. Please explain the failure of the Port Authority to coordinate and act on the information about the second plane heading for the South Tower when they had this information available to them by their own Air Traffic Control Center. They had eleven minutes of notice that the plane was bearing down on Tower Two and yet, they told people that the building was safe and secure.

9. Why won't the Port Authority in concert with the City of NY release the 9/11 tapes?

10. What was the City of NY and the Port Authority told about these numerous warnings, which occurred over a period of years, and the dozens of warnings in the months preceding 9/11?

11. If they were told nothing about the warnings, why were they told nothing? If they were told, why did the City of NY and the Port Authority do nothing?

12. Why was the World Trade Center steel removed so quickly, without being examined, from the scene of a mass murder? Who ordered the removal of the steel?

Secret Service

1. Why was President Bush not immediately evacuated from the Sarasota school, but rather was permitted to remain in the building after the second building was hit and this nation was under attack? Why was protocol not followed? Was President Bush deemed to be in the "zone of danger"? If so, at exactly, what time was he put in the "zone of danger"?

2. Where is the log and record of the Secret Service agents? Where is the incident report?

NORAD

1. At precisely what time was NORAD notified of each plane being hijacked? What was their response? What is the name of the individual who determined from which bases the F-16s should be scrambled from? What are the names of the pilots of these f-16s?

2. Whose decision was it to not utilize the F-16s' weapons?

3. Whose decision was it to not fly the F-16s at maximum speed?

4. Why didn't the F-16s intercept the hijacked airliners?

5. Please draw up a chart of NORAD's response to the Payne Stewart Lear jet incident vs. the 9/11 incident. Why was protocol not followed on 9/11? What is the name of the individual who did not follow protocol? Where are the transcripts from the F-16s? Where is the log and record from NORAD?

6. What satellites were orbiting North American airspace on 9/11? What exactly does the satellite imaging reveal? What companies own these satellites? Where are the records and logs for these orbits?

FBI/CIA/NSA

1. At a point in time when there was a "high level of chatter" why were the NSA warnings not translated on time? What information was contained in the warnings, specifically?

2. What agency obtained the photo of Atta at the ATM machine in rural Maine less than 48 hours after September 11th? Was Atta under surveillance? Where are the logs and records from the Boston FBI field office for the months June through September?

3. What degree of probable cause was Moussouai being held under when he was arrested in mid-August? What is the name of the individual who turned down the request for the search warrant? What is the name of the supervisor who was overseeing the Moussouai case? Where the transcripts from the original detainment hearing for Moussouai?

4. What is the name of the CIA operative who delivered Bin Laden to an American hospital in Dubai in July of 2001?

5. What is the name of the individual who decided to fly the Bin Laden family back to Saudi Arabia on the night of September 11th?

6. Please give a list of positive defensive postures that this country took on the morning of 9/11.

7. At exactly what time was the shadow government put in place?

8. Was the White House a target on 9/11?

9. At exactly what time was the White House evacuated? Who was in charge of this country on the morning of 9/11?

10. Please explain the United States' position with regard to the UNOCAL pipeline in Afghanistan and the position of our troops in Afghanistan prior to 9/11.

11. The Hart Rudman Report was issued in 2001, many taxpayer dollars were spent. What steps were taken, if any, to implement some of the changes put forward by that report?

12. "A briefing prepared for senior government officials at the beginning of July, 2001, contained the following language: Based on a review of all source reporting over the last five months, we believe that UBL (Usama bin Laden) will launch a significant attack against U.S. and/or Israeli interests in the coming weeks. The attack will be spectacular and designed to inflict mass casualties against U.S. facilities or interests. Attack preparations have been made. Attack will occur with little or no warning." How did Bush and his team respond to this dramatic and accurate warning? What intelligence was this heads-up based upon?

13. What did the FBI tell the NYPD in their Joint Terrorism Task Force regarding the numerous warnings about NYC being a terrorist target and the possibility of NYC and the WTC being hit by planes? What is the name of the FBI agent?

14. What interaction did our government have with the Taliban prior to September 11, 2001?

15. Prior to September 11, 2001, were warnings regarding the impending attacks received from agencies of foreign governments? When and from where were they sent? What was the nature of the warnings? What, if any, security precautions were taken as a result of the warnings?

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.

Questions about Al Qaeda and State Sponsored Terrorism

Questions about Al Qaeda and State Sponsored Terrorism

1) What connections did our government have with the terrorists prior to 9/11?

· State department negotiations with Taliban re: pipeline through Afghanistan
· interaction with the Taliban and/or Bin Laden
· CIA training and arming of terrorists

2) What is the state of the Afghan pipeline now?

· When was the deal to construct it finalized?
· Who was involved?
· How is the pipeline being protected?
· Who profits from the connections as the pipeline passes through each country?
· Who has rights to the pipeline?

3) Why isn't Saudi Arabia on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism?

4) Why are the FBI and CIA seeking to exclude evidence about Saudi involvement with terrorists (See Exclusive: CIA and FBI press Congress to exclude intelligence on the Saudi role with 9/11 terrorists by Linda Robinson and Edward T. Pound: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/usinfo/press/saudi.htm )

5) In what ways might our government's policies toward Saudi Arabia have contributed to September 11th?

6) Why was Saudi Arabia given preferential treatment above all other nations in immigration? (Visa Express)

· What was the reason for creating the Visa Express?
· Prior to Sept. 11, Visa Express permitted approximately 97 percent of Saudi applicants to obtain visas without face-to-face interviews http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,73485,00.html

7) Why were the Saudi relatives whisked out of America so quickly when other planes were grounded after the attacks?

· Who gave permission for them to leave?

8) On September 9th the president had a war plan on his desk to go into Afghanistan.

· What was the origin of this plan?
· Why was this plan drawn up even before the September 11th attacks?

9) Intelligence was told in March of 2001 to back off investigating terrorists.

· Who gave the order?
· Why?

10) Why did Donald Rumsfeld, immediately after the September 11 th attack, say that Saddam Hussein was involved?

11) Does the FBI have proof that it was in fact Al Qaeda that perpetrated 9/11?

· Do they know if the names the hijackers used were their real names?

12) Did Atif Ahmad have a connection to Atta as well as to Moussaoui?

· Is Atif Ahmed a British double agent?

13) What is the truth about the arrest of El Atriss who sold fake IDs to two 9/11 terrorists? There are discrepancies between the NY Times and Washington Post accounts of his arrest and release.

· Atriss is an Egyptian national who committed a crime. Why hasn't he been deported?

14) Who were the terrorist informants working with the FBI?

a.) What did the FBI learn from them?
b.) What were the 9/11 warnings provided by these informants?
c.) What was done with these warnings to protect the American public?

15) How did and do US energy policies play into Islamic terrorism?

· the Caspian Sea pipeline?
· Dick Cheney's energy task force?

16) How do corporate and big business interests play into foreign policy decisions?

· Enron pre 9/11; Halliburton, Bechtel pre and post 9/11?
· What are the names of the companies which are getting contracts in foreign countries and how do they influence our foreign policy?

17) What role did American think tanks, which make policy recommendations to the
administration, play in American foreign policy decisions and the proliferation of Al Qaeda?

18) Regarding sharing of intelligence pre and post 9/11:

· Did U.S. intelligence agencies share information about Al Qaeda with foreign governments?
· Did foreign governments share information with our government about Al Qaeda?
· If so, what information was shared about threats within the U.S. and from which countries did it come?
· Who received this information and what did they do with it?
· What changes have been made in sharing intelligence?

19) Why did President Bush specifically request a briefing on Al Qaeda in August 2001?

20) What is the connection between the Bush family and Bin Laden?

21) Regarding the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), which is a collaboration between the FBI and NYPD, also at times NYS Police, NY/NJ Port Authority PD and the US Secret Service:

· Was the JTTF aware of 20 warnings of an impending terrorist which were mentioned in Joint Intelligence Inquiry testimony?
· What did the JTTF know prior to 9/11 regarding potential terrorist attacks in NYC and specifically, the WTC?
· Was the JTTF informed of any warnings regarding the impending attacks from agencies of foreign governments?
· What was the nature of the warnings?
· What if any security precautions were taken as a result of the warnings?
· What information did the JTTF pass up the chain of command?

22) On the issue of state sponsored terrorism:

· Why did Mahmood Ahmed, Director of Pakistan's secret service, the (ISI) order Saeed Sheikh to wire $100,000 to hijacker Mohamed Atta?
· What was Mahmood Ahmed's relationship with Al Qaeda?
· Where did the money come from?
· Did officials in Pakistan know in advance about the terrorist attack?
· On September 11 th , Mahmood Ahmed had a breakfast meeting in Washington, D.C., with House and Senate Intelligence Committee chairmen, Rep. Porter Goss and Senator Bob Graham. What were they discussing?

23) To combat terrorism:

· What sanctions can the U.S. place on individuals of non-terrorist states who aided and abetted terrorists through funding or other means?
· If there is no recourse, will the CIA continue to monitor their activities in the future?
· Will the State Department and other allied countries seek to ban their entry into the U.S. and their nations?
· How long does an individual remain a terrorist threat according to our policies?
· Will those individuals be banned from doing business with the U.S.?
· Since September 11 th , has our government developed specific policies regarding individual sponsors of terrorism?

24) Were individuals with ties to terrorists or states which sponsor terrorism involved in shorting airline and other stocks which were impacted by the terrorist attacks on September 11th?

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.

Questions About Congressional Oversight

Questions about Congressional Oversight regarding the CIA, FBI, FAA, NORAD, INS

1. From 1998 on, what steps did you take in light of the growing terrorist threat to ensure that our security agencies were functioning at their maximum and in tandem with each other for our utmost safety?

2. What assessments did you undertake to ensure that their computers and other equipment were state of the art to ensure that the information system available to them met their requirements for the tasks involved? Has this assessment system been improved since September 11th?

2. Please explain why any government authority is exempt from federal, state and local fire and building codes. Comment: For the safety of all Americans, every building in the United States where people live, work or visit, should be required to meet all codes---no exceptions.

Oversight regarding Energy and Foreign Policy

3. Since the 1973 oil embargo, it has been apparent that dependence on foreign fuel sources is a problem. Bin Laden resented American’s support for the House of Saud and abhorred American military and economic presence in Saudi Arabia. As a result, the symbol of global trade, the World Trade Center, and our military, the Pentagon, were targeted on September 11th. Why hasn’t Congress mandated fast track development of alternative fuels, so that America is no longer dependent on unstable/unfriendly nations for fuel?

Questions for the FBI and US Customs

Questions for the FBI and US Customs and Ptech

Regarding Operation Greenquest:

1. What were the findings and conclusions of the FBI/U.S. Customs investigation code- named Operation Greenquest.?

The company's Web site reveals a list of customers that is a who's-who of sensitive government agencies, including the Naval Air Systems Command, NATO, the House of Representatives and the Department of Energy, which handles security for nuclear weapons and material. Experts said Ptech had easy access to the computer systems of those agencies and that a link to terror groups could signal a breakdown in national security.

They [Ptech officials] know what kind of information is stored. They know what kind of equipment that information is stored on at a given branch," said Robert Richardson, a security analyst with the Computer Security Institute.

"They may even know something about the vulnerability of those systems."
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/DailyNews/terror_raid021206.html

2. Was Ptech secretly owned by Qassin al-Kadi, a Saudi businessman suspected of funneling millions of dollars to al Qaeda? If so, how long has he owned the company?

3. Was there any evidence that al Qaeda had gained access to secrets about government agency computer systems via software provided by Ptech? If so which agencies were vulnerable?
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/DailyNews/terror_raid021206.html

4. The FBI field office in Boston was alerted by employees that Ptech was owned by al-Kadi, a Saudi multimillionaire with suspected links to terrorist financing. The employees feel that their concerns were downplayed by the Boston office. They then took their concerns to U.S.Customs which initiated an investigation. Did the FBI investigate the connection between P-Tech, al-Kadi and terrorist money trails? If not, why not. At what point did the FBI join the U.S. Customs investigation?
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/DailyNews/terror_raid021206.html

5. Did the investigation turn up any malicious code or “backdoors” in Ptech software used by so many sensitive government agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Energy?

“One of the most sensitive contracts in Ptech's portfolio includes support work for the DOE's plutonium cleanup effort at the Rocky Flats facility, which was once used to develop nuclear weapons.”
http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2002/0,4814,76491,00.html

6. Who is responsible for vetting companies (owners and employees) whose products or technology are involved in sensitive security projects? What safeguards do we have in place to protect against businesses owned by those with possible terrorist ties?

Military Purchase Order

Please investigate this Dec. 15, 2000 purchase order:

"Description: The 11th Contracting Squadron intends to issue, on a sole source basis, a Firm-Fixed Price Modification to existing Purchase Order F49642-01-P0011. Worldwide News Inc (doing business as UPI) will provide News Wire Services to the National Military Command Center from 1 Jan 01 _ 30 Sep 01. This synopsis is a notice of contract action and shall not be considered a request for offers. See Numbered Note 22”
http://www.fbodaily.com/cbd/archive/2000/12(December)/19-Dec-2000/spmsc012.htm

According to news reports, Worldwide News Inc, owned by a Saudi corporation, sold UPI in May, 2000, to News World Communications, associated with the Moon sect. http://cisar.org/000516d.htm

1) How then could Worldwide News, doing business as UPI, be named in a purchase order in Dec., 2000?

2) This order is for news wire services at our National Military Command Center. Why is any foreign owned news service permitted on the presumably secure premises?

3) Is it possible that the hijackers somehow found out about the planned drill from reporters at the National Military Command Center?

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.

Questions About Forewarning

Forewarning: Questions about who knew what - BEFORE September 11. 2001?

Willie Brown, former Mayor of San Francisco

Brown received a warning about 10 PM on the evening of September 10 to be cautious about air travel. He was scheduled to fly to into New York City. Brown refuses to say exactly who gave him the prescient warning, citing only “my security people at the airport.”
San Francisco Chronicle, September 12, 2001
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/12/MN229389.DTL

1. Who passed along the warning?

2. What exactly were you told?

3. Who alerted your security people?

4. Where did their information come from?

5. How often did you receive such cautionary warnings?

Salman Rushdie, author

The FAA refused to let author Salman Rushdie fly in North America starting the week before 9/11. From the Times of London:

“On September 3 the Federal Aviation Authority made an emergency ruling to prevent Mr Rushdie from flying unless airlines complied with strict and costly security measures. Mr Rushdie told The Times that the airlines would not upgrade their security.

The FAA confirmed that it had banned Rushdie from flying in the US and Canada but refused to say why. The author himself--who is famously hated by Muslims for his novel The Satanic Verses--says he believes the authorities knew the attack was coming.”
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/terrorism/content_objectid=11332443 _method=full_siteid=50142_headline=-Rushdie%2D%2Dgiven%2DUS%2Dair%2Dban%2Dweek% 2Dbefore%2Dterrorist%2Dattacks%2D%2D-name_page.html

Delmart “Mike” Vreeland, who claims to be a Navy Lieutenant assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)

Vreeland was largely discredited by mainstream press. However, his case may warrant a closer look in light of the fact that even though he has an extensive arrest record, the FBI apparently has no fingerprints on him.

Vreeland claims that while he was in Russia, he obtained information about the September 11 attack in advance. In August, 2001, when he was arrested in Canada, he allegedly gave a sealed note to his jailers containing information about the attack, but it was not opened until after September 11th. This is confirmed in court documents. Interestingly, Russia is also where convicted traitor and former FBI agent Robert Hanssen sold Promis software. Somehow, Promis software ended up in bin Laden’s hands.
http://www.guerrillanews.com/wildcard/vreeland_one

1. Please explain how you came to have information about the planned terrorist attack.

2. Whom did you tell?

High-ranking Pentagon officials who cancelled travel plans for the morning of September 11 “…apparently because of security concerns.” - Newsweek, September 24, 2001 issue

1. Specifically, what were those concerns and from whom did they originate?

2. Was this information shared with any other government officials?

Odigo employees who received IM warning two hours before attack http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=77744&contrassID=/has\

1. Did the message specify the kind of attack?

2. Did you alert the police, FBI or anyone at the World Trade Center?

Kenneth Katzman, specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division and author of the Congressional Research Service ( CSR) Report:

“Terrorism: Near Eastern Groups and State Sponsors, 2001”, dated September 10, 2001 In it, you wrote, “Signs continue to point to a decline in state sponsorship of terrorism, as well as a rise in the scope of threat posed by the independent network of the followers of exiled Saudi dissident Usama bin Ladin… Based on U.S. allegations of past plotting by the bin Ladin network, suggest that the network wants to strike within the United States itself.”

You also indicated that Al Qaida cells were “allegedly inside the United States itself." http://www.mipt.org/pdf/crs_rl31119.pdf

1. Specifically, what information or research led to your conclusions about bin Laden’s network?

2. Who in Congress requested this report on Terrorism?

3.Are CRS reports ever shared with the National Security Council or individual members on it?

4. Have the cells within the U.S. been dismantled and conspirators brought to justice? Why or why not? If not, what percent have been dismantled and how many people are involved that have yet to be brought to justice?

James Woods, actor

In an interview, Woods said he was alarmed by the behavior of four Arab men in first class on an August 1, 2001, flight from Boston to Los Angeles and he spoke to the crew about the possibility that they planned to hijack the planes. Those four men were later identified as four of the hijackers. Woods indicated that a compliant was filed with the FAA. http://www.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=7651

1. What were the behaviors which alarmed you?

2. Did you ever receive an official response to your complaint from either the airline or the FAA?

NOTE: we are still waiting for answers.

Questions for Mayor Rudy Giuliani

Questions for Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Members of his Administration:

1. A few short weeks after 9/11, tons of metal from the collapsed twin towers was sold to scrap yards in New Jersey. Thereafter, the steel was re-sold to other recyclers in the United States and overseas. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the “scrap” has ended up in India, Japan, South Korea, China and Malaysia.

It is the FSC’s position that the thousands of pounds of debris was crime-scene evidence. It should have been examined, catalogued, and stored in a secure location.

Why were the steel beams sold and shipped overseas and not retained as evidence? Was the material examined before it was sent overseas? If examined, then by whom? Were any diagnostic studies/tests performed? If not, then why? Whose responsibility was this?

Former FBI Acting Director Thomas Pickard said that the FBI wanted to take over Ground Zero and make it a crime scene as was done at the Pentagon. If that had occurred all materials from the scene would have been protected until an investigation was complete. Pickard also stated that you, Mayor Giuliani, would not allow the FBI access to the pit area. Is this accurate? If so, then what was your reason for keeping the nation’s chief investigatory team—the FBI, out of Ground Zero?

2. On 9/11, rooftop doors to both of the World Trade Center towers were locked. Thus, rooftop rescue by helicopter was impossible. Who made the decision to lock the rooftop doors? When was this decision made? Why was this decision made? Whose responsibility was it to communicate to the building leaseholders and occupants that rooftop doors would be locked in the event of a catastrophe and/or emergency? Did locking the rooftop doors violate New York City or New York State building codes?

3. Firefighters lost their lives on 9/11 due to faulty equipment, such as radios. These were the same radios that failed in 1993. Who was in charge of buying and testing equipment for the firefighters? During your administration were there any requests by either the NYPD or FDNY to increase budget appropriations for emergency apparatus such as radios?

4. Many high level officials were warned not to fly commercially, prior to 9/11. Were you warned not to fly?

5. As Mayor of New York City, did you interface with either the FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) or the FBI’s Bin Laden Unit from January 2001 to September 11, 2001? If so, what was the extent of your communications with them? What actions, if any, were taken on behalf of your administration at the request of the JTTF or the Bin Laden Unit?

6. What precautions were put in place after the 1993 WTC bombing to protect the citizens of New York City and the occupants of the WTC in the likely event of another attack?

7. After the 1993 bombing of the WTC, what, if any, measures were taken to ensure that in the next emergency, the evacuation of the WTC occupants would be swifter, more methodical, and more decisive?

8. What "Memorandums of Understanding,"(MOUs) if any, were in effect between the PA of NY&NJ, the City of New York, the FDNY and any other emergency agency that would address the need to respond to an emergency at the WTC? What legal implications, if any, did these MOU’s have? If they had no legally binding effect, then for what purpose did such agreements exist?

9. What, if any, emergency plan did the City of New York have in place prior to and/or on 9/11, considering that NYC was a "prime" terrorist target?

10. Why did you ask to have your records as Mayor of New York City sealed for 25 years?

11. Was there ever a recommendation to improve the venting of the emergency stairwells in the WTC after the 1993 bombing and if so, was it ever done?

12. Mr. Giuliani, several members of the Family Steering Committee attended a meeting with you in 2002 at which time you told us that you were against, and would not support, the formation of an independent commission to examine the events of 9/11.

Why did you oppose the creation of this commission? Given the revelations that have emerged during commission hearings, do you still regard their work as unimportant and unnecessary? Do you now believe it is beneficial to have the public well informed about the actions of the government, its agencies and its public officials?

13. On 9/11, no aircraft hit WTC 7. Why did the building fall at 5:20 PM that evening? Larry Silverstein is heard on a PBS tape saying "I remember getting a call from the, E.R., fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, "We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it." And they made that decision to pull and we watched the [WTC 7] building collapse," said Larry Silverstein, WTC Leaseholder. - PBS (9/10/02) Does "pull" mean demolished? What do you know about this?

14. Regarding the air quality of Ground Zero during and after the 9/11 attacks, did the City of New York at any time carryout screenings or tests independent of the EPA? If so, what were the results of those tests? Immediately after 9/11 did you, Mayor Giuliani, have any conversations with Christine Whitman about the air quality at Ground Zero and lower Manhattan? Where are all records of these conversations? What was the substance of these conversations? What actions were taken or not taken as a result of Ms. Whitman’s opinions or recommendations? Were you in agreement with Ms. Whitman’s official position to not deem Ground Zero a superfund site? If so, what was the basis of your reason?

15. On the morning of 9/11 Battalion Chief Pfeiffer stated over an open emergency radio that Flight 11 hitting WTC 1 was, “not an accident”. At exactly what time did you consider the City of NY under attack? Was it before or after the second plane had hit WTC 2?

16. During the summer of 2001 what contact did you have with the FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force and FBI Headquarters? Former FBI Acting Director Thomas Pickard has said that the FBI shared all information concerning possible terrorist threats with NYC officials. What precautions and protocols did you enact as a result of JTTF information? What precautions and protocols did you enact as a result of the credible threat posed by al-Qaeda during the week of sentencing at the Embassy bombing trial at the Federal Courthouse in downtown New York City?

17. Please detail all contact you had during the summer of 2001 with FEMA. What actions were carried out at the direction of FEMA? Specifically, what was the content of your conversations with Mr. Joe Allbaugh?

18. Please explain the presence of the FBI at the WTC during the two weeks prior to 9/11. Were you informed of their increased surveillance? How was the City of New York included in such increased surveillance? What actions were carried out by the NYPD to facilitate the FBI’s increased surveillance?

19. Mr. Giuliani, immediately following the attacks an after action report was ordered for the Pentagon. Was a similar report ordered for New York City? If not, why not?

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.

Questions For Jeb Bush

Questions for Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida:

1. Why was the Florida National Guard called up in the state of Florida on September 7th, 2001 in order to help handle “civil disturbance” and “acts of terrorism”?
Note that this original link is no longer available: http://www.state.fl.us/eog_new/eog/orders/2001/september/eo2001-261-09-07-01.html

2. 9/11 Widow Mariani’s open letter to the President charges that you removed documents from Huffman Aviation which were put on a C130 government cargo plane and flown out of the country. http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0311/S00262.htm
• What information was in those documents?
• Why were they removed?
• Where are they now?

This is her letter with even more questions: 911 Victim Ellen Mariani Open Letter To The POTUS

Press Release: Ellen Mariani Lawsuit, Thursday, 27 November 2003

Open Letter To The President Of The United States:

Mr. Bush,

This ''open letter'' is coming from my heart. I want you to know that I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat and that this is not an attempt to ''bash the Government''.

You Mr. Bush should be held responsible and liable for any and all acts that were committed to aid in any "cover up" of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. As President you have a duty to protect the American people. On September 11th you did not instruct your staff to issue a nationwide emergency warning/alert to advise us of the attack on America. We had to receive the news of the attacks via the news networks.

In the months leading up to the attacks you were repeatedly advised of a possible attack on American soil. During your daily intelligence briefings you were given information that had been uncovered that the very real possibility existed that certain undesirable elements would use commercial aircraft to destroy certain "target" buildings. You never warned the American people of this possible threat. Who were you protecting?

When you took no responsibility towards protecting the general public from the possibility of attack, you were certainly not upholding the oath you spoke when you took office. In that oath you pledged to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.

On the morning of the attack, you and members of your staff were fully aware of the unfolding events yet you chose to continue on to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School to proceed with a scheduled event and "photo op". While our nation was under attack you did not appear to blink an eye or shed a tear. You continued on as if everything was "business as usual".

In the days following the attacks all air traffic was grounded and Americans, including myself, were stranded wherever they had been when the flight ban was imposed. I was stranded at Midway Airport in Chicago, unable to continue on to California for my daughter's wedding. Imagine my surprise when I later found out that during this "no fly" period a number of people were flown out of the country on a 747 with Arabic lettering on the fuselage. None of these people were interviewed or questioned by any local, State or Federal agencies. Why were they allowed to leave and who exactly was on that flight. We know for a fact that some of the people on the flight were members of (or related to) the royal family of Saudi Arabia and members of the Bin Laden family. Were these people allowed to leave because of the long-standing relationships that your family has with both families?

It is my belief that you intentionally allowed 9/11 to happen to gather public support for a "war on terrorism". These wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq, have not accomplished what you stated were your goals. Why have you not captured Osama Bin Laden? Where are Saddam's weapons of mass destruction? All that has happened is a bill that is passed before Congress for 87 billion dollars to rebuild what you ordered blown to bits. As an American who lost a loved one in the "war on terror" I do pray and support our troops who were sent to Afghanistan and Iraq by you. These troops have and will continue to die for your lies. As an American I can make this statement as it appears that associates of your family may stand to prosper from the rebuilding of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Mr. Bush the time has come for you to stop your control over us. Stop blocking the release of certain evidence and documents that were discovered by the 9/11 Investigation Commission if you have nothing to hide proving you did not fail to act and prevent the attacks of 9/11. Your reason for not releasing this material is that it is a matter of "national security". When in fact I believe that it is your personal credibility/security that you are concerned with. You do not want the public to know the full extent of your responsibility and involvement.

After 9/11 the Patriot Act and Homeland Security Act were passed. Both of these allow the government to tap your telephone, search your home, and seize whatever they feel they need to do on a whim. They can do this without a judge's review or a warrant. I feel that this is in direct conflict with our rights as stated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

We the families of 9/11 victims need to have answers to the following questions:

1. Why were 29 pages of the 9/11committee report personally censored at your request?

2. Where are the "black boxes" from Flight 11 and Flight 175?

3. Where are the "voice recorders" from Flight 11 and Flight 175?

4. Why can't we gain access to the complete air traffic control records for Flight 11 and Flight 175?

5. Where are the airport surveillance tapes that show the passengers boarding the doomed flights?

6. When will complete passenger lists for all of the flights be released?

7. Why did your brother Jeb (the Governor of Florida) go to the offices of the Hoffman Aviation School and order that flight records and files be removed? These files were then put on a C130 government cargo plane and flown out of the country. Where were they taken and who ordered it done?

It has been over two years since hundreds of our lost loved ones "remains" have still yet to be identified and their remains placed in a landfill at Fresh Kill. We want our heroes brought back and given a public and proud resting place where we all can pay our respects and honor them. These innocent people never had a chance as they were taken from us on that sad September Day.

In the court of public opinion Mr. Bush, your lies are being uncovered each day. My husband, all of the other victims and their families and our nation as a whole, has been victimized by your failed leadership prior to and after 9/11!

I will prove this in a court of law!

Questions for INS

Questions for Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

9/11 hijackers, Mohammed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi both received I-20 "Vocational" visas from Huffman Aviation. The OIG report indicates that the school should not have been allowed to issue this type of visa because they were not training people for the appropriate number of hours and were not considered a 'Full Course of Study.'
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/02-05/chapter4.htm#III

1. Why did the INS certify Huffman aviation as a full time vocational school when in fact, it did not qualify? Lack of certification would have prevented it from accepting foreign students here on student visas.

2. Why wasn’t an onsite review conducted at Huffman aviation?

3. Who is responsible for oversight in this matter?

4. Has this problem been rectified or is Huffman still issuing this type of “coveted” visa?

5. Are other facilities issuing visas inappropriately?

6. Have all of the flight schools who have been certified by the INS in the past now been re-evaluated by Homeland Security?

7. Why didn’t the INS’ Miami enforcement office follow-up on a call by David Burns, a private investigator who reported that a large number of people appearing to be foreign nationals were applying for “Conch Republic” passports?

8. Has the INS devised a plan for preventing illegal entry by those who purchase “Conch Republic” passports?

“One of the things troubling federal investigators: Anderson says he has used his Conch Republic passport to enter the United States five times, and enter Caribbean countries multiple times.”
http://www.cooperativeresearch.net/timeline/2001/miamiherald100301b.html

Thomas Fisher, retired, District Director for the INS, Atlanta

1. Please discuss the CIPRIS project that was abandoned in favor of SEVIS

2. What were the reasons it was abandoned?

3. Who spearheaded its abandonment?

Thomas Furey, consul general, U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia, 2000-2001

1. Were you aware of Saudi dissidents, particularly those followers of Osama bin Laden and their opposition to the presence of Americans in Saudi Arabia?

Additonal Suggested witnesses:

Maura Harty, Consular Affairs official

Mary Ryan, Consular Affairs

Diane Andruch, top deputy at CA

1. Why did your testimony before Congress in June 2002 indicate that Visa Express had ended when, in fact, it had not?

Inspector General Glenn Fine, Saudi Arabia - Consulate Representative

1. What directives were you given by the U.S. on how to treat Saudi nationals with regard to visa applications? Who issued them?

2. Did certain individuals or families get preferential treatment?

3. What criteria were used to issue visas to Saudi nationals traveling to the U.S.?

4. Were the criteria always followed?

5. Were there ramifications for not allowing Saudi nationals to travel?

Saudi Arabian Travel Agent(s) issuing visas

1. What criteria were used to issue visas to Saudi nationals traveling to the U.S.?

2. Were the criteria always followed?

3. Were there ramifications for not allowing Saudi nationals to travel?

Michael Springman, former head of the American visa bureau, Jeddah

“MICHAEL SPRINGMAN: In Saudi Arabia I was repeatedly ordered by high level State Dept officials to issue visas to unqualified applicants. These were, essentially, people who had no ties either to Saudi Arabia or to their own country. I complained bitterly at the time there. I returned to the US, I complained to the State Dept here, to the General Accounting Office, to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and to the Inspector General's office. I was met with silence. ”
http://www.gregpalast.com/printerfriendly.cfm?artid=104

1. Please provide an in-depth account of what happened in Saudi Arabia, as well as any documentation you have to substantiate your claims and complaints. From whom did these orders originate?

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.

Questions For Airports, Airlines and Flight Schools

Questions for AIRPORT ADMINISTRATORS: at Logan Airport, Boston, MA; Newark, NJ Airport; Dulles Airport and Washington, DC

1. Do you have security camera film of the hijackers? If not, why not?

2. Specifically, what information/warnings/ alerts did you receive regarding the possibility of hijackings between March 1, 2001 and September 11th, 2001? What precautionary actions were taken as a result?

3. Why weren’t FAA guidelines followed regarding banned items?

Questions for COMERCIAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS: for all ground and air space through which the hijackers passed on September 11th:

1. Please give a specific time and event sequence for the hijacking of the flight you were responsible for.

2. Please describe protocol when air piracy is suspected. Was protocol followed when the aircraft went off course and its transponder turned off? If not, why not?

3. At what point and time did you contact the FAA?

4. Is it true that flight 77 was seen “looping” around D.C.’s restricted airspace prior to crashing into the Pentagon?

5. Why wasn’t Andrews’ Air Force Base, contacted to intercept the hijacked plane?

Questions for INS Personnel on duty September 11th at Logan, Newark and Dulles Airports:

1. Was Mohammed Atta or any other hijacker on any watch list you had access to?

2. Nine of the hijackers received secondary screening before passing through security. Why were they allowed to go through?

Questions for Airport Security personnel on duty September 11th at Logan, Newark and Dulles Airports

1. Why were the hijackers able to pass through security with box cutters and mace or pepper spray which were specifically banned under FAA rules?

American Airlines and United Airlines Personnel

Questions for both airline presidents:

1. Specifically, what information/warnings/ alerts did you receive regarding the possibility of hijackings between March 1, 2001 and September 11th, 2001? What precautionary actions were taken as a result?

2. What precautionary actions were taken in response to FAA warnings beginning in April, 2001:

“APRIL 18, 2001 The FAA sends another warning to U.S. airlines that Middle Eastern terrorists could try to hijack or blow up a U.S. plane and that carriers should ‘demonstrate a high degree of alertness.’ The warning stemmed from the April 6, 2001, conviction of Ahmed Ressam over a failed plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport during the millennium celebrations.”
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/21/phoenix.memo/
[See sidebar—EXTRA INFORMATION, Timeline: Who Knew What and When? Using yellow arrow, navigate to “April 18, 2001”]

3. In the days leading up to the attacks, unusual stock trades in the form of “put options” were noted on both American and United Airlines.

4a. Did either Airline note the changes and think that something untoward might be transpiring?

4b Wouldn’t such transactions cause the airlines to be concerned about their financial/safety well-being or vulnerabilities?

5. Why weren’t FAA guidelines followed regarding banned items, such as box cutter and mace or pepper spray?

6. Have the passenger manifests been released? If not, why not?

7. Were there any discrepancies in the manifests?

• Did the names and number of passengers match?
• Were each of the hijackers listed on the manifest and assigned to a seat?
• Have all passengers been identified by DNA?

8. Have all the black boxes and voice recorders been recovered? If so, where are they? What information about the hijacking do they provide?

9. What communication did the crew have with the airline and/or the control tower or other aircraft prior to/during the hijacking?

10. Please explain the unusually light passenger load of the four hijacked planes. Were there seats purchased for whom no one showed up? If so, please be specific about the number on each flight, who purchased the seats and the purchase point.

Questions for Michael Woodward, American Airlines flight service manager

1. Was flight attendant Amy Sweeney’s call to you tape recorded? If so, where is the tape?

2. Do you have the notes you took during her call? If not, where are they?

3. Please recount the conversation you had with flight attendant Amy Sweeney while she was onboard the hijacked plane, American Airlines Flight 11.

• Did she say that a passenger had been shot?
• Did she indicate that the hijackers had a bomb with yellow wires attached?
http://www.boston.com/news/packages/underattack/news/planes_reconstruction.htm

Suggestions for other airline personnel to be interviewed:

Ticket Counter Personnel
Supervisor
Manager
Airport boarding gate personnel
Check-in personnel at plane
Contact personnel on the ground
Airplane cleaning crews

Question Flight schools

Each flight school should provide an official evaluation and detailed assessment of the piloting skills of each hijacker who attended that school, as well as the starting and ending dates of their participation in the training. In addition, it is recommendeded that the following individuals be interviewed regarding protocol for admitting foreign students, verifying their immigration status, system-wide evaluation standards and their recommendations for improving the security of the private flight schools.

Arne Kruithof, Florida Flight Training, Venice, Fl

Terrell W. Harrison, Spartan School of Aeronautics, Norman, Oklahoma

Flight instructors, Pan Am International Flight Academy, Phoenix Arizona, who called the FAA about Hani Hanjour ; Pan Am International Flight Academy, Eagan, Minnesota who called in the tip on Moussaoui. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1576/913687.html

Owner and Flight instructors, Airman Flight School, Norman, Oklahoma

Rudi Dekkers, Huffman Aviation, Venice, Florida

1. Did you actively recruit Mohammed Atta and Marwan Alshehri, the "terrorists" believed to have piloted a plane into the World Trade Center Towers?

2. Please explain the discrepancy between your Congressional testimony and that of eyewitnesses who dispute your relationship with Atta and the time when Atta left Venice, Florida. http://www.independence.net/ftw/free/ww3/031403_dekkers.html

Question for all flight school owners: Are flight schools responsible for knowing where students get their finances for pilot training? If so, did your school check the financial background of the terrorist pilots before allowing them to train?

Secure Military Bases

“U.S. military sources have given the FBI information that suggests five of the alleged hijackers of the planes that were used in Tuesday’s terror attacks received training at secure U.S. military installations in the 1990s. Another of the alleged hijackers may have been trained in strategy and tactics at the Air War College in Montgomery, Ala., said another high-ranking Pentagon official. The fifth man may have received language instruction at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

Knight Ridder news service provided more specific details of the findings. Mohamed Atta had attended International Officers School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama; Abdulaziz Alomari had attended Aerospace Medical School at Brooks Air Force base in Texas; and Saeed Alghamdi had been to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California.” http://www.mediamonitors.net/mosaddeq36.html#_ednref98 p.12

Commanders:

1. Were any of these bases involved in “exercises” on the morning of 9/11? If so, were or could have any of your pilots been diverted to intercept the hijacked planes?

2. Given the events unfolding in NY, DC, and PA, did any of your bases or pilots inquire about flying to intercept the hijacked planes or give military cover to any of the cities involved?

3. If so, were any of these bases or individuals told to stand down?

• Pensacola Naval Station, Pensacola, FL
• Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX
• Air War College, Montgomery, AL
• Maxwell Air Force Base, International Officers School, Montgomery, AL
[re: Mohammed Atta]
• The Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA [re: Saeed Alghamdi]
• Brooks Air Force Base, TX, Brooks Medical School, [re: Abdulaziz Alomari]

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.

Questions For United States Strategic Command

Admiral Richard W. Mies, former Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command

“The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is located at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. “USSTRATCOM is the command and control center for U.S. strategic forces and controls military space operations, computer network operations, information operations, strategic warning and intelligence assessments as well as global strategic planning. The command is responsible for both early warning of and defense against missile attack and long-range conventional attacks…” http://www.stratcom.af.mil

On September 11th:

1. Was USSTRATCOM notified of the any of the four hijackings? If so, by whom and at what time?

2. Did USSTRATCOM at any time track the four hijacked planes?

3. Does USSTRATCOM have a response protocol for attacks initiated within the continental United States? If so, was this protocol followed?

4. Did USSTRATCOM have any communication with NORAD prior to, or during, the terrorist attacks?

5. Prior to, or on, September 11th was anyone at USSTRATCOM advised, formally or informally, of the possibility of a terrorist attack within the United States?

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.

Questions For NORAD

Questions for North American Aerospace Defense Command:

1. Was NORAD aware of the four hijacked planes veering off course even before being reported by the FAA? If not, please explain why NORAD which monitors 7000 flights a day, was unable to track the four aberrant flights.

Linda Slobodian writes in “Norad on Heightened Alert: Role of air defence agency rapidly transformed in wake of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks”

“Where was Norad, the multimillion-dollar, 24-hour eyes and ears of North American skies, when the hijacked planes embarked on their sinister missions?

Ironically, Norad was doing its job: peering 300 kilometres out into the Air Defence Identification Zone encircling North America. Its task: to help assess, within two minutes, if each of the 7,000 incoming aircraft every day is friend or foe….

When the second plane hit the other World Trade Center tower, Norad swiftly shifted its attention to help prevent possible further attacks.

Norad was instrumental in getting fighter jets -- normally on 15-minute alert -- airborne within eight minutes. ”
http://cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/2001/calgaryherald101301.html

2. Why weren’t the jets able to intercept the hijacked planes if they were airborne within eight minutes of notification?

3. Why did NORAD wait until after the second plane hit the WTC to try and prevent possible further attacks?

4. Why weren’t the fighter jets that tailed flights 11 and 175 as they crashed into New York’s WTC, rerouted to intercept flights 77 or 93, before they crashed into the Pentagon and Pennsylvania?

5. Were surveillance satellites orbiting North American airspace on 9/11?

• What exactly does the satellite imaging reveal?
• What companies own these satellites?
• Where are the records and logs for these orbits?

Recommendation: Let us examine the records and logs of surveillance satellites.

Questions For Jane Garvey, Former Director of the FAA

Jane Garvey, Former Director of the FAA (Follow-up):

1. Please provide a specific timeline for each of the four aircraft which includes all FAA notifications and responses on the morning of September 11th, and the exact times at which air traffic controllers notified the FAA of a possible hijacking of each aircraft.

2. Please explain the discrepancy between FAA and NORAD account of the Sept. 11 timeline, specifically including the time that NORAD was notified?

3. Why did FAA rescind the rule allowing guns in cockpits two months before terror attacks?

4. What was the protocol of when and who would be notified in the event of a hijacking?

• Please indicate where in the sequence the FAA would contact NORAD,
the Secret Service, the President, FBI, DOT, DOD, etc.
• Did the FAA follow protocol? Specifically, when did the FAA contact each?

5. Are “Red Teams” still permitted to check the airlines/airports for security lapses?

6. Leading up to 9/11 were all Red Team recommendations incorporated into the airlines/airports security measures? If not, why?

7. What is the procedure/protocol for getting State Department “Watch List” passengers on the airlines’ “No Fly” list?

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.

Questions for the Clinton Administration

Questions for BILL CLINTON, former President of the United States:

1. Specifically what information about terrorists, planned attacks and targets did you receive from any source during your terms in office?

• This would include briefings or communications from

· the CIA, FBI, NSA, DOD and other intelligence agencies
· foreign intelligence, governments dignitaries, and envoys
· daily PDBs
· National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, Counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, CIA Director George Tenet and FBI Director Louis Freeh

2. Why wasn’t bin Laden brought to the United States for trial when the Sudan offered to extradite him?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A61251-2001Oct2

3. What defensive measures did you take in response to terrorist attacks and threats?

4. Re: this article in Salon, 6-05-02:

“A 1998 memo written by al-Qaida military chief Mohammed Atef reveals that Osama bin Laden's group had detailed knowledge of negotiations that were taking place between Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and American government and business leaders over plans for a U.S. oil and gas pipeline across that Central Asian country.

The e-mail memo was found in 1998 on a computer seized by the FBI during its investigation into the 1998 African embassy bombings, which were sponsored by al-Qaida.” http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/05/memo/index_np.html

• How did al-Qaida military chief Mohammed Atef acquire the information?
• Did he or other members of al-Qaida have access to intelligence information?
• Was it obtained via an informant, phone taps, computer hacking?
• What are the national security implications for a breach of this kind?
• Please discuss the American government’s role and position in negotiations with the Taliban.
• Who else was involved in those discussions?

5. Former Vice President Al Gore twice contacted the Saudis about terrorist funding through charities. Why didn’t your administration issue sanctions against Saudi Arabia or individuals from that nation who were funding terrorism?

6. Please describe the three way negotiations in 1996 between the Sudan, Saudi Arabia and US (represented by the CIA) regarding the Sudan’s offer to turn over bin Laden.

Why did the US decline to take bin Laden? http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/03/ret.bin.laden/

7. In 1999, the US, in cooperation with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was planning an operation to kill or capture bin Laden. Before the operation could be executed, Sharif was deposed in a military coup and General Pervez Musharraf assumed power. Musharraf quashed the operation. Originally, in exchange for Shairf’s cooperation, the US lifted economic sanctions.

Please explain why sanctions were not reinstated when Musharraf refused to cooperate?
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/03/ret.bin.laden/
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/Archive-2000/me-binladen-06-09.html

8. The Washington Post (10/03/01) reported that the aborted operation was part of a much broader effort to get bin Laden in which bombing raids and special forces assaults were considered.

Please explain why those options weren’t pursued?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A61219-2001Oct2

Questions for AL GORE, former Vice-President of the United States:

“Long before the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, officials in the White House learned that Islamic charities and wealthy Saudi Arabian businessmen were bankrolling al-Qaida.

By 1999, the evidence was so clear that Vice President Al Gore contacted Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah to set up a secret meeting between U.S. counter terrorism experts and high-ranking officials in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.” http://www.charleston.net/stories/071703/911_17terror.shtml

1. Please discuss the intelligence and concerns which spurred your contact with Saudi Arabia in 1999 and 2000 to request that the Saudis and the Royal Family stop funding charities that were contributing to the Al Qaeda.

• Which charities were on that list?
• How much money was being funneled through them?
• Which members of the royal family were involved?

2. Please describe the steps the Clinton administration had planned to take in order to convince the Saudis to comply with our request to stop the flow of charitable funds to terrorists.

3. Discuss why the Gore Commission recommendations were watered down and what effect this had on airline security on September 11th, 2001.

Questions for SANDY BERGER, former National Security advisor

Mr. Berger designed a transition program consisting of 10 briefings with Condoleezza Rice and her deputy Stephen Hadley. http://www.time.com/time/nation/printout/0,8816,333835,00.html

1. What specific information did you provide Condoleezza Rice, any member of the transition team or anyone within the Bush administration, about terrorist threats?

• What was the source of this information?

2. In the summer of 2001, what factors contributed to your belief that a terrorist attack was going to happen soon?

3. Please describe the plan developed by the Clinton administration for dealing with terrorist threats and the al Qaeda.

4. Did the Clinton administration plan include an invasion of Afghanistan?
· If so, when was the invasion scheduled for?
· If a plan was drawn up and not acted upon by the Clinton Administration,
· was this plan passed onto the Bush Administration?
· Who received it?

5. Why wasn’t action taken as soon as counterintelligence became aware that al Qaeda had targeted Americans?

Questions for MADELINE ALBRIGHT, former Secretary of State

1. What information on bin Laden and al Qaeda had you received from

• US embassies
• state department personnel
• foreign governments
• the CIA?

2. Did you pass information about terrorism, bin Laden, al Qaeda and America’s foreign policy to incoming Secretary of State Powell? If so, please give an overview.

3. Were all immigrants on visas subject to FBI background checks? If not, why? And, how do we go about recapturing that information and in doing so improve our ability to secure our nation from terrorists?

4. Did America’s foreign policy during the last decade contribute to the rise of terrorism aimed at America? Please explain.

5. Please describe the influence of both Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on America’s foreign policy, including the reasons for, and ramifications of, their influence.

Questions for JANET RENO, former Attorney General

1. Under what conditions does the Attorney General have the authority to exert State Privilege?

2. How many times in our nation’s history has it been exerted?

NOTE: We are still waiting for answers.