Tag: FOIA

Obama restores some of the ‘Freedom’ to FOIA

The series of articles recently about President Obama's order to 'open the gates' to greater transparency, is being posted because it helps shed light on where we've been, where we are now, and where me might get in pursuing release of information pertaining to 9/11 and its consequences. This order comes two weeks after the 9/11 Commission materials have been made available--albeit much of it redacted--to the public by the National Archive. We've spent 7.5 years trying to get information and answers... what more might become available to us now, in light of this change? Time will tell. One thing's for sure -- we have many FOIA requests to file!

(Some) 9/11 Commission Records Released

A significant amount of information from the 9/11 Commission Records has been made available today through the National Archives. The introduction, reposted below, is followed by FAQs, where to find help, what's online, and much more. In particular interest at this point is the Memorandums for the Record (MFR) section: "During its investigation, the commission staff conducted over 1200 fact-finding interviews-the MFRs are summaries of these interviews. This series is available online." We will post information at 911truth.org as researchers comb through these records, to keep readers informed.

Utah lawyer says Obama’s A.G. pick behind cover-up

Originally published at  The Salt Lake Tribune by Pamela Manson on December 25, 2008 Accusation--Attorney general-nominee led effort to kill investigation into prisoner's death. A Salt Lake City lawyer who claims his brother was tortured and...

The Anthrax Case Reopens: Why Did the FBI Let the Fort Detrick Scientists Investigate Themselves?

by Bill Simpich tr u t h o u t | Report The Congressional anthrax hearings of September 16-17 revealed that public pressure is keeping the doors open in the anthrax case. FBI...

Did American Flight 77 Strike the Pentagon? The Debris Deficit

According to the official account of 9/11, Wedge 1 of the Pentagon was struck by Flight 77, which was a Boeing 757. If so, there surely would have been debris from the plane to...

History Commons Projects, Update on September 4, 2008

One of the most active projects this week is the newly-established Iran-Contra Timeline, where there is more about kidnappings by Iranian-backed terrorists, missile shipments to Iran, and money movements to the Contras. You can...