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William Johnstone
From:
elsonatasf
[elson.atasf@verizon.net]
Sent:
Monday, September
22,
200310:27
AM
To:
SAM BRINKLEY
Subject:
WHITE PAPER
THIS
IS A
PAPER
I
WROTE
AND
SENT
TOVICTIMS'AND
LAWYERS
OF THE
VICTIMS.
I
PLAN
TO TRY TO GET IT
INTO
THE
HANDS
OF
COMMISSIONERS,
BUT
WANTED
YOU
TO
HAVE
A
COPY
AND TO
KNOW WHAT
I WAS
DOING.
HOPE
Y'ALL MADE IT THROUGH THE HURRICANE OK AS WELL AS FAMILY THAT MAYSTILL
BE
IN N.C.
TAKE
CARE. BEST
TO THE
WIFE.
V/R,
S
9/23/2003
9/11.
YES.
THERE
IS A
SMOKING
GUN
A
White Paper
Steve
El
son
04 Sep 03
elson.atasf@verizon.net
(703)823-1898
9/11.
YES.
THERE
IS A
SMOKING
GUN
Who
knew what? When
did
they
know
it?
What
did
they
do
or NOT do
about
it?
If
there
had not
been
one
single indication
of
threat,
not one
intelligence
report,
no
known
or
unknown
threats,
no
FBI,
no
CIA,
it
still
would
NOT
have mattered
one
iota
...
"IF":
* IF the
FAA
had
taken
the
quick, simple, inexpensive,
and
easy remediesavailable
to
meet
its
statutory obligations,
it
could have PREVENTED
the
hijacking...
v
IF the FAA had
PREVENTED
the
hijacking, then anything planned thereafter
by
the
hijackers
was
inconsequential;
it
simply wouldn't have mattered.
* IF the
FAA
had
been doing
its
job, 9/11 would
not
have occurred.
As
you
read
this
white paper:
1. Be
critical
in
your thinking.
Do not
take anything
for
granted. Questioneverything.
2.
First time through
(it is
"relatively"
long,
but a
whole
lot
shorter than what will
emerge
from
the
9/11 [hopefully] Independent Commission into
a
very politically
charged
Presidential
and
Congressional race),
scan
for
ideas
and
totality.
Then
it
readthrough again, questioning each comment
and
opinion.
The
many documented items
stand
as
they are.
I
will
be
glad
to
share
that
documentation with
any
serious reader
who
wishes.
3.
As you
read through failure after failure,
you
will notice
that
despite
the
rhetoric
of
vigilance,
the
government either ignored
or
simply refused
to
correct known
vulnerabilities
that exposed
the
safety
and
security
of the
public
and the US
aviationindustry
to
unnecessary
risk.
In
either
case,
that
lack
of
action
is
unsupportable
atbest,
and
unacceptable
at
worst.
Ask
yourself,
"Is
this
what
our
civil/public servants
are
supposed
to do? Are our
government officials honoring
their
oath
to
'provide
for the
common
defense?'
Are
they incapable
of
carrying
out
their
duties
and
obligations
or, in
the
worst possible situation, have they been co-opted
by
monied corporate interests
and
reelection
concerns?"
These
questions form
the
basis
of the
failures
that
led to
9/11
and
unless corrected
are
likely
to
lead
to the
similar failures
that
will endanger
the
American public
and our
economy.Example:
On 02 Apr 93, FAA
Security Operations Chief, Lynne
Osmus,
wrote
a
report
dealing
with failures
in
airport
access
controls. Those failures continued
for
years,
and
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