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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  • Cornel West on the Death of Emmett Till, 9/11, Preemptive Wars and Race in America

    We hear an excerpt from a major addressed delivered by Cornel West at the Lannan Foundation. [includes rush transcript]
    May 28, 2004 | Story

  • The New Pearl Harbor: A Debate On A New Book That Alleges The Bush Administration Was Behind The 9/11 Attacks

    In a new book, well known theologian David Ray Griffin, alleges the Pentagon may have been hit by a missile on Sept. 11 and that the Twin Towers collapsed from a controlled explosion. The book has been hailed by many who question the official record of what happened on Sept. 11. But Chip Berlet of the Political Research Associates, who has studied conspiracy theory movements, charges Griffin’s book doesn’t hold up because it is based...
    May 26, 2004 | Story

  • Chalmers Johnson: The Sorrows of Empire Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

    Former CIA analyst and retired University of California professor Chalmers Johnson examines the concept of blowback — the unintended costs and consequences of American imperialism and how it is connected to the Sept. 11 attacks.
    May 26, 2004 | Story

  • Michael Moore Takes Top Prize at Cannes Film Festival

    At the Cannes film festival, Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 9/11" became the first documentary in nearly 50 years to take the festival’s coveted top prize the Palme d’Or. During his acceptance speech he said, "I want to make sure if I do nothing else for this year that those who have died in Iraq have not died in vain."
    May 24, 2004 | Story

  • 9-11 Widow Sues the Bush Administration for Intelligence Failures

    Ellen Mariani’s husband Neil died in flight 175 on September 11. Mariani refused a compensation package from the government of up to $1.8 million. Instead, she sued President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and other administration officials under RICO-the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations act. [includes rush transcript]
    May 21, 2004 | Story

  • Parents of U.S. Soldier Killed In Iraq: "My Son Was Betrayed By the Bush Administration"

    On April 26, Sgt. Sherwood Baker was one of two soldiers killed in a building explosion in Baghdad. Baker became the first member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard to die in combat since 1945. He was 30 years old and leaves behind a wife and a 9 year old son. Today his parents, Alfred and Celeste Zappala, join us in our studio to talk about their son, the war and the lies behind the war. [includes rush transcript]
    May 13, 2004 | Story

  • Did Saudi Investors Pressure Disney To Drop Michael Moore's New Film on 9/11?

    Disney has been widely criticized for barring its subsidiary Miramax from distributing Fahrenheit 911, Moore’s new documentary examining 9/11 and the ties between the Bushes and the Bin Ladens. Peter Hart from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) reveals that a powerful member of the House of Saud, Al-Walid bin Talal, owns a major stake in Eurodisney. [includes rush transcript]
    May 11, 2004 | Story

  • 'House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties'

    Journalist Craig Unger joins us in our studios to discuss his new book that examines the complex negotiations on war, oil, illegal arms deals and murky banking deals conducted between the Bushes and the Saudis–connecting a US presidential dynasty to a foreign power.
    May 11, 2004 | Story

  • Iraqi Imam Imprisoned and Tortured Under Ba'ath Regime Blasts U.S. Abuse of Prisoners

    In his appearance on two Arab-language networks, President Bush failed to apologize for the torture and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by the U.S. military. We speak with Ibrahim Kazerooni, an imam at the Islamic Center in Denver who fled Iraq in 1974 at the age of 15 after being repeatedly imprisoned and tortured for his religious beliefs and his brother, cousin and uncle killed by the Baathist regime. [includes rush transcript]
    May 06, 2004 | Story

  • Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives Are Putting the World at Risk

    As President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney meet with the 9/11 Commission at the White House, we speak with former CIA and State Department analyst Mel Goodman about how the Bush administration is using military force, not diplomacy, as America’s main tool of foreign policy. [includes rush transcript]
    Apr 29, 2004 | Story