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JohnyCanuck

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Thu Sep 8, 2016, 11:07 PM Sep 2016

Investigative journalist Russ Bakers starts making a list of 9/11's Known Knowns.

On his website investigative journalist Russ Baker (author of The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years) has started to make a list of 9/11's known knowns. You could say they're facts about 9/11 that cause raised eyebrows and perhaps exclamations of, "You don't say!" when heard for the first time, even among those who tend to be willing to accept as reasonable government's own official conspiracy theories.

With the debate over 9/11 heating up as the 15th anniversary of that fateful day draws near, it’s a good time to get back up to speed. WhoWhatWhy believes there are essential pillars of the 9/11 debate that must be acknowledged by all parties before any healthy discussion of that paradigm-changing topic can take place.

What follows is a refresher list of “known knowns” — select, broad aspects of 9/11 that are at present beyond reasonable doubt:

• The money trail was never followed to its logical conclusion. The 9/11 Commission concluded the question of who funded the attacks “was of little practical significance.”

• The Bush White House pushed back against any independent investigation into 9/11.

• Once the White House agreed to an independent investigation, it provided a budget of $3 million, or 27% of the amount requested by 9/11 Commission co-chairs, Thomas Keane and Lee Hamilton.

More at: http://whowhatwhy.org/2016/09/08/911s-known-knowns/ (also see some suggestions for additions to Baker's list made by readers in the comments section)
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Investigative journalist Russ Bakers starts making a list of 9/11's Known Knowns. (Original Post) JohnyCanuck Sep 2016 OP
10-Page Timeline of 9/11 Facts From Major Media JohnyCanuck Sep 2016 #1

JohnyCanuck

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1. 10-Page Timeline of 9/11 Facts From Major Media
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 10:57 AM
Sep 2016

This looks like it would fit in quite well with the original topic posted above.

10-Page Timeline of 9/11 Facts From Major Media

See an excellent two-page summary of the best of this 9/11 facts timeline
To verify 9/11 timeline facts below, click on links to articles on major media websites
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9-11 Facts Timeline


9/11 was one of the most pivotal events in world history. Its impact will be felt for years to come. You owe it to yourself to go beyond the simplified official story. This is an extremely complicated story with numerous players and motives. The 9/11 facts below don't all make sense or fit neatly together. It's a story full of espionage, deceit, and lies. But if forces out there are tricking us, they can only succeed if we, the general public, remain ignorant and passive.

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Here are a few samples from the timeline /JC
Summer 2000: A secret military operation named Able Danger identifies four future 9/11 hijackers, including lead hijacker Mohamed Atta, as a potential threat and members of Al Qaeda. Yet none of this is mentioned later in the 9/11 Commissions' final report. When questioned, the 9/11 commission's chief spokesman initially says that staff members briefed about Able Danger did not remember hearing anything about Atta. Days later, however, after provided detailed information, he says the uniformed officer who briefed two staff members had indeed mentioned Atta. {New York Times, 8/11/05, more}

Sept 2000: The think-tank Project for the New American Century (PNAC) writes the blueprint for a global "Pax Americana." Written for the Bush team before the 2000 election, Rebuilding America's Defenses is a plan for maintaining global US preeminence and shaping the international security order in line with American principles and interests. The plan shows Bush intends to take control of the Persian Gulf whether or not Saddam Hussein is in power. It advocates the transformation of the US military. But, "the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbour". {BBC, 2/14/07, Sunday Herald, 9/7/02, read report, more}

2000 - 2001: The military conducts exercises simulating what the White House later says is unimaginable: hijacked airliners used as weapons to crash into targets and cause mass casualties. One imagined target is the WTC. {USA Today, 4/19/04} Another is the Pentagon. {Military District of Washington (Army), 11/3/00}

See the timeline at: http://www.wanttoknow.info/911/9-11-facts
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