An anonymous reader writes:
I've been hearing some rumors that much of the 9-11 Commission Report doesn't makes sense, and between the recent article Bush Signs Bill Enabling Martial Law and knowing my history, I figured I should start trying to make sense of what's going on. Many of the arguments are persuasive, yet, I'm no scientist, engineer, or even an ethicist, so I have a lot more questions than I could find the answers to. I'd like slashdot's input.
- Does the 9-11 Commission Report make sense?
- Are all the 'senior U.S. military officers, intelligence services veterans, and government officials' who have been quoted as seriously questioning the report just off-the-deep-end and I'm better off ignoring them?
- Baer, Robert — Case Officer, CIA
- Berg, Philip — Deputy Attorney General, State of Pennsylvania
- Bowman, Col. Robert — Director of Advanced Space Programs Development under Ford and Carter
- Burks, Fred — State Department Interpreter for Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton
- Butler, Lt. Col. Stephen — Former Vice Chancellor Defense Language Institute
- Christison, William — Director of the CIA's Office of Regional and Political Analysis
- Cleland, Senator Max — Member of the 9/11 Commission. Former U.S. Senator from Georgia
- Cole, John — Intelligence Operations Specialist, FBI
- Conrad, David Mark — Agent in Charge, Internal Affairs, U.S. Customs
- Costello, Edward — Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI
- Dayton, Senator Mark — Senate Armed Services Committee
- Dew, Rosemary — Supervisory Special Agent, Counterterrorism & Counterintelligence, FBI
- Dzakovic, Bogdan — Counter-terrorism expert, FAA
- Edmonds, Sibel — Language Translation Specialist, FBI
- Ehmke, Horst — Former Minister of Justice (West Germany)
- Ellsberg, Daniel — Former Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Elson, Steve — Special Agent, FAA
- Fitts, Catherine Austin — Assistant Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush
- Forbes, David — Aviation, Logistics and Govt. Security Analyst
- Freeh, Louis — Director of the FBI 1993-2001
- Goodman, Melvin — Division Chief and Senior Analyst of Soviet Affairs, CIA
- Goulder, Morton — Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter
- Graf, Mark — Security Supervisor, Department of Energy
- Graham, Gilbert — Special Agent, Counterintelligence, FBI
- Heikal, Mohamed Hassanein — Foreign Minister, Egypt
- Hellyer, Paul — Minister of National Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, Canada
- Honegger, Barbara — White House Policy Analyst Under Ronald Reagan
- Ivashov, Gen. Leonid — Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
- Kleiman, Diane — Special Agent, U.S. Customs
- Kwiatkowski, Lt. Col. Karen — Political-Military Affairs Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Lannoye, Paul – Former Member of European Parliament
- Larkin, Lynne — Operation Officer, CIA
- Loftus, John — Former Federal Prosecutor
- MacMichael, David — Senior Estimates Officer, CIA
- McGovern, Raymond — Chairman, National Intelligence Estimates, CIA
- Meacher, Michael — Undersecretary for Industry, Minister for the Environment, UK
- Nelson, Col. George — U.S. Air Force aircraft crash investigator
- Newman, Major John — Former Executive Assistant to the Director of the NSA
- Pahle, Theodore J. — Senior Intelligence Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency
- Peck, Edward — Deputy Director of the White House Task Force on Terrorism under Ronald Reagan
- Ray, Col. Ronald — Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan
- Reynolds, Morgan — Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor under George W. Bush
- Ritter, Maj. Scott — Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and Chief UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq
- Roberts, Paul Craig — Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury under Ronald Reagan
- Rokke, Maj. Douglas — Director U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Project
- Sarshar, Behrooz — Language Translation Specialist, FBI
- Shaffer, Lt. Col. Anthony — Former Chief of the Army’s Controlled HUMINT Program
- Shayler, David — Counter-Terrorism Officer, MI5 (UK)
- Steele, Robert David — U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and CIA Case Officer
- Stubblebine, Maj. Gen. Albert — Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence
- Sullivan, Brian — Special Agent and Risk Management Specialist, FAA
- Tortorich, Larry — US Naval Officer and Dept. of Homeland Security
- Turner, Jane — Special Agent, FBI
- Vincent, John — Special Agent, Counterterrorism, FBI
- von Buelow, Andreas — State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defense, West Germany
- Weldon, Rep. Curt — Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
- Whitehurst, Dr. Fred — Supervisory Special Agent, Forensic Examiner, FBI
- Wittenberg, Capt. Russ — Air Force fighter pilot and commercial airline pilot
- Wright, Col. Ann — U.S. Army and Former Diplomat
- Zeigler, Capt. Gregory — Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer
- Zipoli, Matthew — Special Response Team Officer, Department of Energy
If they aren't all nuts... are there any times it's okay for a government to attack it's own people for a greater good?