Truth about 9/11 Commission report on al Qaeda - Iraq link (excerpts from actual staff report)

9/11 Commission ^ | 6/17/04 | 9/11 Commission Staff

[Wolfstar]

To the best of my knowledge, we have not had sedition laws in this country since the administration of President John Adams. Perhaps its time to revisit the need for such laws. At the very least, it's time to revist our common understanding that free speech does not mean one can do the journalistic equivalent of shouting "fire" in a croweded theater where our national security is at stake.

[Wolfstar]

Pinging you FYI.

[Cindy]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: "ATTACK ON AMERICA!" (Updated)
http://www.truthusa.com/911.html

[Mike Darancette]

This seems so at odds with what is being reported ... remarkable.

[reformedliberal]

In the present political climate, it will take a super majority in the Senate to pass any sedition laws and then a cleansing of the judiciary to keep it. ACLU and assorted other terror enablers, such as the media, will fight it tooth and nail under guise of the First Amendment.

I do not understand why sedition is not a crime. Were laws passed to rescind the sedition laws?

[Wolfstar]

You're right. It is at odds with what's being reported. The commission's staff report is in .PDF format, which means it can't be copied. If someone wants to post it in its entirety on another website such as FR, they have to retype all 12 pages.

I went to the trouble of finding it, reading it, and excerpting key paragraphs by typing them for posting on FR, precisely to reveal the media lie to all who are interested in the truth.

[ex-snook]

All sorts of pro and con AQ spin is in the air. The bottom line - If the terror alert flag goes down after 6/30 we will have done the right thing. If it doesn't, we screwed up.

[Wolfstar]

It would take too long to explain here, but the Congress passed sedition laws during the term of our 2nd president, John Adams. He signed the bill into law, but it was highly controversial in his day. Eventually, it cost him a 2nd term. I don't know if any other sedition laws were passed in the subsequent 200 years.

[Wolfstar]

Unless you believe the staff report from the 9/11 commission is "spin," the above is the truth insofar as their investigation was able to reveal. It is not spin. Taking down Hussein in a post-9/11 world was the right thing to do for many reasons.

[Wolfstar]

BTW, Mike, the media distorts or hides truth frequently. Nothing at all remarkable about it.

[Lyford]

911 commission bump

[Lancey Howard]

The "truth" about the "9-11 Commission" is that it is a pathetic laughingstock with zero credibility:

GORELICK GATE: Developing...
various FR links | 04-14-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

And the liberal newsrooms of course have no interest in "truth", LOFL!!!

Bush and the Republicans better start swinging back HARD and they better start swinging back NOW. The scumbag press and its network news versions will have a field day with these daily drips and drabs of "9-11" info that they can distort and spin any way they want in order to smear Bush.

[jocko12]

All the MSM tabloids just love there spins.

[MizSterious]

Compare what was really said to what the media reported--huge chasm separates the two!

[Wolfstar]

The "truth" about the "9-11 Commission" is that it is a pathetic laughingstock with zero credibility.

Absolutely true. You won't get any argument from me about that point. What I'm primarily doing here on this thread is demonstrating how the media are distorting what the Commission staff report said about the Iraq-al Qaeda links.

[ex-snook]

We have heard endless 'reasons'. I'll check with the impartial umpire. The bottom line - If the terror alert flag goes down after 6/30 we will have done the right thing. If it doesn't, we screwed up.

[MizSterious]

You and I (and many Freepers) say that, but the truth of the matter is that a large segment of our population gets its news from the network news. These people, I'm convinced, would rush to purchase the Brooklyn Bridge if Tom or Petah or Dan assured them it was for sale.

[MizSterious]

You know, I've thought on what you wrote, and I have the distinct impression that you think President Bush only mentioned Iraq as being responsible for terror. That is not the case, he mentioned other countries--and if he were to give another speech on the matter, he'd no doubt have to add still more.

The terror alert flag is not going to go down on June 30, because the vermin still infest Iran, Syria, Korea, and portions of Pakistan--among other places. It's like trying to eradicate cockroaches in a tenement--you fog one flat, and they all run into another one to wait for the air to clear. It's a rough job ahead of us, and it won't be over by June 30. At least, not by June 30 of this year.

[Wolfstar]

You're right about where most people get their news. That is, most people who even bother to get any news at all. In a country as vast as this, it's extremely difficult even for a president of the United States to get his message out to the people unfiltered by the media. We also shouldn't forget that the people have a responsibility to inform themselves. If they won't, there's nothing anyone can do about it.

[MizSterious]

You're right. I suppose I'm just grumbling because I know that if those fools and idiots muck up this election, I'm going to have to suffer alongside them.