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Taking to heart the classic idea that those who benefit from a crime ought to be investigated, here the eminent theologian David Ray Griffin sifts through the evidence about the attacks of 9/11--stories from the mainstream press, reports from abroad, the work of other researchers, and the contradictory words of members of the Bush administration themselves--and finds that, taken together, they cast serious doubt on the official story of that tragic day. He begins with simple questions: Once radio contact was lost with the flights, why weren't jets immediately sent up ("scrambled") from the nearest military airport, something that according to the FAA's own manual is routine procedure? Why did the administration's story about scrambling jets change in the days following the attacks? The disturbing questions don't stop there: they emerge from every part of the story, from every angle, until it is impossible not to suspect the architects of the official story of enormous deception. A teacher of ethics and theology, Griffin writes with compelling logic, urging readers to draw their own conclusions from the evidence. The New Pearl Harbor is a stirring call for a thorough investigation into what happened on 9/11. It rings with the conviction that it is still possible to search for the truth in American political life.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #63490 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 214 pages

From Publishers Weekly
A philosopher at the Claremont School of Theology, Griffin scrutinizes the time line and physical evidence of September 11 for unresolved inconsistencies. Griffin draws heavily on three similarly skeptical examinations, by Nafeez Ahmed, Paul Thompson and Thierry Meyssan, whose The Big Lie was a bestseller in France, and which the New Republic has called "thinâ€"and thinly argued." Based on these sources, Griffin maintains that a full investigation of the events of that tragic day is necessary to answer such questions as whether American Airlines Flight 77 did crash into the Pentagon (though many will find it impossible to doubt this) and how United Airlines Flight 93 was downed. He claims that if standard procedures for scrambling fighter jets had been followed, the hijacked planes should have been intercepted in time, and that structurally, the collapse of the World Trade Center towers most likely was caused by explosives placed throughout the towers, not from the plane crashes. He strongly implies that the Bush administration had foreknowledge of the attack and sought to conceal what Griffin suggests was the Pakistani intelligence agency's involvement in the planning for the attacks. His analysis is undergirded by the theory that a significant external threat, on the scale of Pearl Harbor, was very much in the interest of the Bush administration, which he believes is intent on self-interested aggressive foreign policies. Even many Bush opponents will find these charges ridiculous, though conspiracy theorists may be haunted by the suspicion that we know less than we think we do about that fateful day.
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Jack Ceder
"[A] superbly written analysis of the various criticisms of the official story made by many independent researchers."

from the Foreword by Richard Falk, human rights lawyer and professor emeritus, Princeton University
"[A]n extraordinary book... It is rare, indeed, that a book has this potential to become a force of history."

Customer Reviews

September 11, 2001 Day of Deceit
The collapse of the twin towers didn't look right to me, but so much was happening that I had to let it go. There was the antrax attacks that was "military grade" thought to come from Ft. Dietrick. There was a killer in my neighborhood called the DC sniper. Oh yeah, lets not forget the invasions of Afganistan and Iraq. Everything happened so fast it made me forget about the stolen 2000 presidential elections. Then one day I heard David Ray Griffin discussing his book on CSPAN and it was like waking and finding I was living in a nightmare.
Most people are aware that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a LIHOP(Let it happen on purpose) operation as documented in Robert Stinnson's "Day of Deceit" and John Toland's "Infamy". Apparently this action or inaction was taken so that the isolationist American public would be suffiently enraged and easily led into war.
In 2000, a neo-con think tank called the Project for a New American Century wrote a white paper that called for invasions of Central Asia but felt that a catalyzing event would be needed to gain public support, "A New Pearl Harbor."
David Ray Griffin recounts the terrible events and systematically deconstructs the official story by simply asking valid questions.
The questions are haunting and the testimony of survivors and first responders is most damning.
Have courage and read this book.

Comprehensive Breakdown of the 9/11 attacks...
Prof. David Ray Griffin presents a persuasive & realistic scenario, which, in short, suggests that (rogue) factions within the U.S. government were complicit in "terrorist attack(s)" on 9/11. And to reflect on the heedlessness of the official account, consider that the Clinton-Lewinsky investigation initially received more funding than the 9/11 (commission) investigation. That's right, the greatest structural malfunction in the world's history receives less cash than a petty inquiry into the promiscuity of our former President, Bill Clinton. Not only was the funding inadequate, but the evidence - steal beams, rubble, debris - was all removed from the scene and shipped to scrap yards. The evidence was destroyed and less than 1% of the steel actually exists today.

My only problem with this book is that Griffin did not take the time to verify all the facts that he cites in his 168 pg book. He instead takes a large amount of the 'facts' from the books & essays by Nafeez Ahmed, Michel Chossudovsky, & Thierry Meyssan. Regardless of this, if you are interested in learning about the inconsistencies and implausibilities found in the official account, this book is worth your time & money. Griffin thoroughly covers the majority of the issues - the NORAD "stand-down" (fighter jets stayed on the ground for 60 "decisive" minutes), the Standard Operating Procedures, the "implosion" (as used by NIST) of WTC 1, 2, & 7, the Pentagon damage area, Shanksville crash site, cell phone calls at 20+k altitude, etc. However, the information provided on the collapse(s) is less than stellar. I expected to see questions such as - "If the official account is true, then explain how gravity (and pockets of air) cause 4-ton steel girders to be launched 600 ft away from the WTC building?" Griffin focuses on a rather weak, but still valid point; ALL of the concrete turned into dust and formed a pyroclastic flow (which contained asbestos and many other deadly toxins). Overall, Griffin's book serves as a great introduction to the (lesser-known) facts of 9/11. Buying this paperback will not dissatisfy, nor will it disillusion you from "reality"; instead, by the time you reach the heart of the book, you'll be gnashing your teeth in contempt at our nation's obdurate acceptance of the "official account". When you arrive at the book's conclusion, you will undoubtedly discover that the "official account", as supported by NIST, 9/11 Comission Report, U.S. government, the general populace & the US media, stinks to the high heavens!

9-11? America's Military Industrial Complex got its wish.
I was a low level IntelGrunt funnelling TOP Secret crap to big daddy,
NSA a long time ago; plus, after that very interesting, very educational stint in what we called 'The Association of Presidential Whipping Boys,'
I became a first responder---a firefighter with DeKalb County Fire Dept.
in Georgia. Plus, for two quarters, I worked for Law Engineering which
tested building materials.

During Disaster Pre-Plan classes, we discussed:

1. Trade Towers collapse predicted since 1974!
2. Terrorists using commercial airliners as human guided missiles have
been predicted since WWII.
3. Commercial Pilots carrying US Mail were required to carry firearms AND be proficient in their use since early days of Airmail.
3. Terrorist profiling put in place in late '60s by Johnson Administration---primarily targeting Muslims.
etc...
4. Presidents Eisenhower and Truman in the late 40s and early 50s set a goal for the US to become totally energy independent by YR2000 so as
to empower the US, prevent Islam from gaining power due to flood of US
petro Dollars AND to prevent a nuclear world war between Christians and
Muslims.
Unfortunately for US AND nations of Persian Gulf, the Military Industrial
Complex wanted war.

From 1969 onwards, Nixon, Kissinger, Ford, Carter, Bush, Sr., etc...
wanted war, put a stop to US energy independence, stopped profiling
Muslim terrorists, outlawed effective fire suppression systems for
Commercial high rise buildings (Except for 'critical' Government buildings like The White House, Pentagon, 911 Comm Centers), destroyed
the Shah, encouraged Muslim radicals, betrayed Kuwait by giving green
light to Iraq to invade, betrayed Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc...

Long story short. The morning of 911, I called Atlanta FBI and Atlanta
FEMA minutes after the second airliner hit and advised them to warn NYC
via their dedicated comm system that the 2nd tower hit would collapse within 4 hours and the other would collapse shortly thereafter and warned
them to evacuate 1 mile from Ground Zero.

I recorded the calls to FBI and FEMA, NSA has record of my call.
Recordings sent to Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and other
major news outlets. No one contacted me.

Now Conspiracy nuts with little training in materials testing write
books that muddy the waters by saying that the Tower were brought
down by set charges , the Israelis did it and other rot.

Bill Bryan
IntellGrunt at yahoo dot com