Anthony Summers - The Eleventh Day

icasualties.org

and

iraqbodycount.org

.

4

graves/remains:

AP, 4/1/09,

www.911research.wtc7.net

,

Israel National News

, 2/1/08,

NYT

, 2/23/08, MFR 03009720;

5

Riches:

NYT

, 11/5/02, 4/21/08,

www.NY1.com

, 4/17/08,

NY Post

, 4/13/02;

6

McIntyre:

AP, 5/19/06,

Independent on Sunday

(U.K.), 10/7/07;

7

Dillard:

Arlington historian Thomas Sherlock to authors, 9/11/09,

WP

, 5/26/07,

NY Observer

, 6/20/04;

8

Breitweiser:

Kristen Breitweiser,

Wake-up Call

, NY: Warner, 2006, Preface, 110, 240.

9

Martin:

WP

, 11/2/06,

Newsweek

, 12/25/06, transcript, 9/12/01, FBI 265D-NY-280350, report, 9/12/01, FBI 265D-NY-280350-CE, courtesy of INTELWIRE. Though Martin suffered serious injuries early in the first hijacking, it is probable that a First Class passenger—Daniel Lewin—was the first to die. See Ch. 1, p. 15.

10 safe to breathe:“EPA’s Response to the World Trade Center Collapse,” Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 8/21/03, 4;

11 Riches ill:www.NY1.com, 4/17/08, www.sohoblues.com, citing Time; “dead or alive”:CNN, 9/17/01;

12 backtrack:press release, 3/13/02, www.whitehouse.gov;

13 Obama: NY Post , 2/7/09;

14 Zubaydah: NY Daily News , 9/10/06, & see later refs.;

15 Dillard questions:CNN, 3/28/04, ACLU statement, 12/12/08;

16 Breitweiser testimony/questions:testimony, 9/18/02, JI, Breitweiser, 100–, int. Kristen Breitweiser, St. Petersburg Times , 8/12/05;

17 CIA/two hijackers:see later refs.;

18 kept secret:Bob Graham with Jeff Nussbaum, Intelligence Matters , NY: Random House, 2004, 228, 231;

19 Breitweiser/Obama: NYT , 6/24/09;

20 Commission Final Report received:Philip Shenon, The Commission , NY: Twelve, 2008, 415–;

21 Kean/Hamilton: NYT , 12/8/07 & 1/2/08, www.rawstory.com, 12/24/07, International Herald Tribune , 12/8/07;

22 Kerrey: Newsweek , 3/23/09, Air America radio, 3/2/08;

23 Cleland: Salon , 11/21/03, NYT , 10/26/03;

24 “first draft”:CBC transcript, 8/21/06;

25 CBS poll:www.angus-reid.com/polls, www.alternet.com, 9/16/06;

26 Scripps poll:Scripps Howard News Service, 11/23/07;

27 Zogby poll:Zogby International, Aug. 2007;

28 sixteen thousand:Reuters, 9/10/08, www.alternet.com, 9/16/08;

29 Iraq/attacks:NYT/CBS News polls cited at www.angus-reid.com;

30 Angus Reid poll:released 3/17/10, www.angus-reid.com;

31 criticism: (senators)Lincoln Chaffee, Mark Dayton, Mike Gravel, Patrick Leahy, Charles Schumer;

32 (representatives)Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney, Ron Paul, Curt Weldon;

33 (governor)Jesse Ventura;

34 (deputy attorneys general)Roy Andes, Philip Berg, Donald Bustion;

35 (state legislators)Peter Allen, Peter Espiefs, Karen Johnson, Barbara Richardson, Charles Weed, Suzi Wizowaty;

36 (public officials/​diplomats/​engineers/​officers)see https://patriotsquestion911.com;

37 Texas candidates:“Texas GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Questions Government Involvement in 9/11,” Fox News, 2/12/10, “Shami Questions US Involvement in 9/11 Attack,” KTBS TV, 2/14/10;

38 CIA/FBI:e.g., letter to Congress regarding the 9/11 Commission Report signed by twenty-five military, intelligence, and law enforcement veterans, 9/13/04, National Security Whistleblowers Coalition;

39 Freeh: WSJ , 11/17/05, CNN, 11/30/05;

40 Mondale:int. Minnesota, “We Are C.H.A.N.G.E.,” 2/3/08, www.youtube.com;

41 Clark: This Week with George Stephanopoulos , ABC News, 3/5/06;

42 Graham:ints. Bob Graham, Salon , 9/9/04, Graham with Nussbaum.

43 300,000 pages:corr. Kristen Wilhelm, 2011. Only some 35 percent of the Commission documents held by the National Archives had been reviewed for release as of February 2011. Of the documents reviewed, 15 percent remain classified, largely under national security and privacy restrictions. The remaining 20 percent, some 300,000 documents, are available to researchers.

Part I: ATTACK

CHAPTER 1

1

recognized:

Martin Gilbert,

Israel

, London: Black Swan, 1999, 189;

2

day in 1938:

Robert Lacey,

The Kingdom

, NY: Avon, 1983, 262;

3

40,000 planes:

Jane Garvey testimony,

1/27/04, CO;

4

Rosenzweig/​Mladenik/​Gordenstein/​Theodoridis/​Iskandar/​Filipov:

“DOJ Documents Requests #35–13,” B13, T7, CF, “AAL Misc. Folder—AA11 and AA77,” B18, T7, CF;

5

Cuccinello:

eds.

Der Spiegel

magazine,

Inside 9–11

, NY: St. Martin’s, 2001, 37;

6

Gay:

AP, 9/25/01, Raytheon press release, 9/10/07;

7

Morabito:

Post-Standard

(Syracuse, NY), 10/20/07;

8

Berenson:

Richard Bernstein,

Out of the Blue

, NY: Times Books, 2002, 171;

9

Angell:

People

, 5/17/04;

10 Lewin: BG , 9/12/01.

11 five young men: BG , 9/13/01. Some have raised questions about the identities of the hijackers. The issue will be covered in Ch. 14 and its related notes.

12 Ogonowski:Bernstein, 110–, James Ogonowski remarks at Safety Awards Banquet, 9/11/02, “Ogonowski Legacy,” Public Radio International, 9/13/02.

13 5:00 A.M.:Unless otherwise indicated, all times in this book are rendered as the times in use by civilians on the U.S. East Coast on the day in question (i.e., EDT)—as opposed to the times used by the military or the aviation industry, or in other time zones;

14 McGuinness:website of Cheryl McGuinness (widow), www.beautybeyondtheashes.com;

15 “turn-around”:MFR 04016228, 2/10/04;

16 take off due:CR, 2;

17 cleaners/fuelers:“FBI 302s of Interest Flight 11,” B17, T7, CF, “FBI 302s Arestegui,” B10, T7, CF;

18 flight attendants:“FBI 302s Homer Folder re Kathleen Nicosia,” B10, T7, CF;

19 “organized”: NYT , 12/9/01;

20 backup:“FBI 302s Arestegui,” B10, T7, CF;

21 joked: Cape Cod Times , 9/14/01;

22 sick/standby:“FBI 302s Arestegui,” B10, T7, CF;

23 odd incident:Staff Report, “The Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security,” note 22, CF, MFR 04020636, 2/2/04, MFR 03007050, 8/15/03, Miami Herald , 9/22/01;