Five Unanswered Questions About 9-11

by Scheer, Robert; Scheer, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781583226667
• ISBN10: 1583226664
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-15
• Publisher: Seven Stories Pr

Summary

A Copublication from Seven Stories Press and Akashic Books Why was Osama bin Laden's Saudi family whisked out of the country immediately after 9/11, while our nation's commercial fleet was grounded? Why was Iraq the immediate focus of the U.S. National Security team, rather than Saudi Arabia or Pakistan, both nations with documented ties to Al Qaeda and the Taliban? Why did our President try to block a bipartisan commission to investigate the tragedy? Why don't we know more about the Administration's stance toward anti-American terror in the months before 9/11, and why was so little done in response to the bloody attack the previous year on the USS Cole? Why is so little known about the hijackers, including who trained and financed them? As with the assassination of John F. Kennedy, an absence of critical analysis from the government has left a void quickly filled by conspiracy theories. Set for release simultaneous with the conclusion of Congress' 9/11 commission report, The Five Unanswered Questions About 9/11 comes from the same team that produced The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq-a bestseller praised by Democrats, Republicans and Independents, including members of Congress. Bolstered by new interviews with senior intelligence experts and government officials, Five Unanswered Questions presents an election-year challenge to our President's "War on Terror," providing the most lucid and comprehensive analysis to date of our government's actions before, during and after 9/11. Christopher Scheer is an independent journalist who writes for The Nation, AlterNet.org and the Los Angeles Times. Robert Scheer is the author of seven books and is currently a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California. He is a nationally syndicated columnist at the Los Angeles Times, a contributing editor of The Nation, and a host of NPR affiliate KCRW's Left, Right and Center.