The senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission – John Farmer – says that the government agreed not to tell the truth about 9/11, echoing the assertions of fellow 9/11 Commission members who concluded that the Pentagon were engaged in deliberate deception about their response to the attack.

Poliisi varautuu Lontoossa vuosikymmenen pahimpiin levottomuuksiin, kun maailman johtajat kokoontuvat G20-huippukokoukseen vajaan kahden viikon kuluttua. Vihanpurkausten uskotaan kohdistuvan ensisijaisesti pankkeihin ja pankkiireihin. Suuri mielenosoitus on suunnitteilla ainakin Englannin keskuspankin edustalle aprillipäiväksi varsinaisen G20-kokouksen aattona.

The global economic meltdown has already caused bank failures, bankruptcies, plant closings, and foreclosures and will, in the coming year, leave many tens of millions unemployed across the planet. But another perilous consequence of the crash of 2008 has only recently made its appearance: increased civil unrest and ethnic strife. Someday, perhaps, war may follow. As people lose confidence in the ability of markets and governments to solve the global crisis, they are likely to erupt into violent protests or to assault others they deem responsible for their plight, including government officials, plant managers, landlords, immigrants, and ethnic minorities. (The list could, in the future, prove long and unnerving.) If the present economic disaster turns into what President Obama has referred to as a “lost decade,” the result could be a global landscape filled with economically-fueled upheavals.