A video i made on May 26th 2021. An edit from the Joint House Inquiry into the September 11th 2001 Terrorist Attacks. Panelist, Carl Levin, interviews Tom Wilshire (CIA Deputy Chief Alec Station) and Steve Bongardt (FBI CTC). Levin inquiries about a June 11th 2001 meeting between a CIA analyst and two FBI field agents in New York City showing the FBI agents photos of men. What the FBI were not told was who the men in the photographs were. The photographs were taken from a Malaysian Al Qaeda Summit Meeting in January 2000. The CIA analyst were simply "fishing" the FBI field office as to whether they knew who the men in the photograph were. During the course of the interview i give some insights of my own and lend some background on specific points raised in the video.

A video i made on May 27, 2021. Bud Cramer, Joint House Inquiry panelist, interviews two FBI agents, hidden behind a partition to protect their identity, from the Phoenix field office. One of them being Ken Williams. Williams is the agent who drafted the July 2001 FBI electronic cable, known as, The Phoenix Memo. Cramer inquiries about the FBI's use of telecommunications between units and their capabilities. While also questioning Williams on whether the memo itself was made known to FBI superiors in Washington DC. I offer some insights and thoughts during the course of the inquiry.

A video i made on May 28, 2021. Dianne Feinstein of the Joint House Inquiry into the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, interviews Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State, and Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense. Feinstien inquiries about whether the State department knew about Al Qaeda's wish for hijacking of aircraft and whether they had the capabilities of manufacturing chemical and biological weapons to use against the United States. I offer some my my own personal insight along the video.

I made this video on May 29, 2021. From the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission), Dr. K gives an opening statement. The name of Dr.K is hidden from public view and is the Chief of Strategic Terrorism Assessments Alternative and Analysis Group located at the CIA's counter-terrorism center. His opening statement briefly describes the history of Osama Bin Laden's jihadist group, Al Qaeda. I lend my own thoughts during his introduction. The Harmony Documents: https://ctc.usma.edu/harmony-program/

A video i made on Sep 14, 2021. An edit from the Joint House Inquiry into the September 11th 2001 Terrorist Attacks. Panelist, Senator Richard Burr, interviews George Tenet (Director CIA), Robert Mueller (Director FBI) and Michael Hayden (Director NSA). The questions Burr raises were generally about the sharing protocols of the intelligence community. All three agencies were guilty of neglecting to share pertinent data with each other, this led to security lapses which led to the September 11th terrorist' attacks. Other inquiries made concentrated on lack of funding and bureaucratic lapses in judgement regarding security protocols.

A video i made on Nov 14, 2021. An edit from the Joint House Inquiry into the September 11th 2001 Terrorist Attacks. Panelist, Carl Levin, interviews Cofer Black (CIA-CTC Chief), and Dale Watson (Assistant FBI Director for Counter-terrorism). Levin inquires to both men about the apparent lack of information sharing at the CIA counter-terrorism center (Alec Station) to FBI agent tasked there. There seems to be a vague response coming from Black but is quickly rebuffed by Levin suggesting the information about two Al Qaeda operatives who posseted US Visas (Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi) who entered the United States to which the CIA knew but didn't tell the FBI. Watson states that he can't defend or defend whether the CIA didn't share the information but Levin quickly corrects him about the CIA deliberately withholding it from the FBI.

A video i made on November 14, 2021. Eleanor Hill Staff Director of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, gives an opening statement before the committee. Hill describes how "non-intelligence" agencies did not have intelligence reports or records concerning the suspects involved with the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, or about previous reports warning them of arab terrorists training at US flight schools and previous FBI reports like the "Phoenix Memo" which warned of terrorists training at Arizona flight schools. According to officials in the FAA, the intelligence community were not shared pertinent data about security risks to airliners which should have been made available when the reports were known at the time. She also states that agencies like the FBI did not have the analytical capabilities, such as databases, which generate and store reports regarding the raw data collected by the counter-terrorism units. The problem of data sharing between agencies is also noted by Hill. This statement was given on October 10th 2002. I give some insights while the video is played.

A video i made on November 25, 2021. An edit from the Joint House Inquiry into the September 11th 2001 Terrorist Attacks. Panelist, Fred Thompson, interviews CIA Director George Tenet about what does the country expect out of the intelligence community. Thompson also summarizes about the collection of intelligence regarding the USS Cole Bombing and the interest by terrorists and the use of planes, but what is missing is specifics. To which Tenet responds that the specifics such as, date and times, of attack are usually unknown when it comes to countries outside the United States. Thompson also remarks about the need for improvements in the intelligence services such as information sharing, which he believes is not a problem with individuals but a systematic problem.

A video i made on November 30, 2021. Tom Wilshire was a former Deputy Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station (Alec Station) who gave an opening statement before the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 on September 20th 2002. Wilshire is hidden behind a partition to protect his identity. Following Wilshire was Michael Rolnice FBI Washington field division, who was not hidden. After his statement was finished, another individual hidden behind the same partition was also allowed to give an oral statement before the committee. He is Steve Bongardt, former special agent from the Joint Terrorism Task Force New York Office. In this video, i offer some insights and provide additional commentary during the course of the video.

A video i made om December 3, 2021. 9/11 Commission panelist, Richard Ben-Veniste, interviews "Dr.K (A pseudonym) from the CIA Chief of the Strategic Terrorism Analysis and Ted Davis, CIA Chief of Al Qaeda Plans and Organization Group. Ben-Veniste inquires about the recruitment capabilities of Al Qaeda and how the intelligence community is preparing to respond. The issue of the Taliban-Osama Bin Laden disagreements in the summer of 2001 also came up. I add some additional commentary and insights during the course of the video.

A video i made on December 7,2021. Doug Bereuter, Joint House Inquiry Into 9/11, interviews Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage & Deputy Defense Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz. Bereuter opens up his inquiry with some statements which illuminate the domestic agencies and the threat of national security from foreign terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and the considerations of hijacking airliners and deliberately crashing them. He asks Armitage and Wolfowitz whether there was any interphasing of the data within the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), whose central mission is to provide all-source intelligence and analysis in support of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy. Wolfowitz is asked why the federal government did not conduct a retaliatory strike on Al Qaeda regarding the USS Cole bombing in October 2000. Bereuter also remarks to Armitage whether the reason that terrorist organizations attack the United States is because of US foreign policy.

A video i made on December 8, 2021. 9/11 commission panel member, Richard Ben-Veniste, interviews Ben Sliney, operations manager at the Federal Aviation Administration, and, Monte Belger, acting deputy administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration. Ben-Veniste inquires whether the FAA had appropriate warnings from the intelligence community over the summer of 2001 regarding the threats of airliners being hijacked by Arab fundamentalists, and whether those reports were ever received by FAA to implement stricter security measures. I add some additional commentary.

A video i made on December 10, 2021. 9/11 Commission panelist, Fred Fielding, interviews Jane Garvey, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The inquiry surrounds the security measures of airline protocols about box cutters, the initial reports about a gun during the first hijacking and whether the FAA prepared detailed reports regarding the September 11th incidents for federal and local agencies. I give additional commentary at certain points during the interview.

A video i made on December 11, 2021. Tim Roemer, Joint House Inquiry for 9/11 panelist, interviews Lee Hamilton, Director Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Roemer asks Hamilton what does the United States federal government have to do to rectify the problem of a lack of "responsibility" in regards to the intelligence community. Hamilton suggests a centralization of power and improvement in transparency and an overall independent committee when it comes to oversight independent of the executive branch. I add some additional thoughts at certain points of the video.

A video i made on December 14, 2021. Joint House Inquiry panelist, Richard Shelby interviews assistant director for the Counterterrorism Division FBI Dale Watson regarding the previous warning signals about radical fundamentalism inside the United States and why was the Department of Justice not more "aware" of this problem. Shelby inquiries whether the FBI were not taking the problem of arab radical terrorism serious regarding the scope of their declared goals.

A video i made on December 19, 2021. 9/11 Commission panelist, Tim Roemer, interviews FBi agents whom are hidden behind a partition to protect their identity. One agent is Ken Williams from the Phoenix office and the other is an agent from the Minneapolis office. The nature of Roemer's inquiry starts with Williams and what are his thoughts about any future terrorist threats towards the United States. Roemer also revisits to the Phoenix Memo, which was authored by Ken Williams in 2000 which warned of suspicious individuals with terrorism links training at flight schools in Scottsdale, Arizona. This edit from the 9/11 Commission is dated September 25, 2002.

A video i made on December 23, 2021. 9/11 Commission panelist, Bob Kerrey, addresses FBI Special Agent, James Fitzgerald regarding Osama Bin Laden being a target for US arrest but has been denied by both Clinton and Bush administrations. Kerrey points out that, according to previous intelligence reports, that Bin Laden was much more than just a "terrorist financier" and that the FBI's counter-terrorism center did not know more than other agencies regarding his profile and that the warnings about plane hijackings and bombings should have been more than enough for the US to focus attention on Bin Laden which may have even hindered the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks from happening. I give additional commentary at certain points of the inquiry. This edit is dated June 16, 2004.

A video i made on December 28, 2021. An edit from the Joint House Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks, which involves members of the committee such as Richard Shelby, Jane Harmon, Doug Bereuter, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Roemer, Silvestre Reyes and Ron Wyden to interview George Tenet (CIA Director), Robert Mueller (FBI Director) and Michael Hayden (NSA Director). This committee hearing took place on October 17th 2002. I give additional commentary at certain points of the video.

A video i made on December 30, 2021. Eleanor Hill, Staff Director for the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, gives an opening statement for the morning sessions of the day's inquiry which took place on September 18th 2002. I give additional commentary thru-ought the video. Hill gives a statement about the intelligence services information gathering capabilities and what they shared, classified and hoarded.

A video i made on January 4, 2022. Bob Kerrey, 9/11 Commission panelist, interviews former Bill Clinton Defense Secretary, William Cohen during the 9/11 Commission. Kerrey opens the inquiry making a statement regarding the dangers of Al Qaeda during the mid 1990's which should have been taken with more rapt attention and why the US military wasn't given a broader authority to engage with Al Qaeda after repeated terrorist campaigns on the United States abroad. Cohen is also asked by Kerrey why the Clinton administration did not ask Congress for approval on the use of US military action regarding the aerial bombings of a pharmaceutical warehouse in Khartoum, Sudan in response to the Al Qaeda terrorist bombings of the East Africa US Embassy's. This interview took place on January 27th 2004. I give additional commentary during the video.

A video i made on January 20, 2022. 9/11 Commission panelist, Richard Ben-Veniste, interviews former counter-terrorism coordinator, Richard Clarke. Ben-Veniste inquiries about the similarities and differences of serving under both Clinton and Bush jr and how each administration handled international terrorism. The discussion also centers around the threat levels in the summer of 2001, and whether the National Security Council was responding to the threats vigilantly. Also about possible threat assessments, either domestically or abroad. I add some additional commentary.

A video i made on January 20, 2022. 9/11 Commission panelist, Richard Ben-Veniste, interviews Craig McKinley, US NORAD Region Commander and Larry Arnold, Major General US NORAD Region. The inquiry surrounds the shoot down authority and wether the officials at NORAD had gotten any command to shoot down any hijacked flight in time. There is also discussion over whether the defense jets could have disabled the hijacked flights by crashing into them and whether or not this could have been authorized by the top officials at NORAD. I give additional commentary.

A video i made on January 21, 2022. Bob Graham, co-chair Joint House Inquiry, interviews Joseph Greene, Immigration & Naturalization Service Deputy Executive, and Francis Taylor, State Department Counterterrorism Coordinator. Graham inquires about the application of a terrorism database which can designate known terrorists in one setting in which then can be used by the domestic agencies from intelligence, judicial and executive branches. I give additional commentary.

A video i made on January 25, 2022. 9/11 Commission panelist, Fred Fielding interviews former Clinton secretary of state Madeleine Albright. Fielding inquires as to why the US military was reluctant to engage Bin Laden in Afghanistan until after the US Embassy bombings in 1998. Fielding also asks Albright whether the Taliban knew of a threat to Bin Laden from the Clinton administration and if we had the necessary forces to engage the Taliban at the time. I add some additional commentary.

A video i made on January 27, 2022. 9/11 Co-chair, Lee Hamilton, interviews former National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice. Hamilton opens his inquiry by dictating to Rice statements from John McLaughlin (Deputy Director CIA) and author Bob Woodward, about the inaction of the Bush administration towards the threat of Al Qaeda in 2001. I give additional commentary. Edit: Parts of my audio is silent for about 4 minutes near the end.

A video i made on May 18, 2022. 9/11 Commission Director, Phillip Zelikow, and 9/11 Commission Staffer, Douglas MacEachin, give prepared opening statements relating to the Al Qaeda organization. From the 9/11 Commission Investigation dated 9-14-2004). I give additional commentary.

A video i made on January 17, 2022. 9/11 Commission panelist, Bob Kerrey, interviews New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani. Kerrey asks Giuliani about whether the FAA had implemented plans for a hijacking scenario where the plane is then intentionally crashed. Giuliani seems completely at a loss about having any warnings ir information regarding any hijacking scenario.

A video i made on January 30, 2022. Eleanor Hill, Staff Director for the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, gives an opening statement for the afternoon sessions of the day's inquiry which took place on September 18th 2002. I give additional commentary thru-ought the video. Hill gives a statement about the intelligence services thru-ought the 1990's regarding intelligence which reported on the extremist organization led by Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and their attempts to attack US interests abroad and inside the country using airliners as the weapon while intentionally crashing them into sensitive and popular targets. I give my thoughts.

Bob Kerrey, 9/11 Commission panelist, interviews, Bush White House Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. Kerrey questions Rumsfeld about the Defense Secretary's proposal about attacking Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda when the Bush Administration took office, even in absence of the 91/1 attacks. Rumsfeld did not live up to those bullet points. Also. Kerrey admonishes Rumsfeld in regards to why the Bush Administration did not take the Al Qaeda threat seriously even in light of the Bin Laden declaration of war against the United States, and the White House lack of military response in response to the August 7 1998 East Africa Bombings of two US Embassies. I give additional commentary.

A video i made on An edit from the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, which involves members of the committee to ask additional questions for Richard Clarke, former Counterterrorism Coordinator National Security Council (1998-2003). I give additional thoughts thru-ought the playing of the video.

A video i made on October 1, 2022. Jon Kyl Joint House Inquiry panelist, interviews Michael Rolnice (FBI), Tom Wilshire (CIA) & Steve Bongardt (FBI) regarding the specific importance of information which wasn't shared between CIA and FBI in the 16 months prior to the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks. Kyl also inquiries why the intelligence communities didn't have a cohesive relationship in the sharing of information on two Al Qaeda operatives, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, who were involved with the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen. I give additional thoughts thru-ought the playing of the video.

A video i made on October 7, 2022. Committee member Evan Bayh interviews Cofer Black in regards to who the Counter-terrorism center considers the most dangerous terrorism groups in the world. Bayh asks if the CIA considers Iraq a state sponsoring terrorism, and adds another point of inquiry regarding the laws and rules needed to improving the duties of the CIA and FBI. I give additional thoughts thru-ought the playing of the video.

A video i made on October 23, 2022. Joint House Inquiry panelist, Ray LaHood, interviews Committee Director, Eleanor Hill. The discussion centers around whether or if information was shared between agencies, that 9/11 could have been prevented. Hill answers the question posed and gives multiple "unknowns". I give additional commentary.

A video i made on October 24, 2022. Joint Jouse Inquiry panelist, Barbara Mikulski, interviews two FBI agents hidden behind a partition to protect their identity, one of these agents is Ken Williams out of the Phoenix field office. Mikulski asks the agents if they can name three things they would like to see changed if Congress can act on them to assist the FBI in future in regards to upgrading the fundamentalist units. I give additional commentary.

A video i made on November 6, 2022. Joint House Inquiry co-chair, Bob Graham, interviews Deputy Defense Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz in which Graham inquiries as to why the United States Defense Department and Bush White House did not act more "aggressively" in disrupting known Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years prior to the September 11th 2001. This excerpt was taken on September 18th 2002. I give additional commentary.

A video i made on November 10, 2022. Breaking News!! The Wall Street Journal breaking story is surrounding the 9/11 Commission's long awaited classified interview of US President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The April 2004 interview with the bipartisan 9/11 commission, which took place in the Oval Office, included discussion of intelligence warnings before the attacks and the events that unfolded on the day of Sept. 11, according to the copy of the 31-page document. In this video i read from the partly redacted transcript of the commission meeting which details the Presidents shoot down authority, the intelligence agencies prior warnings and much more. The interview itself wasn’t recorded, but a note taker was present. The document was authorized for public release by the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel, a body of representatives from various federal departments. It contains few redactions and includes Mr. Bush’s reflections on threat reports he received in the spring and summer of 2001. It is not a verbatim transcript, but a “memorandum for the record” taken during the meeting.

A video i made on January 28, 2023. Jim Gibbons, Joint House Inquiry panelist, interviews Cofer Black (former CIA CTC Chief) and Dale Watson (former assistant Director FBI CTC). Budget reductions was one of the inquiries brought by Gibbons as well as "terrorism prevention" which was a focus prior to September 11th 2001 by the FBI. I give additional thoughts at certain parts of the inquiry.

A video i made on March 5, 2023. Carl Levin, Joint House Inquiry, reads an introductory statement that lists the failures of the intelligence community, mainly the CIA, in regards to the unwillingness to share crucial information with the FBI about Al Qaeda operatives in Malaysia and inside the United States. I give some additional thoughts.

A video i made on Mar 27, 2023. Carl Levin, Joint House Inquiry, interviews CIA Director George Tenet and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Levin is rather adamant in regards to the CIA with holding of pertinent information relating to two known Al Qaeda operatives, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, and their connections to the planner of the USS Cole Bombing, Tawfiq bin Attash (Khallad), and why this information was not shared with the FBI. I give additional thoughts.