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911 Redacted: 28 Ways You Can Build the 28 Pages Movement
Press Conference on H.Res 428 with Reps Thomas Massie, Walter Jones and Stephen Lynch
Published on Mar 12, 2014
Rep. Massie: I joined families of 9/11 victims and Congressman Jones and Congressman Lynch today at a press conference to promote the release of 28 classified pages from an official 9/11 report. The pages are important to understanding how the tragedy occurred in this country and how to shape our national policy to avoid tragic events like this in the future. I have personally read the 28 classified pages, and I feel that releasing them would not harm our national security. American citizens deserve to know the facts.
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Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) MA:"I was absolutely shocked by what I read," Jones told International Business Times. "What was so surprising was that those whom we thought we could trust really disappointed me. I cannot go into it any more than that. I had to sign an oath that what I read had to remain confidential. But the information I read disappointed me greatly."
http://www.ibtimes.com/911-link-saudi-arabia-topic-28-redacted-pages-government-report-congressmen-push-release-1501202
Rep. Massie: I joined families of 9/11 victims and Congressman Jones and Congressman Lynch today at a press conference to promote the release of 28 classified pages from an official 9/11 report. The pages are important to understanding how the tragedy occurred in this country and how to shape our national policy to avoid tragic events like this in the future. I have personally read the 28 classified pages, and I feel that releasing them would not harm our national security. American citizens deserve to know the facts.
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Rep. Stephen Lynch (D) MA:"I was absolutely shocked by what I read," Jones told International Business Times. "What was so surprising was that those whom we thought we could trust really disappointed me. I cannot go into it any more than that. I had to sign an oath that what I read had to remain confidential. But the information I read disappointed me greatly."
http://www.ibtimes.com/911-link-saudi-arabia-topic-28-redacted-pages-government-report-congressmen-push-release-1501202
Whether you want to take your first step toward helping declassify the 28-page finding on foreign government assistance to the 9/11 hijackers, or you’re looking for even more ways to chip in than you already have, here are 28 ways you can help us build the movement.
1. Call your U.S. representative at 202-225-3121. Our Tips for Calling Congress make it easy.
2. Call the White House at 202-456-1111 and ask the president to keep his pledge to 9/11 families. Our Act page comes in handy for this one.
3. Follow @28Pages on Twitter.
4 and 5. Call your two U.S. senators at 202-224-3121 to ask them to introduce legislation similar to H.Res.428. Here’s what to say.
6. Use #declassify when discussing the subject in social media.
7. Make and then share a YouTube video like this
8. Contact your favorite reporter, columnist, TV host, blogger or podcaster and ask them to explore the issue.
9. Write a letter to the editor of your newspaper.
10. Call in to a radio or TV talk show.
11. Bring up the 28 pages using the “comments” feature found under articles on many news and other websites and include a link to an informative page about the 28 pages.
12. Educate yourself about SR400, a little-known way the Senate can declassify the 28 pages without the President’s signature.
13. Post a comment on an elected official’s Facebook page urging them to help declassify the 28 pages and include a link to an article or video on the topic.
14. Tweet a link to 28Pages.org or other educational content.
15. Start a discussion thread about the 28 pages on any message board.
16. Like 28Pages.org on Facebook.
17. Share a 28Pages.org Facebook post.
18. Invite some friends to like 28Pages.org on Facebook.
19. Call any member of the Senate intelligence committee and ask them to use SR400 to declassify the 28 pages without need for presidential approval.
20. See if you can get a Twitter user with a large following to retweet you on the topic.
21. Explain the issue to some friends or family.
22. Visit your Congressional representative’s local office in person.
23 and 24. Visit each of your senators’ local offices in person.
25. Email your friends a link to a video of Rep. Thomas Massie’s memorable remarks on his experience of reading the 28 pages.
26. Choose any H.Res. 428 cosponsor and call to thank them for their stand.
27. Make a 28 pages bumper sticker or t-shirt (extra points for showing us your final product via social media)
28. Help us out—add your own activism idea in the comments below!
http://28pages.org/2014/08/28/28-ways-you-can-build-the-28-pages-movement/
IBTIMES: 9/11 Link To Saudi Arabia Is Topic Of 28 Redacted Pages In Government Report; Congressmen Push For Release
Since terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, victims’ loved ones, injured survivors, and members of the media have all tried without much success to discover the true nature of the relationship between the 19 hijackers – 15 of them Saudi nationals – and the Saudi Arabian government. Many news organizations reported that some of the terrorists were linked to the Saudi royals and that they even may have received financial support from them as well as from several mysterious, moneyed Saudi men living in San Diego...
...While neither Jones nor Lynch would say just what is in the document, some of the information has leaked out over the years. A multitude of sources tell IBTimes, and numerous press reports over the years in Newsweek, the New York Times, CBS News and other media confirm, that the 28 pages in fact clearly portray that the Saudi government had at the very least an indirect role in supporting the terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attack. In addition, these classified pages clarify somewhat the links between the hijackers and at least one Saudi government worker living in San Diego.
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Former Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., who chaired the Joint Inquiry in 2002 and has been beating the drum for more disclosure about 9/11 since then, has never understood why the 28 pages were redacted. Graham told IBTimes that based on his involvement in the investigation and on the now-classified information in the document that his committee produced, he is convinced that “the Saudi government without question was supporting the hijackers who lived in San Diego…. You can't have 19 people living in the United States for, in some cases, almost two years, taking flight lessons and other preparations, without someone paying for it. But I think it goes much broader than that. The agencies from CIA and FBI have suppressed that information so American people don't have the facts."
Jones insists that releasing the 28 secret pages would not violate national security.
“It does not deal with national security per se; it is more about relationships,” he said. “The information is critical to our foreign policy moving forward and should thus be available to the American people... More
Since terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, victims’ loved ones, injured survivors, and members of the media have all tried without much success to discover the true nature of the relationship between the 19 hijackers – 15 of them Saudi nationals – and the Saudi Arabian government. Many news organizations reported that some of the terrorists were linked to the Saudi royals and that they even may have received financial support from them as well as from several mysterious, moneyed Saudi men living in San Diego...
...While neither Jones nor Lynch would say just what is in the document, some of the information has leaked out over the years. A multitude of sources tell IBTimes, and numerous press reports over the years in Newsweek, the New York Times, CBS News and other media confirm, that the 28 pages in fact clearly portray that the Saudi government had at the very least an indirect role in supporting the terrorists responsible for the 9/11 attack. In addition, these classified pages clarify somewhat the links between the hijackers and at least one Saudi government worker living in San Diego.
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Former Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., who chaired the Joint Inquiry in 2002 and has been beating the drum for more disclosure about 9/11 since then, has never understood why the 28 pages were redacted. Graham told IBTimes that based on his involvement in the investigation and on the now-classified information in the document that his committee produced, he is convinced that “the Saudi government without question was supporting the hijackers who lived in San Diego…. You can't have 19 people living in the United States for, in some cases, almost two years, taking flight lessons and other preparations, without someone paying for it. But I think it goes much broader than that. The agencies from CIA and FBI have suppressed that information so American people don't have the facts."
Jones insists that releasing the 28 secret pages would not violate national security.
“It does not deal with national security per se; it is more about relationships,” he said. “The information is critical to our foreign policy moving forward and should thus be available to the American people... More
"If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear"
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