From: redman1977@btinternet.com   
      
   FBI says, it has "No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11"   
      
   This past weekend, a thought provoking e-mail circulated through Internet   
   news groups, and was sent to the Muckraker Report by Mr. Paul V. Sheridan   
   (Winner of the 2005 Civil Justice Foundation Award), bringing attention to   
   the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist web page for Usama Bin Laden.[1] (See bottom   
   of this web page for Most Wanted page) In the e-mail, the question is asked,   
   "Why doesn't Usama Bin Laden's Most Wanted poster make any direct connection   
   with the events of September 11, 2001?" The FBI says on its Bin Laden web   
   page that Usama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998   
   bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and   
   Nairobi, Kenya. According to the FBI, these attacks killed over 200 people.   
   The FBI concludes its reason for "wanting" Bin Laden by saying, "In   
   addition, Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorists attacks throughout the   
   world."   
      
   On June 5, 2006, the Muckraker Report contacted the FBI Headquarters, (202)   
   324-3000, to learn why Bin Laden's Most Wanted poster did not indicate that   
   Usama was also wanted in connection with 9/11. The Muckraker Report spoke   
   with Rex Tomb, Chief of Investigative Publicity for the FBI. When asked why   
   there is no mention of 9/11 on Bin Laden's Most Wanted web page, Tomb said,   
   "The reason why 9/11 is not mentioned on Usama Bin Laden's Most Wanted page   
   is because the FBI has no hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11."   
      
   Surprised by the ease in which this FBI spokesman made such an astonishing   
   statement, I asked, "How this was possible?" Tomb continued, "Bin Laden has   
   not been formally charged in connection to 9/11." I asked, "How does that   
   work?" Tomb continued, "The FBI gathers evidence. Once evidence is gathered,   
   it is turned over to the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice   
   than decides whether it has enough evidence to present to a federal grand   
   jury. In the case of the 1998 United States Embassies being bombed, Bin   
   Laden has been formally indicted and charged by a grand jury. He has not   
   been formally indicted and charged in connection with 9/11 because the FBI   
   has no hard evidence connected Bin Laden to 9/11."   
      
   It shouldn't take long before the full meaning of these FBI statements start   
   to prick your brain and raise your blood pressure. If you think the way I   
   think, in quick order you will be wrestling with a barrage of very powerful   
   questions that must be answered. First and foremost, if the U.S. government   
   does not have enough hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11, how is it   
   possible that it had enough evidence to invade Afghanistan to "smoke him out   
   of his cave?" The federal government claims to have invaded Afghanistan to   
   "root out" Bin Laden and the Taliban. Through the talking heads in the   
   mainstream media, the Bush Administration told the American people that   
   Usama Bin Laden was Public Enemy Number One and responsible for the deaths   
   of nearly 3000 people on September 11, 2001. Yet nearly five years later,   
   the FBI says that it has no hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11.   
      
   Next is the Bin Laden "confession" video that was released by the U.S.   
   government on December 13, 2001. Most Americans remember this video. It was   
   the video showing Bin Laden with a few of his comrades recounting with   
   delight the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States. The   
   Department of Defense issued a press release to accompany this video in   
   which Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said, "There was no doubt of   
   bin Laden's responsibility for the September 11 attacks before the tape was   
   discovered."[2] What Rumsfeld implied by his statement was that Bin Laden   
   was the known mastermind behind 9/11 even before the "confession video" and   
   that the video simply served to confirm what the U.S. government already   
   knew; that Bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.   
      
   In a BBC News article[3] reporting on the "9/11 confession video" release,   
   President Bush is said to have been hesitant to release the tape because he   
   knew it would be a vivid reminder to many people of their loss. But, he also   
   knew it would be "a devastating declaration" of Bin Laden's guilt. "Were   
   going to get him," said President Bush. "Dead or alive, it doesn't matter to   
   me."   
      
   In a CNN article[4] regarding the Bin Laden tape, then New York Mayor Rudy   
   Giuliani said that "the tape removes any doubt that the U.S. military   
   campaign targeting bin Laden and his associates is more than justified."   
   Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, the vice chairman of the Senate   
   Intelligence Committee said, "The tape's release is central to informing   
   people in the outside world who don't believe bin Laden was involved in the   
   September 11 attacks." Shelby went on to say "I don't know how they can be   
   in denial after they see this tape." Well Senator Shelby, apparently the   
   Federal Bureau of Investigation isn't convinced by the taped confession, so   
   why are you?   
      
   The Muckraker Report attempted to secure a reference to the U.S. government   
   authenticating the Bin Laden "confession video", to no avail. However, it is   
   conclusive that the Bush Administration and U.S. Congress, along with the   
   dead stream media, played the video as if it was authentic. So why doesn't   
   the FBI view the "confession video" as hard evidence? After all, if the FBI   
   is investigating a crime such as drug trafficking, and it discovers a video   
   of members of a drug cartel opening talking about a successful distribution   
   operation in the United States, that video would be presented to a federal   
   grand jury. The identified participants of the video would be indicted, and   
   if captured, the video alone would serve as sufficient evidence to net a   
   conviction in a federal court. So why is the Bin Laden "confession video"   
   not carrying the same weight with the FBI?   
      
   Remember, on June 5, 2006, FBI spokesman, Chief of Investigative Publicity   
   Rex Tomb said, "The FBI has no hard evidence connecting Usama Bin Laden to   
   9/11." This should be headline news worldwide. The challenge to the reader   
   is to find out why it is not. Why has the U.S. media blindly read the   
   government-provided 9/11 scripts, rather than investigate without passion,   
   prejudice, or bias, the events of September 11, 2001? Why has the U.S. media   
   blacklisted any guest that might speak of a government sponsored 9/11   
   cover-up, rather than seeking out those people who have something to say   
   about 9/11 that is contrary to the government's account? And on those few   
   rare occasions when a 9/11 dissenter has made it upon the airways, why has   
   the mainstream media ridiculed the guest as a conspiracy nut, rather than   
   listen to the evidence that clearly raises valid questions about the   
      
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