Light in the Tunnel:
The Mariani vs. Bush Lawsuit
In the midst of the vast masses of sleeping, ignorant, and apparently brain-dead American people, a true American hero is rising: Ellen Mariani. She is the person who is suing George W. Bush, his father, and high officials in the Bush regime because they "intentionally and deliberately failed to prevent the 9/11 attacks." She is claiming that Bush et. al. violated the RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations), a law enacted primarily to go after the Mafia and organized crime. In the following article Joyce Lynn reports that the lawsuit continues to proceed, something that I find both very heartening and also amazing. Given the ruthless criminality of those behind the Bush regime one might have expected her to murdered or "suicided" by now. Perhaps there is yet a last flicker of the Constitution left alive in this land. At the very least this lawsuit will allow certain ideas and facts and evidence to be put into the public record, win or lose. Mariani must considered a great hero for her bravery and persistence in demanding that the president and his cronies be brought to account over the 911 tragedy.
Most of the 911 victims' survivors were content to be bought off and silenced by payoffs and compensation fund of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act. In return for the payoffs they agreed not to sue anyone for the loss of their loved ones. Joyce Lynn writes "Of the official 2,976 deaths, 2,851 families filed claims, forsaking future litigation against the government, airlines, airports, or security firms." This will probably go down in history as the biggest payout of "hush money" of all time. While it may seem sad that so few of the 2,976 people chose to reject the bribe and sue the appropriate parties, one must feel grateful that Mariani did, for her lawsuit will benefit all Americans and the world by bringing certain evidence and facts forward and recording them in a court of law.
A website has been created about the case where one may sign a petition of support and/or make a donation to the cause. The petition says simply:
To: President of the United States and Members of Congress
911 For the Truth of Mariani vs. Bush
On September 11, 2001, ("911") the United States of America was attacked resulting in an International War on Terror declared by President George W. Bush without the approval of the United States Congress.
I believe and support the legal action brought by Ellen Mariani against Defendant George W. Bush, et al and demand the "truth" regarding the "911" attacks.
I support Ellen Mariani's federal cause of action!
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
So far 5838 people have signed the petition. If you believe in Mariani's case and that the facts about 911 should be presented in court, sign the petition at this address and urge your friends to sign.
http://www.petitiononline.com/911ftt/petition.html
Those charged in the suit are called "aiders and abettors and conspirators" in the 911 attacks. It should be hard for the mainstream media to ignore this case as it proceeds toward trial, but they probably will, or at the very least they will treat it with ridicule and contempt. Here is the list of those charged in the suit under the RICO act:
George W. Bush
President of the United States
George H.W. Bush
Former director of the CIA, vice president, and president of the U.S
Richard Cheney
Vice President of the U.S.
John Ashcroft
Attorney General of U.S.
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense of the U.S
George Tenet
CIA Director of the U.S.
Norman Y. Mineta
Department of Transportation secretary of the U.S.
Peter G. Peterson
Chairman of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations
Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor
Kenneth R. Feinberg
Master of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001
The suit (case no. 03-5273) was filed last September 12, but since then Bush & Gang have done so much to try to thwart the 911 Investigation Commision that the original suit has been ammended to include the charge of obstruction of justice. Indeed, the obstruction attempts by the administration have been so numerous and obstinent that it is difficult to understand how the Bush regime does not grasp the fact that the obstruction attempts look like an admission of guilt and complicity. Bush and Cheney have done everything possible, since 911, to prevent a full investigation of the greatest crime in American history. They clearly do not want the people of America to find out what really happened. That speaks very loudly for itself. How stupid do they think we are?
In response to questions from Joe Scarborough, on the MSNBC show 'Scarborough Country,' on January 28, 2004, Mariani had this to say:
MARIANI: I want to know why he didn‘t immediately start an investigation. I want to know why he has blocked my lawsuit and many others that followed me in New York. That is a red flag to me.
If he has nothing to hide, come forward and tell us the truth, because there are millions of us people who are still suffering.
SCARBOROUGH: Now, this is a letter that you wrote, an open letter to President Bush.
And you said this: “You, Mr. Bush, should be held responsible and liable for any and all acts that were committed to aid in the cover-up of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. It is my belief that you intentionally allowed 9/11 to happen to gather public support for a war on terrorism.”
Those are awfully tough words, Ellen.
MARIANI: Well, it‘s awfully hard to live now without your husband and knowing that a president has not come forward and told us the truth, doesn‘t tell us anything of what he knew before it all happened, even though people are coming forward, saying that they were warned from all parts of other countries.
He just left us there with money to keep us quiet.
Since the capture of Sadam Hussein the suit is now hoping to obtain evidence by interviewing the dictator himself! Mariani's lawyer Philip J. Berg has even said that he will "seek an extraordinary writ by the Honorable Court to immediately depose Saddam Hussein."
"The nexus and national security importance of this unique request to her RICO based claim is the fact that Defendant George H. W. Bush and other Defendants such as Vice President Cheney supplied Saddam Hussein with illegal biological weapons in the 1980's yet, Defendants have ignored the thousands of Gulf War I veterans and their loved ones who continue to die due to Defendant George H. W. Bush’s illegal business and weapons exchanges with Saddam Hussein. Ellen asserts these facts are substantially documented and will be supported by sworn testimony of Gulf War I veterans such as SSG Robert Jones and Mark Zeller (Ret.) and countless other experts with firsthand knowledge to support the serious public trust issues raised in her RICO Act Complaint."
http://www.911forthetruth.com/for_immediate_release1.htm
In a poignant and pointed letter to President Bush, Mariani accuses him directly of lying to the people and failing to investigate 911, and of obstructing what little investigation there has been.
"In the days following the attacks all air traffic was grounded and Americans, including myself, were stranded wherever they had been when the flight ban was imposed. I was stranded at Midway Airport in Chicago, unable to continue on to California for my daughter's wedding. Imagine my surprise when I later found out that during this "no fly" period a number of people were flown out of the country on a 747 with Arabic lettering on the fuselage. None of these people were interviewed or questioned by any local, State or Federal agencies. Why were they allowed to leave and who exactly was on that flight. We know for a fact that some of the people on the flight were members of (or related to) the royal family of Saudi Arabia and members of the Bin Laden family. Were these people allowed to leave because of the long-standing relationships that your family has with both families?
"It is my belief that you intentionally allowed 9/11 to happen to gather public support for a "war on terrorism". These wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq, have not accomplished what you stated were your goals. Why have you not captured Osama Bin Laden? Where are Saddam's weapons of mass destruction? All that has happened is a bill that is passed before Congress for 87 billion dollars to rebuild what you ordered blown to bits. As an American who lost a loved one in the "war on terror" I do pray and support our troops who were sent to Afghanistan and Iraq by you. These troops have and will continue to die for your lies. As an American I can make this statement as it appears that associates of your family may stand to prosper from the rebuilding of Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Mr. Bush the time has come for you to stop your control over us. Stop blocking the release of certain evidence and documents that were discovered by the 9/11 Investigation Commission if you have nothing to hide proving you did not fail to act and prevent the attacks of 9/11. Your reason for not releasing this material is that it is a matter of "national security". When in fact I believe that it is your personal credibility/security that you are concerned with. You do not want the public to know the full extent of your responsibility and involvement."
She ends her forceful letter to the President with these brave and gutsy words: "In the court of public opinion Mr. Bush, your lies are being uncovered each day. My husband, all of the other victims and their families and our nation as a whole, has been victimized by your failed leadership prior to and after 9/11! I will prove this in a court of law!"
The full and ammended complaint can be read here. This is without a doubt an historic document. To me it signifies that the overthrow of the U.S. Government by the Bush regime is not yet complete. Something is still working of the battered Constitution if this suit has gotten this far. One brave woman stands alone in defiance of the White House evil-doers, like that man in the world famous photograph standing alone in front of an army tank in Tiananmen Square in Beijing China. One heroic person can make a big difference. Thousands took the government's bribe but Ellen Mariani cares more about truth and justice than money.
The following article by Joyce Lynn gives important details about the Mariani suit. It is important for all Americans to watch this suit closely and to raise holy hell if the government tries to abort the due process of law. In a certain sense, it matters not who wins or loses... the American people win in any case by having the facts and information recorded in the public record. We win by the very process of the case by having the facts made made public in the current situation where the major media have been completely taken over and refused to report the facts.
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Ellen Mariani: 'Bush knew and let it happen'
9/11 widow files suit detailing 'a deadly and evil mixture of the Bush and bin Laden regimes'
by Joyce Lynn
On September 10, 2001, Ellen Mariani and her husband Louis "spent their last day together as husband and wife on this earth."
At about 8 a.m. the next day, September 11, George W. Bush sat down for his daily briefing, which included references to the heightened terrorist risk reported throughout the summer but "contained nothing serious enough to call National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice." The briefing ended about 8:20 a.m.
At 9:05 a.m., Chief of Staff Andrew Card walked up to Bush, who was with a classroom of second graders at Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida, and reportedly whispered in his ear: "A second plane has hit the World Trade Center. America is under attack."
For the next 7 to 18 minutes, Bush continued to talk with the children about a goat story as Mariani's husband, who was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
Mariani's husband was murdered as the commander-in-chief dallied in a second grade classroom reading a story about a pet goat.
This is Ellen Mariani's description of her personal nightmare in the daring suit she filed last month against Bush; his father, George H. W. Bush, and top administration officials, calling them "aiders and abettors and conspirators" who "intentionally and deliberately failed to prevent the 9/11 attacks."
Mariani alleges the defendants "let the attacks happen for one chilling reason: to profit personally or politically from the so-called 'International War on Terror.'"
"The reasons why 9/11 occurred are no longer a national security risk, but a national security disgrace and tragedy," Mariani declares.
Mariani believes Bush "allowed the attacks to take place to compel public anger and outcry to engage our nation and our military men and women in a preventable international war on terror for personal gains and agenda."
Challenging the official version of 9/11, Mariani claims in her 62-page filing that Bush and his father "hold the answers" to why 9/11 occurred.
In the April 2002 article, "Misguided White Guy," this publication pointed out the possibly corrupt financing cycle of policy and profit by G.H.W. Bush and cronies from his tenure in government. Some of these people are high officials in the current administration or executives in Bush's private business ventures.
This publication put forth the argument in the article "Law of Conspiracy; Conspiracy of Silence" in October 2002 that Bush and other top administration officials were guilty of the same conspiracy to commit murder of which they accused John Walker Lindh, the American found with the Taliban in Afghanistan, because they remained silent before, during, and after the events of 9/11. The article argued that if Bush administration officials deliberately withheld information for political or financial gain they could be charged under the law of conspiracy.
A range of theories about what happened on 9/11 has emerged. The Bush administration's story is that a guy with a long grizzled beard living in a cave in Afghanistan surprised the $40 billion a year U.S. intelligence community by hijacking domestic airplanes and crashing them into symbols of U.S. economic dominance and war. Independent journalists, researchers, and activists have put forth evidence to support scenarios that Bush knew about 9/11 and let it happen (Mariani's suit) and/or that 9/11 was an inside job—an operation of shadow elements of the U.S. government.
In a personal letter to Bush released with the filing, Mariani writes, "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.'" (Excerpts of the letter follows this article.)
In addition to Bush, other defendants include George H.W. Bush, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice president, and president of the U.S.; Vice President Richard Cheney; Attorney General John Ashcroft; Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld; CIA Director George Tenet; Department of Transportation secretary Norman Y. Mineta; chairman of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations Peter G. Peterson; National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and special master of the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 Kenneth R. Feinberg.
Since Mariani filed a civil action last September 12, she says a 'firestorm" has erupted around Bush's refusal to comply with the commission investigating 9/11. As a result, on November 26, Mariani filed an amended complaint that includes obstruction of justice.
Mariani charges the defendants violated the U.S. Constitution and provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Mariani, who lives in New Hampshire, filed her suit (case no. 03-5273) in the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were signed in Philadelphia, which is in the Eastern District.
Philip Berg, Mariani's lawyer, was a former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania and candidate for governor of Pennsylvania. He has woven information from independent 9/11 researchers, activists, and his own investigation into a spellbinding tale that alleges decades of Bush family malfeasance. (Philip J. Berg, Esquire, 9/11 For The Truth, 706 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-1711, 610-825-3134, PJBLAW@aol.com)
Kyle F. Hence, co-founder of the activist organization 9/11 CitizensWatch, has worked closely with Mariani and other victim families. He said about Mariani's case, "We feel that it is a very important legal action that could, if nothing else, bring more focus on the issues the media continue to largely ignore." (kylehence@earthlink.net)
Edward Hurley of the Sarah McClendon Study Group, which sponsored a press conference with Mariani and Berg at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, last month, said Mariani's suit presented "a richly documented case for criminal negligence if not complicity at the highest reaches of our government."
The Mariani complaint is online at www.911forthetruth.com
Mariani asserts Bush, Cheney, and Rice have engaged in a "pattern of criminal activity and obstruction of justice" in violation of the public trust and laws of the United States to achieve their personal goals and agendas."
Mariani claims that by influencing national security policy as public officials or private citizens the Bush family has profited in arms and oil. She says the pattern dates back to their dealings with Nazi Germany during World War II.
"This historical context will shock Americans who depend on the mainstream media for their political information," Mariani states.
Mariani says the key to the charges is George H. W. Bush and his government involvement as CIA director (1976-1977), vice president (1980-1988), and president (1989-1992), as well as his subsequent business relationships. The latter includes his association with the Carlyle group, an equity fund that deals with weapons manufacturing.
Information about the Bush family history is beginning to surface in the media, including the book, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Nixon White House aide Kevin Phillips (January 2004) and Republican John Buchanan's challenge to Bush in the New Hampshire primary which has 9/11 and war profiteering at its core.
According to Mariani's filing, just as Adolph Hitler played "the anti-communist card to win over skeptical German industrialists," the Bush family melds political and business interests. "As history and evidence proves, the Bushes got their start as key Hitler supporters," the suit claims.
Mariani says Prescott Bush, George H.W. Bush's father, was Hitler's "propaganda manager" in New York until Franklin D. Roosevelt confiscated his holdings under the Trading With the Enemy Act.
She asserts George H. W. Bush's long government involvement and his business relations with the bin Laden family yield "a deadly and evil mixture of the Bush and bin Laden regimes." She says Bush also conducted *personal business and national security deals" with another alleged terrorist, Saddam Hussein.
Mariani asserts that in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, "Defendants were allies with Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein during the former Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan and Iran-Iraq war respectively." She says during these times "personal and political deals were made and it is believed upon discovery, these dealings hold the truth" about 9/11.
The complaint says Cheney still holds Halliburton stock options totaling more than $26 million. Halliburton passed the Standard & Poor's Index by nearly 40 percent during the past year because of millions of dollars in Department of Defense contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
She maintains G.H.W. Bush's share in the Carlyle Group's defense-related profits will show similar appreciation since Bush launched the so-called "War on Terror. "
Mariani reserves blistering anger for Kenneth Feinberg, administer of the compensation fund of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act. Mariani calls the fund "a ploy" to silence lawsuits that could expose Bush's failure to prevent the 9/11 attacks.
She said Feinberg allowed the Red Cross to stall donations to victim families to increase the families' financial difficulties. "Many just decided to give up and submit to Feinberg's fund in return for absolving the government of future accountability," Mariani charges.
The deadline for 9/11 families to file claims with the fund has passed. Of the official 2,976 deaths, 2,851 families filed claims, forsaking future litigation against the government, airlines, airports, or security firms.
Mariani asserts if G.W. Bush, the Department of Defense, and NORAD had responded "expeditiously" and according to protocol, her husband and "thousands of other innocent people might still be alive today."
She said as president [sic], G.W. Bush is "solely responsible" for "lapses" in intelligence leading to 9/11. A joint House and Senate Intelligence Committee last July attributed these "lapses" to the CIA and FBI.
Mariani asserts 9/11 has served as "a pretext for a never-ending war against the world, including preemptive strikes against defenseless, but resource rich countries." It also has served as a pretext for "draconian measures of repression" in the U.S., including the Department of Homeland Security and USA PATRIOT Act.
The suit outlines historical roots of war-provoking deception such as Operation Northwoods, which the Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed in 1962. It included a plan for the U.S. to shoot down civilian airplanes and blame the act on Fidel Castro as a pretext for launching a war against Cuba. The Kennedy administration nixed the plan.
Other war-propelling hoaxes include the sinking of the Maine; the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, which evidence indicates President Roosevelt knew about, and the Gulf of Tonkin "provocation," which led to escalation of the Vietnam conflict.
Less than a month after the February 27, 1933, Reichstag fire, which the Nazis blamed on the Communists, Hitler became Supreme Commander of Germany setting the stage for the repression and horror that followed.
To substantiate the foreknowledge claim, the suit says on August 6, 2001, one month before the 9/11 attacks, Condoleezza Rice provided a written brief to Bush at his Texas ranch that warned Osama bin Laden might hijack U.S. aircraft.
The suit claims "the single most damning indictment" was the failure of the Department of Defense/NORAD to follow normal military protocol as standard procedure. "It is a matter of routine procedure for fighter-jets to intercept commercial airliners to regain contact with the pilot.
"Flights 175, 77, and 93 had the same pattern of delays in notification and in scrambling fighter jets, delays that are unimaginable considering a plane had, by this time, already hit the World Trade Center."
Mariani also charges Peter G. Peterson, chairman of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations, provided Bush and other officials "with critical national security advice contrary to the best interests of the American Public."
Mariani said she hopes "revealing the truth of 9/11" will mean no longer can "so few control so many for self-gain and personal agendas."
Article Source:
http://www.propagandamatrix.com/050204bushknew.html
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Further information on this monumental case can be found here:
NY Press - Nine Hundred Eleven Missing Pieces
http://www.nypress.com/16/53/news&columns/feature.cfm
Portsmouth Herald - 9/11 widow fights, won't settle
http://www.seacoastonline.com/2003news/12242003/news/67085.htm
Associated Press - December 24, 2003
http://www.911forthetruth.com/associated%20press.htm
WPVI.com - Women Sues Bush for 9/11
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/09232003_wtc_bushsued.html
Guerrilla News Network - Guerrilla Of the Week
http://www.guerrillanews.com/intelligence/doc3510.html
911 Victim's Wife, Ellen Mariani, Files RICO Act
http://www.prisonplanet.com/120403mariani.html
http://www.911forthetruth.com/
