Wednesday, 10 September 2008 04:23
Seven years ago, criminal terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers, the
Pentagon were carried out on September by hijacked planes led to the
deaths of thousands of people. A month later, key figures in the print
and broadcast media and members of Congress were sent envelopes
containing very lethal and highly weaponized anthrax, which led to the
deaths of journalists and postal employees. After the initial shock
diminished, there were calls for explanations, investigations,
accountability and a reasoned response that did not include war. The
administration ignored or openly opposed them. Instead we went into a
call for permanent wars hat would last beyond our lifetime, changes in
civil liberties both overt and covert, a takeover of state power by the
executive branch, and the creation of a national security emergency
state that would somehow protect us.
Cynthia McKinney was one of the few voices of reason during that time in
the Congress. Long an opponent of militarism and wars abroad, she also
called for explanations and accountability when information began to
come to light about multiple advanced warnings and apparent
foreknowledge of the imminence and methods of the attack inside
government intelligence agencies that still failed to prevent it. She
supported calls by the families of the 9/11 victims for an official
investigation in what was being termed a "failure of intelligence" even
though it more closely resembled a failure of response, of standard
operating procedures, and of government officials and agencies to
respond and prepare for, or even comprehend the source of these attacks. Continue reading
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