by AnnaLivia » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:32 pm
thanks for helping out here, chig! i can work in the lee hamilton (just saw that) so easily, and it's great strength for the case. will have to catch up to the rest you posted there in a bit. (gotta take a break now - i've been up forever and i'm doing this and sixteen other things at the same time). but here's how it looks right now:<br><br>Dear Senator Tom Harkin, Senator Charles Grassley, and Representative Tom Boswell<br><br>Sirs;<br><br>I am an Iowa citizen who feels safe to presume that men such as yourselves, in the offices you hold, must be knowledgeable in matters of Law and the Constitution as a prerequisite to being able to uphold the oath of office you have taken. It is therefore I seek from you the answer to these questions:<br><br>I want to know the reasoning that is behind the choice made by Congress NOT to investigate, discover, and announce the identities of the persons who placed put options in the stock market against American Airlines and United Airlines in the days preceding September 11, 2001.<br><br>[note: i put "the reasoning that is behind the choice" in italics and underlined, but don't know how to do that in here. afraid i'll lose the whole thing to that html not allowed thang if i go messing around]<br><br>Do you dispute the following, sirs?<br><br>Follow the Money: Bush, 9/11, and Deep Threat <br><br>by Fran Shor<br>Published on Wednesday, May 22, 2002 by CommonDreams.org <br><br>The CIA and Other Deep Pockets <br><br>In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 a number of news stories appeared concerning investments in “put” options in United and American Airlines. Put options are shares that are bets on falling market prices for specific stocks. In the week before September 11 put options in United and American Airlines went through a furious and unprecedented spasm of investment. In addition put options for Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, two of the biggest occupants of the World Trade Center, also saw abnormal activity. Most of the investments in these put options originated in Germany through the Deutsche Bank. Deutshce Bank had earlier acquired Banker’s Trust, a investment banking firm whose Vice Chairman in charge of “private client relations” in the late 1990’s was A. B. “Buzzy” Krongard. In March of 2001, Krongard was appointed Executive Director of the CIA. <br><br>Certainly, the CIA has a history of laundering money and dealings with shady investment characters. What becomes particularly relevant in the lead-up to 9/11 is the August CIA briefing of Bush concerning the potential threat of attacks by bin Laden using hijacked planes on certain sites, such as the Pentagon and World Trade Center, and the fact that the CIA had bugging equipment on bin Laden messages and international banking operations. Although no one has apparently claimed the money from the put options, questions remain about Krongard and the CIA’s involvement. <br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0522...">www.commondreams.org/views02/0522...</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <br><br>Please, sirs; if you do not dispute the truth of the above, then who’s job is it to address and answer those “remaining questions” about the put options?<br><br>Isn’t it yours?<br><br>Again…if one assumes Congress is somehow prevented from performing this discovery, as opposed to being unwilling to do it… then there must exist a REASON why they (you) can’t do it. It is that reason I am asking you to elucidate.<br><br>What specific legal roadblock is it – please name the law or legal precedent or whatever it is - that keeps Congress from determining the identities of those persons who placed the very highly unusual put options against United and American Airlines in the days preceding September 11, 2001?<br><br>I have read that there is a procedure called ‘portage’ used in these type market transactions, which is a legal vehicle designed to protect anonymity. Could this be what stops Congress?<br><br>If there does exist a legitimate legal hurdle to discovering this information - - this information that one cannot plausibly deny is of vital importance to our security since it is obviously a key piece of evidence strongly indicating someone’s foreknowledge of the destruction perpetrated on 9/11 that launched the unending war on terror we have been committed to, sacrifice bright futures for, and foot the stratospheric bills for- - what is the legitimate hurdle to investigation and discovery?<br><br>Further, if there exists a legitimate legal roadblock, why has Congress not attended to writing law to rectify that situation? A citizen like me might think Congress would think that a good idea, and make it a priority. Is congress interested in good ideas and correct priorities? Feel free to take that one, if it applies…which I cannot determine for myself until you answer this letter, since you are the ones holding the knowledge cards and I am but a seeker of answers to unpleasant yet essential questions.<br><br>The last of those questions is this: If there exists NO legal roadblock you can name, then what is the reasoning behind why Congress has not attempted to discover the names of those who placed the put options in the days before 9/11, so they can be punished? <br><br>With my writing skills as poor as they are, I hope I have not been unclear in my letter, Gentlemen.<br><br>5 years after the destruction of nearly 3,000 lives and the World Trade Center buildings – and the destruction of so much more as a result - I await your answers about this matter of put options quite impatiently, Sirs.<br><br>Members of the Congress are assured of my full support for your spending my tax dollars on “defending the Constitution of the United States” and “well and faithfully discharging the duties of your office” by getting to the truth of this matter.<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br> <p></p><i></i>
