Our National Tragedy

Terrorism is the most selfish act imaginable. It is contrary to the advancement of civilization and the continuance of freedom, human rights, and personal liberty. Freedom is not free. We are realizing this. We must be prepared to fight for and defend our freedom. Our National Tragedy, exceeding the human, material and economic losses of the Pearl Harbor surprise attack on December 7th, 1941 by the Empire of Japan, is different in that it was not an attack to further a military objective; it was a direct attack on freedom, its symbols, its people, its nation. All we've stood for. All we've fought for. You have my blessings and full support. We are Americans and we stand united!

Agent Fescado, September 2001

In the last meeting (May 2001), participants discussed Washington and New York as the most likely targets, even discussing a scenario in which a plane is hijacked and crashed into a high-value target. In fact, this scenario had been discussed for some 40 years, the supposed target typically a nuclear reactor.Denver Council on Foreign Relations Reports

"The FOX TV series The Lone Gunmen (X-Files spin off) airs their opening episode "Pilot" six months before 9/11 which depicts a secret U.S. government agency behind a plot to crash a Boeing 727 into the WTC via remote control and blame it on foreign terrorists in the hopes of generating a bigger military budget.

"What's disturbing about it to me is, you think as a fiction writer that if you can imagine this scenario, then the people in power in the government who are there to imagine disaster scenarios can imagine it, too." - Frank Spotnitz, Co-Producer of The Lone Gunmen

"Anyway, I was sitting there, and my Chief of Staff -- well, first of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on. And you know, I thought it was pilot error and I was amazed that anybody could make such a terrible mistake. And something was wrong with the plane, or -- anyway, I'm sitting there, listening to the briefing, and Andy Card came and said, "America is under attack." (Whitehouse News Release 20020105)

Like much of America, Bostick, and everyone else in the Pentagon's National Military Command Center, watched replays of the first passenger jet hitting the North Tower of the World Trade Center, thinking it was all a horrible accident. Fort Hood general recalls Pentagon attack 20020911

"evidence linking these Israelis to 9-11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It's classified information."

• WANT TO KNOW MORE? Fox News Pulls Israeli Spy Story 20011222

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Notorious international terrorist Osama Bin Laden denies his involvement in the US terrorist acts. The Pakistani Khabrein daily with reference to some Taliban sources quotes him as saying that the terrorist act was committed by some American terrorist group and that he had nothing to do with it. (pravda.ru)