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July 06, 2006

Why Did Norman Mineta Resign?

When Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta resigned a couple of weeks ago, the latest in a series of cabinet officials and other VIPs to submit resignations, I was curious why President Bush would have nudged him out the door. Despite being the only Democrat in Bush's cabinet, Mineta seemed to be doing a good job of supporting the President. When asked why Mineta resigned, Tony Snow replied simply, "because he wanted to." I looked and looked for an explanation and found none. Until today, when I came across this.

It all began on the evening of June 22, 2006, when "Hannity & Colmes" (on the FOX/RNC Channel) had a guest on by the name of Dr. James H. Fetzer ... Fetzer is a member of 9/11 Scholars for Truth. … Colmes asked Fetzer something to the effect, "So can you give us one piece of evidence that would tend to point toward 9/11 being an inside job by the Bush Administration?"

… He said (and I'm paraphrasing here again), "I point you to Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta's testimony before the 9/11 Commission. Mineta said he had encountered Vice President Cheney in a bunker in Washington, DC, at 9:20 AM, on the day of the attacks [forty-three minutes earlier than Cheney said he had arrived]. Every few seconds a young man would come into the room and say, 'Sir, it's 50 miles out. Sir, it's 40 miles out. Sir, it's 30 miles out,' and so on. Finally the young man asked the Vice President, 'Sir, do the orders still stand?' Cheney replied gruffly, 'Of course, the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?'

Fetzer went on to explain that only later did Mineta learn that the young man was referring to Flight 77 approaching Washington, DC, and the orders the young man was referring to were obviously orders NOT to shoot the plane down. That's why the young man had finally asked if the orders still stood, to which Cheney replied that they did. Shortly thereafter, Flight 77 (or a "reasonable" facsimile thereof) struck the Pentagon. …

The very next morning, less than twelve hours after his 9/11 testimony had been unexpectedly "exposed" to the FOX faithful, Norman Mineta resigned as Secretary of Transportation.

Coincidence? I don't know, but it does look a little suspicious, don't you think?

Posted by Becky at July 6, 2006 08:25 AM