The Citizens' Commission on 9-11
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The Citizens' Commission on 9-11 was a hearing by a group of United States citizens who were skeptical of the findings of the 9/11 Commission Report, and who launched their own investigation into the events of September 11th, 2001. The meeting took place at September 9, 2004.
Overview
The event was sponsored by 911 CitizensWatch, with support from 911Truth and Ny911truth.org.
The event was modelled after the United States Congressional hearings which were conducted by the 9/11 Commission. A group of commisioners heard testimony provided by witnesses, authors, experts and whistle blowers. The witnesses gave their testimony after having been sworn in, and were then questioned by the commisioners. An audience and representatives from the press were also present.
The world premiere of Barrie Zwicker's The Great Conspiracy was performed after the end of the hearings and questions.
People present
Among those present were:
- Kyle Hence, co-founder of 911 CitizensWatch, presented the event.
- Nicholas Levis, co-founder of Ny911truth.org, helped organize the event.
In the introduction, Kyle Hence stated that people were not sworn in at the beginning of the 9/11 Commission, and that had only started after "we made some noise about it, and the press started to ask some questions". He also stated that some have dubbed the "9/11 Commission hearings" the "9/11 omission hearings".
Commisioners
- Cynthia McKinney was at the time a former Congresswoman; she was re-elected again within a few month of the meeting.
- Bob Mcalvane is the father of one of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
People heard
- Barry Zelman - lost his brother Kenneth in the North Tower
- Mindy Kleinberg - widowed, single mom. Video testimony from her hearing to the 9/11 Commission.
- Jenna Orkin - plaintiff in potentional lawsuit against EPA, gave environmental hazard negligence testimony.
- John Judge - co-founder of 911 CitizensWatch.
- Barrie Zwicker - Canadian television journalist. transcript.
- Michael Springmann - former Diplomat for the Department of State, Attorney, regarding giving Visas to terrorists.
- Paul Thompson - author of The Terror Timeline.
- Michael Ruppert - founder and editor of From The Wilderness.
- Indira Singh - ;ived and worked at Ground Zero, he read a letter from Sibel Edmonds, and talked about P-TECH.
- Nicholas Levis - talked about The Omissions Dossier.
- Carolyn Betts - attorney, addresed options for future, for example courts.
Aftermath
Media
The event received attention from the press, especially since a congresswoman was involved [1].
Jimmy Walter
Two days later the multi-millionaire Jimmy Walter sponsored a large forum in New York titled "Confronting the Evidence." Some within the 9/11 truth movement critizised it harshly, for example Jenna Orkin from http://www.wtceo.org/ said that:
- This event was much lower quality than other major presentations (such as the International Inquiries in San Francisco and Toronto) and logistically bizarre -- a direct contrast to an extremely high quality, professional presentation two days prior (the Citizens Commission on 9/11, with Cynthia McKinney, Kyle Hence, Michael Ruppert, Barrie Zwicker, Indira Singh, John Judge and many others). Indymedia [2]
Congressional Briefing
On July 22, 2005, a Congressional Briefing named "The 9/11 Commission Report One Year Later: A Citizens' Response - Did They Get It Right?" was conducted, hosted by Cynthia McKinney [3].