The truth about the truth movement

I was glad to see a lengthy article on 9/11; naturally, I was sad to note the omissions, and I disagree with Steven T. Jones on his analysis of the state of the 9/11 truth movement ["We're All Paranoid," 3/23/05].

For the record, I knew that there was a cover-up after marching with a large delegation of peace and human rights groups' representatives on Senator Feinstein's office in January 2002, and meeting with Feinstein and Senator Boxer's staff to demand a congressional investigation of 9/11. Bush and Cheney immediately asked Daschle to limit the inquiry, which was later officially headed by the CIA, Bob Graham, and Porter Goss, heads of the House/Senate Intelligence Committee, who were having breakfast on 9/11 with Gen. Mahmoud Ahmad (who had ordered $100,000 wired to Mohammed Atta, whom the FBI identified as the leader of the attacks). Those most responsible for 9/11 have been promoted within the administration.

I believe the 9/11 truth movement is growing, as evidenced by our support from Project Censored, project director Peter Phillips, and the public. The premieres of The Great Conspiracy: The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw raised more than $12,000 in direct donations from audiences to get the DVD to universities and colleges throughout California, and to support further research by Project Censored on the unanswered questions of 9/11, and the continued educational efforts of the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance. Where people are mentally depends on how much they are willing to look into the "facts" and where they go for "reliable information." The failure of the mainstream press to present the basic facts of 9/11 has driven us to do all we can to educate the public directly, bypassing the traditional media. The movement has been plagued by a flood of disinformation straw men to make us look "crazy."

Carol Brouillet
Palo Alto

We're all nuts

Let's see, conspiracy theory nut Steven T. Jones wishes other conspiracy theory nuts would stop acting like nuts, so that people won't think they're nuts. Did I get that right?

Arnold Knepfer
Corte Madera

Except this guy

Great story. I'm not crazy, and I don't believe the official story, either. I haven't from the beginning, but I wonder how much of that stems from my resentment of who's in power and my distrust of anything they say and do.

Gene Ridgle y
Cranford, N.J.

And this one

Thank you for writing objectively about the 9/11 truth movement. These people are not crazy. I hung around with some of them at the March 19 antiwar rally, and they are remarkably sane. Having terrifying knowledge of horrible crimes by our government makes it hard to act calmly and rationally. But they're doing their best to get the word out.

Believing the truth movement's theories might be difficult. But after seeing the evidence, believing the government story is impossible. I urge everyone to check out the Web sites and/or read the books in your excellent resource guide.

David Spero
San Francisco

Putting the pieces together

I would like to thank you for your recent article. It was wonderful to find a piece of journalism that put the pieces that we do have together on this topic without going off the shrieking deep end into paranoia. In other words, this article may allow the mainstream reader access to these facts for the first time, without scaring them away from the truth that lies somewhere in them. Score one for the Bay Guardian; you have a new faithful reader now.

Jennifer Rauch
Palm Bay, Fla.

Well-balanced report

I was pleasantly surprised to read such a well-balanced report on the 9/11 truth movement from a major paper. What you did is very significant, for it helped bring to light, to a major Bay Area audience, some of the really troubling questions about what happened on 9/11 – something major corporate media are trying their best to ignore. There are just too many inconsistencies and problems with the official story of what happened, and you are right: the evidence the administration presents doesn't even pass muster using basic court evidentiary procedures.

Thank you so much for the excellent article! In a perfect world, more news organizations would be doing what you are.

Camille Sauve
Castro Valley

For the record

Last week's In This Issue incorrectly described the first Superlist published in the Bay Guardian as a comprehensive guide to public astrological observatories. It was, in fact, a list of astronomical observatories.