Yesterday, in light of evidence that Obama's "green czar" Van Jones signed a 2004 9/11 Truther petition, Jones released a statement claiming the petition does not "reflect my views now or ever."
The White House also claimed Jones said he did not carefully read the language in the petition before putting his name on it. Although, the web address of the petition- 911truth.org- and the language of the document make its intent abundantly clear:
In connection with this news, we have assembled 100 notable Americans and 40 family members of those who died to sign this 9/11 Statement, whichcalls for immediate public attention to unanswered questions that suggest that people within the current administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war.
Today, using the sophisticated vetting tool the White House is apparently not privy to (Google), Gateway Pundit turned up yet another link between Jones and the 9/11 Truther movement. Jones is listed as an organizer for a San Francisco Truther march in 2002. If you were part of the Truther movement in 2002, does that not make you one of its Founding Fathers? In the announcement of this march, which Jones probably didn't read carefully, the movement lays out some of its questions:
The delegation will demand that these questions (and others) be raised and answered publicly-
Who created, trained and funded the Al Qaeda Network? What is the relationship between Bin Laden, his family and the Bush family and the Carlyle Group? Why were no fighter planes dispatched to intercept the four hijacked planes on September 11h , in violation of standard procedures? Who actually was in control of the "hijacked planes"? What is the U.S. relationship with Pakistan, and especially with its intelligence service, the ISI? Why did the then director of the ISI have $100,000 transferred to the man whom the FBI now calls the ringleader of the Sept. 11th attacks, and why does the U.S. not pursue this question? Did the CIA have foreknowledge of the attack, who tried to profit with put options on American, United, Merrill Lynch stock just before the attack? Why were the FBI told to not investigate the Bin Laden family links in the US? If the CIA met with Bin Laden last July, why didn't they try to arrest him? If the US is serious about ridding the world of terrorism, why do we continue to fund and train terrorists? Why are we bombing Afghanistan, when none of the alleged bombers actually came from there, could there be another reason for our presence in that region, like oil? Is the war against Afghanistan illegal? What are Bush's, Cheney's and Rice's connections to the oil industry? What are Bush's and Cheney's connections to the drug industry? Why is the evidence being destroyed when an investigation of the World Trade Center collapse is needed?
The march announcement/manifesto then sent readers to this site for more on their concerns.
Perhaps Jones' next statement will claim he didn't click through carefully.
ABC notes a problem for the White House:
This is becoming problematic for the Obama administration, which spent much time and energy belittling the fringe "Birther" movement of those alleging, despite myriad evidence, that President Obama was not born in the U.S.
Another problem? They hired a twice-arrested, self-avowed Communist Truther who has advocated revolution in America to an executive position in the White House when all of this information about him was available on Google.
But maybe they'll fire him so they can continue to belittle birthers. Priorities.
