In his article, “NPR & Trust in Government,” Robert Shetterly anticipated “that the discussion would hone in on governmental hypocrisy and lying,” since “the . . . segment would begin a series of programs focusing on Trust in Government.” Instead, the first guest introduced by Liane Hansen was Philip Zelikow, “as a professor of history . . . and just the person to frame the discussion (emphasis added).” Shetterly was disgusted by what was left out: no mention of Zelikow being a “neocon” of “the Bush administration,” his “Bush Doctrine” “[authorship],” or even his stature as one of the key “[defenders]” of “lies” (WMD! Niger! Mushroom Clouds!) that sent us into Iraq. He then boldly referenced WTC 7 and the totally rational suspicions/questions relating, while braving expected ridicule from our (institutionalized) mainstream:
“[Zelikow] was put in charge of the 9/11 Commission, the committee that was supposed to tell the world what really happened on 9/11. He ran that committee so that the official version of events could not be questioned. He did not allow witnesses to testify who had seen and heard things that cast the official version into doubt. The commission totally ignored facts that made the official version untenable and it neglected to even mention that World Trade Center tower #7, not stuck by an airplane, also mysteriously collapsed that day.”
Though the 9/11 Commission and WTC 7 was not a sole focus of his article, how inspiring it was to have seen such assertions from one of prominence (even on CommonDreams)! In furtherance, he has also “decided to begin taking on the 9/11 story though [his] portrait project AmericansWhoTelltheTruth.org, where he plans to “paint a portrait of David Ray Griffin in May.” (Truly rare. Wholly welcomed.)
“When the media obscures the truth, they show the same contempt for democracy that the politicians do. And then they wring their hands and ask why the people don’t trust government.”
The Huffington Post Bans 9/11 Truthers
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