Nyctohylophobia

MYTH John Ashcroft had 9-11 foreknowledge since he was warned to avoid commercial flights in July 2001

In “The 9/11 Commission Report: A 571-Page Lie,” Dr. David Ray Griffin lists 115 so-called omissions and distortions of the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.{1} He bickers, “26. The omission of the report that Attorney General Ashcroft was warned to stop using commercial airlines prior to 9/11 (50).” Similarly, Jeff Killtown lists 270 so-called “smoking guns” proving 9/11 was orchestrated by the American government, and number six on the list is: "June '01 - Attorney General John Ashcroft stops flying commercial aircrafts because of a 'threat assessment'. (CBS)"

John Ashcroft told 9/11 Commission staff member Richard Ben-Veniste{2} that he “never ceased to use commercial aircraft for [his] personal travel.” In August 2001 Ashcroft’s “wife traveled to Germany and back” and they both “traveled to Washington, D.C.” eight days before 9/11. Ashcroft “exclusively traveled on commercial aircraft for [his] personal travel … through the entirety of the threat period to the nation.” According to Ashcroft, in early 2001 “the security team and the Department of Justice” made an assessment unrelated “to a terrorism threat” in terms of a “threat to the nation;” instead, “it was related to an assessment of the security for the attorney general, given his responsibilities and the job that he undertakes” and also dealt with “the maintenance of arms and other things by individuals who travel with the attorney general.” The security team and the DOJ concluded that Ashcroft and his companions “would be best served to use government aircraft” as opposed to “private chartered jet aircraft.” Ashcroft said he used a government aircraft “on [his] way to an event in Milwaukee on the morning of September the 11th.”

{1} http://nyctohylophobia.blogspot.com/2006/06/911-commission.html
{2} http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04105/300543.stm

Labels: 9/11, Bush, Conspiracy Theories, DOJ, Foreknowledge, George Bush, John Ashcroft, White House