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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  • Gov. Pataki Dodges Question on Saddam-9/11 Claims

    Top Republican Party officials and journalists attended a media party for delegates and journalists over the weekend. Inside the party, Mayor Michael Bloomberg evades Democracy Now!’s questions about his support for the invasion of Iraq, Gov. George Pataki discusses security and 9/11 and Helen Thomas reminds people to remember the dead in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]
    Aug 30, 2004 | Story

  • Doctor Faces Life Imprisonment for Violating Iraq Sanctions

    An Iraqi-American doctor faces life in prison for violating economic sanctions against Iraq. He has spent the last year and a half in prison awaiting trial and has been denied bail six times. He is believed to the only U.S. citizen ever to be held in prison for violating the sanctions. We speak with his friend and a community activist as well as Voices in the Wilderness founder Kathy Kelly. [includes rush transcript]
    Aug 20, 2004 | Story

  • Sierra Club: Bush Endangered Lives of New Yorkers After 9/11 By Lying About Dangers of Toxic Fallout

    A new Sierra Club report raises new questions about the Bush administration’s handling of the cleanup of downtown Manhattan in the days after 9/11. We’ll speak with the author of the report and a downtown Manhattan resident who suffers respiratory illness from World Trade Center dust. [includes rush transcript]
    Aug 19, 2004 | Story

  • U.S. Risks Alienating Millions Across Muslim World with Major Attack on Holy City of Najaf

    Thousands of U.S. troops have launched a major attack on the Iraqi city of Najaf, one of the holiest cities in the Muslim world. We go to Iraq to get a report on the latest fighting and we speak with professor As’ad AbuKhalil about the U.S. assault on one of the holiest cities in the Muslim world. [includes rush transcript]
    Aug 12, 2004 | Story

  • Sen. John Kerry Slams President Bush For His Actions on 9/11

    "Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whispered in my ear, 'America is under attack,' I would have told those kids very politely and nicely that the president of the United States had something that he needed to attend to," said Kerry yesterday at UNITY 2004, the largest gathering of journalists of color in the nation’s history. [includes rush transcript]
    Aug 06, 2004 | Story

  • Fmr. CIA Analyst and FBI Whistleblower Dissect Final 9/11 Commission Report

    As the bipartisan Commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks releases its much-anticipated final report, we take an in-depth look at what it says and what it doesn’t say with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. [includes rush transcript]
    Jul 23, 2004 | Story

  • Helen Thomas Takes On White House Over Iraq

    We hear veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas confronting White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan on the reasons for invading Iraq. [Includes transcript]
    Jul 21, 2004 | Story

  • Another Campaign of Misinformation? Leaked 9/11 Report Cites New Evidence That Iran Cooperated with al-Qaeda Before Attacks

    Leaked accounts of the final 9/11 Commission report due out this Thursday says the Commission has uncovered evidence suggesting that between eight and ten of the 9/11 hijackers passed through Iran in the year prior to the attacks. We speak with Middle East and Iran Expert at Baruch College Ervand Abrahamian. [Includes transcript]
    Jul 19, 2004 | Story

  • Fmr. Rep. Cynthia McKinney Seeking to Win Back Georgia Seat

    We speak with former Congressmember Cynthia McKinney is seeking to win back her congressional seat in Georgia. She lost her re-election bid two years ago after coming under fierce attack for her support for Palestinian rights, and her early call for a 9/11 investigation of the Bush Administration. [includes rush transcript]
    Jul 19, 2004 | Story

  • Saddam in the Dock: Counsel Denied, Hearing Censored, Calls Bush "Criminal"

    We speak with Saddam Hussein’s lawyer Curtis Doebbler about the controversial pretrial hearing last week and political analyst Sam Husseini discusses how the only people granted the opportunity to clearly condemn U.S. policy in the Middle East are criminals themselves. [includes rush transcript]
    Jul 06, 2004 | Story