by Ed Haas
FBI says, “No hard evidence
connecting Bin Laden to 9/11”
June 6, 2006 – This past
weekend, a thought provoking e-mail circulated through Internet news
groups, and was sent to the Muckraker Report by Mr. Paul V. Sheridan
(Winner of the 2005 Civil Justice Foundation Award), bringing
attention to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist web page for Usama Bin
Laden.[1] (See bottom of this web page for Most Wanted page) In the
e-mail, the question is asked, “Why doesn’t Usama Bin Laden’s Most
Wanted poster make any direct connection with the events of
September 11, 2001?” The FBI says on its Bin Laden web page that
Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998
bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
and Nairobi, Kenya. According to the FBI, these attacks killed over
200 people. The FBI concludes its reason for “wanting” Bin Laden by
saying, “In addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorists
attacks throughout the world.”
On June 5, 2006, the Muckraker Report contacted the FBI
Headquarters, (202) 324-3000, to learn why Bin Laden’s Most Wanted
poster did not indicate that Usama was also wanted in connection
with 9/11. The Muckraker Report spoke with Rex Tomb, Chief of
Investigative Publicity for the FBI. When asked why there is no
mention of 9/11 on Bin Laden’s Most Wanted web page, Tomb said, “The
reason why 9/11 is not mentioned on Usama Bin Laden’s Most Wanted
page is because the FBI has no hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to
9/11.”
Surprised by the ease in which this FBI spokesman made such an
astonishing statement, I asked, “How this was possible?” Tomb
continued, “Bin Laden has not been formally charged in connection to
9/11.” I asked, “How does that work?” Tomb continued, “The FBI
gathers evidence. Once evidence is gathered, it is turned over to
the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice than decides
whether it has enough evidence to present to a federal grand jury.
In the case of the 1998 United States Embassies being bombed, Bin
Laden has been formally indicted and charged by a grand jury. He has
not been formally indicted and charged in connection with 9/11
because the FBI has no hard evidence connected Bin Laden to 9/11.”
It shouldn’t take long before the full meaning of these FBI
statements start to prick your brain and raise your blood pressure.
If you think the way I think, in quick order you will be wrestling
with a barrage of very powerful questions that must be answered.
First and foremost, if the U.S. government does not have enough hard
evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11, how is it possible that it
had enough evidence to invade Afghanistan to “smoke him out of his
cave?” The federal government claims to have invaded Afghanistan to
“root out” Bin Laden and the Taliban. Through the talking heads in
the mainstream media, the Bush Administration told the American
people that Usama Bin Laden was Public Enemy Number One and
responsible for the deaths of nearly 3000 people on September 11,
2001. Yet nearly five years later, the FBI says that it has no hard
evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11.
Next is the Bin Laden “confession” video that was released by the
U.S. government on December 13, 2001. Most Americans remember this
video. It was the video showing Bin Laden with a few of his comrades
recounting with delight the September 11 terrorist attacks against
the United States. The Department of Defense issued a press release
to accompany this video in which Secretary of Defense Donald H.
Rumsfeld said, “There was no doubt of bin Laden’s responsibility for
the September 11 attacks before the tape was discovered.”[2] What
Rumsfeld implied by his statement was that Bin Laden was the known
mastermind behind 9/11 even before the “confession video” and that
the video simply served to confirm what the U.S. government already
knew; that Bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
In a BBC News article[3] reporting on the “9/11 confession video”
release, President Bush is said to have been hesitant to release the
tape because he knew it would be a vivid reminder to many people of
their loss. But, he also knew it would be “a devastating
declaration” of Bin Laden’s guilt. “Were going to get him,” said
President Bush. “Dead or alive, it doesn’t matter to me.”
In a CNN article[4] regarding the Bin Laden tape, then New York
Mayor Rudy Giuliani said that “the tape removes any doubt that the
U.S. military campaign targeting bin Laden and his associates is
more than justified.” Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, the vice
chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said, “The tape’s
release is central to informing people in the outside world who
don’t believe bin Laden was involved in the September 11 attacks.”
Shelby went on to say “I don’t know how they can be in denial after
they see this tape.” Well Senator Shelby, apparently the Federal
Bureau of Investigation isn’t convinced by the taped confession, so
why are you?
The Muckraker Report attempted to secure a reference to the U.S.
government authenticating the Bin Laden “confession video”, to no
avail. However, it is conclusive that the Bush Administration and
U.S. Congress, along with the dead stream media, played the video as
if it was authentic. So why doesn’t the FBI view the “confession
video” as hard evidence? After all, if the FBI is investigating a
crime such as drug trafficking, and it discovers a video of members
of a drug cartel openly talking about a successful distribution
operation in the United States, that video would be presented to a
federal grand jury. The identified participants of the video would
be indicted, and if captured, the video alone would serve as
sufficient evidence to net a conviction in a federal court. So why
is the Bin Laden “confession video” not carrying the same weight
with the FBI?
Remember, on June 5, 2006, FBI spokesman, Chief of Investigative
Publicity Rex Tomb said, “The FBI has no hard evidence connecting
Usama Bin Laden to 9/11.” This should be headline news worldwide.
The challenge to the reader is to find out why it is not. Why has
the U.S. media blindly read the government-provided 9/11 scripts,
rather than investigate without passion, prejudice, or bias, the
events of September 11, 2001? Why has the U.S. media blacklisted any
guest that might speak of a government sponsored 9/11 cover-up,
rather than seeking out those people who have something to say about
9/11 that is contrary to the government’s account? And on those few
rare occasions when a 9/11 dissenter has made it upon the airways,
why has the mainstream media ridiculed the guest as a conspiracy
nut, rather than listen to the evidence that clearly raises valid
questions about the government’s 9/11 account? Why is the Big Media
Conglomeration blindly content with the government’s 9/11 story when
so much verifiable information to the contrary is available with a
few clicks of a computer mouse?
Who is it that is controlling the media message, and how is it that
the U.S. media has indicted Usama Bin Laden for the events of
September 11, 2001, but the U.S. government has not? How is it that
the FBI has no “hard evidence” connecting Usama Bin Laden to the
events of September 11, 2001, while the U.S. media has played the
Bin Laden - 9/11 connection story for five years now as if it has
conclusive evidence that Bin Laden is responsible for the collapse
of the twin towers, the Pentagon attack, and the demise of United
Flight 93?
…No hard evidence connecting Usama Bin Laden to 9/11… Think about
it.
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Notes:
[1] Federal Bureau of Investigation, Most Wanted Terrorists, Usama
Bin Laden, http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm,
[Accessed May 31, 2006]
[2] United States Department of Defense, News Release, U.S. Releases
Videotape of Osama bin Laden, December 13, 2001, http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2001/b12132001_bt630-01.html,
[Accessed June 5, 2006]
[3] BBC News, Bin Laden video angers New Yorkers, December 14, 2001,
Peter Gould, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1711874.stm,
[Accessed June 5, 2006]
[4] CNN, Bin Laden on tape: Attacks ‘benefited Islam greatly”,
December 14, 2001, http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/12/13/ret.bin.laden.videotape,
[Accessed June 5, 2006]