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Investigative journalist Russ Bakers starts making a list of 9/11's Known Knowns. [View all]
On his website investigative journalist Russ Baker (author of The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years) has started to make a list of 9/11's known knowns. You could say they're facts about 9/11 that cause raised eyebrows and perhaps exclamations of, "You don't say!" when heard for the first time, even among those who tend to be willing to accept as reasonable government's own official conspiracy theories.
With the debate over 9/11 heating up as the 15th anniversary of that fateful day draws near, it’s a good time to get back up to speed. WhoWhatWhy believes there are essential pillars of the 9/11 debate that must be acknowledged by all parties before any healthy discussion of that paradigm-changing topic can take place.
What follows is a refresher list of “known knowns” — select, broad aspects of 9/11 that are at present beyond reasonable doubt:
• The money trail was never followed to its logical conclusion. The 9/11 Commission concluded the question of who funded the attacks “was of little practical significance.”
• The Bush White House pushed back against any independent investigation into 9/11.
• Once the White House agreed to an independent investigation, it provided a budget of $3 million, or 27% of the amount requested by 9/11 Commission co-chairs, Thomas Keane and Lee Hamilton.
What follows is a refresher list of “known knowns” — select, broad aspects of 9/11 that are at present beyond reasonable doubt:
• The money trail was never followed to its logical conclusion. The 9/11 Commission concluded the question of who funded the attacks “was of little practical significance.”
• The Bush White House pushed back against any independent investigation into 9/11.
• Once the White House agreed to an independent investigation, it provided a budget of $3 million, or 27% of the amount requested by 9/11 Commission co-chairs, Thomas Keane and Lee Hamilton.
More at: http://whowhatwhy.org/2016/09/08/911s-known-knowns/ (also see some suggestions for additions to Baker's list made by readers in the comments section)
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