NY Att'y Gen Accept Unprecedent Complaint Demanding Criminal Inq 911Crimes

[seemslikeadream]

10/28/2004 11:55:00 PM

NY Attorney General's Office Accepts Unprecedented Citizens' Complaint Demanding Criminal Inquiry into 9/11 Crimes
To: National Desk

Contact: David Kubiak, 207-967-2390, [e-mail] or Kyle F. Hence, 401-935-7715, [e-mail]

NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On behalf of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Chief Investigator William Casey today accepted a Complaint and Petition from a group of New York City citizens including 9/11 family members, survivors and a Ground Zero triage physician. The Complaint demands that the AG open a criminal inquiry and/or grand jury investigation into the many still unsolved crimes of September 11, 2001 over which he has jurisdiction.

The complainants first held a press conference to explain the reasoning and desperation behind their unique Citizens' Complaint and Petition, which calls for criminal and civil probes into previously suppressed or ignored areas of inquiry identified by the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, 9/11 CitizensWatch and many independent researchers.

The lead complainants currently include Bob McIlvaine, who lost his son Robert in the World Trade Center collapse; Patricia Perry, who lost her son John, a New York City Police officer; William Rodriguez, a WTC maintenance worker and rescue effort hero; Jenna Orkin, Chairwoman of the World Trade Center Environmental Organization; Dr. Faiz Khan, Ground Zero triage physician; and ambulance first responder,. Megan Bartlett, founder of Ground Zero for Peace (who was recently hospitalized with malignant reactions to toxic WTC dust and unable to attend).

In brief statements prior to signing the 20-page Citizens' Complaint, the complainants voiced their hope that the public would strongly support their call to Attorney General Spitzer and also urge him to finally investigate the victim families' questions that the 9/11 Commission would not touch. Explaining the timing of the action, organizers cited the very recent Zogby 9/11 Poll ( http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.dbm?ID=855 ) which showed that nearly half of New Yorkers believe officials in this government "consciously" allowed the 9/11 attacks to succeed, and that 66 percent wanted a new and deeper investigation. They further noted steadily accumulating evidence that belies the "official narrative" such as this week's breaking story on the "black box" recorders recovered from the WTC site, the existence of which the FBI and Kean Commission had both insistently denied. See http://tinyurl.com/4drr3

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[burythehatchet]

1. I tempted to say "holy shit"

[wryter2000]

2. By all means!

Get Elliot Spitzer on the case. Maybe he can get some answers.

[LosinIt]

3. Now this is getting realllly interesting

Go, Elliot, give 'em Helliot!!!!

[seemslikeadream]

4. 9/11 Victims to Deliver Complaint to NY Attorney General Calling for Full

9/11 Victims to Deliver Complaint to NY Attorney General Calling for Full Criminal Investigation of September 11th Attacks
Wed Oct 27,11:10 AM ET

To: National Desk
Contact: David Kubiak, 207-967-2390, Kyle F. Hence, 401-935-7715 or 212-243-7787 or [e-mail] ; both of 911truth.org
News Advisory:


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20041027/...

Wed Oct 27,11:10 AM ET

A coalition of 9/11 victim family members, survivors and advocacy groups will deliver a formal complaint requesting a new criminal investigation of 9/11 events to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer this Thursday following a 2:00 PM press conference outside the Equitable Building (corner of Nassau and Cedar Streets). The Complaint petitions the Attorney General to launch an independent in-depth criminal and civil probe of evidence suggesting grave official misconduct including criminal negligence, criminal facilitation, and accessorial abetment of murder, insider trading, obstruction of justice, and other violations of New York law.

The Complaint asks the Attorney General to seek justice for 9/11 crimes by applying New York State law to recover damages incurred by state and local governments from corporations and individuals whose conduct furthered the criminal conspiracy. The Complainants, including victim family member Bob McIlvaine who lost his son, maintain that few if any of these charges or supporting evidence were adequately investigated by the 2002 Joint Intelligence Inquiry or the 9/11 Commission which released its final report last July.

"For many New Yorkers, AG Spitzer is the last hope for finding the truth about what happened on 9/11 and enforcing the law." noted spokesperson David Kubiak. "Because administration officials have classified evidence under the "state secrets" doctrine, preempting local probes and obstructing official inquiries, there has been no comprehensive, credible independent investigation of the attacks. The Attorney General clearly has jurisdiction if he chooses to assert it. Given the scale of 9/11 carnage, incalculable damages suffered and evidence covered-up or ignored, his constituents are now telling him that he must. Fifteen New York legislators have stepped up to endorse this demand so we're at a very remarkable choice point in 9/11 history."

Although the Complaint follows years of independent investigation and research, its legal form was triggered by three recent developments: 1) the failure of the Kean Commission Report to provide a credible explanation of the 9/11 attacks, to hold anyone accountable, or answer most of the questions posed by the 9/11 Family Steering Committee (note 1); 2) the August 31st Zogby 9/11 poll (note 2) which showed that nearly half of New Yorkers believe government officials were "consciously" complicit in the attacks, and that two-thirds want a new investigation; and 3) the testimony and evidence put forth at the September 9, 2004 9/11 Citizens' Commission hearings in Manhattan, organized by the watchdog and activist groups 9/11 CitizensWatch and 911truth.org.

The Complaint is preceded by today's release of the "9/11 Statement," a call for new investigations signed by over 100 American opinion leaders including three third-party presidential candidates, a former U.S. Ambassador, a New York firemen, professors, theologians and forty 9/11 families.

The "9/11 Statement" and Spitzer Complaint will be available one half hour prior to the 2 p.m. Thursday press conference at the northwest corner of Cedar and Nassau Streets (NE corner of Equitable Building). The 9/11 Statement will be posted at 911truth.org from 2 p.m. today. The Spitzer Complaint will be posted at http://www.justicefor911.org following the Thursday press conference. Further details to follow.
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(1) http://www.911independentcommission.org/questions.html

(2) http://www.zogby.com/search/ReadNews.dbm?ID=855

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5. Duplicate

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