9/11 - Press For Truth (2006)

Adapting Paul Thompson's definitive Complete 9/11 Timeline (published by Harper-Collins as THE TERROR TIMELINE), the filmmakers collaborate with documentary veterans Globalvision (WMD: WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION, BEYOND JFK) to stitch together rare overlooked news clips, buried stories, and government press conferences, revealing a pattern of official lies, deception, and spin. As a result, a very different picture of 9/11 emerges, one that raises new and more pressing questions. Among the explosive revelations:

• The U.S. received over a dozen warnings from allies before 9/11, specifying time frame, targets, and method of attack.
• The Attorney General stopped flying commercially, and other U.S. officials took similar actions to protect themselves while never warning the American public.
• Thousands of al Qaeda fighters were airlifted from Afghanistan during the war by Pakistan--with the expressed approval of the U.S. military.
• According to the CIA Field Commander for Tora Bora during the invasion, the U.S. chose to let Osama bin Laden escape Afghanistan.
• Within days of 9/11, the White House secretly worked out a deal to partner with a nation it knew to be a sponsor of the attacks.
• Most are unaware that the formation of the 9/11 Commission was strongly opposed by many in Washington including the Bush administration. It was only due to the pressure from the 9/11 families, led by a particular twelve calling themselves the Family Steering Committee, that fourteen months after the attacks, the first hearing finally began. In the end, the Final Report failed to answer seventy percent of the families' questions. In 9/11: PRESS FOR TRUTH, five of the most prominent members of the Family Steering Committee tell their story for the first time, providing the most powerful argument yet for why 9/11 still needs investigating.
• Source: Ryko Distribution