Ray McGovern on Conspiracy



Ray McGovern says Conspiracy theories "should be explored" By Michael Kane September 19th, 2003 But in his opinion... "The real question is how post-911 was exploited...to curtail our freedoms and launch an unprovoked war" Those were the words of former CIA analyst Ray McGovern on the nationally broadcasted program "Democracy Now!" this morning. Ray appeared with American hero David MacMichael, founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). Both these gentlemen were at the 911 Film Exhibit in Harlem on the second commemoration of 911. That evening Ray McGovern (sitting next to 911 Pit Bull Mike Ruppert) came very close to stating Bush had foreknowledge of the events, but chose not to go that far. Instead, he stated the Bush administration's best-case scenario would be to prove it was terribly inept on 9-11-01. On Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now!" McGovern went on to say that the issue of whether the Bush administration had "prior knowledge" or in some way encouraged "promotion" of the attacks was a "red herring". He explained this by using the analogy of the Reichstag fire that the Nazi's used to spread fear and anti-communist fervor throughout Germany. He said new evidence shows that one "Deranged Dutch Communist" was the perpetrator of the Reichstag fire. By this logic, what was important was Nazi manipulation of the event, and not the event itself. However, Michel Chossudovsky, professor and author of "War and Globalization, the truth behind September 11th", has stated the issue of prior knowledge may be a red herring because it assumes the Bush administration played no role in orchestrating the attacks. That is not to say the administration did orchestrate the attacks, rather it reaffirms a truthful point; we still don't know who perpetrated the mass murders of September 11th. With tons of evidence that proves foreknowledge by the administration, their complicity in the events that transpired cannot be ruled out. On 9-11-03, Jim Hoffman gave what has already become a historic presentation on the collapse of the WTC buildings. I would advise everyone to review this presentation at http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/towers/ . WTC 7 is the only steel building in history whose collapse was attributed to fire, and there lies a possible smoking gun within this presentation. The fires in the WTC buildings are said in this report to have been no more than 800 degrees C. Steel melts at 1535 degrees C, which means there would be no possibility of this fire causing the collapse (especially in WTC 7). If this one fact alone holds up in the light of day, it will prove there was another element outside of the plane crashes and resultant fires that brought the towers down. In this context Ray McGovern may be terribly flawed in his statement to Amy Goodman about the issue of foreknowledge. If even just WTC 7 was a controlled demolition of some sort, the administrations "prior knowledge or encouraged promotion" of the attacks are clearly acts of high treason. In this context, McGovern is correct that the issue of prior knowledge is a red herring, but Michel Chossudovsky explanation of why takes precedent. Even if we place the controlled demolition hypothesis aside, "prior knowledge or encouraged promotion" of the 911 mass murders are still acts of high treason. anti-c. 2003, article can be published anywhere for non-profit, educational purposes as long as authorship is attributed correctly and report is unchanged.

Ray McGovern says Conspiracy theories "should be explored"

By Michael Kane

September 19th, 2003

But in his opinion...

"The real question is how post-911 was exploited...to curtail our freedoms and launch an unprovoked war"

Those were the words of former CIA analyst Ray McGovern on the nationally broadcasted program "Democracy Now!" this morning. Ray appeared with American hero David MacMichael, founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).

Both these gentlemen were at the 911 Film Exhibit in Harlem on the second commemoration of 911. That evening Ray McGovern (sitting next to 911 Pit Bull Mike Ruppert) came very close to stating Bush had foreknowledge of the events, but chose not to go that far. Instead, he stated the Bush administration's best-case scenario would be to prove it was terribly inept on 9-11-01.

On Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now!" McGovern went on to say that the issue of whether the Bush administration had "prior knowledge" or in some way encouraged "promotion" of the attacks was a "red herring".

He explained this by using the analogy of the Reichstag fire that the Nazi's used to spread fear and anti-communist fervor throughout Germany. He said new evidence shows that one "Deranged Dutch Communist" was the perpetrator of the Reichstag fire. By this logic, what was important was Nazi manipulation of the event, and not the event itself. However, Michel Chossudovsky, professor and author of "War and Globalization, the truth behind September 11th", has stated the issue of prior knowledge may be a red herring because it assumes the Bush administration played no role in orchestrating the attacks.

That is not to say the administration did orchestrate the attacks, rather it reaffirms a truthful point; we still don't know who perpetrated the mass murders of September 11th. With tons of evidence that proves foreknowledge by the administration, their complicity in the events that transpired cannot be ruled out.

On 9-11-03, Jim Hoffman gave what has already become a historic presentation on the collapse of the WTC buildings. I would advise everyone to review this presentation at http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/towers/ . WTC 7 is the only steel building in history whose collapse was attributed to fire, and there lies a possible smoking gun within this presentation.

The fires in the WTC buildings are said in this report to have been no more than 800 degrees C. Steel melts at 1535 degrees C, which means there would be no possibility of this fire causing the collapse (especially in WTC 7). If this one fact alone holds up in the light of day, it will prove there was another element outside of the plane crashes and resultant fires that brought the towers down.

In this context Ray McGovern may be terribly flawed in his statement to Amy Goodman about the issue of foreknowledge. If even just WTC 7 was a controlled demolition of some sort, the administrations "prior knowledge or encouraged promotion" of the attacks are clearly acts of high treason. In this context, McGovern is correct that the issue of prior knowledge is a red herring, but Michel Chossudovsky explanation of why takes precedent.

Even if we place the controlled demolition hypothesis aside, "prior knowledge or encouraged promotion" of the 911 mass murders are still acts of high treason.

anti-c. 2003, article can be published anywhere for non-profit, educational purposes as long as authorship is attributed correctly and report is unchanged.