9/11 Widow's Open Letter To The President Of The United States

2003-12-10 | 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! Ellen M. Mariani Author of Open Letter, Ellen Mariani to hold informal Press Conf. at the National Press Club tonight. For more details and a link to the RICO suit complaint go to: http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0312/S00058.htm 911 Victim Ellen Mariani Open Letter To The POTUS; http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0311/S00262.htm Please also visit Unanswered Questions, in our Links section or: http://www.UnansweredQuestions.org URGE DASCHLE TO RESCUE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION BY APPOINTING KRISTEN BREITWEISER TO REPLACE MAX CLELAND The 9/11 Independent Commission's inquiry into the greatest national defense disaster in American history is in trouble. A majority of members have been tarnished with conflict of interest allegations for their ties to airlines, oil companies, and the Bush Administration. The commission is also under fire for not requiring witnesses to testify under oath and for allowing administration "minders" to chaperone its private deposition interviews. The Administration is not cooperating, the media is missing in action, and the Commission's clock is running out. With two-thirds of its mandated life already passed, it is still awaiting access to critical documents from the FAA, NORAD and the White House. To make matters much worse, it has also just lost Max Cleland, one of the few commissioners untainted by conflict of interest problems and certainly the most outspoken with regard to the facts. (e.g., "As each day goes by we learn that this government knew a whole lot more about these terrorists before September 11th than it has ever admitted." NY Times 10/26/03) He was also the sole member to speak out against the Commission leaders' deal allowing the White House to severely limit and censure access to requested Bush briefing documents. As he raged to Wolf Blitzer on CNN (11/13/03),"This is a scam, it's disgusting. America is being cheated... We shouldn't be making deals. If somebody wants to deal, we issue subpoenas. That's the deal." Nine days later Bush disqualified him from the Commission by appointing him to the board of the Export-Import Bank. (Ref: "New Job Takes Cleland Off 9/11 Panel" http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20031123-091108-4750r.htm ) Sen. Tom Daschle must now select Cleland's replacement, and victim families and advocate groups are lining up to urge that he nominate Kristen Breitweiser, co-chair of September 11th Advocates and founding member of the 9/11 Commission's "Family Steering Committee." Breitweiser lost her husband Ronald in WTC Tower Two and was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the 9/11 Commission when the congressional 9/11 joint intelligence inquiry was restricted, redacted and stonewalled. As a knowledgeable and trusted representative of the 9/11 victim family community, Breitweiser has been widely called "conscience of 9/11." It is difficult to imagine another commission candidate who would bring her degree of commitment and honesty to this most vital task. Her inclusion would help guarantee the Commission's integrity and greatly restore public trust in its proceedings and commitment to the truth. Please contact Tom Daschle immediately and ask him to appoint Kristen Breitweiser to the 9/11 Commission to repair the panel's credibility, ensure full accountability, and restore the nation's peace of mind. No more political operatives or party insiders, we need an honest citizen for this mission. =============================================================== Daschle Contact Info Fax: (202) 224-6603 - Washington, DC Office Email form: http://daschle.senate.gov/webform.html Tel: Washington DC (202) 224-2321; Rapid City: (605) 348-7551; Sioux Falls: (605) 334-9596 =============================================================== REFERENCE LINKS FOR KRISTEN BREITWEISER FAMILY STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE 9/11 INDEPENDENT COMMISSION: http://www.911independentcommission.org STATEMENT OF KRISTEN BREITWEISER TO JOINT COMMITTEES ON INTELLIGENCE September 18, 2002: http://www.markriebling.com/0918breitweistertagged.html Transcript of Breitweiser's 8/13/02 "Donahue" Interview: http://www.guerrillanews.com/war_on_terrorism/doc672.html FOUR 9/11 MOMS BATTLE BUSH -- Gail Sheehy's Breakthrough Mainstream Story on the Abiding Questions, Grief and Fury among 9/11 Victim Family Members Two Years Later New York Observer, 8/25/03: http://www.911citizenswatch.org/print.php?sid=21 SECRETS OF 9/11: Soledad O'Brien's "American Morning" Interview with Kristen Breitweiser, CNN, November 17, 2003; http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0311/17/ltm.08.html ON WATCHING DC 9/11 -- A "Mind-Numbingly Boring" Propaganda Film by Kristen Breitweiser A 9/11 widow reviews Showtime's film about President Bush's "heroic" actions on and after that fateful morning. http://911citizenswatch.org/print.php?sid=18 DC 9/11 Ref: "BUSH KNEW - A NATIONAL REQUIEM" Riveting "Take Back the Media" Animation on Bush's Actual Behavior on the Morning of 9/11. http://www.takebackthemedia.com/true911.html NEWSDAY EDITORIAL (EXCERPT) December 5, 2003 The latest setback to the independent commission studying the 9/11 terrorist attacks is the impending loss of Max Cleland, the former Georgia senator who has been a strong voice for full disclosure of government information. Once Cleland has left the commission, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) must replace him quickly with someone who can hit the ground running. The 9/11 families have closely followed the commission's work from day one. So Daschle should consider choosing Cleland's successor from among the leaders of the family groups, someone who could jump into the commission's work without first climbing a steep learning curve.