Does anyone know if any of the five Pacifica stations, or Democracy Now, covered this story? -----Original Message----- >From: Joseph Wanzala <wanzala@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: May 28, 2008 5:12 AM >To: Fulcrums of Change <fulcrumsofchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, newpacifica ><NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [Fulcrumsofchange] Army Intelligence Analyst Buswell, 'The 9/11 NCO > >http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=2792&z=247 > >Free At Last — Army Intelligence Analyst Buswell, 'The 9/11 NCO,' Speaks Out >Tuesday, May 13, 2008 >By Stephen C. Webster, Austin Bureau Chief > >AUSTIN, Texas — On Aug. 2, 2006, Sergeant First Class Donald Buswell >had his life forever changed by an e-mail. > >During his 21 years in the Army, SFC Buswell served in both Iraq >conflicts, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Korea. In 2004, Buswell sustained >numerous shrapnel injuries from a rocket attack, after attempting to >save two Iraqis who were left burning from explosions on a dirt road >adjacent Saddam's palace. > >SFC Buswell, a decorated soldier, is by numerous measures a patriot >who willingly and regularly risked his life in service to the United >States. Unfortunately, the United States Army did not see it that way. > >On that August day in 2006, Buswell received an e-mail which claimed >to refute the "liberal" idea that a jet aircraft cannot vaporize. The >e-mail's author intended to support the 9/11 Commission's claim that >the plane which hit the Pentagon on 9/11/2001 literally atomized. It >was sent to 34 people in the compartmentalized information facility at >Ft. Sam Houston. Its allegation was not one Buswell could let pass >unanswered. > >His response, found in The Iconoclast's first story about SFC Buswell >– published Aug. 21, 2006 – refuted the allegation that airplanes can >vaporize, and urged his fellow soldiers to support a new investigation >into the attacks; to question the official story and "demand answers." > >The next day, he was denied entry into his place of work. Soon >thereafter, the Army informed him that he was under investigation. In >the following days, he was fired from his job, demoted, ordered to >undergo a mental health examination, and accused by Col. Luke S. >Green, chief of staff at US Army North (Fifth Army), of "making >statements disloyal to the United States." > >Though under direct orders to avoid speaking to the media, Buswell's >story got out via his friends, family, and associates. The Iconoclast >has since published three installations of his tale, and this reporter >was contracted to retell the tale for Fort Worth Weekly, an >alternative paper in North Texas, in May 2007. None of these articles >quoted Buswell, as he was still in the military and still under orders >of silence. > >In April 2008, SFC Buswell became a civilian. It is now his intent, he >said during a lengthy interview, to become an advocate for the 9/11 >Truth Movement. That discussion follows. > >* * * > >ICONOCLAST: "Thank you for agreeing to your first on-record interview. >I'd like to start on the day, Sept. 11, 2001. Tell us the story of how >you came to understand what had happened." > >BUSWELL: "First, let me say that I'm just a regular guy. I'm not >seeking fame or anything like this. But there comes a time when you >have to do things – your duty, what is morally correct and right – to >say something, or maybe do something, and push the envelope. That's >where I see myself. I'm not a radical, one way or another. > >"On Sept. 11, 2001, I was in Korea. At around 4:30 in the afternoon >Korea time, I noticed there was a slight commotion at the main gates. >They had barricades in the corners of the parking lots. Looked like >they were getting ready for an exercise. I didn't think much of it. I >was just, 'Oh, okay, moving barricades in, they'll check IDs a bit >more vigorously, whatever.' > >"Well, we all know what happened that night. About 10:30 p.m. Korea >time, I turn on the TV and boom ... A friend of mine, a German girl, >came down and we were watching TV. We just couldn't believe what we >were seeing. It was the business channel, and they had video of New >York, with one of the towers burning. We were like, 'What are we >looking at? Is this a movie?' > >"We watched it and slowly began to realize that it was genuine. And >when we saw the other plane hit, I said that it was deliberate. >Completely intentional. She was shocked, and I immediately called up >work and asked, 'Do I need to come in?' But I was told no, just come >in in the morning. > >"When I came back, on the morning of the 12th, the barricades were in >place to secure traffic. The roads were backed up for miles and miles. >I walked there, so it was no problem. But that's when it started ... >Months and months – years and years – of just thinking about it, >studying it. I kept asking myself, who benefited? Who benefited >immediately? Who benefited long term? > >"When the stuff about [WTC complex owner] Larry Silverstein came up, >when he said on TV to 'pull' WTC 7, then seeing building seven falling >in on itself with no apparent motivation to fall down ... You know, I >used to be an EOD [Explosive Ordinance Disposal] in the Army, so I >know a bit about how explosives blow up – you know, fast burn >explosives, slow burn explosives, I know what the yields are, went >through the Army's training on it – and that building was demolished. >It was intentional, the middle caved in first, then the whole thing >fell in on itself. > >"And with the twin towers, well, when I first saw it on TV, live of >course, and again and again on video over the years, I at first >resisted my instinct that there were bombs in the buildings. I was >like, 'That's too much for me to handle. I don't want to believe that, >because it would mean that possibly people in my government did that, >or high up corporations, or organized criminals, or ... Someone on the >inside.' > >"And if they did put the bombs in the buildings and they were razed >from inside, then what about the passenger manifests from those four >planes? And what about the video tapes? And what about the perfect >passport of Mohammed Atta flying out of the burning building and >landing in the rubble? That's just unbelievable ... Doesn't make >sense. But this information is coming from my government, so it has to >have been spun. > >"Professionally, at work, I remember bringing this up four or five >times to different Army units. In Korea, I worked in the Information >Operations (IO) cell at 8th US Army in Seoul. I brought it up to my >boss, said it was kinda fishy, and he gave me the north-south nod, >kinda like, 'Yeah, it is crazy, but be careful what you say.' > >"When I was at Ft. Hood, I told my boss there, 'This just doesn't add >up.' He goes, 'Yeah, well, you have some good points, but you're >buying into conspiracy theories, and I just don't believe it.' And >I've found that a lot of people in the military intelligence community >have ignored their thoughts; they're putting aside their own ability >to think rationally, and they're doing what they are told. Their >bosses, and their bosses' bosses, are not thinking on their own, and >following a very narrow road with no deviating. They are telling them >what to look for in the professional actions we Intelligence Analysts >use, the tools we use; Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIR) are >sets of priorities. Local commands determine where and what tools to >use to solve these questions. > >"Me...I was all over the place all the time. I was always bumping into >the walls, asking 'Why can't we explore over here? Why can't we follow >this lead?' Eventually I started saying to people, 'Look, 9/11 is the >main thing. We're going to war over this stuff, and it needs to be >reexamined." > >ICONOCLAST: "So when you received the e-mail with the F4 slamming into >a concrete wall, with the author claiming that the jet was atomized, >just like the alleged jet that hit the Pentagon, that was just >something you couldn't let slip past without a response?" > >BUSWELL: "That e-mail was unsolicited, so I replied back to everybody. >I said, 'Look, this is the problem, it doesn't make sense, the answers >given to us by the government don't make sense, and we're all being >lied to. We need a new investigation. We must demand it, period.' And >that was it. Now, here we are. > >"Almost eight years after that all happened, the same people are still >in power, the same questions are still unanswered, and our problems >are getting worse. Gas prices are going through the roof, and the war >is unending. People are very distracted from what is actually causing >their problems. I think we need to back up and look at that event. The >world has been divided into pre-9/11 and post-9/11." > >"When all that happened, I was honestly scared. I didn't know what >would happen to me or my career. But, thank God for the Iconoclast. >After the first story hit, they backed off. By the time that Fort >Worth paper picked up on it, I was totally exonerated." > >ICONOCLAST: "You served in the military for 21 years. Why did you >join? Where were you in life at that point?" > >BUSWELL: "I was born and raised in New Hampshire. I went to Gilford >High School, graduated in 1983. Kind of an average student – I was on >the ski team, did some weightlifting, track and field, shot-put, >discus, javelin, stuff like that. It is a rural community, lots of >pretty trees, really cold winters, but beautiful summers. > >"I always wanted to go into the Army. I looked at it as a ticket out, >as a way to go different places, see a thing or two in my life. But >before I did that, I was very mindful of punching tickets on the way >up. I was obligated by a sense of duty to fulfill the two-year Mormon >mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. > >"So, I did. My mission was to the West Indies. I have lived in >Barbados, Saint Martin N.A., Antigua, and St. Vincent. It wasn't too >long after the invasion of Grenada; when President Reagan sent U.S. >soldiers in there - in the very black and white rationalization I made >at that time, it was, 'Well, gee, you know, we couldn't be here doing >this kind of work if the soldiers didn't come in a year or two before >to clean up the radical communist elements to allow us to walk around >in the streets eating mangos and looking very out of place doing, or >pretending to be doing, missionary work. > >"So, I was with one of the first groups of missionaries to go down >there in the mid-80s to open up those islands, and I really learned a >lot. It was a lot of hard work, but it was a very good experience. Set >me up to be a more mature person in life, or at least I like to think >so. Seeing that we could do our work because of the military, I >decided I would get involved with it. > >"My first job was with EOD [explosive ordinance disposal], and after I >got out of that I went into metalworking. I like working with my >hands, and I did that for three years. When it was time to reenlist, >they gave me a bonus and a military intelligence analyst job. This was >1990. Right before I was supposed to ship out to Germany, Saddam >invaded Kuwait, so we got all geared up to deploy. > >"When I came back from Desert Storm in 1991, they announced the first >of the big draw down plans. I wanted to stay in, so I moved around to >a couple places in Germany, and eventually got transferred to Ft. >Hood. I must have been there 12 years before getting a transfer to Ft. >Sam Houston's intelligence facility. > >"Finally, after I'd gotten married and bought a house, I decided that >I really didn't want to move around much anymore. And all this ... All >this crap with me getting in trouble with Fifth Army for that e-mail — >I wanted to stay in the military for probably another five years, even >with all of what is going on. But what they did was too much, and I >decided it was time to retire from the Army." > >ICONOCLAST: "You'd been questioning the official story on the 9/11 >attacks almost since the day it happened, but you kept it quiet for >some time. When did you first start speaking out on your doubts?" > >BUSWELL: "When I was with Fifth Army, I told our Intelligence Chief, >CW3 Mario Torres, that I never wanted to be assigned to anything that >has to do with 9/11. I told him, 'If you put me on 9/11 stuff, you're >going to have a huge conflict, 'cause I'm not going to tow the line.' > >"He said, 'Okay, thanks for telling me. I don't agree with that, but >it's fine for you to have those views. You like beer and I like wine.' >That's what he said, so I was like, 'Okay, so long as we understand >each other.' I didn't want to do that everywhere else I went in the >military. I didn't want to tell all my commanding officers every time >I had a new assignment." > >ICONOCLAST: "So, it didn't surface as an issue, at least initially, >and you let it slide. But the day you received that e-mail, what was >different?" > >BUSWELL: "I had received many unsolicited e-mail forwards from this >person before. I didn't know him, because I was part of the intel >network on Ft. Sam Houston. They showed me a courtesy by including me >in the sharing of their unclassified e-mails. I might have read 10 or >15 percent of them, 'cause I always had more important things to do. > >"This one, though, caught my attention because it had to do with 9/11. >It was a photograph of an F4 Phantom, attached to a sled on the >ground, accelerated to nearly 600 miles per hour, smashing into a >hardened concrete barrier. The author said that all these conspiracy >kooks – which I took to mean everyone outside of this e-mail network – >are totally wrong, and we're the ones that are holding the line of >truth. He included me into that, and I said no, I'm not part of the >group of people who believe this. > >"He was saying that anybody that says a plane did not hit the Pentagon >just needs to look at this photograph and see that they're full of >shit. And I can understand that someone could believe him, following >this weak logic, if they look at the world as black and white. So I >deleted the e-mail. > >"When I came back from lunch, about an hour and a half later, it >really started to bug me. I said, you know, 'I've seen this stuff >happen a lot, and I've turned away from it, and not spoken out about >it.' So, I undeleted the message, hit reply all, and said what I said. >I do not regret it one bit. Not one bit at all. > >"My logic and reasoning on this matter is sound. I've been looking at >this thing for years, and there's just no possible way the official >story is accurate. The Pentagon is not a hardened structure; it was >built during World War II. It is a weak structure. So linking the >alleged plane at the Pentagon with this F4 jet angered me. It was >insulting to me. > >"I didn't tailor the response in an offensive way. I simply said, 'If >the Pentagon were hit by a plane, there would be a 190-foot wingspan >impact on the building, which there was not. There would be two large >engine holes in the building, which there was not. There'd be tail >wreckage, bodies and debris everywhere, but there wasn't. > >"Compare the impact hole at either World Trade Center tower to the >impact hole at the Pentagon. At the WTC, it looked like a silhouette >of a plane, right through steel. If a plane hit the Pentagon, there >would be a similar silhouette, a plane punching through concrete. But >there wasn't. It was just a 16-foot hole. That just doesn't add up. > >"When you study this subject like I have, you uncover things from time >to time that make you say, 'wow.' You find things that just add fuel >to the fire. When I wrote that e-mail, I didn't know this at the time, >but on Sept. 10, 2001, SECDEF Rumsfeld said in a press conference, >'Hey, we've lost $2.3 trillion dollars.' > >"Two point three trillion dollars?!? Most of us can't even imagine >that sort of money. So then I started thinking, 'What part of the >Pentagon was hit?' Turns out, it was the comptroller, the accounting >department. That part of the Pentagon. I mean, I'm not making this up! >This is genuine. We keep finding new things about 9/11 that weakens >the government's story. And each time it gets weakened, every three or >four months or so, I'm just stunned that we, as a Republic, aren't >doing something about this. Where is the outrage? At the gas pump?" > >ICONOCLAST: "So, on that day in August, 2006, you decided it was your >time to act, and you send this e-mail to some 34 people on a >government network. You didn't think it would cause trouble?" > >BUSWELL: "Well, actually avoiding trouble was not on my radar screen, >I had to act, out of my sense of duty; responding was the right thing, >the correct thing to do. > >"I sent the e-mail after lunch, and around 3:30 p.m. I sensed >something was wrong. The next morning, I came in to work about five >minutes early. The G2, Mr. Douglas Raymond, Fifth Army, was talking to >CW3 Mario Torres, right there in the door that leads into SCIF. They >saw me coming and both immediately went outside and told me to not go >in. > >"Then the security manager came in with a folder in his hand with my >name on it. We went in the back and he asked me, 'What did you do?' >I'm looking at him like, 'What do you mean?' He tells me, 'That e-mail >you sent got a lot of attention. The chief of staff is pissed off.' > >"He said, 'My role in all of this is that your security clearance has >been suspended locally, so you can't work here anymore.' And I >understood that. I know security clearance procedure. I asked, 'What >do I do now?' and he told me to report to the supply room, basically a >non-entity, to hang out with some of the other soldiers who were in >trouble. Nobody told me anything for a while after that. > >"The whole next week was just full of rumors. I spent a lot of time >talking to my father about this case. Then, on Wednesday, they put a >clamp on me, told me that I was not to talk about this anymore, gave >me 15-6 papers, and formally launched the investigation. > >[A 15-6 is a formal investigation the US Army uses when it >investigates itself or one of its members. It is the same >classification of investigation employed during the Abu Ghraib torture >scandal.] > >"I asked them what the charges were, and they said there were none, >'But what we're looking for is that you made statements disloyal to >the United States in that e-mail.' I'm like, 'Okay, whatever, colonel. >I acknowledge what you're saying, so let me get out of here.' > >"I took my 15-6 papers, took the e-mails, and said to myself, 'I'm not >going to let them Jessica Lynch me. I'm not going to let them tell the >first story, because the first story is not going to be correct. I am >going to tell my story first, and it will be 100 percent correct, >which it is. My story, the correct story, the True story, is the only >one that you'll read. > >ICONOCLAST: "And how did you go about reaching out to The Iconoclast >when you were under orders to avoid speaking with the press?" > >BUSWELL: "Captain Eric May directed me to The Iconoclast, but more on >that later. I knew that with Jessica Lynch, with that BS story they >told about her, how she single-handedly shot all these Iraqi's and >saved her convoy ... Then she goes on TV and says, 'I never fired my >rifle.' So, who do you believe? The spinsters, or the actual soldier? >I refused to let the military turn this to make me look bad as they >invariably would try. > >"Captain Eric May told me that I needed to do that. He suggested that >a good defense is a strong offense, and that it could give me >protection, and I believed him. I knew I wasn't disloyal, I knew I >wasn't unpatriotic, and I knew that they were full of shit when they >were doing this. I was thinking, 'How dare they do this to me! How >dare they! Because 9/11 was mentioned, they have to do this to me? Who >wrote this script? What manual are they operating out of to get >instructions on how to deal with this situation? And make no mistake, >this sort of situation, with 9/11 questioners in the military, is >coming up a lot recently. > >ICONOCLAST: "Captain Eric May is a writer with The Iconoclast and a >known figure in the 9/11 Truth Movement. He and his on-line group, >Ghost Troop, have the stated intent of preventing another potential >9/11-like attack in the United States, from the vantage point of >people who believe the first series of attacks were orchestrated by >the U.S. Government. When did you first encounter him?" > >BUSWELL: "The Fall of 2005, I was in 3rd Signal Brigade at Ft. Hood. I >was running the INTEL shop for the entire brigade. I was looking on >InfoWars.com, and I read this article Alex Jones had published about >this guy in Houston named Eric May, a former Army officer. There were >pictures of Captain May in his uniform ... > >"What he was saying was that there was a nuclear response team in >Houston doing a terror drill, and he believed it had a possibility of >going live, like the terror drills on 9/11 that were simulating the >things that actually happened that day. I hadn't been exposed to this, >and I had no idea what he were talking about. Personally, I wanted to >see if this guy was for real, so I sent him an e-mail. > >"Within a day he wrote back with a detailed history of his military >experience. I did some more research and found out that he's a very >intelligent guy who writes very well. I kept an eye on this guy, >reading his stories, just observing the e-mails passed through Ghost >Troop, which is just a Yahoo Group. When I got to Ft. Sam Houston in >April of 2006, I joined the e-mail group. I clicked on a link that >allowed me to read bulletin board messages. > >"I had a lot of free time on my hands then. My family had not moved >down to Ft. Sam just yet, so I figured I'd read what this group was >talking about, maybe I'll post some questions to see what comes up. I >may have posted 20 or 30 messages in total, but didn't dwell on it >because I had other things to do. Then, this e-mail thing came up. > >ICONOCLAST: "Was there any discussion within Fifth Army as to your >association with Ghost Troop?" > >BUSWELL: "When they put me in a classified environment at Fifth Army, >I sought legal advice with the G2 Legal advisor, Mr. Kevin Kapitan >about my views concerning 9/11, and my involvement with a cyber >intelligence group that was interested in preventing another >9/11-style event in the United States. > >"He and I had been talking for perhaps six weeks, in great detail >about 9/11. He shared with me how he thought the official story was a >bunch of BS, and he told me about how former SECDEF Rumsfeld told him >and his associates in a meeting shortly after 9-11, 'You guys will do >what we tell you to do.' Mr. Kapitan said he was never comfortable >with that, and he made me feel like I could speak openly with him and >bounce my opinions off him. > >"So I said to him, 'I might be involved in a conflict of interest, and >I need your professional opinion. I'm involved with a group on-line, >300 or so people from all over the world, that sends messages back and >forward with really no coordination. But the bottom line is, this >group wants to prevent another 9/11-style event here in the United >States.' > >"When I told him that, his jaw dropped. I don't know if it was shock >in what I was telling him, or shock in that I had the balls to tell >him all of this. But, he told me what I knew he would say – 'It's a >good idea to disassociate with that group. It could be construed that >you are actually working for this group, and you are in an environment >where you could be exposed to top secret material.' > >"I'm thinking, 'Okay, Ghost Troop doesn't pay my bills, the Army >does.' My loyalties are with the military, so I promptly quit. >Resigned. Captain May did not like that one bit. He saw me as his >INTEL guy on the inside. > >"Captain May told me, at first, he thought I was a disinformation >agent, and that he thought I was investigating him, especially when I >asked him for his social security number. I just wanted to check on >his former clearances. And when I checked it, I found the record to be >archived. I usually have access to pull that stuff up, but there was >no further information available aside from the archive. > >"I realized that I was in a position where I could not just click the >un-subscribe link to this Yahoo Group and be done with it. So, I wrote >a little paragraph explaining my resignation thinking that's the end >of it.* Captain May thought it was contrived, thought I had my arm >twisted. And it was after that when the whole e-mail thing blew up." > >[*SFC Buswell's further dealings with Ghost Troop will be detailed in >a future edition of The Lone Star Iconoclast.] > >BUSWELL: "Between those two things happening, I had a pulmonary >embolism. That did happen. A blood clot came out of my left leg, >lodged in my lung and got caught. They put me immediately in a CAT >scan and found the scar on my lung. Laying in the scan, the pain was >so bad, later, in researching this Pulmonary Embolism situation, I >found out that I almost died. Seventy-five percent of people who go to >the ER for a pulmonary embolism die. They're dead. I was lucky, and >only stayed in the hospital for three days. > >"Soon afterward, what Captain May had done was, well, he published an >article claiming my embolism was a botched assassination attempt >against me. I'll tell you, right up front, that bothered me greatly. >It bothered me that I would be manipulated, or my position could be >manipulated that way, and I didn't want that to happen, or that my >story would be told with no permission from me, or authorization from >me. I do admit that it is very convenient to have this embolism at >this time, and what a good cover it could have been for an >assassination attempt – but I don't know, so I will leave it at that. > >"Things were written after that which I am not proud of or happy with, >but that's how it is. I don't think my involvement with Ghost Troop >was illegal or immoral in any way. Things happen and you move on. But, >Captain May is determined to fight the information war, and I'm >supportive of his efforts. > >"There is a rat's nest of people out there trying to drag our country >into another war, more war, more chaos. I'm not pretending to know who >those people are or how they operate. But if there's something I can >do to stop them, then I want to know about it. Whether Captain May is >right or wrong doesn't matter. He is fulfilling what he believes to be >the remainder of his military oath, to protect and defend the >constitution against enemies foreign and domestic. Believe him or not, >he's sincere, and there's no harm in it if he's wrong." > >ICONOCLAST: "But Ghost Troop didn't end up playing a role in the >untimely end of your military career?" > >BUSWELL: "No, it did not. It was never mentioned in any documentation >by the US Army as charging me that being part of this group was part >of, or the reason for, this 15-6. But, it was all too convenient to >have me involved with Ghost Troop as something for the investigating >officer to chew on, though when US Army North found out I had already >discussed and disclosed this to the Legal office, it really took the >wind out of their sails. > >ICONOCLAST: "So, you're under investigation, you've been fired, had >your security clearance revoked, accused of disloyalty to your country >... What does the Army do with you?" > >BUSWELL: I requested from Sergeant Major Nieves, the CSM for US Army >North that since the 15-6 went nowhere, and nothing was to be done, >either put me back to work in the INTEL shop or let me find a good, >meaningful job to complete my time in the Army. So, I went to the >medical holding company on base. They need a lot of help, and I became >a medical hold platoon sergeant. I did that for my last year in the >military, and I loved it: best job I've ever had, helping guys who are >seriously wounded. > >"I remember my first day. I had a list of names and no idea where they >all were. One of my soldiers was in intensive care. I will call him >'Sergeant Nick' to protect his identity. I went into his room and this >guy, he's all banged up, missing his legs and bandages all over his >hands. I was deeply moved, so much that I almost had to turn away for >fear of me tearing up, especially since I had been in Iraq. > >"So, I say, 'Hey, Sergeant Nick, I'm your new platoon sergeant. Just >call me Sergeant First Class Buswell.' > >"Sergeant Nick looked at me, smiled, and said, 'Oh, hey Sergeant >Buswell, hopefully I'll be back to work soon.' > >"But ... I don't think he fully realized that both of his legs were >gone below his knees, or the reality had set-in yet. He was shrinking >away at about 105 lbs. — a guy in his mid-20s. There were pictures of >him on the wall, before he got blown up by an IED in Iraq. Those were >good for him to see, to help him remember what he was like before. > >"One day I asked if I could get anything for him. He didn't want >anything to drink, and instead asked for ice cream. So, I got him some >ice cream, but his hands were all bandaged and burned up, and he was, >basically, helpless. I spoon fed him this ice cream, and I was nearly >in tears because I was in Iraq, I saw my friends get killed. I was >wounded, too, and I saw it happen all the time. I could empathize. And >here I am, feeding this young hero ice cream. > >"I was so humbled by the assignment, helping these guys. I went and >told my wife about it, and she told her mother. They went and made 40 >of these wonderful Easter baskets for my guys at the medical facility. >... To me, that was the best job ever, being able to serve these >people, all of them scarred physically, emotionally ... But, the whole >time I was worried that the Army would try to screw 'em. > >"And that happens, you know. They'll come to a wounded soldier and >say, 'Okay, you can take $100,000 right now. Sign this paper and >you'll forgo any further claims.' The soldiers just want to get well, >be treated normally, and go back to their lives, so they go for it, >sometimes. Years down the road, it's a tragedy. It's the government >forgoing its moral obligation to them, and that's inexcusable. > >"I still get calls to this day, from guys who are over there, like, >'Hey Sergeant Buswell, I wish you were back here, man. Things were so >much better when you were here because I could just come talk to you >about stuff.' > >"I miss that. I mean, I really miss that kind of work. But, all things >come to pass. I'd do it again if I could. Sergeant Nick is still at >Brook Army Medical Center, but I haven't talked to him in a few >months. Hopefully, he's getting his prosthetic legs about now." > >ICONOCLAST: "And seeing the situation these guys are in, being there >in the Army hospital just compounded your determination to push for >the end of the war? 9/11 Truth? How did this affect your continuing >mission?" > >BUSWELL: "It's very clear: go right at the source of all this. I've >seen pictures of Saddam Hussein shaking hands with Rumsfeld. Saddam >was our friend. He attacked Iran when we told him to. He gassed the >Kurds with our weapons. He invaded Kuwait when Ambassador April >Gillespie, who Saddam asked about what the United States' position is >on Kuwait stealing Iraq's territorial oil, gave him the wink and nod. > >"Saddam Hussein said in ... I think it was 2000, 'Let me stay in power >and I'll sell you all the oil you want, cheaply.' > >"Well, they didn't do that, so he started selling Iraq's oil in Euros. >He was the first one to do that, before the Euro was even a tangible >currency, when the Euro was just a symbol yet to be printed on >keyboards. He was selling his oil in Euros to piss us off, very >effectively. > >"And look what is happening now: many countries are trading in Euros, >the dollar is being devalued, and Saddam started all of it. So, I >don't know ... Saddam was a bad guy, he was a gangster, but we did >business with him. What does that make us? The weapons of mass >destruction thing, that was a farce. If we want truth, we've got to go >to the genesis of today's problems: 9/11. > >ICONOCLAST: "What do you want to see happen?" > >BUSWELL: "I'd like to see a real investigation into 9/11. Every >possibility looked at, nothing overlooked. Everything examined. I >don't know if it can be done internally, such as the last one. We have >laws on our books to support that type of investigation, but I think >it can be ultimately corrupted like the first one was. I think the US >military is going to have to do it. > >"The United States military is the only group that can effectively and >objectively get to the bottom of 9/11. Military trained interrogators >are the ones who will have to put these gangsters in a room and get >the information out of them; not through torture. > >"I don't believe you get right answers through that – no Rumsfeld, >Jack Bauer tactics. '24' is just some crazy [television] show, not >reality. I'm not talking about operations like we have at Guantanamo >Bay now with US military interrogations of farmers and hapless >inductees into the Taliban Army. I'm talking about who is benefiting >and has benefited from 9/11. That's where we start. > >"My whole point is to get a message to members of the military: 'Obey >your oath, do what you feel is right.' I've made decisions that I felt >were right and caught heat for it. I call on all the military: 'If you >see something wrong, question it. If you see something that's not >right, illegal, question it. Get out of that box you're in. If you >follow that path, if you take the road of least resistance, people >will die. People have died. I want you think for yourself. I want the >military to think independently.' > >"Sadly, we recently saw Admiral Fallon, an independent thinker who was >standing against the administration's plans to attack Iran, routed >from command. I have effectively been routed from command as well. It >is going to take hundreds more to be routed before this takes hold. > >"Right now, in the INTEL sections of the Army, the Navy, Air Force, >Marines ... everywhere, in Homeland Security, the defense department, >state department, they are beginning to question. It will take more >people going through what I experienced to really shake things up, >however. > >"My message to the military is this: 'Question everything. Be a >student of history. Stay on top of current events. Remember your oath. >And defend the constitution at all costs. It is the ultimate >requirement of your service, all else fail.' > >"Solving 9/11 is going to require our military. I don't think we need >an investigation with European influence, or Japanese influence. I >think they all have noble intentions, but we've got laws on our books >for terrorism, treason, and murder. All, it appears likely, were >committed on 9/11. We have rules on our books to solve this. > >"If it ultimately comes down to it, we may have to round up these >thugs and have them all shot in the internal courtyard section of the >Pentagon. After a trial, of course — punishment carried out right >where it all began. > >"Now, I'm not saying who should be shot. I don't know. But the >military needs to uncover this, but they won't. Not yet, anyway, >because they have to obey the civilian leaders. Thank God we all swear >to uphold the constitution. That, right there, is the basic gospel of >the soldier and serviceman. If they don't know what to do, they should >read the constitution. > >"Yes, the oath does say, 'I will obey the orders of the president of >the United States.' But the constitution is supreme. Presidents come >and go, constitution remains. It is not a living document; it is not >open to interpretation. We can all discuss it, but it's plain and >simple. We as soldiers need to obey it. And when we as a Republic get >around to enforcing the supreme law, it must be a concerted effort, a >coordinated effort, and it must be handled internally. > >"My mission is to speak with the military and encourage them to do the >right thing. When you see something not right, like what I saw, and >you bring it up to command but they leave you with no options, you >have to reach out there and send that mortar over the wall. I want an >investigation. 9/11 must be solved. Put the mess behind us and move >on. > >"I mean, Iraq. Almost six years now. What for? The goal posts keep >changing, the objectives keep changing. Even the definition of victory >is unclear. Sadly, the American people have such a short attention >span because of our media, with its drive-by information tactics, that >we just don't remember, or it doesn't sink in. > >"If anything I've said sinks in with anyone, I hope it is this: 'We >must go back to the source. We must solve this 9/11 crime, or we risk >losing our country and our freedom.'" > >ICONOCLAST: "Thank you for speaking with us." > >BUSWELL: "Oh no, thank you. I'm not sure where I'd be today without >The Iconoclast. > ><stephencwebster@xxxxxxxxx> > >[Editor's Note: On April 30, SFC Donald Buswell, along with CPT Eric >May, Maj. William B. Fox, and Dr. James H. Fetzer, published an >article in The Lone Star Iconoclast entitled, "Mayday Alert - Terror >Drills Could Go Live!" Carried by thousands of Web sites throughout >the world and influencing a report in the mainstream media, the >article is considered, to date, to be the most successful public >warning in advance of multiple U.S. government terror exercises being >held within the United States. A link to that story may be found >below.] > >Further Reading: > >http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=426 > >http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=448 > >http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=6022 > >http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=2758&z=243 >_______________________________________________ >Fulcrumsofchange mailing list >Fulcrumsofchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >http://lists.pacificana.org/listinfo.cgi/fulcrumsofchange-pacificana.org