Lawyers for 9/11 Truth

Why Lawyers for 9/11 Truth?

2008-11-02T11:52:00.000-08:00

Lawyers are trained to value the Constitution and the rule of law.

We are trained to examine evidence and to spot cover-ups or inconsistencies in the evidence and bias in witnesses or decision-makers.

Attorneys are also experts in weighing conflicting evidence.

For all of the above reasons, many lawyers have concluded that the 9/11 Commission and other government examinations were wholly inadequate, and did not follow proper rules of evidence or procedure.

We are demanding an end to the 9/11 cover-up, and a full investigation by unbiased people with subpoena power . . . and the courage to demand that the Constitution and rule of law are followed, and all guilty persons held accountable for their actions.

Petition

2008-11-02T11:41:00.000-08:00

The following legal scholars, judges and attorneys demand an end to the 9/11 cover-up, a new, full and unbiased investigation, and punishment of all guilty parties:

Roy H. Andes.

Former Assistant Attorney General, State of Montana.

Brae Antcliffe.

Barrister, Sydney, Australia.

Thomas Ashton.

Barrister, Melbourne, Australia.

James Edyrn Baker.

Attorney, Washington. Former member of the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association.

Stonewall Jackson Bird.

Attorney, Washington and New York (and inactive member of the Florida and Texas bars). Former counsel in the International Legal Department of Mobil Oil Corporation, and later as European Counsel for Harris Corporation. One of the founding directors of Washington Lawyers for Sustainability.

Kathleen Margaret Brown.

Attorney, Illinois.

Dennis Cunningham.

Attorney, New York.

Thomas M. Diggins.

Attorney, South Dakota.

Curtis Doebbler.

Professor of Law at An-Najah National University, Visiting Professor, Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland, former Visiting Professor at University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, former Research Fellow of the Hague Academy of International Law.

Constance Fogal.

Former leader, Canadian Action Party. Attorney, Vancouver, Canada.

Stephen Fournier.

Attorney, Connecticut. Former Lecturer in Law, University of Connecticut School of Law Criminal Clinic.

Richard D. Fuerle.

Attorney, New York (retired).

Terry Ann Furnell.

Attorney, Florida (retired).

Jeffrey W. Griffith.

Attorney, California and Texas.

Frank Haddleton

Attorney, Vermont (also licensed to practice in Massachusetts).

Katherine Hine.

Attorney, Ohio. Executive Director of the Ross County Network for Children.

Lieutenant Colonel Said Huber.

Attorney and Clerk of the Military Supreme Court of Switzerland.

Ferdinando Imposimato.

Honorary President of the Supreme Court of Italy. Former Senior Investigative Judge, Italy. Presided over several terrorism-related cases, including the kidnapping and ultimate assassination of President Aldo Moro, the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II, other political assassinations and kidnapping cases and several cases against the Mafia. Former Senator who served on the Anti-Mafia Commission in three administrations. Former legal consultant to the United Nations regarding institution of laws to control drug trafficking.

Richard Terence Jeroloman

Attorney (retired), New York.

Barry J.C. Kissin.

Attorney, Maryland.

Maggie Kohls.

Attorney, Illinois.

Bruce Leichty

Attorney, California.

Joseph A. Lopisi

Attorney, Massachusetts.

Douglas Mackenzie.

Attorney, California.

Brian McEvoy.

Attorney, New Hampshire.

Dennis P. McMahon.

Attorney, New York and admitted in Massachusetts.

David G. Mills.

Attorney, Tennessee and Texas.

Robert Moore.

Attorney.

David F. Petrano.

Attorney, Florida

Christopher Pollmann.

Professor of Law, Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, France. Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School (2001-02)

Ron Rattner.

Attorney (retired), California. Former Chairman of the Board, California Institute of Integral Studies

Simeon A. Sahaydachny.

Attorney in New York State. Formerly Senior Legal Officer on staff of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL, Vienna, Austria, 1987 to 1996). During this period, served as secretary of various inter-governmental committees of UN General Assembly and authored working drafts of model laws, international conventions and legal guides relating to international commercial transactions adopted by Commission and recommended by UN General Assembly for use. Senior Fellow, International Law Institute (Washington).

Michael L. Shoen.

Attorney, Arizona (active) and Washington (inactive). Former deputy prosecuting attorney, Washington.

Hal Sisson.

Attorney (retired), Victoria, Canada.

Gary Wenkle Smith.

Attorney, California.

Nicholas Soter.

Attorney, California.

J. Michael Springmann.

J. Michael Springmann was a diplomat in the State Department's Foreign Service, with postings to Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research in Washington, D.C. He was the head of the U.S. consular official in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia . The published author of several articles on national security themes, Mr. Springmann is now an attorney in private practice in the Washington, D.C.area.

Earl Staelin

Trial lawyer. Former Instructor in Law, University of Toledo College of Law.

Jeff Story

Attorney, Illinois.

Allan Treffry

Attorney, California (also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois).

William Veale.

Bill Veale is a former instructor of Criminal Trial Practice at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, with an 11-year teaching career. Retired Chief Assistant Public Defender, Contra Costa County, California 31-year career.

Terrence A. Valko.

Attorney, Pennsylvania. Former instructor, Pennsylvania State University.

Andreas Von Bülow.

Andreas Von Bülow is the former Assistant German Defense Minister (the number two German defense position), former Minister of Research and Technology, and a former member of the German Parliament. He is a practicing attorney in Germany.

Paul Warburton.

Advocate, England.

William A. Watson.

Attorney, Ohio.

Burns H. Weston.

Professor Weston is the Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Founding Director and Senior Scholar, Center for Human Rights, The University of Iowa; Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science. Honorary Editor, Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law.

Open Letter

2008-11-01T09:39:00.000-07:00

The following is an open letter from two of our members. Please distribute it widely, to lawyers everywhere.

Dear Counsel,

As an attorney, you know how important the Constitution and the rule of law is. We've just suffered through years of attack on the system of laws and justice in which we practice.

Many lawyers are concerned about presidential signing statements, spying on American citizens, torture, and other challenges to American law and international conventions... As attorneys, we are not swayed quite so much as some people by ungrounded emotions. We have expertise in analyzing competing claims, weighing conflicting evidence, and reaching logical decisions about what really happened. Moreover, as lawyers, we know that people sometimes cover up and attempt to hide incompetence, recklessness, or crime.

We have all heard people say that "everything changed on 9/11", as if that were an excuse to disregard the Constitution as a "quaint", outdated document. Not many American attorneys believe that.

In fact, many high-powered attorneys have questioned the Bush administration's explanation for 9/11 itself, including why the Bush administration allowed the hijacked planes to inflict so much damage on 9/11. By way of example only, the following lawyers have publicly questioned the Bush administration's explanation for 9/11, or believe there might have been a whitewash and a cover-up:

J. Michael Springmann, head of the U.S. consular official in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, who witnessed first-hand CIA agents insisting that terrorists be let into the U.S., even though their paperwork was wholly inadequate

John Loftus, Former Federal Prosecutor, Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, former U.S. Army Intelligence officer, and currently a widely-sought media commentator on terrorism and intelligence services

J. Terrence "Terry" Brunner, former prosecutor in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the U.S. Justice Department and a key member of Attorney General Bobby Kennedy's anti-corruption task force; former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois

Francis Boyle, Professor of International Law at the University of Illinois, Champaign, a leading practitioner and advocate of international law, responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989

Burns H. Weston, Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Founding Director and Senior Scholar, Center for Human Rights, The University of Iowa, Honorary Editor, Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law

Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus, International Law, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

Mark Conrad, assistant professor of Criminal Justice at Troy University; associate General Counsel, National Association of Federal Agents; Retired Agent in Charge, Internal Affairs, U.S. Customs, responsible for the internal integrity and security for areas encompassing nine states and two foreign locations

Horst Ehmke, former Minister of Justice of West Germany. Professor of law, University of Freiburg;

Ferdinando Imposimato, Honorary President of the Supreme Court of Italy. Former Senior Investigative Judge, Italy. Presided over numerous terrorism-related cases

The lawyers listed above, and many other legal scholars, have looked at the evidence and determined that a new, unbiased 9/11 investigation is needed.

We invite you to go to www.L911T.com, the website for Lawyers for 9/11 Truth, and look for yourself.

Signed,

Burns Weston
Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Founding Director and Senior Scholar, Center for Human Rights, The University of Iowa, Honorary Editor, Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law

William Veale
Former instructor of Criminal Trial Practice at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. Retired Chief Assistant Public Defender, Contra Costa County.