- Press Release
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- UnansweredQuestions.org June 2, 2002
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- To members of the press:
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- A national press conference and formal web site launch
for UnansweredQuestions.org will be held on Monday, June 10th from 2-5
PM at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
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- The goal of this unprecedented press event and public
inquiry is to pose pointed, as yet unanswered, questions regarding the
failure of our national security infrastructure, and the response that
has sacrificed civil liberties and rewarded failure as opposed to ensuring
performance and guaranteeing freedom, now and in the future.
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- UnansweredQuestions.org is being launched by an independent,
non-partisan network of citizens concerned about the growing number of
issues surrounding September 11th that have yet to be addressed or resolved;
and their related public safety and Constitutional implications. Invited
panelists will offer statements, present well-documented research, and
ask incisive questions relative to these issues while addressing how citizens
can act now to ensure accountability from those in government directly
responsible for public safety and upholding the Constitution.
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- The conference will be moderated by Catherine Austin
Fitts, President of Solari and former Assistant Secretary of Housing during
the 1st Bush administration.
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- Confirmed participants include:
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- Mary Schiavo, Esq., lawyer for 32 passengers' families
from all 9/11 hijacked planes, former Inspector General of the U.S. Department
of Transportation ('90-'96) and author of Flying Safe, Flying Blind.
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- Lorna Brett, Director of Media Relations, Nolan Law Group,
representing 9/11 families on United Airlines hijacked planes.
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- Ryan Amundson, whose brother Craig was killed at the
Pentagon; founder of Peaceful Tomorrows.org.
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- Tom Flocco, independent investigative journalist who
has researched and written extensively about insider trading in the trading
days immediately preceding September 11th.
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- Jared Israel, Investigative Journalist and author of
forthcoming book on 9-11.
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- Peter Erlander, Professor of Constitutional Law, William
Mitchell University and past President of the National Lawyers Guild.
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- J. Michael Springmann, a veteran of 20 years of foreign
service, who worked at the Saudi Embassy during a two year period when
visas were issued to suspected Saudi hijackers.
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- Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO), the foremost House proponent
of U.S. border security.
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- --Other members of Congress have been invited to participate
in the third hour of the conference.
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- --Further panelists will be announced in the coming week.
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- Organizers maintain that it is the role of informed active
citizens to insist upon standards of performance from our public officials
in regard to the events surrounding 9-11 and ongoing threats. Organizers
are calling for a complete and public investigation of the failures of
government agencies (FBI, CIA, INS, FAA) uncovered recently. This, they
insist, requires a fuller disclosure of the circumstances surrounding each
case in order to effectively address documented misappropriation (or lack
of appropriation), incompetence, negligence and possible corruption. Doing
so will ultimately foster an intelligence and national security apparatus
that is effectively committed to the public safety and a government worthy
of trust and fully accountable to the American people.
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- Members of radio, television and print press are invited
to attend. There will be ample opportunity for questions and follow-up,
and one-on-one interviews with the panelists directly following the event.
Please contact Kyle F. Hence by Thursday, June 6th to register: 401-847-1963;
kylehence@earthlink.net Media Notes: 1) please reply if interested in receiving
updates relative to additionally confirmed panelists and television coverage
by C-SPAN or other media or or look to the project website for updates
later in the week. 2) please look for audio and/or video archives of the
event to be accessible at www.unansweredquestions.org following the event.
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- **Press credentials and registration required for admittance**
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- National Press Club Holeman Lounge 529 14th Street NW;
[corner of 14th & F St.] Washington, D.C. 24-Hour Events Line: 202-662-7595
Event Reservations: 202-662-7501
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