[Imc-newsroom] BTL 9/28/01 Summary

[Regina Day Langhout]

Hey imc'ers!
There's probably a better imc list to send this to, but I don't know what
it is.
I was just thinking that some of this might be useful to link to the ucimc
web page, so I'm passing it along.

G

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Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:02:30 -0400
From: Scott Harris <sharris at snet.net>
Reply-To: s30ct at topica.com
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Subject: BTL 9/28/01 Summary: Did U.S. Intelligence Know about Terrorist
    Plot?

BETWEEN THE LINES
--Weekly Summary --
http://www.btlonline.org
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FOR THE WEEK ENDING Sept. 28, 2001

SPECIAL REPORT ANALYZING
FALLOUT OF NEW YORK-WASHINGTON
TERRORIST ATTACKS

Listen to RealAudio version of program:
http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/btl092801.ram
(AOL users, see below)

This week we present Between The Lines' summary of
under-reported news stories and:

(1) In the Wake of Terror Attacks, Thousands Gather
in New York's Union Square to Mourn and Debate
http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/unionsquare092801.ram
Produced by Scott Harris.

Not long after the public first heard the shocking news about the
devastating Sept. 11th terrorist attack against New York's World Trade
Center, people from all walks of life came together in public places to
try to cope with this enormous tragedy.

New York City's Union Square was one place where thousands gathered to
light candles, pray, and debate how the nation should respond to this
horrifying act of terror. Between The Lines' Scott Harris traveled to
Union Square four days after the attack and files this report.

(2) The Nation Questions Why U.S. Intelligence Agencies
Failed to Detect or Stop Terrorist Plot
http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/wolf092801.ram
Interview by Denise Manzari.

On Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, America's sense of security was broadsided
by terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center buildings in New York
City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Thousands of people are reported missing and hope for finding survivors
dwindles with each passing day. It was only weeks earlier that Osama bin
Laden, President Bush's number one suspect, stated in an interview with
Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of an Arab London newspaper, that there were
plans for "very, very, big attacks against American interests."

Many are posing the questions: How did these attacks, which were carried
out with almost pinpoint precision, get past U.S. intelligence? How did
19 extremists hijack four U.S. civilian airliners and use them to
destroy two of our nation's most important economic and military
symbols? The U.S. spends nearly $30 billion annually on intelligence,
but wasn't able to stop the annihilation of thousands of innocent
civilians on that fateful day.

Lou Wolf, co-founder and publisher of Covert Action Quarterly, speaks
about the apparent failure of U.S. intelligence agencies.

(3)Will Bush Administration Respond to Assaults on New York
and Washington with Indiscriminate Violence?
http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/gordon092801.ram
Interview by Melinda Tuhus.

In the wake of Sept. 11's cataclysmic events, the Bush administration
has promised the public that the government is organizing massive
military retaliation against the perpetrators amid vows to "root out
evil" and -- in the words of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz --
ending states who sponsor terrorism, a statement later retracted.

Joy Gordon, an attorney and professor of philosophy at Fairfield
University in Connecticut, specializes in the study of ethics and human
rights. She discusses the potential for indiscriminate violence inherent
in the Bush administration's stated intentions, the viewpoint that
creates a hierarchy of value regarding human life and the recent tragedy
in light of America's past history of human rights abuses.

Joy Gordon's book on the ethics of economic sanctions against Iraq is
forthcoming from Harvard University Press.

(4) Progressive Religious Leaders Issue Call
for a Faith-based Response to Terrorism
http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/wallis092801.ram
Interview by Scott Harris.

Some on the religious right used the tragic events in New York and
Washingotn to say that the sins of some Americans were responsible for
the attack. Television evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who
spoke on the Christian Broadcast Network's 700 Club program, stated that
homosexuals, feminists, abortion rights supporters and civil liberties
groups bear some of the blame for the Sept. 11th terror assaults.
President Bush, who received significant support from Falwell and
Robertson in last year's presidential election, described the remarks as
"inappropriate."

But a broad coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy responded
to the tragedy in a very different way. More than 500 progressive
religious leaders, thus far, have signed onto a statement titled, "Deny
Them Their Victory: A Religious Response To Terrorism." Rev. Jim Wallis,
editor of Sojourners Magazine, summarizes the statement he helped draft
and his concerns as America and the world enter a new and dangerous era.


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We wish to extend our deepest condolences to the families of the victims
who so tragically lost their lives on Tuesday, Sept. 11 and to all those
who are suffering as a result of our nation's recent violent
catastrophe. We trust that the global community will come together to
work for peace and justice to overcome the cycle of violence and create
a safer world for our children and generations to come.
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"Between The Lines" is a half-hour syndicated radio news magazine that
each week features a summary of under-reported news stories and
interviews with activists and journalists who offer progressive
perspectives on international, national and regional political, economic
and social issues. Because "Between The Lines" is independent of all
publications, media networks or political parties, we are able to bring
a diversity of voices to the airwaves generally ignored or marginalized
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