9/11 widow wants Bush in court

[Say_What]

Press releases about this law suit against Bush and Co. were sent out to 3,000 media outlets--only ONE reported it, now here's Aljazeera reporting as well. Don't see how they can keep this under wraps for long.


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A September 11 widow has filed a Federal Court complaint against US President George Bush and his cabinet members for concealing the truth about the World Trade Centre attacks.

Ellen Mariani alleges leading members of the US administration had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks but failed to warn anyone of the terrible danger and made no effort to prevent thousands of deaths.

Her late husband, Louis Neil Mariani, died in the south tower of the World Trade Centre.

Speaking to Aljazeera.net on Tuesday, attorney Philip Berg said the complaint was being filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act (RICO).

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CB84E581-838E-4EFE-B64B-09C04CC1F545.htm

[kimchi]

1. Don't we all want Bush in court?

Good for her! Come on, America report the real news for a change.

[Say_What]

10. 3,000 press releases sent NONE in the USA reported about this

This is only the second media outlet that has reported this after Mariani and her attorney sent out 3,000 press releases. In other words the US press is burying this completely. It's important to get this out to presidential candidates, the media (letting them know that we know), and anywhere else where it's gonna get exposure. The US public is entitled to know about this.

[PaDUer]

14. dupe n/t

[PaDUer]

15. You can also send this out

to your local media and see what they do. At least that way, you're local and can keep on them.
Also, some of the papers are online..some have areas where you can write what you want--if they won't do it, you do it.

[proud patriot]

17. I did none have carried it yet , and this is the Bay Area

:shrug:

[Say_What]

23. I did, I had luck with Freespeech TV and they told me that

they had already contacted the lawyer and would have them on in January. But this needs to get out to the mass media, which I never even heard back from. I also sent it to Dennis Kucinich, Democracy Now, and others.

[Say_What]

28. Reply from Freespeech TV and UN Observer is running her open letter

Receive email earlier today:

"We should be running part of this interview in a special report on primary day in New Hampshire, Jan 27th, and we'll be running a longer version sometime in February."


On edit: Link to UN Observer http://www.unobserver.com/

[54anickel]

18. The original thread posted on this said FOX was there, filmed 40

minutes. I sent out e-mails to FOX, Lou Dobbs at CNN, and a couple of others. No response, but didn't expect any either.

[pinto]

25. FYI. Here's nz press piece

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/W00311/S00261.htm

[dusty64]

29. True, I haven't seen

it either. This could be huge if it is allowed to happen.

[Say_What]

35. Knight Ridder mentioned it in a small way in an article about victims

not claiming funds that ran originally in the Philidelphia Inquirer and today in the Biloxi Sun Herald. Also, Alex Jones interviewed her. Here's a couple of clips from the Mississippi paper.

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...Only 73 people have filed lawsuits against the airlines or trade center. Ellen Mariani, of southern New Hampshire, was one of the first. Mariani's husband, Louis Neil Mariani, was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 175, which crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

Not only is Mariani suing United Airlines for lax security, she also filed a second lawsuit in September in federal court here against President Bush and his administration.

Mariani, who is represented by Philip J. Berg, a Lafayette Hill, Pa., lawyer, charges that the Bush administration failed to heed repeated warnings from U.S. intelligence and foreign sources that terrorists might use commercial aircraft as weapons.

"Our government had knowledge of this and took no steps to prevent it," Berg said.

Mariani said no amount of money from the federal government would persuade her to back off from her legal fight.

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/nation/7467070.htm

[robbob]

37. I don't want him in court...

I want him behind bars.

[montanacowboy]

2. Good for her

and another suit needs to be file - Joe Wilson should file a civil suit regarding his wife's outing - they can then supoena the Bushitas, get them all in court and on the record - high time.

[pdove]

3. How dear she say that to *?!

Do not you remember one just dead in Texas, after accusing Bush for misconduct.

[tom_paine]

6. Yes, she will die before that even gets close to happening...

Suicide, you know, the poor woman was sooo depressed.

[PaDUer]

16. Plus, the attorney

has to watch his back..

[amazona]

39. she's 65...they'll say it was the killer flu

"I would eat dirt" before taking money from the federal government to settle the case, she is quoted as saying. She is already on Social Security and is apparently not into the money. She wants the truth told in an open court.

[el_gato]

4. go girl!

[DeathvadeR]

5. Get in line hunny........................... n/t

[Say_What]

7. Ellen Mariani's open letter to Bush

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Open Letter To The President Of The United States

Mr. Bush,

This ''open letter'' is coming from my heart. I want you to know that I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat and that this is not an attempt to ''bash the Government''.

You Mr. Bush should be held responsible and liable for any and all acts that were committed to aid in any "cover up" of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. As President you have a duty to protect the American people. On September 11th you did not instruct your staff to issue a nationwide emergency warning/alert to advise us of the attack on America. We had to receive the news of the attacks via the news networks.

In the months leading up to the attacks you were repeatedly advised of a possible attack on American soil. During your daily intelligence briefings you were given information that had been uncovered that the very real possibility existed that certain undesirable elements would use commercial aircraft to destroy certain "target" buildings. You never warned the American people of this possible threat. Who were you protecting?

When you took no responsibility towards protecting the general public from the possibility of attack, you were certainly not upholding the oath you spoke when you took office. In that oath you pledged to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.

On the morning of the attack, you and members of your staff were fully aware of the unfolding events yet you chose to continue on to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School to proceed with a scheduled event and "photo op". While our nation was under attack you did not appear to blink an eye or shed a tear. You continued on as if everything was "business as usual".

http://www.911citizenswatch.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=33&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

[Skittles]

8. just the fact that the second tower and the Pentagon were not evacuated

speaks VOLUMES.

[Say_What]

11. Attorney Phil Berg filed "fraud" law suit to overturn 2000 election

Some background on the attorney who is representing Ellen Mariani.

Berg is a former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania; former candidate for Governor and U.S. Senate; an attorney with offices in Montgomery County and an active practice in Philadelphia, PA.

...FYI - Phil Berg, Esquire has been fighting to establish "the will of the people" by:
1) filing a class action law suit in Austin, Texas based upon the 12th Amendment challenging the residency of Dick Cheney;
2) by filing a 'Friend of the Court" brief in the case filed earlier in Florida against Cheney's residency;
3) by being the "Press Liaison" person on the Seminole Absentee Ballot case where Berg spent 11 days in early December 2000, being sent to Florida by Democrats.com where Berg personally discovered "tainted" ballots in Jackson County, Florida where "white oval stickers" were placed on ballots causing "overvotes" to be "votes;" and
4) Berg's discovery has resulted in further investigations into other counties in Florida and the "fraud" lawsuit Berg is preparing to file.

http://www.oralmajorityonline.com/Articles/Berg_Lawsuit.htm

[amazona]

40. wow...sounds like a hell of a guy

I wish him and Ms. Mariani the best of luck in their efforts.

[ixion]

9. RICO == everything BFEE does

the whole family should be in court. :grr:

[truthspeaker]

12. somebody has to do it

If Ashcroft won't do his job, private citizens have to take over I guess. I wonder if you can make a citizen's arrest for treason.

[NoKingGeorge]

13. I remember now. It was a Country that believed in Justice.

Yeh I remember. Truth. For a minute I forgot what a great Country America (was and will be again). Thanks to Patriots like Ellen and her Attorney for reminding me.

[Walt Starr]

19. Ten to one says the SCOTUS reverses the position it took on Clinton

setting the precedence that only Democratic Presidents are obligated to testify when subpoenaed.

[durutti]

20. I'd like to see this happen.

Even though I don't believe in LIHOP.

[truthspeaker]

21. I don't have an opinion on LIHOP yet

Not enough information. However I am a firm believer in EIWEI - Enabled It With Extreme Incompetence.

[reprobate]

31. I don't believe in LIHOP either. MIHOP, on the other hand......

Remember the PNAC calling for a "new American Pearl Harbor"?

Everything that happened on 9/11 can be traced to that. They wanted to take over the middle east and needed an excuse to bring americans into the mix. If 9/11 hadn't happened, none of the rest of it, the war, the patriot act, homeland security, Guantanamo, the destruction of iraq, none of it would have happened.

Sure some will say coincidence. But look at the outcomes, each of which gives PNAC what they wanted, and then give me a plausible scenario in which it could have happened without the help and active participation of the administration.

Then I have a bridge you'll just love. Financing too.

[King_Crimson]

36. Here's a link...

extensive research and rather lengthy too www.serendipity.li/wtc.html

[Cooley Hurd]

38. LIHOP has always seemed more logical to me...

LIHOP requires less people "in" on the plan - less chance that the truth could emerge...

[citizen snips]

22. I hope this happens.

I really hope this happens because Bush has liad so much in the past that I hope it will come and get him. But I don't think Bush is going to go to court. Why Because he is the presdent of the United States and he would not do anything to endanger our lives. NOT!!!!!

[Say_What]

24. I can't see how they can keep this under wraps--its too big and

there are hundreds of other 9/11 families involved. Plus the lawyer looks like he's got what it takes to see this through.

Welcome to DU, MATTMAN :hi:

[Say_What]

26. Kick

:kick:

[Hobarticus]

27. I smell the Reagan Iran/contra defense...

"I don't recall."

"I don't recall."

"I don't recall."

"Thanks for your time, Mr. President."

[rfranklin]

33. Pardon me?

What was that you said! Oh, you pardoned me. Thanks!

[bobthedrummer]

30. Lots of things we now know about the war in Iraq show * to be a liar.

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/KUP310A.html

http://www.populist.com/02.17.burns.html

http://www.rememberjohn.com/talibantexas.html

http://www.webcom.com/~lpease/collections/hidden/teicher.htm

http://cryptome.org/soil/soiled-dove2.htm

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/index.htm

[Rainbows]

32. Questions on suit for the Legal minded ...

1. Is this a civil or criminal suit, I understand civil suits require less of a burden of proof?
2. Which Federal Court will hear this, DC? This suit could see the dismissal gavel from that court in a hearbeat.

[bitchkitty]

34. Answer -

1. Civil - citizens do not file criminal cases

2. Dunno.