In honor of our veterans, we call for truth

[reprehensor]

http://www.dailytidings.com/2006/1111/stories/1111_editorial.php

November 11, 2006
In honor of our veterans, we call for truth

Anniversaries cause us to instinctively pause and reflect, just as our leg jolts forward after a well-positioned tap on the knee. In honor of our veterans — to whom we owe a debt we can never repay — the least we can do on this Veteran's Day is look back at the decisions made that sent our troops into battle, and the roles we played in those decisions. Perhaps upon reflection, our reaction may change.

The fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 served as the reflex hammer touch to the knee of American conscience. As the country attended memorials and revisited painful memories of 9/11, the reflection also opened our collective mind once again to the many unanswered questions, legitimate concerns and conflicting evidence in the official description of those events.

For us at the Daily Tidings the event served to open discussion among us about this complex subject, about the conspiracy theories that abound in Internet chats, blogs and so-called investigative reports and most importantly, the questions regarding the media's role in this ongoing issue.

A month later we have found very little we all agreed on. We especially disagree on the role of the media. Since the Tidings doesn't cover New York City, Washington, D.C. or the federal government, the ambiguity is shaded with absolution...

Continued...
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[Ferry Fey]

1. A hurried goodbye, Sept. 10, 2001

Here's one of the truths that drives me.

In August of 2001 I joined the political discussion board Capitol Grilling. One of the most respected posters there was a fellow using the handle of SigInt. Sure, anyone can use a handle alluding to military intelligence -- but SigInt's keen intelligence worked the way you'd expect someone in that biz to think, and his ability to go after information was superlative.

This is what he said to us at 4:30 in the afternoon on September 10, 2001:

My relatives have left, but now the rest of the world is conspiring to keep me busy. I won't have very much, if any, free time for a month or two; some crucial stuff has come up that looks like it's going to keep me occupied night and day.

http://www.capitolgrilling.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=2&Number=48175&Searchpage=2&Main=606&Words=missing+intern+XIV&topic=0&Search=true#Post48175


He did come back to the board a few more times over the next couple of years, under different names (he said the military software he used might flag the old handle). I was in email contact with him as of several years ago, and when last I heard from him he was going back to a battle zone for another couple of months.

I think he's probably dead.

I never knew his name.

I mourn him.

I want to know what called him to action on September 10.

In honor of SigInt I was at a ceremony honoring veterans yesterday. In honor of him, I search for the truth.

[mirandapriestly]

2. omg. chills. Wonder what that was all about.eom

[KJF]

3. A small step

But definitely very good news.

[zforce]

4. I've been passing the Ashland Editorial to all the newpapers around my area.n/t