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Scholars for 9-11 Truth & Justice Misrepresented in Draft Bill Sent to 8 House M

Victoria Ashley | 23.10.2008 23:04 | Analysis | Education | History | World

Berkeley, CA, October 22, 2008 -- On October 18, 2008, an OpEdNews article titled, "8 House Members View Draft Bill on Independent Science/Tech Probe of WTC 1, 2, 7 Collapses," was published by four members of the group Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice (STJ911.org). The authors of the article and draft bill are not spokespersons for Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice, and therefore are individually responsible for it.

Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice does not endorse the draft bill due to the inclusion of numerous unscientific claims and misrepresentations, and condemns in the strongest of terms any associations between the organization and the claims presented by the authors of this bill. As stated at the front page of their website, Scholars for 9-11 Truth and Justice "take[s] care to present the strongest, most credible research available..."


 http://stj911.org/press_releases/Misrepresentation.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Victoria Ashley, STJ911 committee member
Phone: 510-769-5109
Site: www.STJ911.org
Email:  stj911@gmail.com

Scholars for 9-11 Truth & Justice Misrepresented in Draft Bill Sent to 8 House Members

Berkeley, CA, October 22, 2008 -- On October 18, 2008, an OpEdNews article titled, "8 House Members View Draft Bill on Independent Science/Tech Probe of WTC 1, 2, 7 Collapses," was published by four members of the group Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice (STJ911.org). The authors of the article and draft bill are not spokespersons for Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice, and therefore are individually responsible for it.

Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice does not endorse the draft bill due to the inclusion of numerous unscientific claims and misrepresentations, and condemns in the strongest of terms any associations between the organization and the claims presented by the authors of this bill. As stated at the front page of their website, Scholars for 9-11 Truth and Justice "take[s] care to present the strongest, most credible research available..."

While in agreement with the authors of this bill that a new investigation into the tragic events of September 11, 2001 is warranted, representatives of the Scholars group note that the draft bill and article lack basic scientific rigor and credibility, with statements such as, "the entire WTC [complex] was destroyed by directed energy weaponry (DEW)," and the ideas that "nuclear materials, missiles or DEW weapons were used." The sister publication of the Scholars group, The Journal of 9/11 Studies (www.JournalOf911Studies.com), has numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles refuting such claims.

Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice believes that a much better bill can be crafted using the strong analysis in articles by its members, several of which are recently published in scientific journals, including The Open Civil Engineering Journal, The Environmentalist, and the Journal of Engineering Mechanics.

Kevin Ryan, a former Underwriters Laboratories (UL) manager who was fired in 2004 for publicly questioning the NIST report, and a committee member of the Scholars' group, says the bill is harmful to the cause of exposing the truth. "Basically," he said, "asking Congress to investigate many poorly defined, and highly implausible hypotheses minimizes the chances that Congress would be willing or able to investigate the actual evidence for the demolition of three WTC buildings." In fact, the bill also omits any mention of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, which provided hundreds of questions left unanswered by the 9/11 Commission.

Scholars' member Dr. Steven E. Jones, a Professor of Physics, also notes that statements attributed to him in the bill are "errors . . . misrepresenting my published statements." Dr. Jones goes on to say, "It is unacceptable to misrepresent my views, as is done in this document by Ellis et al., and to ignore my published technical papers in established journals."

Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice is a non-partisan organization of over 500 independent researchers analyzing the September 11, 2001 attacks with a strong emphasis on the scientific method.

For information:  http://www.stj911.com or
Contact:  stj911@gmail.com
Phone: 510-769-5109
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Victoria Ashley
- e-mail: stj911@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.STJ911.org

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More on this disinfo campaign

24.10.2008 14:37

This promoting of discredited "theories" (directed energy weapons brought down the buildings etc) is part of the ongoing and massive 9/11 disinformation campaign designed to discredit anyone asking questions about 9/11, see also these articles:

Scholars for 9-11 Truth & Justice Misrepresented in Draft Bill Sent to 8 House Members
 http://arabesque911.blogspot.com/2008/10/scholars-for-9-11-truth-justice.html

Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice Rejects Association with Directed Energy Weapons and Mini-Nukes in Draft Bill
 http://911reports.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/scholars-for-911-truth-justice-rejects-association-with-directed-energy-weapons-and-mini-nukes-in-draft-bill/

And the discussion on this on these forums:

 http://911blogger.com/node/18249
 http://www.truthmove.org/forum/topic/1292
 http://truthaction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4522

More background information on 9/11 disinformation:

 http://911review.com/disinfo/
 http://www.truthmove.org/content/disinformation/
 http://arabesque911.blogspot.com/search/label/Disinformation
 http://www.oilempire.us/disinfo.html
 http://visibility911.com/reports-cointelpro01.php

Chris
- Homepage: http://truthmove.org/


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Stop this irrelevant spamming

24.10.2008 14:44

Look nobody gives a fuck about a bunch of loons falling out with eachother. This is not news. Please fuck off to your own sites.

No one cares


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