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1) What connections did our government have with the terrorists prior to 9/11?
• State department negotiations with Taliban re: pipeline through Afghanistan
• Interaction with the Taliban and/or bin Laden
• CIA training and arming of terrorists
4) Why are the FBI and CIA seeking to exclude evidence about Saudi involvement with
terrorists? (See Exclusive: CIA and FBI press Congress to exclude intelligence on the Saudi
role with 9/11 terrorists by Linda Robinson and Edward T. Pound:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/usinfo/press/saudi.htm')
5) In what ways might our government's policies toward Saudi Arabia have contributed to
September llth?
6) Why was Saudi Arabia given preferential treatment above all other nations in immigration?
(Visa Express)
• What was the reason for creating the Visa Express?
• Prior to Sept. 11, Visa Express permitted approximately 97 percent of Saudi
applicants to obtain visas without face-to-face interviews
http://www.foxnews.eom/storv/0.2933.73485.00.html
7) Why were bin Laden's Saudi relatives whisked out of America so quickly when other planes
were grounded after the attacks?
• Who gave permission for them to leave?
8) On September 9th the president had a war plan on his desk to go into Afghanistan.
• What was the origin of this plan?
• Why was this plan drawn up even before the September 11th attacks?
11) Does the FBI have proof that it was in fact Al Qaeda that perpetrated 9/11?
• Do they know if the names the hijackers used were their real names?
13) What is the truth about the arrest of El Atriss who sold fake IDs to two 9/11 terrorists? There are
discrepancies between the NY Times and Washington Post accounts of his arrest and release.
• Atriss is an Egyptian national who committed a crime. Why hasn't he been deported?
14) Who were the terrorist informants working with the FBI?
15) How did, and do, US energy policies play into Islamic terrorism?
• the Caspian Sea pipeline?
• Dick Cheney's energy task force?
16) How do corporate and big business interests play into foreign policy decisions?
• Enron pre 9/11; Halliburton, Bechtel pre and post 9/11?
• What are the names of the companies which are getting contracts in foreign countries
and how do they influence our foreign policy?
17) What role did American think tanks, which make policy recommendations to the
administration, play in American foreign policy decisions and the proliferation of Al Qaeda?
19) Why did President Bush specifically request a briefing on Al Qaeda in August 2001?
20) What is the connection between the Bush family and bin Laden?
21) Regarding the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), which is a collaboration between the FBI
and NYPD, also at times NYS Police, NY/NJ Port Authority PD and the US Secret Service:
• was the JTTF aware of 20 warnings of an impending terrorist which were mentioned
in Joint Intelligence Inquiry testimony?
• What did the JTTF know prior to 9/11 regarding potential terrorist attacks in NYC
and specifically, the WTC?
• Was the JTTF informed of any warnings regarding the impending attacks from
agencies of foreign governments?
• What was the nature of the warnings?
• What, if any, security precautions were taken as a result of the warnings?
• What information did the JTTF pass up the chain of command?
24) Were individuals with ties to terrorists or states which sponsor terrorism involved in shorting
airline and other stocks which were impacted by the terrorist attacks on September 11th?