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Obama staffer wants ‘cognitive infiltration’ of 9/11 conspiracy groups

See full story at:
http://rawstory.com/2010/01/obama-staffer-infiltration-911-groups/

By Daniel Tencer
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 — 10:48 pm

In a 2008 academic paper, President Barack Obama’s appointee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs advocated “cognitive infiltration” of groups that advocate “conspiracy theories” like the ones surrounding 9/11.

Cass Sunstein, a Harvard law professor, co-wrote an academic article entitled “Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures,” in which he argued that the government should stealthily infiltrate groups that pose alternative theories on historical events via “chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine” those groups.

As head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Sunstein is in charge of “overseeing policies relating to privacy, information quality, and statistical programs,” according to the White House Web site.

Sunstein’s article, published in the Journal of Political Philosphy in 2008 and recently uncovered by blogger Marc Estrin, states that “our primary claim is that conspiracy theories typically stem not from irrationality or mental illness of any kind but from a ‘crippled epistemology,’ in the form of a sharply limited number of (relevant) informational sources.”

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“Active Thermitic Materials” Translated to Spanish & German

Posted by Steven Jones at 911blogger:

I am pleased to announce the translation of the peer-reviewed article on “Active Thermitic Materials” by Prof. Niels Harrit et al. into Spanish and German, published in the Journal of 9/11 Studies:

http://journalof911studies.com/volume/2009/SpanishRedGray.pdf

http://journalof911studies.com/volume/2009/RedGrayChipsGerman.pdf

May I take this occasion to wish all of you a Happy New Year.

In the past I have urged all to acquire at least a three-month (preferably 1-year) supply of food and water, wherever this is legal. Now to add to this – I urge you to have a rural place of safety to go quickly to, perhaps in groups of families or friends, far away from the large cities. In a case where trucking of food into the cities is curtailed, or the electric power is out, or an EMP blast, or any number of scenarios where services to cities are cut, it will clearly be prudent to have pre-arranged retreat(s). The goals of self-sufficiency and voluntary-simplicity that some have been discussing “theoretically” in the Truth Movement for years can be quickly achieved with pre-planning and work and cooperation.

I anticipate an adventuresome 2010, for I think the next several years will prove an adventure for all of us. We’re in it together.
Steven E. Jones

Hard Evidence Down Under Tour 2009 – An Amazing Success!

http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20091124044913656
by Janice Matthews
November 23, 2009
911Truth.org

(NOTE: For images and updates, see: Personal Reflection on Australia Tour by Janice Matthews, November 23, 2009)

The Hard Evidence Down Under 2009 Tour has nearly wrapped up, following events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia and in Wellington, New Zealand. Every one of these events met with overwhelming success.

John Bursill, Principle Organizer of the tour, and his ‘backup crew’ made up of scores of dedicated, generous, passionate volunteers planned and executed a very significant series of events that resulted in the presentation of 9/11 truth information, in person, to approximately 1,200 people and along the way, radio interviews and news stories reached at least tens of thousands more. Kudos and much gratitude are in order to John, his wonderful, patient wife and family, to Helen in New Zealand who coordinated the Wellington event, and the many volunteers who gave so much to make this important tour happen. Of course, huge, sincere thanks are in order to the event sponsors whose very generous financial contributions made possible travel from the United States by presenters Richard Gage, AIA, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Professor Steven Jones, emeritus professor of physics, founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice and co-editor of the Journal of 9/11 Studies, Cosmos, founder of truthaction.org and the massive “Eleventh Day of Every Month” campaign, Luke Rudkowski, founder of WeAreChange and Janice Matthews, Director of 911Truth.org and small business owner, so that we could present in Sydney. In addition, Ken Jenkins and hummux, of 911TV.org, were brought from the U.S. to record the proceedings and manage our sound production, with the help of an incredible lighting crew and volunteer camera operators who brought it all together. (Video of the Sydney proceedings will be available via TheHardEvidence.com and 911TV.com soon – we will announce that as soon as details are available.) Sunday’s event, which focused on the activism needed to propagate the hard evidence presented to an audience of about 220, including many professional mostly architects and engineers on Saturday, also featured presentations by Ken Jenkins of 911TV.org and the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance, Hereward Fenton of 911oz.com andTruth News Radio Australia, and Dr. Frank Legge, Chemist, co-editor of Journal of 9/11 Studies who also manages Scienceof911.com.au. A panel assembled Saturday afternoon also included the participation of James O’Neill, practicing barrister in Queensland, who offered commentary on potential legal proceedings and Dr. Frank Leifer, Doctor of Architecture and Associated Engineer, Senior Lecturer at Sydney University.

The tour kicked off on Wednesday, the Eleventh of November, with a rousing street action in front of the corporate offices of ABC, Australia’s national television conglomerate, which happens to be across the street from University of Technology, Sydney. We were able to disseminate information to a significant number of ABC employees, some of whom rather clandestinely asked for our information (although they’d apparently been told to not take our materials, according to one such employee), a few intrepid journalists who showed the courage to stop and talk, and hundreds of passersby. Sydney is a very ‘international’ city, especially there near the university, and we had very engaging conversations with people from around the world, most of whom were well aware of and distressed by the continuing questions surrounding 9/11. In addition, a substantial conversation was held with a very pleasant, intelligent and supportive engineering professor, which we hope will lead to inroads into the faculty and administration there. From ABC’s offices we moved downtown, to a median in the very center of the city, where we again called out to people and shared information with the delightfully happy and often humorous, diverse populace of Sydney. Standing together with people whose ages, professions and personalities run the gamut, with our different interpersonal styles and approaches to conversation and street action, was another encouraging example of how we, the People, continue to be able to discard the false “divides” of ideology and politics that have previously kept us separated, and stand firmly, united with a common message of peace and justice.

The hundreds of 9/11 truth group organizers affiliated with 911truth.org, truthaction.org and wearechange.org continue to hold these actions monthly (and much more often, in many cases) around the world and there is no question that our efforts remain extremely valuable and effective. While all our investigative compiling of information and our internet activism that makes it widely accessible is of course integral to our efforts, there is simply no substitute for dialogue, one human being with another. In fact, John Bursill reminded me the Sydney group was the first international group to become active with the 11th of Every Month Until Justice campaign. They continue to carry out these actions each month, which have also spread to Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Wellington and Christchurch. John was quite inspired by the quote from Dan Wallace, whose father was killed on 9/11 and was one of the first activists in New York : “They took it from the top to the bottom. We’re going to take it from the bottom to the top.” This Down Under Tour is further fulfilling Dan’s hope, carrying the movement back up from the “bottom” of the globe back up to reinvigorate energy within the U.S.

After Sydney’s weekend event, Richard Gage, AIA, continued on his Australasian tour, to Melbourne and Brisbane, then Wellington, New Zealand, and will be on to Japan in early December. The Melbourne event brought out about 220 people, with 170 in Brisbane. Wellington was a stunning success, with approximately 650 people attending the event in the main theater and an overflow room where live A/V was made accessible, and another 150 or so turned away for lack of seating. Thanks to the generosity of activists, again, everyone turned away was sent home with a copy of AE911Truth.org’s DVD, “9/11: Blueprint for Truth”. This gathering constituted the largest ever audience to date for a 9/11: Blueprint for Truth presentation, and succeeded, again, because of the perseverance of a few good activists like Helen Waddington. Thank you!! Truly, we are being the change we wish to see, and our efforts

Although media coverage was essentially nonexistent in Sydney, in spite of a very professional press release having been disseminated to all press in a timely manner prior to the event, WSFM radio in Sydney did host Richard after the event for a brief but lively conversation, followed by the station posting a poll at their site asking whether “Gage makes sense.” WSFM replayed this interview on Saturday morning as part of their weekly highlight show, and reported receiving overwhelmingly positive response from listeners, thanking them for the broadcast. In addition, Kim Hill, mainstream corporate journalist with Radio New Zealand, conducted a rather less than flattering interview with Gage, and the tour was featured in a full-page article in Wellington’s The Capital Times. On November 24th, John Bursill joined Hereward Fenton on Truth Radio Australia for a wrap-up report on the tour and discussion of the costs associated with such an undertaking and the generosity of our movement’s members, as well as a bit about the media: Listen here or download here. Hereward also conducted an interview with Gage, as well as a conversation with Luke Rudkowski and Cosmos before the event.

Photos of the event have been posted at truthaction.org, more at the 911oz forum and a bit of video at WeAreChange.org. A good review of the Wellington event, by Claire Swinney, has been posted here. And more about Gage’s continuing AustralAsian tour is being posted at his tour blog.

Obviously, 9/11 truth activism is indeed alive and thriving Down Under! Pressure on these governments to withdraw their support, and their troops, from the 9/11 wars and to reject U.S. imperial policy in general must continue and grow in intensity as this information becomes more and more widely disseminated and understood. Bravo and thanks to everyone there who continues steadfast in this work, and to the family members of those lost on 9/11 and in the ensuing wars who are finding the courage and now looking for ways to stand with their convictions in demanding investigation and redress for their loved ones’ deaths, perhaps through coronerial inquiries. John Bursill is prepared to hear from you, and to help you as you persevere in the path of grief to closure. (Please contact him at johnbursill [at] gmail (dot) com.)

John Bursill is known to often remind us, “Truth is not an idea for people of worth; it’s a standard.” This tour has truly reflected John’s own high truth standard, and that of the many other ‘persons of worth’ who worked alongside him to help bring this about. It reflects well upon us all, and I once again find myself thoroughly impressed with and extremely proud of the passion, dedication, compassion and commitment exhibited by my fellow 9/11 truth advocates around the world. Toward the day when we see that light, indeed, prevails over might!

http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20091124044913656

Richard Gage’s Wellington Presentation Draws Biggest Blueprint For Truth Audience Ever

by Clare Swinney on Sun, 11/22/2009

The Hard Evidence Tour Down Under hit a high note on Saturday afternoon at the Te Papa Museum in Wellington, when over 650 turned up to hear Richard Gage, the spokesperson for Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, (AE911Truth), talk about what really happened to World Trade Centre (WTC) 1, 2, and 7 on 9/11. It was the largest crowd the architect and founder of AE911Truth has ever spoken to since he began spreading the truth – what he calls the Architecture of Destruction, about the evidence of 9/11, and revealing the buildings were brought down by controlled demolition, not by jet fuel and fires.

Gage spoke during the entire two-and-a-half hour long event. Says Jeremy Morrison, who videoed the highlights, which will be posted on YouTube: “It was a great presentation, even for someone like me who knows a lot of this stuff already. I still got a lot out of it, mainly about the science behind the controlled demolition. It’s come a long way and he covered a lot of ground.” Morrison, who kept a watchful eye on the proceedings on the stage, as well as in the audience, said he was aware of only one person who loudly voiced his disapproval, and the heckler, which Morrison caught on camera, looked emotionally shaken by what he had learnt about 9/11. “Apart from him, the audience loved Richard. There was a really good atmosphere,” offers Morrison.

Says Helen Waddington, who was one the team who worked behind the scenes to contribute to the event’s success: “It was surreal. It was great when so many turned up. I had a smile on my face when the hundreds of people came!”

As fewer than 300 had been expected to attend, the Wellingtonian 9/11 truth activists involved, had booked the 300-seat Soundings Theatre at Te Papa. It wasn’t until the day of the presentation, did they realise a far larger venue was needed.

By 1pm, an hour before the presentation’s scheduled start, 328 had registered and a multitude more expected to attend, largely owing to the fact that Gage had received good media coverage. As well as a fair and balanced article in the Wellington paper, The Capital Times, he was interviewed by veteran radio interviewer Kim Hill, on the day of the presentation. Although Hill made repeated attempts during their 36 minutes-long exchange, to throw a wet blanket over the flames of truth he was throwing, her efforts were ultimately thwarted by his steely resolve to convey the facts. As one listener put it, it was very obvious as to who was invested in getting to the truth of the matter and who was invested in obfuscation.

Owing to the interest generated by the Gage-Hill interview, many phoned the Te Papa Museum to make enquiries, alerting the staff to the fact that the 300-seater theatre would not accommodate the numbers expected to swamp the venue. Offers Waddington: “Thankfully, Te Papa were excellent at managing the overflow of people. They were able to set up live audio and visual feeds in the large Oceania conference room, which held approximately 320.” Waddington, who did head counts, said there were about 648 people there for the entire presentation and that two of the event’s organisers estimated that around 100 people had to be turned away. “I estimated we may actually have had 700 who were definitely interested and close to 1000 people there at the end of the day, as visitors to Te Papa Museum were milling in and out of the Oceania room and listening to Richard speak all afternoon,” she said.

At the start of the talk, Gage asked for a show of hands of those in the Soundings Theatre who believed the building collapses on 9/11 were due to controlled demolition. About two-thirds raised their hands. Then, near the conclusion of his talk, he asked, who still believed the official story – and only two raised their hands. The audience, evidently grateful for having someone so adept at ripping the mask of Osama bin laden off 9/11, thanked Gage for his efforts, with a sustained round of applause.

Related:

Richard Gage will be speaking in Auckland on the 30th of November, at the Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, from 6pm. To book for the event, please e-mail: Will Ryan at nz911truth@hotmail.com. A gold coin donation would be appreciated, to give to Richard.

Richard Gage Interview On The Kim Hill Show.
http://clareswinney.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/richard-gage-goes-mainstrea…

He asks that people to write to Kim Hill. She had to opportunity to go to his talk – he asked her, but she refused. Her e-mail address at Radio NZ is: saturday@radionz.co.nz.

Fair & Balanced Article in Wellington Paper About Richard Gage & What Happened On 9/11
http://clareswinney.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/fair-balanced-article-in-we….

John Pilger Tells Kim Hill The Interview Is “A Disgrace”.
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/face-to-face-with-kim-hill-john-pilger-2…

Richard Gage, Steven Jones & Others in Australia

Wed, Nov 11 – 1:00 pm GMT
AE911Truth Crosses the International Date Line
— AE911Truth News Desk

Following a grueling 14+ hour plane trip to Australia as the start of the 2009 Australasia/Japan Tour, Richard Gage, AIA has crossed the International Date Line. This means that, based on San Francisco Bay Area time (America/Los_Angeles Time Zone and all of the U.S.), it will often be tomorrow in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The current time difference is +19 hours.

Mr. Gage left for Australia on Sunday, November 8, so that he would arrive in time to be with local activists on their 11th of the Month rally. See photos in the gallery and the Tour Blog at the left column of the tour page. Mr. Gage’s first presentation will be on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. as part of The Hard Evidence Conference.

Stay tuned for more information as we receive it and are able to post it.

STJ Members to Speak in Australia for ‘Hard Evidence Tour Downunder’

Several members of Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice, as well as other scientists and activists, will tour Australia in November for the international conference titled ‘The Hard Evidence Tour Downunder 2009.’

Speakers will include Richard Gage, AIA, Dr. Steven Jones, Janice Matthews, John Bursill, Dr. Frank Legge, James O’Neill, Dr David Leifer, Cosmos and Luke Rudkowski.

On Remembrance Day 2009 (11th of the 11th at 11am) this coming Wednesday, members of the conference will meet at the ABC Studios in Ultimo, Sydney to publicly ask “why the ABC Studios continue to fail in their fiduciary (of trust) duty to inform the Australian Public of the news about an alternate view of 9/11.” Organizer John Bursill states:

You may be surprised that after spending many hundreds of dollars in Press Releases to media in Australia through the AAP News Wire (the best way to access journalists) not one mainstream news journalist has contacted us about the “Hard Evidence Tour” www.thehardevidence.com ? You might also be surprised that “our” ABC the national government broadcaster has not yet reported on the discovery of Nanothermite in the dust at the WTC or on the growing numbers of Architects and Engineers questioning the official version of the 9/11 Attacks represented by Richard Gage (AIA) and www.AE911Truth.org . These are just some of the continuing failures of our tax payer funded news broadcaster the ABC, so it once again must be brought to account by protest!

For more info see:

The Hard Evidence Tour

NASA Engineer to Speak on Destruction of WTC Buildings

Encinitas resident a leader among 900 architects and engineers

Contact: Event information: Aaron Brown; Program content: Dwain Deets
Phone: Brown: 909-576-2800 Deets: 760-445-3242
Email: TorerosForTruth@gmail.com
Event Date: Wednesday, October 21, 12:00 p.m.

San Diego – On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, former NASA engineering executive Dwain Deets, will speak on behalf of more than 900 architects and engineers who cite evidence of explosive demolition at all three World Trade Center high-rises on 9/11 and are calling for a new, independent investigation into their destruction.

Mr. Deets’ multimedia presentation will begin at 12:00 p.m. at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, on the campus of University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110. The event will conclude at 3:00 p.m.

An engineer with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for more than 37 years, Mr. Deets is a board member and the writing team leader for Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911Truth). Comprised of more than 900 architects and engineers listed on their website at AE911Truth.org, the organization contends that the official FEMA and NIST reports fail, for several reasons, to explain correctly the towers’ destruction. AE911Truth points in particular to the destruction of the third high-rise, World Trade Center 7, which was not hit by a plane but came down in less than seven seconds. These 900 architects and engineers have signed a petition calling for a new investigation.

Mr. Deets will include in his presentation an abridged version of 9/11: Blueprint for Truth, featuring Richard Gage, AIA, a San Francisco Bay area architect of 20 years, the founder and CEO of AE911Truth, and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

The organization’s conclusions are shared by hundreds of scientists; senior-level military, intelligence, and government officials; firefighters; pilots and aviation professionals; scholars and university professors; 9/11 survivors and family members; and media professionals around the world.

In 1986, Mr. Deets was awarded the Wright Brothers Lectureship in Aeronautics by the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. He became aware of the many problems with the official reports concerning 9/11, and began speaking publicly on this topic in 2007. He and his wife have been residents of Encinitas for the past six years.

This event is sponsored by the Toreros for Truth, a University of San Diego club with a purpose to promote, and in part to provide, the best in investigative reporting, scholarly research and public education regarding the suppressed realities of September 11th, its aftermath and exploitation for political ends.

Mark Crispin Miller Speaking at the NYCCAN March

Richard Gage Debates 9/11 Debunker in Front of the White House

On Monday, July 20, 2009, BGM followed Richard Gage, AIA, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, on the final day of his visit to Washington, D.C.

The final stop was the White House where Gage, with Slesinger, laid an AE911Truth banner on the sidewalk and addressed the tourists gathered there. Gage got into a heated but cordial debate with a man who identified himself as Kevin, a “reformed truther” and the former “debunking director” on the JREF Forum.

Source: Baltimore GrassRoots Media
http://www.baltimoregrassrootsmedia.org

STJ Member Anniversary Guest Column in Local Paper

‘Need for a new 9/11 investigation has not diminished’

by Lorraine Jarvi, Friday, September 11, 2009

It’s eight years later, and hardly a week goes by without 9/11 and the subsequent “War on Terror” being used to justify a policy, law or expense. We’ve seen, among other things, an increase of executive powers; a doctrine of “preventative war” that has resulted in unprovoked and disastrous conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Pakistan; the Patriot Act erosion of civil liberties such as right to a jury trial, privacy, freedom of movement and protest; and the financial burden of an expanded military budget.

All these changes have occurred in response to a crime the commission of which no one, not even Osama bin Laden, has been formally accused. Not only do we not know who committed the crime, even the event itself — the spectacular demolition of three skyscrapers, the undefended attack on the Pentagon, and the destruction of thousands of lives — remains shrouded in controversy and mystery.

Though there’s very little concrete evidence to support the official 9/11 Commission’s assertions about the events of that tragic day, most citizens are resigned to the idea that they may never know what really happened. But others of our fellow citizens, who possess specialized knowledge about planes, building construction, physics and other disciplines related to the events of 9/11, aren’t giving up so easily. They’ve formed Internet-based associations to share their research, insights and questions with each other and with the public. Scholars For 9/11 Truth and Justice (http://stj911.org), a group of over 800 professionals and college professors, Pilots for 9/11 Truth (http://pilotfor911truth.org), with 100+ commercial and private pilots, and Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (http://www.ae911truth.org), consisting of 745 architects and engineers, are three such groups that are continuing to do their own research.

Full article here – nrtoday.com