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Senator Mike Gravel: An Actionable Plan for 9/11 Truth and Justice

Senator Mike Gravel Infowars.com July 1, 2011 Former Senator Gravel is the Founder and Chair of 9-11cc.org As each anniversary of 9/11 rolls by, the import of this tragedy looms ever larger in our history. Especially looming like storm clouds on the horizon of American politics are the unanswered questions about these events. And as new evidence and new whistleblowers come forward seemingly every week, the import of the 9/11 truth movement multiplies in historic significance. All of this points to the urgent need for a new, independent investigation with subpoena and other grand jury powers — a citizen’s commission that is truly free of partisan political interference. Photo: Jim Watson.As we approach 9/11’s tenth anniversary, we are reminded — each time we pick up a newspaper — that the government’s “official 9/11 story” resulted in three interminable wars: Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terror. The official line also conveniently set the stage for the Patriot Act that abridged so many of our liberties and civil rights, plus a long list of other abuses such as egregious torture of “terror suspects” in the name of national security. Our dilemma ten years later reminds me of a prescient statement made by James Madison: “If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” The US government’s investigations that culminated in the 911 Commission Report purported to set the record straight about the perpetrators of terrorism on

Paul Joseph Watson www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv June 6, 2011 Image: Wikipedia Commons A prominent member of Switzerland’s largest political party has called upon federal authorities to arrest Henry Kissinger as a war criminal if he attends the 2011 Bilderberg conference of global power brokers which is set to begin on Thursday at the Hotel Suvretta House in St. Moritz. Swiss People’s Party representative Dominique Baettig wrote a letter to the General Prosecutor of the Swiss Federation in which he asked, “In the name of Cantonal Sovereignty and independence, but especially of the Justice’s independence from executive power — may it be Federal or Cantonal — I ask you to check abroad for Arrest Warrants delivered by various Courts, Judges and also for all valid criminal complaints against the persons who were, amongst others, cited as mere examples in my (enclosed) letters to Mrs. Simonetta Sommaruga, Federal Counselor and Mrs. Barbara Janom Steiner, Cantonal Counselor and of course, to arrest them before diligent extraditions.” Baettig is no fringe figure, he’s the equivalent of a US Congressman, representing the Canton of Jura on the National Council of Switzerland. His party, the Swiss People’s Party, is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States. Baettig’s letter also calls for the apprehension of George W. Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but neither are likely to be attending

One senator disqualified, another acquitted

One senator disqualified, another acquitted
The Constitution Court on Friday handed down two separate decisions on job qualifications of senators Itthiphon Ruangworaboon and Paiboon Nititawan. In the first case, the high court ruled that Itthiphon violated a ban for family members concurrently holding political office.
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U.S. says Article 9 limits close defense cooperation
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Article 9 of the Constitution and Tokyo’s interpretation of it restrict close defense cooperation between Japan and the United States, a recent U.S. congressional report says. According to the “The U.S.-Japan Alliance,” a report compiled Jan. 18 by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, in a situation involving North Korea, the Self-Defense Forces could …
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