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9/11 Families Ask for True JusticeA new ACLU video features family members of 9/11 victims calling for federal trials of terrorism suspects.
The families were interviewed before the Obama administration announced today that certain Guantanamo detainees will be transferred to the U.S. for trial in federal court. The administration also said other detainees will be tried in the illegitimate military commissions. “It is of utmost importance to me that those who were responsible for the attacks of 9/11 face a court,” says Adele Welty in the video. Her son was a New York firefighter killed at the World Trade Center. “It’s very important to me that we get the right people,” says John Leinung, whose stepson was killed while working in the Twin Towers. “That the right people are punished or held to account for what happened on 9/11.” Pat Perry, whose son was a police offer killed on 9/11, says she would rather see the Guantánamo detainees who have been held without charge “appear in open court where we can all sift out what we feel is really the truth and the judges can make a decision based on our Constitution.” These 9/11 family members all say they agree that holding detainees without charge in Guantánamo is a betrayal of American values and they look forward to true justice being served in federal court. “My son gave his life to save those trapped in the Twin Towers,” Welty says, “and it does not honor him that we violate our Constitution in retaliation for what happened on September 11.”
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Nov 14th, 2009 at 1:08pm
Brothers, America KNOWS it was you, that you shut down security in the days immediately before 911, that your brethern placed super thermite in the buildings. Time to move America forward, out all the conspirators, state the obvious, and give families closure. This will not be like your killing of Kennedy. People immediately knew the buildings were pulled, as Guliani called it. Give them up, bare your secret societies' sins in attempting to usurp our democracy with Lodge rule, and mend America. Pay now, or pay greater later, all yee brethern. Heal America now.
Nov 14th, 2009 at 3:52pm
So you got one poor woman to try to make some sort of statement. Wrong.. why New York..the most unsuccessful and successful attacked city in American. Pentagon was hit too. A "stupid & jackass ..to quote Obama..of an idea. It is a national security threat, the cost and the interruption of the city as in the other trials...is stupid. Of course one New Yorker harmed...Holder and Obama would have to step down.
Nov 14th, 2009 at 11:23pm
Pat Perry, whose son was a police offer killed on 9/11, says she would rather see the Guantánamo detainees who have been held without charge “appear in open court where we can all sift out what we feel is really the truth and the judges can make a decision based on our Constitution.”
Forming machine
Nov 15th, 2009 at 12:24pm
Jerr01,
You're a complete coward. Are those big bad terrorists superhuman x-men or something? Give me a break, go back to oppressing brown people.
Nov 15th, 2009 at 1:34pm
Try them. If you don't they win.
Nov 15th, 2009 at 2:16pm
It gives me hope for humanity that those family members are seeking justce
rather than revenge.I just wish that the war mongers and the anti Muslem bigots had the same moral fiber.
Nov 15th, 2009 at 10:38pm
Fire your videographer. What's with the halting, constant zooming in during the interview?
Nov 16th, 2009 at 9:56am
Exposing the real terrorist of 9/11 through our court system & media may give the terrorist an opportunity to control our media. If we use our court systems, we should return them immediately to their own country as we did Sadam Hussan; where his people killed him once we returned him, and maybe this will be the terrorist fate for exposing terrorist ideals and idioms.
Nov 16th, 2009 at 11:30am
Anonymous (nov15) said:
"Fire your videographer. What's with the halting, constant zooming in during the interview?"
Indeed. Something is wrong about these interviews. And something is wrong about these alleged 'parents of victims': They are most likely actors, since it has now been proven that just about the entire pool of "9/11 victims" was made up by a computer database. Please read the "Vicsim Report" and the "Memorial Scams" articles which you may find on the septembercluesDOTinfo website.
Nov 16th, 2009 at 11:58am
12 year old kids kidnapped from Afghanistan by American Terrorists and kept in Guantanamo for 8 years without representation and probably tortured.
The bankers and so-called military who arranged and carried out "9/11" should be on trial.
Hypocrites!
Nov 16th, 2009 at 12:16pm
3000 killed in the towers and planes are BS. 9/11 was the biggest hoax in history. If someone died it is a much greater risk they died from watching the fake pictures that MSM showed on the day.
Nov 16th, 2009 at 2:51pm
If anyone died they were mostly banking terrorist scum, I nearly died laughing at the fake images on TV.
Nov 16th, 2009 at 3:29pm
Bush and Cheney will give evidence at these trials in concert and NOT under oath - like the sham 9/11 comission hearings!?
American Airlines Wiki Page
" Although these flights were daily departures before and a month after September 11, 2001. Neither flight 11 nor 77 were scheduled on September 11, 2001. The records kept by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (www.bts.gov/gis/) do not list either flight that day. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=50132 865
Nov 17th, 2009 at 2:19pm
I wish some of the people posting here would take their medications.
Btw Legend most of the Founding Fathers
including Washington were Free Masons.
Nov 17th, 2009 at 2:22pm
I wish some of the people posting here would take their medications.
Btw Legend most of the Founding Fathers
including Washington were Free Masons.
Nov 17th, 2009 at 4:56pm
How come we call it 9/11, not 9/11/01, that's what I want to know.
Peace out,
Karen Romero
Nov 17th, 2009 at 9:20pm
I want to see how they are going to connect the put options placed on the UA & AA airlines and huge profits its made during the 9/11/01 and the fact the investment bank and our Uncle Sam is hiding the fact person who made the investment options.
How are they going to explain all the bombs that were planted in the WTC 1, 2 & 7 by these guys on trial.
I hope actual justice prevails not the bush hollywood comic book hype.