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Scholars and Family Members Submit Request for Correction to 9/11 NIST Report
Gaps and inconsistencies reveal fundamental flaws in NIST's building collapse analyses
The Request asserts that the NIST Final Report violates information quality standards, draws inferences that are inconsistent with its own computer simulations and physical tests, and exhibits a significant bias toward a preordained conclusion while ignoring available evidence contrary to it. The Request also says that if this bias is corrected, the NIST simulation clearly indicates that the Towers should not have collapsed due to plane damage and fire. The obvious alternative, which the group says should have been studied by NIST, is explosive demolition.
The group submitting the Request includes 9/11 family members Bob McIlvaine and Bill Doyle, physicist Steven E. Jones, former UL manager, Kevin Ryan, architect Richard Gage, AIA, and the group Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice.
A key theme of the Request is a call for NIST to reveal more of the data behind the Report's statements. Steven Jones, a physicist in Utah, says of the Report, "Among other things, we've found that the Report violates information quality standards by leaving out necessary information which would allow its conclusions to be verified."
But what's worse, Jones says, "when you read the Report, you find some data that don't support the conclusion are simply being ignored. That's a big red flag."
The assertion that the conclusion of the NIST report is incorrect is important, the Request says, because that "would mean that the assumption that foreign terrorists alone carried out the destruction would become a matter of dispute."
James Gourley, the attorney working with the Request group, says the public has a right to see the data and ensure their validity. "We think that the American people deserve the chance to be allowed to analyze the computer models and the calculations that they have paid for. We also think Bob McIlvaine and Bill Doyle, each of whom lost a son in the WTC Towers, deserve a scientifically sound answer from NIST about how their sons were killed."
The group says that a different conclusion better fits the evidence - they believe that pre-positioned explosives were responsible for the destruction of the WTC towers. "It sounds outlandish," Jones says, "But when you look at the evidence, it fits. In fact, many of the physical features of these events -- such as their rapidity, totality, and the observed iron-rich spheres in the WTC dust -- fit the demolition hypothesis and are difficult to reconcile with any of the existing collapse explanations."
A criticism in the Request examines the Report's description of the collapse mechanisms - that once the top portion of the buildings started to fall, the portion below was "not able to arrest this initial movement as evidenced by videos from several vantage points." But NIST, the Request says, must explain why the intact structure below the impact zone offered so little resistance to the collapse of the building."
California architect and member of the Requester group, Richard Gage, AIA, emphasizes that the buildings were designed to withstand 150mph lateral wind loads and even airplane impacts, and notes that vast majority of both towers were not damaged by fire or impact.
"There were 80 to 90 floors of completely intact steel structure below the impact zones, untouched by fire or damage, which had held up the mass above them for decades and, in the case of the perimeter columns, were over-designed by a factor of 20. Also, almost all of the mass of the building coming down from above was being ejected outside the footprint as it fell, so there is not even a "pile driver" to crush the building below, and thus no valid engineering explanation for the failure!" Gage says that the only way to achieve what NIST describes as "'such little resistance [from the structure below to the falling mass above,' was to destroy that solid intact structure with pre-planted explosives."
"It sounds extreme," he says, "even preposterous. But when you set aside your disbelief, you find explosives to be the only valid explanation for the 'collapse' and this explains many features -- such as the virtually free fall speed, symmetry, audible & visible explosions, pulverization to dust of all of the floors, file cabinets, etc. -- that are consistent with demolition style collapses, but not with historical structural failures by fire."
But this Request isn't the only one being made by groups critical of the Final Report conclusion.
Another group -- Fetzer, Wood, Reynolds and Hass -- also filed requests for correction with NIST in the past two months. Their claims include assertions that a directed energy weapon destroyed the World Trade Center Towers, and that real jetliners did not hit the buildings.
"It's a nonsense submission," says James Gourley. He says that such submissions are likely to undermine the legitimate work of others. "By submitting what amounts to nonsense, they basically inoculate people against any other legitimate challenges to the NIST Report." This, he says, gives officials an easy way to avoid serious consideration to all conclusions counter to that of the Final Report.
"It's called discrediting by association," a historic means to marginalize a viewpoint by associating it with transparently flawed or repugnant ideas. "You've got these people saying that real planes didn't hit the WTC towers at all in their submission." Gourley says. "That only discredits the rest of us, regardless of what the real motive behind it is."
Gourley also notes that the online journal, 'The Journal of 9/11 Studies,' has published refutations of many of the unscientific claims such as these.
"Scientists have responded to these outlandish claims in writing. Their refutations have undergone peer review and have been approved prior to publication.." The Fetzer/Wood/Reynolds claims are unable to withstand any serious scientific scrutiny.
His own group's submission, Gourley points out, is the first one which seriously addresses specific and significant aspects of the Report, rather than only minor details or making nonsense appeals.
Physicist Steven Jones says, "Our submission asks some very crucial questions which are necessary for any scientific Report, regardless of what our own positions are on what happened."
Architect Richard Gage, AIA agrees. "Here's one of the grossest examples," he says, "While the NIST-sponsored UL floor assembly fire tests demonstrated only 2 to 4 inches of sag with no failure at 2,000 degrees for 2 hours, NIST never-the-less used 42 inches of sag in their computer models and concluded failure! These are very basic inconsistencies and suggest some serious data integrity problems."
And one problem the group comes back to is that few have taken the time to comb through the massive Report. The likely reality, they say, is that most people assume that what's contained in the approximately 10,000 pages is correct because, "Frankly," Gage says, "people have been paid a lot of money - and these are the 'experts'. They weren't looking at the more reasonable hypothesis of controlled demolition. Instead, they just worked the numbers backwards until their desired conclusion - collapse by fire - was supported."
PDF Version Request for Correction File Available For Download! NIST_DQA_Petition.pdf
Source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/4/prweb518612.htm
Fathers Victim Sets Up Network
Relentless 911 activist Bill Doyle, father of victim, Joey Doyle, set up the first email communication network for 911 families, which now
connects over 7,000 victim relatives. He is also a co-founder of 911 Families for a Secure America and a lead plaintiff in the trillion
dollar "Saudi suit" filed by 911 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism.
Friday, July 6th, his highly accusatory personal opinions on the 911 cover-up, became public on the
Alex Jones Show
---Doyle: "without question... the 911 Commission - that's all a fallacy... The 911 commission is probably the worst representation of the
911 families, or for that matter the American public, because it is a sham"
Right now there is no transcript, just the mp3 audio file
here
Respected Leaders and Families Launch 9/11 Truth Statement Demanding Deeper
Investigation into the Events of 9/11
NEW YORK CITY, NY (Oct. 26, 2004) - An alliance of 100 prominent Americans and 40 family members of those killed on 9/11 today
announced the release of the 911 Truth Statement, a call for immediate inquiry into evidence that suggests high-level government
officials may have deliberately allowed the September 11th attacks to occur. The Statement supports an August 31st Zogby poll that
found nearly 50% of New Yorkers believe the government had foreknowledge and "consciously failed to act," with 66% wanting a new 9/11
investigation. Focusing on twelve questions, the Statement highlights areas of incriminating
evidence that were either inadequately explored or ignored by the Kean Commission, ranging from insider trading and hijacker funding
to foreign government forewarnings and inactive defenses around the Pentagon. The Statement asks for four actions: an immediate
investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Congressional hearings, media analysis, and the formation of a truly
independent citizens-based inquiry. The Statement's list of signatories includes notables
spanning the political spectrum, from Presidential candidates Ralph Nader, Michael Badnarik, and David Cobb to Catherine Austin Fitts,
a member of the first President Bush administration, as well as Washington veterans like Pentagon whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and
retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern. Other signers range from peace activists like Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans and Global
Exchange's Kevin Danaher to former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq, Edward L. Peck; from environmentalists like Randy
Hayes and John Robbins to business leaders such as Paul Hawken and Karl Schwarz, CEO of Patmos Nanotechnologies; from populist
journalist Ronnie Dugger to renowned investigative reporter Kelly Patricia O'Meara.
The Statement also includes 43 noted authors, including New York Times #1 bestseller John Gray, as well as 18 eminent professors,
historians, and theologians. The Statement
We Want Real Answers About 9/11
In connection with this news, we have assembled 100 notable Americans and 40 family members of those who died to sign this 9/11
Statement, which calls for immediate public attention to unanswered questions that suggest that people within the current
administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war. We want truthful answers to questions such as:
- Why were standard operating procedures for dealing with hijacked airliners not followed that
day?
- Why were the extensive missile batteries and air defenses reportedly deployed around the
Pentagon not activated during the attack?
- Why did the Secret Service allow President Bush to complete his elementary school visit,
apparently unconcerned about his safety or that of the schoolchildren?
- Why hasn't a single person been fired, penalized, or reprimanded for the gross incompetence we
witnessed that day?
- Why haven't authorities in the U.S. and abroad published the results of multiple investigations
into trading that strongly suggested foreknowledge of specific details of the 9/11 attacks, resulting in tens of millions of
dollars of traceable gains?
- Why has Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator who claims to have knowledge of advance
warnings, been publicly silenced with a gag order requested by Attorney General Ashcroft and granted by a President
Bush-appointed judge?
- How could Flight 77, which reportedly hit the Pentagon, have flown back towards Washington D.C.
for 40 minutes without being detected by the FAA's radar or the even superior radar possessed by the US military?
- How were the FBI and CIA able to release the names and photos of the alleged hijackers within
hours, as well as to visit houses, restaurants, and flight schools they were known to frequent?
- What happened to the over 20 documented warnings given our government by 14 foreign
intelligence agencies or heads of state?
- Why did the President Bush administration cover up the fact that the head of the Pakistani
intelligence agency was in Washington the week of 9/11 and reportedly had $100,000 wired to Mohamed Atta, considered the
ringleader of the hijackers?
- Why did the 911 Commission fail to address most of the questions posed by the families of the
victims, in addition to almost all of the questions posed here?
- Why was Philip Zelikow chosen to be the Executive Director of the ostensibly independent 911
Commission although he had co-authored a book with Condoleezza Rice?
Those who are demanding deeper inquiry now number in the hundreds of thousands, including a former member of
the first President Bush administration, a retired Air Force colonel, a European parliamentarian, families of the victims, highly
respected authors, investigative journalists, peace and justice leaders, former Pentagon staff, and the National Green Party.
As Americans of conscience, we ask for four things:
- An immediate investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
- Immediate investigation in Congressional Hearings.
- Media attention to scrutinize and investigate the evidence.
- The formation of a truly independent citizens-based inquiry.
Given the importance of the coming election, we feel it is imperative that these questions be addressed
publicly, honestly, and rigorously so that Americans may exercise their democratic rights with full awareness. In closing, we pray
and hope for the strength to approach this subject with wisdom and compassion so that we may heal from the wounds inflicted on that
terrible day. Signed, Signatories Note: All organizations are mentioned for identification purposes only. Individuals have signed this statement as an act of
their own conscience, not to signify organizational endorsement.
- Virginia Deane Abernethy, Ph.D., anthropologist, author, Population Politics
- Ed Asner, actor, activist
- Marshall Auerback, international portfolio strategist for David W. Tice &
Associates, Inc.
- Catherine Austin Fitts, Asst. Secretary of Housing in the first President Bush
administration
- Keidi Obi Awadu, aka The Conscious Rasta, talk show host, LIBRadio
- Michael Badnarik, Libertarian candidate for President
- Byron Belitsos, publisher, Origin Press, author Planetary Democracy
- Philip J. Berg, Esquire, former deputy attorney general, Pennsylvania
- Medea Benjamin, activist, author, co-founder, Global Exchange and Code Pink
- Dennis Bernstein, investigative reporter, radio host of KPFA's Flashpoints
- Steve Bhaerman aka Swami Beyondananda, author, political comedian
- Brad Blanton, Ph.D., psychotherapist, author, Radical Honesty
- Saniel Bonder, spiritual teacher and author, Great Relief
- Dr. Robert Bowman, USAF Lt. Col. (Rtd.)
- John Buchanan, author, candidate for the Republican Party Presidential
nomination, 2004
- Gray Brechin, Ph.D., author, environmental historian, professor, UC Berkeley
- Fred Burks, presidential interpreter for President Bush, Clinton, Cheney, and
Gore
- Norma Carr-Rufino, Ph.D., author, professor of management, SFSU
- Angana Chatterji, Ph.D., scholar-activist and professor of anthropology
- Paul Cienfuegos, co-founder, Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County
- David Cobb, attorney, national presidential candidate, US Green Party
- John Cobb, Ph.D., theologian, co-author, For the Common Good
- Ernest Callenbach, founder/editor, Film Quarterly, author, Ecotopia
- Kevin Danaher, Ph.D., author, speaker, co-founder, Global Exchange
- Stephen Dinan, author, Radical Spirit
- Ronnie Dugger, journalist/author, co-founder, Alliance for Democracy
- Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D., Director, American Center for Democracy, author,
Funding Evil
- Daniel Ellsberg, author, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
- Jodie Evans, co-founder, Code Pink
- Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University
- Michael Franti, musician, filmmaker, human rights worker
- Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedienne, talk show host, Air America Radio
- Jim Garrison, Ph.D., president, State of the World Forum, author, America as
Empire
- Bruce Gagnon, Chair, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
- Ric Giardina, Director of Trademarks and Brands for Intel
- John Gray, Ph.D., #1 bestselling author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
- Stan Goff, 25-year Army Special Ops veteran, author, Full Spectrum Disorder
- Melvin Goodman, senior fellow, Center for International Policy
- Morton Goulder, Deputy Secretary for Intelligence under Nixon, Ford, and Carter
- David Ray Griffin, Ph.D., theologian, author, New Pearl Harbor
- Doris "Granny D" Haddock,NH Democratic candidate for Senate
- Thom Hartmann, radio host; author, Unequal Protection
- Richie Havens, singer, songwriter, performer, artist
- Paul Hawken, founder of Smith & Hawken
- Randy Hayes, founder, US National Director, Direction Conservation
- Richard Heinberg, author, The Party's Over, core faculty, New College of
California
- Van Jones, executive director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
- Rob Kall, editor, OpEdNews.com, president, Futurehealth, Inc.
- Georgia Kelly, executive director, Praxis Peace Institute
- Sean Kelly, Ph.D., author, professor of philosophy and religion, CIIS
- John Joseph Kennedy, Democratic Write-in Presidential Candidate for 2004
- Mimi Kennedy, actress, Dharma and Greg, progressive activist
- Faiz Khan, M.D., Triage Emergency Physician on 9/11, Assistant Imam
- David Korten, author, When Corporations Rule the World
- Frances Moore LappÈ, author, Diet for a Small Planet; founder, Small Planet
Institute
- Scott M. Legere, 25 year radio broadcaster as Scott Ledger, Tampa FL
- Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, TIKKUN Magazine, author, Healing Israel/Palestine
- Michael Levine, bestselling author of Deep Cover, journalist, 25-year veteran of
the DEA
- Joanna Macy, Ph.D., eco-philosopher, author
- Enver Masud, founder, The Wisdom Fund, author, The Truth About Islam
- John McCarthy, former Special Forces, Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy
- Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
- Cynthia McKinney, five-term Congresswoman from Georgia
- Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., author, professor, co-founder, Green Earth Foundation
- Mark Crispin Miller, media critic, author, professor, New York University
- Joseph W. Montaperto, New York City Fire Department
- Leuren Moret, geoscientist, radiation specialist, environmental commissioner
- Ralph Nader, Independent candidate for President
- Craig Neal, author, co-founder, The Heartland Institute, former publisher, Utne
Reader
- Jeff Norman, executive director, Tour of Duty
- Jenna Orkin, Esquire, World Trade Center Environmental Organization
- Kelly Patricia O'Meara, investigative journalist, public relations
- Michael Parenti, Ph.D., author, Superpatriotism and The Terrorism Trap
- Edward L. Peck, former US Ambassador and Chief of Mission to Iraq
- Peter Phillips, Ph.D., professor, Sonoma State University, director, Project
Censored
- Henri Poole, Internet pioneer, board member, Free Software Foundation
- Robert Rabbin, author, speaker, creator of TruthForPresident.org
- Paul H. Ray, Ph.D., sociologist, author, The Cultural Creatives
- John Renesch, business futurist, author, Getting to the Better Future
- John Rensenbrink, professor emeritus, Bowdoin College, co-founder, US Green Party
- John Robbins, author, founder, EarthSave International
- William Rodriguez, 9/11 rescue effort hero, founder, Hispanic Victims Group
- Neal Rogin, Emmy-award winning writer, performer, social observer
- Allen Roland, Ph.D., psychotherapist, published author and peace activist
- Rosemary Radford Ruether, professor of feminist theology, Graduate Theological
Union
- Michael Ruppert, publisher/editor, From The Wilderness, author, Crossing the
Rubicon
- Chris Sanders, founder, Sanders Research Associates
- Karl W. B. Schwarz, President, CEO, Patmos Nanotechnologies, LLC
- Peter Dale Scott, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, author, Drugs, Oil, and War
- Firefighter Kevin Shea, FDNY Hazmat Operations
- Michelle Shocked, singer/songwriter, activist
- Indira Singh, risk management and computer systems consultant
- J. Michael Springmann, attorney, former Foreign Service Officer, US Department of
State
- Douglas Sturm, Ph.D., university professor emeritus, Bucknell University
- Marjorie Hewit Suchocki, Ph.D., theologian, author
- Chuck Turner, Boston City Council
- James W. Walter Jr., venture investor, philanthropist, founder of Walden Three
- Dan Whaley, E-commerce pioneer, founder of GetThere.com, acquired for $750M
- Burns H. Weston, J.S.D., Professor of Law Emeritus, Center Human Rights, U-Iowa
- Howard Zinn, professor, historian, author, A People's History of the United
States
Family Members
- Joanne Barbara, wife of FDNY Asst. Chief of Dept. Gerard Barbara
- Gayle Barker, sister of William A. Karnes, WTC
- Michele Bergsohn, wife of Alvin Bergsohn, Cantor Fitzgerald
- Derrill Bodley, father of Deora Bodley, passenger on Flight 93
- Kathryn C. Bowden, sister of Thomas H. Bowden, Jr. WTC1, 104th floor
- Janet Calia, wife of Dominick Calia, Cantor Fitzgerald, WTC1
- Maggie Cashman, wife of William Joseph Cashman, United Flight 93
- Lynne Castrianno Galante, sister of Leonard Castrianno, 1WTC, 105th floor
- Elza Chapa-McGowan, daughter of Rosemary Chapa, Pentagon
- Bruce De Cell, father-in-law of Mark Petrocelli North Tower, 92nd floor
- Ralph D'Esposito, father of Michael D'Esposito, WTC, 96th floor
- Loisanne Diehl, Surviving Spouse, Michael D. Diehl, WTC2, 90th floor
- Adina D. Eisenberg, sister of Eric Eisenberg, WTC
- Jonathan M. Fisher, son of Dr. Gerald Paul "Geep" Fisher, Pentagon
- Michael J. Fox, brother of Jeffrey L. Fox, Tower 2, 89th floor
- Laurel A. Gay, sister of Peter A. Gay, AA Flight 11
- Irene Golinsky, wife of Col. Ronald F. Golinski USA RET, Pentagon
- Lori, Jerry, and Beatrice Guadagno, sister and parents of Richard Guadagno,
Flight 93
- Kristen Hall, daughter of fallen firefighter Thomas Kuveikis 9/11
- Kurt D. Horning, father of Matthew D. Horning, WTC Tower One, 95th floor
- Jennifer W. Hunt, wife of William C. Hunt, Euro Brokers
- John Keating, son of Barbara Keating, passenger on AA Flight 11
- L. Russell Keene II, father of Russ Keene III, WTC2, 89th floor, KBW
- Peter Kousoulis, sister died in WTC
- Paul & Barbara Kirwin, parents of Glenn Davis Kirwin, Cantor Fitzgerald
105th floor
- Barbara Krukowski-Rastelli, mother of William E. Krukowski, NYC firefighter
- Laura and Ira Lassman, parents of Nicholas C. Lassman, died in WTC, Tower One
- Johnny Lee, husband of Lorraine Greene
- Alicia LeGuillow, mother of Nestor A. Cintron III
- Francine Levine, sister of Adam K. Ruhalter, who died on 9/11
- Bob McIlvaine, father of Robert McIlvaine, WTC, Merrill Lynch
- Mary McWilliams, mother of FF Martin E. McWilliams- Engine 22
- Daryl J. Meehan, brother of Colleen Ann Barkow, WTC 1, 105th floor
- Elvira P. Murphy, wife of Patrick Murphy, WTC 1
- Natalee Pecorelli, sister of Thomas Pecorelli of Flight 11
- James L Perry, M.D and Patricia J. Perry, parents -John W. Perry NYPD Officer
- David Potorti, brother of James Potorti, North Tower, WTC, Marsh & McLennan
- Terry Kay Rockefeller, sister of Laura Rockefeller, North Tower, WTC
- Grissel Rodriguez-Valentin, wife of Benito Valentin, WTC1, 94th floor
- Alissa Rosenberg-Torres, widow of Luis Eduardo Torres, post-9/11 mother,
writer
- Elaine Saber, mother of Scott Saber
- Julie Scarpitta, mother of Michelle Scarpitta, WTC Building 2, 84th floor
- Paula Shapiro, mother of Eric Eisenberg, WTC2
- Elizabeth Turner, wife of Simon Turner, lost on 11th September 2001
- Adele Welty, mother of Firefighter Timothy Welty, FDNY, Squad 288
- Joan W. Winton, mother of David Winton, WTC, South Tower, 89th floor
- David Yancey, husband of Vicki Yancey, American Airlines Flight 77
- Nissa Youngren, daughter of Robert G. LeBlanc, flight 175
Late Signatories (starting toward 200...)
- Rita M. Haley, President, National Organization for Women, New York Chapter
- Immortal Technique, Harlem-based hip-hop artist with Viper Records,
Revolutionary I&II
- Bob Kirkconnell, U.S. Air Force 27 years, rank of
Master Sergeant
- Dennis Kyne, former Army air medic, 18th Airborne Corps during Gulf War
- Paul Landis, author, "Stop President Bush Now!"
- Eric H. May, former Army military intelligence officer and media essayist
- Charles Shaw, Editor, Newtopia Magazine
- Peter Erlinder, professor, William Mitchell College of Law
- Daniel Robert Rezac, former Aviator & Armor Officer, Army National Guard,
B.S.B.A.
- Joel Horwitz, lost beloved cousin in WTC 1
- Jessica Murrow, lost husband Stephen Adams, Beverage Manager WTC 1
- Ellen Mariani, lost husband Neil on Flight 175
- Jean Hunt, disabled survivor of Pentagon attack
- Ralph & Brigitte Sabbag, lost son Jason in WTC 2
Take action!
- Send this information to your congress people and journalists, demanding
attention
- Help New York citizens and 9/11 family members, beginning Thursday, Oct. 28th, by
signing an online petition in support of their formal complaint to be filed with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
SIGN PETITION
- Stay informed here at www.911Lies.org and get active
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