9/11 Topics

Democracy Now!’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the development of the "war on terror," Guantanamo Bay and the USA PATRIOT Act.

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  • Homeland Security Chief Nominee Chertoff Oversaw Detention of Hundreds of Arabs and Muslims After 9/11

    President Bush nominated federal judge Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor and architect of the USA Patriot Act, to replace Tom Ridge as secretary of Homeland Security. We speak with DC lawyer Elaine Cassel and political journalist Doug Ireland. [includes rush transcript]
    Jan 12, 2005 | Story

  • Alberto Gonzales' Role in Torture Memos Like "Mafia Lawyer Whose Job it is to Help the Don Stay Out of Jail"

    Senate hearings begin today on the nomination of the White House counsel, Alberto Gonzales, as attorney general. He faces tough questions on the torture of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Cuba. We speak with journalist Mark Danner of the New Yorker, author of the new book, Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror. [includes rush transcript]
    Jan 06, 2005 | Story

  • Military Families & 9/11 Families Raise $500,000 for Falluja Refugees

    A delegation of military family members whose sons died while fighting in the Iraq war will travel to Jordan from December 27, 2004 to January 4, 2005 to deliver $600,000 worth of humanitarian supplies for refugees from the U.S. attack on Falluja. [includes rush transcript]
    Dec 23, 2004 | Story

  • 9/11 Intel Bill Expands Powers of Patriot Act and "Politicizes Intelligence"

    The intelligence reform bill passed by Congress includes little-discussed provisions that would greatly expand the government’s policing power and centralizes the intelligence community’s surveillance powers which civil liberties advocates say increases the likelihood for government abuses. We speak with Robert Dreyfuss of Mother Jones and Timothy Edgar of the ACLU. [includes rush transcript]
    Dec 14, 2004 | Story

  • Fmr. Counterterror Chief Richard Clarke on Intel Bill, Iraq and the Threat of Another Attack on the U.S.

    As the House approves the biggest overhaul of the country’s intelligence agencies in half a century we hear an address by former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke. [includes rush transcript]
    Dec 08, 2004 | Story

  • Homeland Security Gives "The Perception of Security, Not the Reality of It"

    Tom Ridge announced his resignation Tuesday after nearly two years as the nation’s first Homeland Security secretary. We speak with investigative journalist Matthew Brzezinski, author of Fortress America: On the Frontlines of Homeland Security — An Inside Look at the Coming Surveillance State.[includes rush transcript]
    Dec 01, 2004 | Story

  • Constitutional Lawyer on Ashcroft's Record: "Most Widespread Campaign Of Ethnic Profiling Since WWII"

    As Attorney General John Ashcroft announces his resignation from President Bush’s cabinet, we speak with Georgetown Law School professor David Cole who says Ashcroft has shown a "willful blindness to any concerns about the basic principles that this country was founded upon." [includes rush transcript]
    Nov 10, 2004 | Story

  • The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

    The new documentary "The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror" examines the link between oil interests and current U.S. military interventions. It includes original footage shot over a four-month period in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as many interviews with a large array of personalities including Bush administration officials. [includes rush transcript]
    Oct 22, 2004 | Story

  • CIA Refuses to Release "Dynamite" Report on 9/11 Accountability

    The CIA is ignoring calls from members of the House Intelligence Committee to release an internal report on whether agency employees should be held accountable for intelligence failures leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks. We speak with Los Angeles Times columnist Robert Scheer who broke the story. [includes rush transcript]
    Oct 21, 2004 | Story

  • FBI Questions Hundreds of Muslims Ahead of Tonight's Debate in Arizona

    Ahead of tonight’s debate in Tempe, FBI agents have been questioning hundreds of Muslims across the state and visiting mosques in what they say is a new intiative to thwart terrorist attacks. We speak with the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Arizona and a University student from Yemen who was questioned. [includes rush transcript]
    Oct 13, 2004 | Story