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Hijacking America's Mind on 9/11 : Counterfeiting Evidence.
Title:
Hijacking America's Mind on 9/11 : Counterfeiting Evidence.
Author:
Davidsson, Elias.
ISBN:
9780875869742
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (309 pages)
Contents:
Preface 1 -- Part I. The Foundational Myth 5 -- Introduction 7 -- A practical note for readers 12 -- Some methodological observations 12 -- Chapter 1. Establishing The 9/11 Myth 17 -- (1) Osama bin Laden was named after 15 minutes 18 -- (2) Bush determined within twenty minutes that "America is under attack" 18 -- (3) WTC demise explained within six hours 18 -- (4) Main "facts" established by Congressional vote within 24 hours 19 -- "Attacks against the United States" 21 -- "Terrorists hijacked and destroyed four civilian aircraft" 21 -- "The attacks by the terrorists destroyed both towers of the World Trade Center" 21 -- "The attacks were intended to intimidate our Nation and weaken its resolve" 22 -- Operative paragraph (8) 22 -- A hidden agenda? 23 -- (5) FBI releases the names of the alleged hijackers 23 -- (6) Paul Wolfowitz's evasive answer 24 -- (7) FBI releases photographs of the alleged hijackers 24 -- (8) No known links between the alleged hijackers and Afghanistan 25 -- (9) The US government: "We have no obligation to prove our case" 25 -- (10) Donald Rumsfeld's evasive answer 25 -- (11) US government does not formally link Afghanistan to 9/11 26 -- (12) The FBI admits possessing no evidence that Osama bin Laden was involved in 9/11 27 -- Conclusion 27 -- Chapter 2. Shattering The Myth Of 19 Muslim Hijackers 29 -- Introduction 29 -- (1) No authenticated passenger lists 32 -- (a) Adding and deleting passengers' names after the crashes 32 -- (b) Curious discrepancies in names 38 -- (c) Releasing bogus passenger lists five years later 39 -- (d) What lists did Bonner and Clarke see? 40 -- (e) The airlines' refusal to release authentic lists 42 -- (f) No plausible reason for secrecy 44 -- (g) No legal proof that Muslim terrorists boarded the 9/11 aircraft 44 -- (2) No authenticated boarding passes 44.

(3) No one saw the hijackers at the security checkpoints and at the boarding gates 46 -- (a) Security personnel 46 -- (b) Boarding gate personnel 47 -- (c) The testimony of Marsha L. Smith 48 -- (d) The testimony of Manuel Carreiro 48 -- (e) The testimony of Gail Jawahir 48 -- (f) The testimony of Janet Padilla 49 -- (g) Secret identities of boarding gate employees 49 -- (4) No authenticated CCTV of the hijackers at the departure gates 50 -- (5) No positive identification of the hijackers' bodily remains 53 -- Conclusions 57 -- Part II. The Four Flights 59 -- Chapter 3. No Identification Of Wreckage 61 -- (1) The plotters intended to deceive air traffic controllers 61 -- (2) To what aircraft did the wreckage belong? 63 -- (3) The failure to positively identify the wreckage 65 -- Conclusions 66 -- Chapter 4. Implausible Crash Sites 69 -- (1) The strange crash site at Ground Zero 69 -- (2) The strange crash site at the Pentagon 71 -- (3) The strange crash site at Somerset County, Pa. 76 -- (a) No visible aircraft wreckage 76 -- (b) The legend of the buried aircraft 78 -- (c) The legend of aircraft parts hanging on trees 81 -- (d) No bodies, no blood 81 -- (e) The invisible recovery of the wreckage 83 -- (f) Extreme secrecy surrounding the crash site 84 -- (g) Were personal items planted at the crash site? 86 -- (h) Debris were found up to eight miles from the official crash site 89 -- (i) The phantom engines 92 -- (j) No fuel contamination in the crash site 93 -- (k) Concluding observations about the Somerset County crash site 93 -- Conclusions 94 -- Chapter 5. The Cockpit Voice Recorder Of Flight UA93 95 -- Chapter 6. Aircraft Continued To Fly Past Crash Time 105 -- (1) Operation Northwoods 105 -- (2) Evidence of doubles-Operation Northwoods 2.0? 106 -- (3) Flight UA93 flew past crash time 113 -- (a) No evidence of Boeing 767 wreckage 113.

(b) ACARS 113 -- (c) Testimony of Col. Robert Barr 115 -- (d) Phone call retransmissions 115 -- (e) Two differing take-off times 117 -- (4) Flight UA175 flew past crash time 117 -- (a) ACARS messages 117 -- (c) A Boeing 767 cannot fly at 774 mph 119 -- Part III. The Phone Calls 121 -- Introduction to Part III 123 -- Chapter 7. Phone Calls From Flight AA11 129 -- (1) Betty Ong's Phone Call 129 -- Introduction 129 -- (a) Two versions of Betty Ong's phone call 131 -- (b) Clues that Betty Ong was not describing real events 145 -- Conflicting testimonies by Craig Marquis 147 -- Puzzling comments made by Craig Marquis and others 148 -- "This is between you and me" 148 -- Delay in "locking out" the flight 149 -- Analysis of Betty Ong's voice 150 -- Content analysis of Betty Ong's call 151 -- (2) Madeline Sweeney's calls 152 -- (a) Sources 152 -- (b) What did the recipients of Sweeney's calls report? 154 -- (c) The dubious quote 158 -- (d) Nancy Wyatt's call to Ray Howland (SOC), September 11, 2001 159 -- (e) Anomalies 160 -- (3) Conflicting Reports Of Ong And Sweeney 162 -- (a) Further anomalies 162 -- (4) Concluding observations about the AA11 calls 164 -- Chapter 8. Flight UA175 Calls 165 -- Peter Burton Hanson's Calls 165 -- (a) FBI Document NH-3718 of September 11, 2001. Interview with James R. Candee 165 -- (b) FBI Document TP 18 issued on September 12, 2001 166 -- (c) FBI Document 265D-HQ-1348101, (Ser 354), issued on September 12, 2001 167 -- (d) FBI Document TP 201, issued on September 13, 2001 167 -- (e) FBI Document IN 32838, undated (SKH:skh) 167 -- (f) FBI Document 302 9269 of September 11, 2001. Interview with Lee Hanson 168 -- (2) Brian Sweeney's Phone Calls 170 -- (3) Garnet "Ace" Bailey's phone calls 171 -- (4) A phone call by an unidentified flight attendant 172 -- (5) Concluding observations on UA175 calls 174.

Chapter 9. Flight AA77 Calls 175 -- (1) Renee May's Phone Calls 175 -- (2) Barbara Olson's Call(s) 178 -- (a) FBI document 302 22171. Interview with Mercy Lorenzo, September 11, 2001 178 -- (b) FBI document 302 22170. Interview with Teresa Gonzalez, September 11, 2001 179 -- (c) FBI document 302 30777. Interview with Theodore ("Ted") Olson, September 11, 2001 179 -- (d) FBI document 302 32633. Interview with Helen Voss, September 11, 2001 180 -- (e) FBI document [unreadable serial number]. Interview with Lori Keyton, September 11, 2001 180 -- (f) Interview with Theodore Olson on CNN Larry King Live, September 14, 2001 181 -- (g) Fox News, September 14, 2001 181 -- (h) Theodore Olson's lecture at the Federalist Society 182 -- (i) Briefing by US Attorney David Novak and his team to 9/11 Commission's staff, May 20, 2004 182 -- (j) Final Report of the 9/11 Commission 183 -- (k) Analysis 183 -- (3) Concluding observations on AA77 calls 184 -- Chapter 10. Flight UA93 Calls 185 -- (1) Todd Beamer's Call 185 -- (a) FBI document 302 95682. Interview with Robert W. Combs, September 11, 2001 187 -- (b) FBI document 302 107853, Sept. 11, 2001. Interview with Robert W. Combs 188 -- (c) FBI document 302 95630, Sept. 11, 2001. Interview with Lisa Jefferson 188 -- (d) FBI document 302 41407. Interview with Lisa Beamer, September 22, 2001 189 -- (e) FBI document 302 115861, June 5, 2002. Interview with Phyllis Johnson 190 -- (f) Transcript of call by Nick Leonard, United Airlines, to unknown person, September 14, 2001 190 -- (g) Transcript of phone call between Lisa Jefferson and Lisa Beamer, September 15, 2001 192 -- (h) FBI Lead Control Number NK-5381 193 -- (i) MFR 04020031. Briefing by Lisa Jefferson to John Raidt of the 9/11 Commission Staff, May 11, 2004 194 -- (j) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 22, 2001 194.

(k) Lisa Jefferson and Felicia Middlebrooks, Called, Northfield Publishing (2006) 195 -- Concluding observations 196 -- (2) Mark Bingham's Calls 201 -- (a) FBI document 302 63761. Interview with Alice Hoglan. September 11, 2001 202 -- (b) FBI document 302 31805. Interview with [redacted]. September 17, 2001 202 -- (c) FBI document 302 8422. Interview with [probably Alice Hoglan]. September 17, 2001 202 -- (d) Discussion 203 -- (3) Sandy Bradshaw's Calls 204 -- (a) FBI Document 302 1888. Interview with Richard Belme (SAMC). September 11, 2001 204 -- (b) MFR (unnumbered). Interview with Richard Belme (SAMC). November 21, 2003 204 -- (c) FBI Document 302 95686. Interview with Philip G. Bradshaw. September 11, 2001 205 -- (d) FBI document 302 526, September 12, 2001 206 -- (e) Discussion 207 -- (4) Marion Britton's Phone Call 207 -- (a) FBI Document Serial 302 25306 . Interview with Fred Fiumano. September 17, 2001 207 -- (b) FBI Document PG-961, September 22, 2001 208 -- (c) Jere Longman's account 208 -- (d) Discussion 208 -- (5) Thomas Burnett's Phone Calls 209 -- (a) FBI Document 302 535. Interview with Deena Burnett. September 11, 2001 209 -- (b) MFR 04020024. Interview with Deena Burnett by 9/11 Commission staff 210 -- (c) Transcript of Tom's calls to Deena, posted on the website of the Tom Burnett Foundation 211 -- (d) The Telegraph (UK), September 14, 2001 214 -- (e) The San Francisco Chronicle, April 21, 2002 214 -- (f) Books 215 -- (g) Analysis 215 -- Was Mrs. Burnett a reliable witness? 218 -- Is it probable that Mrs. Burnett was mistaken? 218 -- Is it plausible that Mrs. Burnett deliberately lied? 219 -- From what altitude were Tom Burnett's calls made? 219 -- (6) Joseph Deluca's Phone Calls 220 -- (7) Edward Felt's Phone Call 221 -- (a) Initial FBI interviews of John W. Shaw on September 11, 2001 221.

(b) FBI Serial 17823. Interview with Glenn W. Cramer. September 12, 2001 222.
Abstract:
An international researcher of long date and an expert in international law and human rights, the author's approach to the questions of 9/11 is essentially forensic. The book is narrative in style yet is highly factual and heavily annotated.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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