Michael Ruppert brags alot about having the ear of Rep. McKinney. Michael Pugliese
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>Mainstream News Article Stating Bush New Before 9/11..
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>Democrat Implies Sept. 11 Administration Plot
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34565-2002Apr11.html
>
>By Juliet Eilperin
>Washington Post Staff Writer
>Friday, April 12, 2002; Page A16
>
>Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) is calling for an investigation
into whether
>President Bush and other government officials had advance notice
of terrorist
>attacks on Sept. 11 but did nothing to prevent them. She added
that "persons
>close to this administration are poised to make huge profits
off America's
>new war."
>
>In a recent interview with a Berkeley, Calif., radio station,
McKinney said:
>"We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come
on September
>11th. . . . What did this administration know and when did it
know it,
>about the events of September 11th? Who else knew, and why did
they not warn
>the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered?
. . .
>What do they have to hide?"
>
>McKinney declined to be interviewed yesterday, but she issued
a statement
>saying: "I am not aware of any evidence showing that President
Bush or members
>of his administration have personally profited from the attacks
of 9-11.
>A complete investigation might reveal that to be the case."
>
>Bush spokesman Scott McLellan dismissed McKinney's comments.
>
>"The American people know the facts, and they dismiss such ludicrous,
baseless
>views," he said. "The fact that she questions the president's
legitimacy shows
>a partisan mind-set beyond all reason."
>
>In the radio conversation, McKinney delivered a stinging attack
on the
>administration. In 2000, she charged, Bush forces "stole from
America our
>most precious right of all, the right to free and fair elections."
With
>the September attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
and in
>Pennsylvania, McKinney said, "an administration of questionable
legitimacy
>has been given unprecedented power."
>
>She suggested that the administration was serving the interests
of a
>Washington-based investment firm, the Carlyle Group, which employs
a number
>of high-ranking former government officials from both parties.
Former
>president George H.W. Bush -- the current president's father
-- is an adviser
>to the firm. McKinney said the war on terrorism has enriched
Carlyle Group
>investors by enhancing the value of a military contractor partly
owned by
>the firm.
>
>Carlyle Group spokesman Chris Ullman asked: "Did she say these
things while
>standing on a grassy knoll in Roswell, New Mexico?"
>
>During her five terms in office, McKinney has often given voice
to radical
>critiques of U.S. policy, especially in the Middle East. She
defied the State
>Department to investigate assertions that international sanctions
are
>brutalizing innocent Iraqis.
>
>With her comments concerning Sept. 11, McKinney, 47, seems to
have tapped into
>a web of conspiracy theories circulating during the past six
months among
>people who believe that the government is partially -- or entirely
-- to
>blame for last year's attacks, which killed more than 3,000
people.
>
>"What is undeniable is that corporations close to the administration
have
>directly benefited from the increased defense spending arising
from the
>aftermath of September 11th," McKinney charged. "America's credibility,
>both with the world and with her own people, rests upon securing
credible
>answers to these questions."
>
>None of McKinney's colleagues has embraced her allegations,
but a few said
>they are familiar with the theories.
>
>"I've heard a number of people say it," said Rep. Melvin Watt
(D-N.C.), who
>quickly added, "I can't say that it would be a widely held view"
among
>lawmakers.
>
>Some lawmakers have a less charitable view of McKinney's penchant
for
>publicity. Rep. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said McKinney is simply
trying to
>impress her constituents.
>
>"She's demonstrated at home an ability to win," he said, "and
she's
>demonstrated in Washington a total lack of responsibility in
her
>statements."
>
>Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a friend of McKinney's, said the
Georgia Democrat
>is adept at seizing on "red-meat" issues that resonate with
her political
>base and have helped her fend off a series of GOP challengers.
>
>"She's not as random as people think," Kingston said. "People
always want
>to hear a political conspiracy theory."
>
>Staff writer David Von Drehle contributed to this report.
>
> © 2002 The Washington Post
Company
>
>Meet the Carlyle Group
>http://www.hereinreality.com/carlyle.html
>
>The Carlyle Group
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