A very interesting "coincidence" involving John Nichols, author of
DICK; The Man Who Is President. Read all the way down.
On page 14 of his Address to the San Francisco Commonwealth Club, August 31, 2004, Michael C. Ruppert names Vice President Dick Cheney as the prime suspect for the government's role in the events of 9/11:
For me, the pivotal evidence absolutely demonstrating direct government complicity in, and management of, the attacks was found in a number of undisputed, yet virtually unaddressed war games that I will show were being conducted, coordinated and/or controlled by Vice President Dick Cheney or his immediate staff on the morning of September 11th. The names of those wargames are known to include: Vigilant Guardian, Vigilant Warrior, Northern Guardian, Northern Vigilance, and Tripod II. All have been reported on by major press organizations relying on undisputed quotes from participating military personnel. They have also been confirmed by NORAD press releases. All, except for Northern Vigilance and Tripod II, had to do with hijacked airliners inside the continental United States, specifically within the Northeast Air Defense Sector where all four 9/11 hijackings occurred.
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There are many, many areas where the official account and the findings of the Kean Commission are contradicted by hard evidence, official records, mainstream news investigations and even sworn testimony. Both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times have noted some of the lesser, but no less glaring, inconsistencies. In my book <"Crossing the Rubicon"> I will provide you with many more.
In my book I will make several key points:
1. I will name Richard Cheney as the prime suspect in the mass murders of 9/11 and will establish that, not only was he a planner in the attacks, but also that on the day of the attacks he was running a completely separate command, control and communications system which was superceding any orders being issued by the NMCC, or the White House Situation Room. To accomplish that end he relied on a redundant and superior communications system maintained by the US Secret Service in or near the presidential Emergency Operations Center – the bunker to which he and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice were reportedly "rushed" after flight 175 struck the WTC's south tower. I will demonstrate that the Secret Service possessed radar screens which gave them, and the Vice President, whose side they never left, with real-time information as good as or better than that available to the Pentagon.
Full text of the address can be downloaded here:
http://www.fromthewilderness.com/PDF/CWspeech.docINTERESTINGLY, today, quite by chance, I happened upon a book signing at Cody's Books in Berkeley, CA of John Nichols'
DICK; The Man Who Is President http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1565848403/qid=1096073066/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7297138-8255067?v=glance&s=bookshttp://tinyurl.com/6jjo8And, in response to a question from one of those present as he completed his presentation, Mr. Nichols told a most curious story. I can not report it to you verbatim but, paraphrasing, it went something like this:
President Reagan was the most paranoid President ever to live in the White House. He actually believed he was going to die in a nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union.
For this reason he established two separate, emergency chains of command to be implemented in case of a National emergency, headed by his two most trusted colleagues, Donald Rumsfeld and Richard Cheney.
Three times a year there would be "War Game" practices which would be a complete surprise to everyone. The participants would be notified that a Emergency National Security situation had arisen. The participants would then assemble their teams and begin organizing strategies for dealing with the emergency. These "War Games" would sometimes go on for days and would sometimes include the teams being loaded on board large flying command posts which could be kept in the air by in-flight refueling.
The point I'm making is that this is how these people think. It is truly "Dr. Strangelove" like scenarios.
I have emailed Mr. Nichols hoping to gain more details and documentation of this most interesting information.
BMU