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-01-08-06 Union: Policeman Dies from Ground Zero Air (CBS News) "A retired, 34-year-old city police officer who spent hundreds of hours searching for Sept. 11 victims at ground zero has died of respiratory disease that union officials believe is related to the cleanup." 01-06 -02-02-06 Ex-EPA Chief Slammed by Judge Over September 11th Assurances (ABC News) "A federal judge blasted former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman on Thursday for reassuring New Yorkers soon after the Sept. 11 attacks that it was safe to return to their homes and offices while toxic dust was polluting the neighborhood." " 'No reasonable person would have thought that telling thousands of people that it was safe to return to lower Manhattan, while knowing that such return could pose long-term health risks and other dire consequences, was conduct sanctioned by our laws,' the judge said." "In her ruling, Batts noted that the EPA and Whitman said repeatedly beginning just two days after the attack that the air appeared safe to breathe. The EPA's internal watchdog later found that the agency, at the urging of White House officials, gave misleading assurances." 02-06 -03-27-06 Why Moussaoui's Testimony Does Not Add Up (TimesOnline.co.uk) "Daniel McGrory,a Times expert on al-Qaeda, examines the inconsistencies behind Zacarias Moussaoui's confession that he was part of the 9/11 plot." 03-06 -06-16-06 Whistleblowers Report on September 11 Thefts (CBS News) "Once-secret documents obtained by The Associated Press detail how the company, Kieger Enterprises of Lino Lakes, Minn., went unpunished for the Sept. 11 thefts after the government discovered FBI agents and other government officials had stolen artifacts from New York's ground zero." "As a result, most Americans were kept in the dark about a major fraud involving their donated goods even as new requests for charity emerged with disasters like Hurricane Katrina. And Christopherson and L'Allier were left disillusioned." 06-06 -09-09-07 Politics Hang Over 9/11 Ceremony (MSNBC News) "Once again, the city will pause for four moments of silence to mark the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people. Family members will lay flowers where the twin towers fell, and the names of victims will be read." "But much will be different on the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, after tense arguments about where to hold the ceremony, whether a presidential candidate should be allowed to speak and if it's still fitting to put on such a large-scale commemoration." 09-07 -11-08-04 Report: September 11 CompensationTotals $38.1 Billion (CNN News) "Victims of the September 11 attacks received $38.1 billion in compensation, with insurance companies picking up the largest portion of the tab, according to a study released Monday." 11-04 -12-29-05 Billions in 9/11 Loans Botched (CBS News) "Previous media reports found that terrorism recovery loans went to a South Dakota radio station, a Virgin Islands perfume shop, a Utah dog boutique and more than 100 Dunkin' Donuts and Subway sandwich shops in various locations." "Meanwhile, small businesses near Ground Zero in New York couldn't get the assistance they desperately sought." 12-05 01-06-04 Design for Memorial Chosen (CBS News) "A design consisting of two reflecting pools and a paved stone field has been chosen for the World Trade Center memorial after an eight-month international competition that drew more than 5,000 entries, The Associated Press has learned." 1-04 02-01-07 Senators Want CIA Report on 9-11 Attack Made Public (MSNBC News) "Senators are renewing calls for the declassification of a CIA report documenting the agency’s mistakes in preventing the 2001 attacks." 01-07 03-04-04 Bush Aid Defends Use of September 11 Images (Bloomberg.com) "President George W. Bush's spokesman defended the use of images from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in political advertising after some relatives of victims said the campaign is exploiting the tragedy." "The ads to promote Bush' re-election, which include video clip of firefighters carrying a flag-draped stretcher through the rubble of the World Trade Center, reinforce the shared grief of the nation, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said." "The International Association of Firefighters, which is backing Kerry, also criticized the ads, releasing a statement that called use of the images 'disgraceful.' " 3-04 03-04-04 September 11 Families Disgusted by Bush Ads (Yahoo News - Egan) "Families who lost relatives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks voiced outrage on Thursday at President Bush (news - web sites)'s first ads of his re-election campaign that use images of the devastated World Trade Center to portray him as the right leader for tumultuous times." " 'Families are enraged,' said Bill Doyle, 57, of New York, who is active in several Sept. 11 family groups. 'What I think is distasteful is that the president is trying to use 9/11 as a springboard for his re-election.' " "The International Association of Fire Fighters, which has endorsed and campaigned for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites), denounced the spots as 'hypocrisy at its worst.' " " 'I'm disappointed but not surprised that the president would try to trade on the heroism of those fire fighters,' the union's general president, Harold Schaitberger, said." "U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, said the use of the images 'demeans and dishonors those who died.' " 3-04 05-31-02 Last Day of Cleanup for Towers (Washington Post - Duke) Describes the ceremony and reactions to the last day of cleanup for the towers struck on September 11th in New York City. 09-10-04 Sen. Graham Accuses Saudi Government of Involvement in 9-11 (MSNBC News) "In his new book, Graham claims the president coddled the Saudis and pursued a war against Saddam Hussein that only diverted resources from the more important fight against Al Qaeda. Graham was furious when the White House blacked out 28 pages of the inquiry's final report that dealt with purported Saudi links to the 9/11 plot." 9-04 09-11-02 America and the World Mark Anniversary (Chicago Tribune) "Silence fell on ground zero this morning, precisely a year from the moment when a terrorist-guided jetliner sliced through a crystal blue sky and murdered multitudes." "The moment of the first attack was commemorated around the globe, starting in New Zealand, with the first line of the Requiem that Mozart wrote in his dying days." " 'Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis,' sang the Orlando Singers Chamber Choir at St. Luke's Presbyterian Church in Rumuera: 'Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine on them.' " 09-11-03 Children Honor Those Who Died September 11 (MSNBC) "The nation marked Thursday with moments of silence and public reflections on the more than 3,000 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001." 09-11-03 Children Honor Those Who Died September 11 (USA Today) "The voices of children marked the profound horror and grief of Sept. 11, joining in song at Ground Zero Thursday and reading the names of 2,792 loved ones who died there exactly two years ago." 12-13-02 Kissinger Resigns from September 11 Commission (MSNBC News) "Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger stepped down Friday as chairman of a panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, citing the controversy over whether he would be compromised by conflicts of interest with his business clients." 12-02 12-18-02 Spectacular Plans for New Towers (Independent Digital - Usborne) "The pain of loss and destruction in lower Manhattan ceded for a few hours yesterday to the thrill and promise of urban rebirth and civic imagination – seven teams of architects from around the world unveiled startling visions of what could rise from the rubble left by the terrorists." Papers Replacement Selected for Twin Towers (CBS News) "LMDC chairman John Whitehead praised the way Libeskind's plan aims to create a bustling, vibrant streetscape around the site, complete with a five-star hotel, a transportation hub, a memorial museum and cultural spots." "He also mentioned a space designed to capture a wedge of sunlight each year on Sept. 11, from the time that the first plane hit until the time the last tower fell." "The spire, which recalls the year of America's independence, would have a garden all the way to its top, not office space." 2-03 Replacement Selected for Twin Towers (CNN) "Daniel Libeskind, the son of Holocaust survivors whose first sighting of the United States was the Statue of Liberty, has been chosen to be the lead architect for rebuilding on the World Trade Center site, sources familiar with the decision confirmed Wednesday." "Libeskind's proposal featured a tower 1,776 feet tall, symbolic for the year of American independence, that would demonstrate "the durability of democracy," while the top floors would be filled with indoor gardens as a "confirmation of life." The tower would be the world's tallest." 2-03

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