PHIL BERG: Philadelphia Lawyer, Who Filed RICO Case Against Bush and Cronies, Embarks on European Speaking Tour to Spread Word About Government Complicity in 9/11
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Phil Berg says media has ignored his lawsuit but federal judge recently ruled against the government's motion to dismiss; However, case now transferred from Philly to New York federal court.
May 15, 2005
By Greg Szymanski
Philadelphia lawyer Phil Berg has never tried to climb Mt. Everest. In the past, he’s always attempted "legal mountains " within his reach.
But since filing a 2004 federal RICO lawsuit against President Bush and others for complicity in 9/11, the former Pennsylvania District Attorney, finally knows what it’s like to try and scale the world’s tallest peak.
"I thought it was going to be tough, but I didn’t think this tough," said Berg from behind a mountain of legal paperwork in his one-man Philadelphia office. "I am under-manned, overworked and under-financed, but still optimistic that justice will prevail.
"Either our government made 9/11 happen or let it happen. I am going after them for foreknowledge, failure to warn and actively covering up the crimes they committed. Remember, Nixon was thrown out of office only for a cover-up. These people, including Bush, have done much more.
"We need to bring these criminals in government to justice for killing over 3,000 Americans, not to mention the thousands who have needlessly died in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Without much support or media attention at home, Berg this week is leaving on a 7-stop European tour to try and raise money and public awareness about the U.S. government’s involvement in 9/11. The speaking tour begins in Amsterdam then continues to Berlin, Paris, Madrid, London and Vienna.
Berg is joining American entrepreneur Jimmy Walter, the tour’s sponsor, who has taken up residence overseas after spending millions here to alert the public about the truth behind 9/11. Berg and Walter together hope to combine efforts to raise needed money for the 9/11 lawsuit, as well as showing Europeans that many Americans disagree with Bush and his imperialistic foreign policy agenda.
Although millions of Americans now agree with Berg about the U.S. government’s complicity in 9/11, Berg said the movement hasn’t gained momentum because the media together with the government has hidden the truth from the American people.
"Hopefully the foreign press will be more receptive to our cause and the word will get back home," said Berg, who claims the American media has purposely ignored his lawsuit against Bush in order to protect the administration against ant type of public backlash.
"This is a major lawsuit with major world wide implications, but the media has chosen to ignore it. Why?" asked Berg, saying the lack of public attention has not dampened his efforts at getting at the truth behind 9/11.
And the extensive 237 page complaint, filed in November 2004 on behalf of WTC maintenance worker William Rodriguez, attempts to get at the truth while unraveling the complicated fact-scenario involving the government’s hand in 9/11 before, during and after the attacks.
Although Rodriguez doesn’t claim to know everything about the government’s complicity, he is going to testify that he heard strange explosions before and after the jetliner struck one of the towers.
Rodriguez, working at the WTC on the morning of 9/11, claims to have heard detonated bomb explosions go off before and after the airliner struck the tower. Besides the timing of the suspicious bomb blasts, Rodriguez claims they occurred on lower floors of the high rise, "nowhere near where the jetliner struck the tower."
Independent investigators said both towers suspiciously fell "like a house of cards," claiming that what Rodriguez probably heard pre-arranged detonated bomb blasts, strategically placed and timed to make it appear that the jetliner was the cause of the collapse.
From the beginning, the government has always held firm to the story that burning jet fuel after impact brought down the towers. However, critics claim the government’s theory is impossible since much more was needed in order to bring the towers down so quickly. They claim it is more likely that explosive devices were placed in towers and detonated when the jetliners made impact.
Besides trying to disprove the government’s theory behind the WTC collapse, Berg’s suit goes much farther, attempting to prove that a 9/11 conspiracy began years before the incident.
"The beauty behind a RICO case is that we are allowed to use as admissible evidence, facts and events that occurred many years before and even years after 9/11," said Berg about his choice to use the federal RICO laws against Bush and his cronies. "The government normally uses RICO for Mafia probes, but in this case it’s a conspiracy within the government itself that the RICO laws can help expose."
After filing the case, government lawyers were quick to go on offensive, filing a motion to dismiss on grounds of national security, among a number of other legal maneuvers in order that the case never see the light of day.
"They have tried everything to stop this case from being heard," added Berg.
The case now is still in the early stages with full-blown discovery and depositions not yet taking place. However, Berg said he "can’t wait to depose" Bush and other higher-ups regarding the tough questions about 9/11 never asked answered or answered previously.
"I just got word the judge didn’t dismiss the case, but has changed venue to New York," said Berg, who finally received notice from the court regarding the hearing to dismiss the case held several weeks ago in Philadelphia.
Asked what motivated him behind taking on such an enormous challenge, he said:
"I never realized I would get this involved, but the more research I did, the more it became clear that Bush and his cronies knew about 9/11 then actively covered up their participation and foreknowledge.
"Right after 9/11 occurred, I knew something was strange when I saw Andy Card tell Bush about the second plane hitting the towers. There was absolutely no reaction on the President’s face and it was then, I understood he must have known about the plan all along.
In order to raise money at home for the lawsuit and raise public awareness, Berg operates a web site at www.911forthetruth.com, a site where a transcript of the entire RICO complaint can be found as well as updating viewers about the latest news behind the 9/11 truth movement.
Berg’s extensive complaint seeks relief for Rodriguez based on 13 counts, including Misprision of a Felony, Misprision of Treason, relief under the Anti Terrorism Act, relief under the War Crimes Act and relief for and from Crimes Against Humanity.
Specifically, it attempts to show a web of government conspiracy dating back to the late 1970's when Osama bin Laden was first put on the government payroll as a CIA operative to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.
Berg claims this web of government deceit and financial backing continues all the way up to days just preceding 9/11 as witnesses will testify and records will reveal that the alleged hijackers were actually on the government payroll. The complaint goes on to say that the defendants deliberately concealed the fact that they had ample warnings of terrorist attacks and failed to act on them in order to carry out a full-blown war on terrorism as a means to justify their neo-conservative political goals.
"It is time for a non-violent revolution by the millions of Americans who are tired of their rights being diminished by the Bush administration, tired of the lies of the Bush administration, tired of the lies about Iraq and tired and disgusted with the lies about 911," said Berg in a plea of unity to those seeking the truth about 9/11.
"Now is the time to stand tall together and bring back our freedoms as they stood under the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the United States."
Regarding 9/11 itself, the Rodriguez action aims to prove the following main points:
-- The World Trade Center, as well as WTC Building #7, were destroyed by a controlled demolition, as clearly proven by the laws of physics and that this demolition could have only been an "inside job.
-- An unprecedented nationwide "ground stop" order and stand down of NORAD must have had White House approval since it prevented even the military from flying, allowing the 9/11 attacks to proceed without interruption.
--The defendants conspired to and did allow the attacks to happen by delaying military interceptions of the hijacked planes in the following manner:
Flight 11 (North Tower) and Flight 175(South Tower) could have been intercepted by fighter jets before collision, but were not due to an ordered "stand down" of NORAD defense systems on the morning in question. Evidence will also show the flight patterns taken and the manner in which the sophisticated jets were handled could not have been accomplished by untrained, novice pilots with only box cutters. The evidence will further show that Flight 11 and Flight 175's transponders may have been dismantled by government insiders, making them both invisible on radar screens and thus allowing for the airplanes to be guided by a remote control into the WTC by a government system called Global Hawk.
Flight 77 not only could have been intercepted by fighter jets but was allowed to fly uncontested a full 50 minutes before striking the Pentagon. Evidence will further show that the object that hit the Pentagon was not a commercial airliner but in fact a government guided missile.
The crash of Flight 93 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, raises serious additional questions which will show that it was actually shot down by government fighter jets and not brought down due to a terrorist struggle in the cockpit.
FEMA, which quickly removed the WTC, Pentagon and Flight 93 debris before they could be independently examined, maintains a "Black-Op" shadow government designed to replace the elected government of the United States.
The "insider trading on American Airlines and other 9/11 affected stocks was subject to an ongoing cover-up to conceal the identities of those who had actual prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. |
