Investigation: The US government’s 9/11 secrets (VIDEO) Sharyl Attkisson
Here’s a preview of my new program, “Full Measure,” which begins Sunday mornings Oct. 4. This story looks at shocking secrets the U.S. government is still keeping 14 years after 9/11.
Fourteen years after Sept. 11, 2001, one of the last, great mysteries surrounding the terrorist attacks has yet to be unmasked: 28 pages from the Congressional probe that have been kept secret from the public under two U.S. administrations. The pages were classified under the George W. Bush administration — and are still hidden from public view today under Barack Obama. There are bipartisan calls to make them public. And accusations that those who want to keep them classified aren’t protecting national security interests….but something–or somebody–else.
It was the morning of September 11, 2001. As the eyes of the world were fixed on the terrorist attacks, a special election was being held in Massachusetts where Stephen Lynch quietly won a vacant Congressional seat.
So it may be fitting that today, Congressman Lynch is devoting a great deal of effort to revealing long held secrets from Congress’ 9/11 investigation.
Lynch says that when he read the 28 pages, “I thought this information is something that the public should have.”
No ordinary American can view them. And members of Congress, sworn to secrecy, are only permitted to read the 28 pages under strict conditions.
“You had to make an appointment with the intelligence committee,” says Lynch. “And also go to a secure location. They, they take your pen, paper, electronics. You sit in a room and they watch as you read it.”
In October of 2013, Lynch went to the secret room in the basement of the Capitol and began reading. The censored material begins on page 395 under the heading, “…Certain Sensitive National Security Matters.”
Lynch says, “It gave names of individuals and entities that i believe were complicit in the attacks on september eleventh. They were facilitators of those attacks and they are clearly identified. How people were financed, where they were housed, where the money was coming from, you know the conduits that were used and the connections between some of these individuals.”
Individuals, he says, who were never brought to justice. But who are they? And why would the U.S. government want to keep the information secret?
Former Senator Bob Graham thinks he knows. He co-authored the Congressional report, including the 28 pages.
In a news conference earlier this year, Graham said, “Here are some facts. The Saudis know what they did. Second, the Saudis know that we know what they did.”
If you wonder why the political elite would protect the Saudis, think the PetroDollar. The Petro Dollar was the creation of Nixon and Kissinger.
The U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation was created to prevent the collapse of the US dollar when Nixon closed the international gold window on the dollar.
The US was in essence bankrupt when Nixon closed the international gold window; there were not enough gold reserves to back up the dollar.
To prevent the collapse of the dollar, and allow the continuance of the expansion of progressive big government the US agreed to protect Saudi Arabia militarily in exchange for the Saudis pricing oil in US dollars. In essence the Saudis created a false market for the US dollar.