Army intelligence analyst who questions official 9/11 story is honorable patriot
Steve Hammons
August 30, 2006
A U.S. Army sergeant, Iraq War veteran, Purple Heart recipient and intelligence analyst has been accused of sending an e-mail containing "messages disloyal to the United States."
The reason for this accusation? He wrote that circumstances surrounding the 9/11 attacks raise questions about the official story, according to published reports.
Sergeant First Class Donald Buswell has served in the Army for 19 years and was injured in Iraq in 2004. He is stationed at Ft. Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas.
Outcomes of the charge that he wrote "disloyal" e-mails could include court martial, dishonorable discharge or other actions against him.
If Buswell does have questions about some of the unusual aspects of the 9/11 attacks, he is not alone.
MANY AMERICANS HAVE QUESTIONS
Retired high-ranking military officers, experts in engineering and physics, former U.S. Government officials and many other citizens from all walks of life have taken note of aspects of 9/11 that, to them, raise reasonable questions.
Even the co-chairmen of the 9/11 commission recently stated they were given false testimony by Pentagon and federal aviation officials during the commission's hearings.
Are all of these people disloyal to the United States, as Sgt. Buswell has been accused of being?
Or, are they reasonable Americans, using common sense and normal intelligence to perceive the many disturbing circumstances about the 9-11 attacks.
Buswell, like many of us at one time or another, has taken an oath to defend our nation and our Constitution against enemies, foreign and domestic.
In this case, he seems to have simply been voicing his views and questions, based on the many credible reports indicating that the official story of 9/11 is, at best, incomplete.
At worst, some people say it was a plot by a group of insiders to purposely allow terrorists to complete the attacks so as to create "a new Pearl Harbor."
Such a Pearl Harbor-like event would create fear and anger in Americans, give current government officials immense power, allow the invasion of Iraq, dramatically increase defense spending and profits as well as other outcomes deemed desirable by certain elements within the U.S. and elsewhere, according to some observers.
In a recent survey conducted by the Scripps Survey Research Center at Ohio University, 36 percent of respondents "suspect that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East."
DISLOYAL OR A PATRIOT?
Buswell's case raises obvious questions about not only the 9/11 attacks themselves, but also about Americans who see unanswered questions and suspicious circumstances.
Are those who consider the possibility of an "inside job" simply conspiracy nuts, paranoid or disloyal to our country?
Or, are many who raise these kinds of questions down-to-earth patriots who just read all of the available evidence and conclude that there is more to it than the official version?
No specific government officials were apparently named by Buswell in his e-mail. He did not seem to state any disloyalty to current civilian leaders in office.
He simply looked at the same anomalies about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and concluded that something is not right in the official story.
He seems to be analyzing the intelligence information and coming to reasonable conclusions about apparent inconsistencies.
Of course, others do seem to have their own ideas about "insiders" who would have motive, opportunity and are psychologically and morally capable of allowing or facilitating the 9/11 attacks. Some people have named names of who might be reasonable suspects for involvement in such a conspiracy.
But Buswell did not do this.
His case raises many questions that we must wrestle with. If it turns out that certain government officials or others were somehow involved in the 9/11 attacks, will our country be able to handle the shock and disruption that subsequent legal action would cause?
As individuals and as a nation, are we intelligent, courageous and honorable enough to get to the bottom of the questions about 9/11?
Could the truth be so ugly and upsetting that we continue to deny the obvious, and tell people like Buswell that his analysis is "disloyal?"
The time seems to have come when we probably should recognize that many of the 9/11 analyses like Buswell´s about troubling questions, inconsistencies and disturbing circumstances are legitimate.
They also seem, in many cases, to be honorable and patriotic.
AUTHOR NOTE TO READERS: Please visit my Joint Recon Study Group blog.
The reason for this accusation? He wrote that circumstances surrounding the 9/11 attacks raise questions about the official story, according to published reports.
Sergeant First Class Donald Buswell has served in the Army for 19 years and was injured in Iraq in 2004. He is stationed at Ft. Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas.
Outcomes of the charge that he wrote "disloyal" e-mails could include court martial, dishonorable discharge or other actions against him.
If Buswell does have questions about some of the unusual aspects of the 9/11 attacks, he is not alone.
MANY AMERICANS HAVE QUESTIONS
Retired high-ranking military officers, experts in engineering and physics, former U.S. Government officials and many other citizens from all walks of life have taken note of aspects of 9/11 that, to them, raise reasonable questions.
Even the co-chairmen of the 9/11 commission recently stated they were given false testimony by Pentagon and federal aviation officials during the commission's hearings.
Are all of these people disloyal to the United States, as Sgt. Buswell has been accused of being?
Or, are they reasonable Americans, using common sense and normal intelligence to perceive the many disturbing circumstances about the 9-11 attacks.
Buswell, like many of us at one time or another, has taken an oath to defend our nation and our Constitution against enemies, foreign and domestic.
In this case, he seems to have simply been voicing his views and questions, based on the many credible reports indicating that the official story of 9/11 is, at best, incomplete.
At worst, some people say it was a plot by a group of insiders to purposely allow terrorists to complete the attacks so as to create "a new Pearl Harbor."
Such a Pearl Harbor-like event would create fear and anger in Americans, give current government officials immense power, allow the invasion of Iraq, dramatically increase defense spending and profits as well as other outcomes deemed desirable by certain elements within the U.S. and elsewhere, according to some observers.
In a recent survey conducted by the Scripps Survey Research Center at Ohio University, 36 percent of respondents "suspect that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East."
DISLOYAL OR A PATRIOT?
Buswell's case raises obvious questions about not only the 9/11 attacks themselves, but also about Americans who see unanswered questions and suspicious circumstances.
Are those who consider the possibility of an "inside job" simply conspiracy nuts, paranoid or disloyal to our country?
Or, are many who raise these kinds of questions down-to-earth patriots who just read all of the available evidence and conclude that there is more to it than the official version?
No specific government officials were apparently named by Buswell in his e-mail. He did not seem to state any disloyalty to current civilian leaders in office.
He simply looked at the same anomalies about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and concluded that something is not right in the official story.
He seems to be analyzing the intelligence information and coming to reasonable conclusions about apparent inconsistencies.
Of course, others do seem to have their own ideas about "insiders" who would have motive, opportunity and are psychologically and morally capable of allowing or facilitating the 9/11 attacks. Some people have named names of who might be reasonable suspects for involvement in such a conspiracy.
But Buswell did not do this.
His case raises many questions that we must wrestle with. If it turns out that certain government officials or others were somehow involved in the 9/11 attacks, will our country be able to handle the shock and disruption that subsequent legal action would cause?
As individuals and as a nation, are we intelligent, courageous and honorable enough to get to the bottom of the questions about 9/11?
Could the truth be so ugly and upsetting that we continue to deny the obvious, and tell people like Buswell that his analysis is "disloyal?"
The time seems to have come when we probably should recognize that many of the 9/11 analyses like Buswell´s about troubling questions, inconsistencies and disturbing circumstances are legitimate.
They also seem, in many cases, to be honorable and patriotic.
AUTHOR NOTE TO READERS: Please visit my Joint Recon Study Group blog.
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