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Title: FBI HAS 85 VIDEOS OF PENTAGON ATTACK: "Hotel employees sat watching the film in shock and horror several times before the FBI confiscated the video "
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URL Source: http://www.pentagonresearch.com/video.html
Published: Sep 21, 2006
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2006-09-21 19:12:18 by Uncle Bill
Keywords: FBI Is A, Terrorist, Organization
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Comments: 28
PENTAGON RESEARCH VIDEO EVIDENCE The purpose of this page is to demonstrate the existence of video and the likelihood that somewhere in the 85 videos the FBI admits to having, there should be an image of a 757-200. One of the greatest mysteries of the Pentagon incident is that in a town full of media that was already aware of the attacks in New York, there is not one single still photo or video of an AA 757 anywhere near the Pentagon that morning. This void of information is what has spurred the variety of theories to account for the damage at the Pentagon. The U.S Government originally claimed to have no video. The Pentagon even told broadcast news reporters that its security cameras did not capture the crash. Then five frames were leaked which you can read about on the DoD Video page 1. They most recently released another video (which does not show a 757 clearly) that you can read about on DoD Video page 2. If, in fact, they have clear video of a 757-200 hitting the Pentagon they have refused to release it. I personally believe they have purposefully contributed to the confusion surrounding the Pentagon attack. To allow this and not put the stories to rest may speak of an ulterior motive and most certainly is thoughtless in regards to the families and the victims. Due to the great work of fellow 9/11 researcher Scott Bingham you can actually view the Freedom of Information Request Act documents proving the existence of confiscated video. The FBI attempted to deny having them and after an appeal acknowledged having them. They originally refused to release them because it might, 'interfere with enforcement proceedings'. All documents in the sidebar are from the ongoing case. To visit the original site for more details you can go to Flight 77 Info . "Just before impact, the plane clipped off two VDOT light poles on Washington Boulevard, a football field or two away from the Pentagon. In the same area, the blast from the plane's impact damaged the lenses of one of VDOT's traffic monitoring cameras and knocked the camera sideways" (Source). To see the significance of this view and the VDOT's response to my inquiry, click on the sidebar VDOT Traffic Camera View. Interview with Jamie McIntyre CNN Pentagon Correspondent: “A security camera atop a hotel close to the Pentagon may have captured dramatic footage of the hijacked Boeing 757 airliner as it slammed into the western wall of the Pentagon. Hotel employees sat watching the film in shock and horror several times before the FBI confiscated the video as part of its investigation. It may be the only video available of the attack. The Pentagon has told broadcast news reporters that its security cameras did not capture the crash. The attack occurred close to the Pentagon’s heliport, an area that normally would be under 24-hour security surveillance, including video monitoring.” (Source) Now the FBI says, "I also conducted a search of the FBI's Electronic Case File System, Investigative Case Mangement System, and other evidence databases for any videotapes in the possession of the FBI from the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. I did not locate any such video tape." (Maguire Documents) From my conversations with hotel managers in the vicinity I was told that on the 12th and 13th the FBI "canvassed" the entire area confiscating tapes. There are many buildings with vantage points there and that is where these 85 tapes originated from. I received lots of statements like, " we're not at liberty to discuss that" and people generally seemed nervous talking about it at all. In the following quote we will see that the FBI was reported to have been at the Citgo within minutes. This may be because of its proximity to the Pentagon and the fact that it is a government concession. “Velasquez says the gas station’s security cameras are close enough to the Pentagon to have recorded the moment of impact. 'I’ve never seen what the pictures looked like,' he said. 'The FBI was here within minutes and took the film.'” National Geographic News Now the FBI says, "Among the eighty-five (85) videotapes described in paragraph 11, above, I located one videotape taken from closed circuit television at the Citgo Gas Station in Arlington, Virginia. Because of its generally poor quality, the tape was taken to the FBI's Audio-Video Image Analysis Unit (AVIAU).....to determine that the videotape did not show the impact of Flight 77 into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001." (Maguire Documents) Did you catch the word game they are playing there? The FOIA was originally written with the language to provide video of the impact. It did not request footage of a 757 flight path. This means that the other 85 videos may have footage of a 757 but not of the impact. If you look at the Citgo View sidebar you will see why that video in particular did not capture the impact but may have flight path footage if it exists. I have talked to somebody that was an employee there and that information is also on the sidebar. In the Maguire Documents we became aware of video we had not heard of before. "I did locate one videotape taken from a closed circuit television at a Doubletree Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. I determined, however, that the videotape did not show the impact of Flight 77 into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001." There's a theme developing here. This view from the Doubletree would not have been able to physically see the impact but it could have a direct shot of an aircraft approaching the hotel. The side bar Doubletree Inn View shows the orientation of the building and its view. The rest of the views in the sidebar are photos from buildings in the area. It is not known if any of those locations had video confiscated. It is just to show the potential of video in the area that the FBI "canvassed". The details of the CCTV camera at the Pentagon can be located on the Dod Video pages. The FBI's summary goes like this, ".....fifty-six (56) of these videotapes did not show either the Pentagon building, the Pentagon crash site, or the impact of Flight 77 into the Pentagon.....I personally reviewed the remaining twenty-nine (29) videotapes. I determined that sixteen (16) of these video tapes did not show the Pentagon crash site and did not show the impact of Flight 77 into the Pentagon.....Out of the remaining thirteen (13) videotapes, which did show the Pentagon crash site, twelve (12) videotapes only showed the Pentagon after the impact of Flight 77. I determined that only one videotape showed the impact of Flight 77 into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001." (Maguire Documents) Notice there is not one single mention of an aircraft (or absence of) in any of the video tapes. They also definitively claim that only one new tape shows the impact. That is the second angle from the guard shack I presume which they released. Then in the 56 videos that "did not show either the Pentagon building [or] the Pentagon crash site...." you could get away with a video on the facade of the Pentagon if it didn't show the building or looked out beyond the actual crash site the way it is worded. The fact is they are playing word games and manipulating the information they have which is a disgrace to the American Justice System. To me this means: If "A" is true, whether or not a 757 was in the area or not, their case is damaged. If "B" is true, then they have a plan to discredit the 9/11 Truth Movement by releasing footage of an aircraft at a time fortuitous for them. After the blurry indistinguishable images they recently released soak in for a while, if they show footage of an aircraft in the general area later, people will automatically couple that in their minds with the recent video and say 'see'. If they do present footage of an aircraft in the air that is not certainly on a suicide flight path into the Pentagon then the time/date stamp will be the only way to directly associate it with the Pentagon incident. They have proven so far that they don't release accurate or official time/date stamps with their video. In other words, they have options to manipulate the masses through the media. If "C" is true then I'm guessing it will never see the light of day. Below the graphic at the bottom of this page is Jim Hoffman's admonition to the 9/11 Truth Movement and is well worth a read. "Here we're talking about plastic knives and using an American Airlines flight filled with our citizens, and the missile to damage this building(i.e. The Penatgon) and similar (inaudible) that damaged the World Trade Center." "The people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Penatgon..." Donald Rumsfeld's comments to U.S. Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., just minutes before the 9/11 attack: He said, 'Let me tell ya, I've been around the block a few times. There will be another event.' And he repeated it for emphasis "And within minutes of saying that, his words proved tragically prophetic." - Source "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."
MCINTYRE (on camera): ……"Sources tell CNN that the FBI on September 11th confiscated a nearby hotel’s security camera videotape, which also captured the attack. So far the Justice Department has refused to release that videotape. Aaron."
BROWN: "Why? Do we have any idea why they won’t release it?"
MCINTYRE: "Well, the claim – we have filed a freedom of information request for it. They claim that it might provide some intelligence to somebody else who might want to do harm to the United States. But officials I talked to here at the Pentagon say they don’t see any national security or criminal value to that tape. The FBI tends to hold on to things. But the government may eventually release that tape, and if they do, we’ll bring it to you.”
(CNN Newsnight Aaron Brown March 7, 2002 Thursday Transcript #030700CN.V84)
Local copy - original removed.
To see how important the view from this missing tape may have been, see the sidebar Sheraton View. Jamie McIntyre heard of the hotel tape and Pentagon reporters Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough even documented that the employees had viewed the tape. Where did it go?
(Local copy)
a) They do not have video of an AA 757-200 in the area.
b) They do have video and they are waiting for the "right" time to release it.
c) What they have video of is not a AA 757-200. 
Donald Rumsfeld - Source
Donald Rumsfeld - Source Video 
Donald Rumsfeld - Department of Defense news briefing, February 12, 2002.
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#3. To: Uncle Bill (#0)
Donald Rumsfeld - Department of Defense news briefing, February 12, 2002. (2 images) How can anyone take the word of these people???????
We need to kick their Aspens before they turn on us! Whoops too late!
demons and
Slant Six bump!
340's were pretty good too, eh?
Those engines and drivetrains always outlived the bodywork if you drove them up North.
You're right. Back in the early '70s I had a '65 Dart GT with a 273 engine. That motor took an incredible beating and kept on running. I had to get rid of it when the body completely rusted out. It rusted through everywhere including the floorboards. It was immpossible to keep up with the rust. All the washing, waxing, constant bodywork and udercoating in the world couldn't keep up with the rust. It was a losing battle.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
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#7. To: Dakmar (#4)
Aspens
#8. To: Jethro Tull (#7)
dusters and
darts, o my!
#9. To: Dakmar (#8)
#10. To: randge (#9)
#11. To: Dakmar (#10)
#14. To: randge (#11)
Those engines and drivetrains always outlived the bodywork if you drove them up North.
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