OpenGov - Open Government Brainstorm

Wait -- gimme a minute.

I'm talking about the conspiracy AFTER the fact.

Starting with the assumption that the investigation is reopened... (I know, that's a long shot. Just work with me.)

Anyone who knew what was coming, BEFORE DAWN ON SEPTEMBER 11th, should spend the rest of eternity in jail.

But what about the rest of us? Every adult citizen of the US is guilty of conspiracy after the fact. Some of us for days, some for years. Confusion, denial, fear, stupidity... whatever the reason.

While watching the towers fall, live, I thought to myself, "Gee, that looks like a controlled demolition." Then I shrugged it off. It made no sense. It took years, and a friend from Bangladesh to wake me up. Where is the line between me and the actual perpetrators, who participated in all the preparations before the event?

For example, I would put someone like Christie Whitman on the borderline -- I don't believe she knew anything about it before dawn that day, but she knowingly lied about the air quality in NYC in the days immediately after.

We can't put everyone in jail. We can't put all government officials in jail. Washington would become a ghost town. Still, I want the truth. I would leave most government officials in office, as they are, and let their constituents do what they like at the next election.

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The investigation might actually happen -- ya never know.

U.N. calls U.S. human rights record "deplorable."

A new report suggests the U.S. may have committed war crimes -- and endorses the formation of a truth commission.

http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/29/un_report/

NYC referendum for the November 2009 ballot -- http://www.nyccan.org/index.php

They now have 40,154 signatures. If an excess of 45,000 signatures is collected, the referendum will automatically be placed on the ballot, overruling City Council’s vote.