ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING: QUESTIONS AND ANOMALIES SURROUND ‘WORST MASS SHOOTING IN U.S. HISTORY’

ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING: QUESTIONS AND ANOMALIES SURROUND ‘WORST MASS SHOOTING IN U.S. HISTORY’

BY

VIVIAN LEE

July 15, 2016

 

Figure 1. Scene from the Orlando “shooting,” one of many showing no evidence to support the story. Image: CNN.

The “worst mass shooting in U.S. history” is reported to have occurred between 2 am and 5:15 am on Sunday morning, June 12, 2016, at Pulse, a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The “act of terror” is said to have produced 49 dead and 53 injured. A 50th death was that of the “shooter,” identified as Omar Seddique Mateen, who was employed as a security guard since 2007 by the giant multinational security company G4S. The circumstances of the Orlando “massacre” are suspicious to say the least, with many details fitting into the existing playbook for staged shootings occurring across the USA.[1]

G4S, the world’s largest security company by revenue, has its US headquarters in Jupiter, Florida, but operates in “more than 100 countries,” with “more than 50,000 employees in the United States.” G4S “has the international reach and resources to meet the security needs of the global age.”[2] The company has expressed its condolences over the tragic event and is cooperating “fully” with the FBI and other agencies who are investigating the “unspeakable tragedy.”

Figure 2.  “Today’s G4S has more ways to protect you.” Image: G4S.us.

According to Judicial Watch, G4S is involved in a DHS operation to move illegal immigrants (“other than Mexicans”) north across the Mexican border into Arizona, releasing them without proper processing.[3] Perhaps this is the reason that Mateen, reportedly interviewed by the FBI in 2013 and 2014, was able to keep his security clearance and gun permits although he was supposedly under investigation for possible terrorist ties.[4]

But who was Mateen, and did he actually perpetrate “the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11”? In light of the many questions and anomalies associated with the event, it seems doubtful that the Orlando “shooting” occurred as presented by the media. Glaring problems include the following.

 

Breach of protocol

– By Sunday evening, the “dead” were still supposedly inside the nightclub – just like the kids reportedly left inside the Sandy Hook school. Did they not take them to the hospital? Where’s the emergency protocol? (CNN)

– News reports claimed that by Sunday evening only a few of the dead had been identified. But doesn’t everyone who frequents a bar carry an ID? By 8 pm Monday the names were in – read tearfully on the air by Anderson Cooper (CNN) and listed in full on Wikipedia.[5]

– News footage shows no dead people, or even visibly injured people, no ambulances rushing to the scene, no colored triage tarps, no EMTs swarming the site, or anything else that might prove the “massacre” actually occurred as reported. One improbable theory suggests that paramedics were barred from the scene because it was “deemed too dangerous.”[6] A few “injured victims” are shown transported, not by medical technicians or even police, but casually walked or carried by non-professionals, with one dumped into the back of a pickup presumably en route to the hospital (Figure 3).

Figure 3.  A “victim” being carried away by non-professionals. Image: CNN.

– As research into the footage has shown, however, the “victims” were not being carried away from the club, but toward it. The trajectory was actually from the south, with people walking north BACK TO THE PULSE – which is counterintuitive to say the least. Why carry someone who had just been shot at the club back to the scene of the shooting? [7] The same group seen in Figure 3 is shown in Figure 4 from behind, walking the “victim” back to the Pulse, its pink sign clearly visible at the far right in the photo. The Orlando Regional Medical Center is farther to the north, several blocks beyond the club.

Figure 4. The same group walking the “victim” back to the Pulse. Image: RT.

 

Actors: amateur and professional

– Some of these citizen transport groups were clearly bogus, with the “victims” not visibly injured. In one case, a man with red shoes was carried to the corner and then set down on his feet, after the group thought it was out of view of the camera (Figures 5–6). A few of the men do a little dance at this point, happy to have completed the assignment.[8] Such scenes were played over and over on television. As with the Sandy Hook “shooting,” we are supposed to believe the reports, despite the clear lack of evidence.

Figure 5. A man with red shoes being carried back to the Pulse. Image: RT.

 

Figure 6. The man with red shoes, standing, ready to walk away. Image: Fox.

– To make up for this lack of evidence, we have a parade of witnesses interviewed on television, sobbing without tears and giving unconvincing performances, as seen with many recent false flag events.[9] Coincidentally, G4S, Omar Mateen’s employer, is a client of Crisis Cast, an agency that supplies “award winning role play actors and film makers specially trained in disaster and crisis management.”[10] According to the website:

We dramatize events for emerging security needs in the UK, Middle East, and worldwide. Our specialist role play actors – many with security clearance – are trained by behavioral psychologists and rigorously rehearsed in criminal and victim behavior to help police, the army and the emergency services, hospitals, schools, local authorities, government, private security firms, shopping centers, airports, big business, criminal justice departments, media, and the military to simulate incident environments for life saving procedures.

That about covers the requirements for the Pulse “shooting.” The troupe of “role play actors” at Orlando is quite large, with notable examples listed below.

– One of the professionals is Luis Burbano, who gave interviews to several media outlets soon after the Orlando “shooting.” Like Carlos Arredondo of Boston Marathon fame, Burbano became the face of courage under duress, reportedly removing his shirt to wrap it around a man’s arm and tying another piece of his clothing to a man’s leg.[11] In his CNN interview, he said he put a “syringe” on the man’s arm – but then corrected this to say it was a tourniquet.[12] Like Arredondo, Burbano is an actor, with several films to his credit (Figure 7).[13]

Figure 7. Professional head shot of actor Luis Burbano, one of many available. Image: m.imdb.com.

Christopher Hansen is something of a semi-pro, who really came into his own with his many Orlando performances. Chris is the heroic citizen paramedic seen at the left in Figures 3 and 4 above. It turns out that he is not only a prolific actor, but a great dancer, who made a snappy promotional video for “Dance Your Ass Off,” Season 2 (Figure 8).[14]

Figure 8. Christopher Hansen wants to be on “Dance Your Ass Off,” Season 2.

Chris loves home movies and can be seen clowning around, jumping out of a big box, and sporting a green tinsel wig in a posted video (Figure 9). Chris is from a military family; his father, Bill Hansen is a US Air Force veteran. For more on Christopher Hansen, see “From Orlando to Charleston: Witnesses ‘Smell the Blood.’”[15]

Figure 9. Christopher Hansen in his green wig.

– Then there are the “victim” actors, who were allegedly injured, hospitalized, and miraculously recovered. One of the most extraordinary survivors is Angel Colon, who said he was shot 5 or 6 times (the number varies according to his numerous interviews): “about 3 times” in his left leg, shattering and breaking the bones in his leg, and also in his right hand and left hip. According to Angel:

By the glory of God, he shoots toward my head but it hits my hand. And then he shoots me again, and it hits the side of my hip.

In addition, he “got trampled over” and suffered cuts all over his body, as he was dragged over the glass on the floor of the club. But he recovered quickly after being taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center.  In “just over 48 hours” after the shooting, Angel was wheeled into a press conference, wearing street clothes, and gave an extended interview (in English and Spanish), applauded by doctors, technicians, and other caretakers at the hospital (Figure 10).[16]

Figure 10. Orlando Colon braving his critical injuries to appear at a press conference at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Image: Fox.

Amazingly, his right hand shows no sign of injury, as he gestures freely and even claps his hands. He is able to sit up, despite the gunshot wound in his hip and his supposedly shattered leg, for over an hour. And his skin is surprisingly perfect, considering all those cuts and abrasions. Angel’s doctors are also acting – although some of them look uncomfortable at the press conference. Which they should be, since the “shooting” did not occur as reported.[17]

– Other spectacular recoveries include Norman Casiano, who said he was one of those held hostage in the bathroom with Mateen, not released until the siege was over. At the same time, however, he is seen in the footage of “victims” being walked back to the Pulse soon after the “shooting” began (Figure 11). Norman was supposedly shot twice with a Sig Sauer MCX rifle, but was released from the hospital a day later, looking chipper for his interview with ABC.[18] A talented actor, Casiano tells us he knew “it was real.”

Figure 11. Norman Casiano, shown in footage of the early evacuation, although he reported that he was held hostage in the bathroom by the shooter. Image: ABC.

– Two women made noteworthy recoveries: Patience Carter and Tiara Parker. Patience gave heart-rending interviews from the hospital, describing the injuries she suffered while held hostage in the bathroom. Supposedly shot twice with the Sig Sauer MCX in her left thigh and right leg, she told ABC that the pain was so great that she wished for death (Figure 12).

Figure 12. Patience Carter interview at Florida Hospital, Orlando. Image: ABC.

Patience bounced back, however, and got a new lease on life as a result of the publicity she received from the Pulse “shooting.” As it turns out, Patience is an NYU student and a Fox intern, as well as an actor and singer, seen in a video singing, “On the Way to the Money,” which she surely is (Figure 13). Sadly, Patience has had to fight off “conspiracy theorists,” who doubted that the Orlando attack occurred as reported – adding insult to injury for this aspiring young performer.[19]

Figure 13. Patience Carter shown in a video, singing “On the Way To the Money.” Image: ABC.

Tiara Parker, a friend of Patience who traveled with her to Orlando, made a truly phenomenal recovery. Tiara and Patience, supposedly held hostage in the bathroom together, both related how Mateen had told them he had no problem with black people. Nonetheless, they were both critically injured. After supposedly being shot in her left side, with the bullet going through her body and exiting her back, she was released from the hospital two days later (Figure 14).

Figure 14. Tiara Parker explaining where the bullet entered her body. Image: ABC.

Showing no indication that she was ever injured, Tiara gives an interview to ABC, showing off her bullet-strafed jeans, bending over and pulling things out of a bag, looking perfectly fit (Figure 15). [20]

Figure 15. Tiara Parker displaying what she says are her ripped, bloody jeans. Image: ABC.

– One of the most memorable of the Orlando actors is Christine Leinonen, purported mother of “victim” Christopher Leinonen, who was first supposedly missing and then found to have died. Throughout her many interviews, the photochromic lenses of her glasses are dark and clear by turns, even when she is shown outside. The lenses sometimes reflect spotlights – and what may be a teleprompter – indicating that she is giving a green-screen interview in a studio, and that she seems to be reading a script (Figure 16).[ 21]

Figure 16. Christine Leinonen with reflections in her glasses. Image: NBC.

Christine is ravaged by grief when speaking to George Stephanopoulos, having awakened on Sunday at 3 am to check her Facebook page, then waiting at the hospital, searching in vain for her son, and, at the end of her interview, managing to interject a plea to ban assault weapons.[22] Despite her distress, she musters her composure to make this important public service announcement on gun control. Christine was found to have her own YouTube channel, with one video detailing her attempts to get on “Wheel of Fortune” (Figure 17).[23]

Figure 17. Christine wants to be on “Wheel of Fortune.”

Finally, Christine learns that her son has died, which should be an occasion for terrible suffering. Instead, she appears giddily happy – probably because she got an interview with Anderson Cooper. They hold hands, stare into each other’s eyes, and in the end embrace in a full-body press (Figure 18). This was surely more thrilling for Christine than for Anderson.[24]

Figure 18. Christine Leinonen and Anderson Cooper in a prolonged embrace. Image: CNN.

– Finally, interviews by numerous officials sound scripted and strange. These include State Senator Geraldine Thompson, who says she is the senator for the district that includes the Pulse nightclub “in Tallahassee” – although Pulse is actually in Orlando. (CNN) The many discordant statements aired in the press, which contradict each other and even undermine the official story, are easily tolerated by the media: these anomalies create and maintain a cognitive dissonance that is part of the overall plan.

 

The shooter

– As for the “shooter,” Omar Seddique Mateen (alternately Omar Saddiqui Mateen) was a Florida resident, born in New York, with parents from Afghanistan, who was reportedly anti-gay (according to his father). Then the theory arose that he was actually gay himself, supported by witness testimony, but this was later discounted by the FBI.[25]  This is one of many strands of conflicting evidence that are allowed to coexist, in order to confuse the narrative. Mateen’s family is more than suspicious, with his father, Seddique Mateen, supposedly running for the presidency of Afghanistan, and well acquainted with U.S. Congressmen and State Department officials.[26]

Figure 19. Omar Mateen’s father, Seddique Mateen, visiting the U.S. Department of State. Image: http://www.dailymail.co.uk.

– Mateen himself was an actor, appearing in a 2012 documentary, “The Big Fix,” on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (2010). Supposedly filmed without his knowledge, Mateen appears as a security guard who bad mouths BP and its employees.[27]  His IMDb page also listed the film “Love City, Jalalabad,” a “wild and funny documentary showing how the progressive youth of Afghanistan are rejecting the use of armed force…” but the page has now been scrubbed.

Figure 20. Omar Mateen, with a bit part in “The Big Fix” (2012).

– Omar Mateen was allegedly on the FBI’s radar, as already mentioned, but somehow the feds didn’t connect the dots. This is a common trope with all U.S. false flag events, beginning with 9/11. We are supposed to believe that the intelligence behemoth just doesn’t have the capabilities to recognize a terrorist threat, despite more than $50 billion allocated per year to the 16 intel agencies.[28] As with Boston Marathon “bomber,” Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Mateen was known to the authorities, who let him proceed unfettered.

– Mateen wreaked havoc with “at least two guns,” a Sig Sauer MCX assault rifle and a Glock handgun. This fits the weapons profile of other alleged perpetrators of “mass shootings,” including Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik (San Bernardino) and Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook).

– Most of these “mass killers” have bought their guns legally, obtaining licenses and passing background checks. According to The New York Times, “at least eight gunmen had criminal histories or documented mental health problems that did not prevent them from obtaining their weapons.”[29] Mateen is no exception, fitting the profile perfectly, exhibiting “mental health problems,” according to his ex-wife, who supposedly had to be rescued from the marriage by her parents.[30]

Figure 21. Omar Seddique Mateen, who was inordinately fond of taking selfies. Image: http://www.fnewstoday.com.

– Mateen has been judged “self radicalized” and a lone-wolf, home-grown terrorist – by all news sources. This was the case with other “terrorist” actors, including the San Bernardino “shooters.” Marco Rubio went on record to say that homegrown terrorism is the biggest threat our country faces – his fear is that “we’re gonna see more of this” (CNN). And no doubt we will.

– Sources have reported that Mateen called 911 around 30 minutes into the attack and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State (the tape has not been released). He reportedly also mentioned the “Boston bombers” as inspiration, calling them his “homeboys,” but this does not appear in the official FBI timeline.[31] He allegedly made three separate calls to 911, hanging up after the first two. At 2:45 Mateen supposedly made a call to Channel 13, a CNN affiliate, and told Matt Gentili, “I am the shooter…I did it for ISIS” (Figure 22).[32] This call, too, does not appear in the FBI report.

Figure 22. Matt Gentili, who reported that Mateen called him at 2:45 am to say, “I did it for ISIS.” Image: CNN.

– This scenario is patently ridiculous: did no one in the club think to jump the “killer” as he took time out to make these calls? And did he know the phone number of Channel 13 by heart, or did he have to look it up? This kind of faux exhibitionism – serving to identify the perpetrator and associate him with the terrorist organization of choice – was also seen in the Paris Charlie Hebdo caper, with Amedy Coulibaly calling BFMTV from the kosher Hyper Cacher Supermarket to tell them his name and announce his connection to the Islamic extremist Kouachi brothers .[33]

– And, finally, how do we know the “shooter” was in fact Omar Mateen? Well, that’s easy. Reporters were allowed to enter his alleged apartment (or should that be staged apartment?), which was not protected as a crime scene, and found his firearm license with his photo lying on the kitchen counter (Figure 23). Right next to “Books & Documents Related To Islam”! Take a tour of the apartment on YouTube with ABC: “Inside Omar Mateen’s Apartment.”[34] This ransacking of a crime scene after a purported massacre occurred also with San Bernardino.[35] Such a breach would never happen with a real shooting.

Figure 23. Omar Mateen’s firearm license, found by reporters in his apartment. Image: ABC.

 

Time and space

– The chronology of the shooting is exceedingly problematic. The FBI timeline released on June 20 is “an excerpt,” outlining the details but omitting much that was reported in other sources. The audio from Mateen’s alleged calls has not been released, “out of respect for the victims of this horrific tragedy.” Therefore, none of the information contained in the report is verified.

– According to the report, the shooting began at 2:02 am on the morning of Sunday, June 12. Orlando police officers (OPD) soon arrived on the scene. At 2:08 officers reportedly “engaged the shooter.” At some subsequent point, Mateen is said to have moved to a bathroom at the back of the club, where he held hostages, but this detail does not appear in the FBI timeline.

– At 2:35 Mateen is said to have called 911, dialing three times before speaking to an operator. The call supposedly lasted 50 seconds, in which he praised God and the Prophet, and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State. Meanwhile, the police records of calls between midnight and 3 am are apparently missing.

– At 2:45 Mateen reportedly called Channel 13, as described above. According to the FBI report, at 2:48 Mateen “engaged in” a phone call identified as a “crisis negotiation,” which lasted for 9 minutes. This was followed by a second “crisis negotiation” at 3:03 and lasting 16 minutes. A third “crisis negotiation” began at 3:24 and lasted 3 minutes. Thus Mateen was busy on the phone for a minimum of 30 minutes – while no one, including law enforcement – thought to take advantage.

– In these calls, which are not transcribed in the FBI timeline, Mateen allegedly identified himself as “an Islamic soldier” and told the negotiator that the US should stop bombing Syria and Iraq. He also mentioned “some bombs” in a vehicle outside the club. Then he said he had “a vest” of the kind they “used in France.” All this sounds ridiculous.

– Nothing is reported after this third call, which ended at 3:27, until 4:21, when the OPD supposedly pulled an air conditioner out of a “dressing room window for victims to evacuate.” At 4:29, victims “told OPD the shooter said he was going to put four vests with bombs on victims within 15 minutes.”

– OPD let this deadline lapse, starting to “breach wall with explosive charge and armored vehicle” at 5:02. Then at 5:14 shots were fired, and, one minute later, “OPD engaged the suspect and the suspect was reported down.”

Figure 24. Officer Michael Napolitano’s Kevlar helmet. Image: New York Daily News.

– So at 5:15, Mateen was killed by the police (or was he?), with only one officer sustaining a hit – but luckily the bullet was deflected by his Kevlar helmet (Figure 24).[36] Conveniently, virtually all “perpetrators” are killed in false flag rampages, a notable exception being the Boston Marathon “bombing,” with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reported captured and in prison – unless he was actually killed while hiding in the boat.

– In addition to the obvious anomalies already mentioned, based on the FBI timeline document, no shooting is recorded between 2:08 and 5:14 am. According to the timeline:

Based on OPD radio communications, there were no reports of shots being fired inside Pulse between the initial exchange of gunfire between responding officers and shooter [at 2:08], and the time of the final breach.

– So how – and when – did Mateen shoot all those people? He would have had to kill a lot between 2:02 and 2:08. Or maybe he killed a bunch in the bathroom, as Norman Casiano, Patience Carter, and Tiara Parker reported. But no such thing occurred, according to the FBI timeline. Judge Andrew Napolitano went so far as to tell Fox News that “nobody died until 5:13 in the morning,” based on the unredacted FBI transcript.[37]

– Adding to the time/space problem is the size of the Pulse nightclub. First of all, a club of 4,853 square feet would be hard pressed to accommodate 300+ partygoers. Then there’s the problem of all those people piled into the bathrooms.[38] And the Pulse has only 11 parking spaces (Figure 25).[39] Not enough for Florida car culture, is it?

Figure 25. Aerial view of the Pulse nightclub, with only 11 parking spaces. Image: Google Earth.

 

Foreknowledge?

– Familiar from other “mass shootings” are online posts that precede the event. These are also found with Orlando. Documented in Yahoo listings for articles about the Orlando “shooting” are some that are dated June 11, one day earlier.[40] This was the case for other false flag events, notably the Sandy Hook “massacre.”

–Regarding  the extent to which drills preceded the Orlando “shooting,” some information is available. The New York Times has reported a drill in March 2016 at the Orlando Medical Center, which staged a four-hour “realistic, large-scale active shooter scenario” in which 50 agencies including the FBI participated. And after the June 12 “attack,” Dr. Chadwick Smith, the attending trauma surgeon on call at the hospital, said, “This is not a drill, this is not a joke” – indicating that drills were common at the Orlando Medical Center and that staff might think that the “shooting” was one such exercise. The June 13 online edition of the Orlando Sentinel highlighted an article originally published in 2015, regarding a drill to prepare nurses for mass casualties.[41] Further research would surely turn up more connections.

Cui bono?

– The 49 Pulse patrons supposedly killed by Mateen have been heavily publicized, their photos widely distributed along with biographical details and heart-warming comments. Memorials abound, including a video tribute by top-flight celebrities giving moving testimonials, although none of them knew the “victims” they were eulogizing.[42] However, problems have been noted with the photographic images, and it is not clear if these are real photos of real people.[43] If this is the case, then cui bono – who benefits?

Figure 26. Orlando “shooting victims.” Image: Associated Press.

– Almost immediately, fund-raising efforts were underway on behalf of the “victims,” as is familiar from other staged events. This of course means the “injured” and “families” of “victims,” along with traumatized “witnesses” to the tragedy. According to Patty Sheehan, Orlando City Commissioner, there were people out there raising money right away. In less than 24 hours, a fundraising page set up for the “victims” had raised $1.3 million.[44]

– To date, more than $17 million has been raised through the major funds, and surely more will roll in. This money will be distributed among all those who sold their souls to profit from a fake mass shooting that serves to terrorize the public and subvert the Constitution. OneOrlando Fund, promoted by Mayor Buddy Dyer, and Equality Florida will be combined into a single fund administered by Kenneth R. Feinberg.[45]

– Feinberg is the Special Master tasked with the distribution of compensation for the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund and Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Executive Compensation, as well as the administrator for the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund. He was also appointed to administer One Fund for the Boston Marathon “bombings,” the Aurora Victim Relief Fund, and the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation. He was one of three arbitrators who determined the fair market value of the Zapruder film. Anything sound fishy?

Figure 27. The OneOrlando Fund website. www.oneorlando.org.

One can find many other correspondences between the various staged events, with the Orlando “shooting” fitting comfortably into the paradigm. In each case, a saddened President Obama makes an anguished statement to the press, in some instances seeming to weep. In his words, Orlando was “an act of terror and an act of hate.”[46] But love will prevail – as we are reminded again and again.

Here, as always, the same types benefit. The agenda is multi-purpose: gun control, mental health monitoring, increased surveillance of the populace, subversion of due process and habeas corpus, bolstering of the intelligence services, militarization of local law enforcement, further commitment to the “War on Terror” whether abroad or at home, and, in this case, the LGBT incentive – in a strategy devised by the elites and programmed by the media, with the people used as dupes.

#KeepDancingOrlando

But one need not feel despondent about the Orlando “shooting.” Not only can we “choose love” and “channel positive energy,” but we are blessed with a challenge – “Keep Dancing Orlando.” This is one of the most bizarre ideas to come out of any terrorist psy-op yet staged in the USA – and on par with the Sandy Hook children singing at the Super Bowl.

Figure 28. #KeepDancingOrlando. Orange County Sheriff’s Office version.

The challenge was initiated by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, which produced a dance video with everyone on staff having a role in the extravaganza.[47] The soundtrack is Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” which runs through group dances, women twirling yellow crime-scene tape, cops beside their motorcycles, office workers rhythmically waving flags, guys break dancing, a helicopter boogying mid-air, equestrian dancing, and a woman walking to a shower, in full uniform, and dousing herself with water.

Figure 28. #KeepDancingOrlando. Orange County Fire Fighters version.

Others felt the love and made their own videos: the Orange County Fire Fighters version,[48] the Orange County Library System version,[49] the Safelite AutoGlass Orlando version,[50] and the Central Florida Corgis version, to name just a few.[51] To look at these happy productions, one might think there had been no shooting at all.

Figure 28. #KeepDancingOrlando. Central Florida Corgis version.

So how does this all add up, or does it? Once again, we find joy in tragedy – this time in Orlando’s Magic Kingdom.[52] No matter if some terrorist has shot up the nightclub. Check out the “Stage Shows.” Choose your “thrill level,” from dark, loud, or scary. “See fantasy become a reality.” Groove with the program – and definitely don’t bother to think.

 

VIVIAN LEE is the nom de plume of a tenured professor at an east coast university.

 

NOTES

[1] This article was first published at MemoryHoleBlog.com (now MemoryHoleBlog.org) and has been expanded and updated here, for publication in the book, From Orlando to Dallas and Beyond (James Fetzer and Mike Palecek, eds., Moon Rock Books, 2016). Links for the videos and other supporting evidence are given in the notes, although many important videos have been since removed by YouTube.

[2] G4S Website, http://www.g4s.us/en-US/

[3] “Orlando Killer Worked for Company Transporting Illegal Immigrants Inside US; Was Interviewed by FBI 3 Times.” ZeroHedge.com, June 12, 2016.  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-12/orlando-shooter- worked-security-company-which-tranports-illegal-immigrants-deep-insi

[4] “Omar Mateen: From Early Promise to F.B.I. Surveillance.” New York Times, June 13, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/us/omar-mateen-early-signs-of-promise-then-abuse-and- suspected-terrorist-ties.html

[5] “Orlando Nightclub Shooting.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Orlando_nightclub_shooting.html. The Wikipedia articles on the Pulse “shooting” are themselves filled with errors and inconsistencies.

[6] “Paramedics Barred from Saving Orlando Shooting Victims Because Club Was Deemed Too Dangerous.” Los Angeles Times, June 22, 2016. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-paramedics-20160622-snap-story.html

[7] “CASE CLOSED!! Final Nail in Coffin…Orlando Shooting Was 100% Staged Hoax.” Peekay Truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymtMUOOTGes

[8] “Orlando Shooting 100% Staged Bull Crap Was a STAGED HOAX – This Is All You Need To See.” Wes Truther.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24h5IScmJQ8

[9]  “Orlando Shooting HOAX CASE CLOSED 100% FAKE Agenda EXPOSED.” Redsilverj. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sWrqwi4DTA

[10] www.crisiscast.com

[11] “Last Call at Pulse Nightclub, and Then Shots Rang Out.” New York Times, June 13, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/us/last-call-at-orlando-club-and-then-the-shots-rang- out.html

[12] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a18vJYN5Ho0

[13] “Luis Burbano Is an Actor.” millsmost.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMlpKHfnJyg. “100% Proof Actors Used in Orlando Shooting Hoax EXPOSED.” TeamWakeEmUP.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JC-CyvO1vo

[14] “MIRROR – Orlando Shooting Hoax – Dance your ass off season 2 – CRISIS ACTOR (Christopher Hansen).” Thomas Larsen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIhpLg7-d1M

[15] “Orlando Massacre False FAG # The Musical.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtOjFyHuNyY. Vivian Lee, “From Orlando to Charleston: Witnesses ‘Smell the Blood.'” https://vivianleeposts.com/2016/07/17/from-orlando-to-charleston-witnesses-smell-the-blood/.

[16] “Orlando Shooting Hoax – The Most Amazing Miracle Since Lazarus.” Peekay Truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIr_Kg5LLRw

[17] “Orlando Shooting Hoax – Angel Colon, Doctors, Full Press Conference.” The Paulstal Service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN-yVT0KVfc

[18] “Orlando Shooting Hoax’s ‘Norman Casiano’ BUSTED Telling Porky Pies (LIES).” Peekay Truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAKO_DrgXM. “Orlando Nightclub Survivor Shot Twice, Speaks Out.” ABC News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-cqjDL1esU

[19] “Philly Orlando Shooting Survivor Patience Carter Now Fighting Off Conspiracy Theorists.” The Inquirer, June 18, 2016. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Philly-Orlando-shooting-survivor-Patience-Carter-now-fighting-off-conspiracy-theorists-crisis-actor.html

[20] “100% Proof You Are Being Lied To By Your Government and the Media.” Russianvids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkXq28SiTSQ

[21] “Orlando Shooting HOAX: Crisis Actor Returns Gun BAN Agenda EXPOSED.” Redsilverj. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3o_acLkn0I

[22] “Orlando Shooting HOAX Desperate Crisis Actor Fake Crying EXPOSED.” Redsilverj. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0thCKVuWts

[23] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3w2COPzoY

[24] “Orlando Shooting HOAX: Crisis Actor Returns AGAIN Happy About ‘Dead’ Son.” Redsilverj. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA4V85qMtjk

[25] “FBI Contradicts Media Reports on Orlando Shooting: Mateen Not Gay; Police Shot Victims.” Fellowship of the Minds, June 28, 2016. https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/06/28/fbi-contradicts-media-reports-on-orlando-shooting-mateen-not-gay-police-shot-victims/

[26] “Orlando Shooter’s Father Is Running for President of Afghanistan, Has Backed the Taliban, Hosts Talk Show in California, and Visits the Corridors of Power in DC.” Daily Mail, June 13, 2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3637968/Father-America-s-deadly-mass-shooter-wanted-Afghan-president-job-TV-showed-support-Taliban.html

[27] “Orlando Gay-Club Shooter Is Also an Actor!” Fellowship of the Minds, June 16, 2016. https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/06/16/orlando-gay-club-shooter-is-also-an-actor/

[28] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_intelligence_budget

[29] “How They Got Their Guns.” New York Times, June 12, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html?_r=0

[30] “Sitora Yusufiy, Ex-Wife of Orlando Suspect, Describes Abusive Marriage.” New York Times, June 13, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/sitora-yusufiy-omar-mateen- orlando-shooting.html

[31] “Orlando Shooter Called Boston Bombers His ‘Homeboys.’” CBS News, June 13, 2016. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-boston-marathon-bombers-homeboys/.   “Investigative Update Regarding Pulse Nightclub Shooting.” FBI Tampa. https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/tampa/press-releases/investigative-update-regarding-pulse-nightclub-shooting

[32] “Orlando Shooting Hoax – Killer Calls CIA/CNN Affiliated TV Station during Shooting…WTF?” Peekay Truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeOrKYAga-4

[33] “French Police Say Suspect in Attack Evolved from Petty Criminal to Terrorist.” New York Times, January 10, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/world/europe/neighbors-say- suspect-in-french-attacks-and-his-companion-lived-quiet-lives.html

[34] “Inside Omar Mateen’s Apartment.” ABC News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYMzxKSC91U

[35] “Media Casually Touring Oman Mateen’s Apt 24 Hrs After Shooting.” TRUTHstreammedia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nFyV7-UY9w

[36] “Orlando Officer Seen Smiling after Kevlar Helmet Saved His Life.” New York Daily News, June 14, 2016. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/orlando-officer-smiling-kevlar-helmet-saved-life-article-1.2672918

[37] “Judge Napolitano: ‘Nobody Died until 05:13 in the Morning.’” TRUNEWS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgRkh1NHlX8

[38] “Orlando Shooting: The Curious Pulse Gay Nightclub.” Fellowship of the Minds, June 23, 2016. https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/06/23/orlando-shooting-the-curious-pulse-gay-nightclub/

[39] “Size Matters – No PULSE in Media Credibility for Orlando Mass Shooting.” Harold Saive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LIugZfUvLw

[40] “Orlando Pulse Night Club Shooting Articles Published Day Before.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXWA43VP84

[41] “How Can Communities Prepare for Mass Shootings? Orlando Offers Lessons.” New York Times, June 19, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/us/how-can-communities-prepare-for-mass-shootings-orlando-offers-lessons.html.  “Doctor at Orlando Hospital: This Is Not a Drill.” ABC News, June 14, 2016. http://6abc.com/news/doctor-at-orlando-hospital-this-is-not-a-drill/1385540/.  “Drill Prepares Emergency Nurses for Mass Casualties.” Orlando Sentinel, June 13, 2016 (originally published October 2, 2015). https://memoryholeblog.com/2016/06/13/orlando-mass- casualty-drill/

[42] “Stop the Hate: 49 Celebrities Honor 49 Victims of Orlando Tragedy in Ryan Murphy-Produced Tribute.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq6xRZlCSoM

[43] “The Walking Dead from Orlando Pulse Shooting Hoax – Background Checks and Searchs Ran on Victims.” [sic] FromDeath2Life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYuZSFgoeoY

[44] “These Orlando Shooting Heroes Prove People Are Fundamentally Good.” Washington Post, June 13, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/06/13/these-are-the-heroes-emerging-from-the-orlando-shooting/

[45] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Feinberg

[46] Melanie Garuney, “President Obama on the Tragic Shooting in Orlando,” The White House, June 12, 2016. https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/06/12/president-obama-tragic-shooting-orlando

[47] “Orange County Sheriff’s Office #KeepDancingOrlando.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-CdO4jMOYI

[48] “Keep Dancing Orlando – Orange County Fire Fighters Version.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_trtTfMCTR4

[49] “The Orange County Library System Says Keep Dancing Orlando.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhV9dezMqzI

[50] “Keep Dancing Orlando – Safelite AutoGlass Orlando.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEcFANgdkgE

[51] “Keep Dancing Orlando from Central Florida Corgis.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c76aTmgdieQ

[52] https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/magic-kingdom/

 

ISTANBUL AIRPORT OPENS 4 1/2 HOURS AFTER TRIPLE SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACK

ISTANBUL AIRPORT OPENS 4 1/2 HOURS AFTER TRIPLE SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACK

BY

VIVIAN LEE

June 30, 2016

 

Photo of emergency workers loading a body bag into an ambulance after the June 28 attack at the Istanbul Airport. Image: ABC.

In a stunning turnaround, the Istanbul Ataturk Airport opened for business at 2:20 am local time on Wednesday June 29, after the alleged triple suicide bombing that began at 9:50 pm the night before. In a little over four hours, the airport was able to clean up all the blood and body parts that would have resulted from the mass shooting and three bombs that were said to have been detonated.[1] At present, the death toll is reported at 42, with 239 injured.

This would be a Herculean feat, requiring hundreds of specialized workers trained in biohazard cleanup, outfitted in safety gear, and utilizing highly technical equipment under specific protocols – in order to deal properly with the hazardous waste. According to the World Health Organization, both “infectious waste” and “pathological waste” are considered hazardous and require special treatment. These include “waste contaminated with blood and other bodily fluids, …waste from autopsies, …human tissues, organs or fluids, body parts” and various pharmaceuticals and toxic materials.[2]

However, nothing of this sort is seen in any of the photos or videos said to record the events following the attack. Also not seen is the tremendous amount of blood that witnesses report. This curious phenomenon is typical of other “mass shootings” and “terrorist attacks” such as the recent “massacre” at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.[3]

 

One of the many Istanbul victims who do not show any visible signs of injury or blood. Image: New York Times.

According to Diana Eltner, 29, a Swiss psychologist who was flying through Istanbul:

There were little babies crying, people shouting, broken glass and blood all over the floor. It was very crowded, there was chaos. It was traumatic.[4]

Judith Favish, who was heading to South Africa, said she had seen “blood everywhere near the entranceway.” And in the words of Eylul Kaya, 37, who was with her one-year-old child:

There were blood splatters everywhere. I covered my boy’s eyes and we ran out.[5]

However, there is very little blood to be seen in the images released. This includes the expanse of floor that surrounded one of the alleged attackers, who was supposedly downed by a shot from the authorities, seen in a video seconds before he blew himself up.[6]

 

Screen shot from a video showing one of the alleged attackers, supposedly felled by a policeman’s bullet, seconds before blowing himself up. Image: NBC.

The absence of blood surely made the clean-up easier. In fact, it seems to have been very straightforward. According to a ludicrous statement by CNN:

As passengers at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport waited to board their flights Wednesday, workers picked up shattered glass and washed away blood that was barely dry.[7]

Many more anomalies have emerged, such as confusion regarding the location of the shootings and bombings in the airport, reports of up to seven attackers, and conflicting accounts by witnesses, most of whom say they did not actually see the attacks. Some witnesses confirmed the story, however, such as Paul Roos, 77, from South Africa, who said he saw one of the gunmen “randomly shooting” in the departure hall from a distance of 50 meters:

He was wearing all black. His face was not masked… We ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another… He turned around and started coming toward us. He was holding his gun inside his jacket. He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator… We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion, and then it was over.[8]

A brave man, Paul Roos, and a lucky one indeed.

 

Dead or injured victims at the Istanbul Airport, lying on the ground, while emergency workers do nothing to help them. Image: New York Times.

Supposed victims are seen lying around, with no one attending to them or rushing them to the hospital. This weird concept is found in other recent “terrorist attacks” in the US and abroad, including the Brussels Airport “massacre” of March 22, 2016, with which this new attack has been compared in the media. Not only are the victims unnoticed and unrealistic, but in both cases the gunmen arrived at the airports via taxi, and the most pronounced visual evidence is not the sight of “carnage” but the proliferation of ceiling tiles and shattered glass.

 

An entrance of the Istanbul Airport with ceiling tiles on the ground. Image: Sidney Morning Herald.

The attack on the Brussels Airport has been analyzed and deemed a staged event, used to incriminate ISIS and strike fear into the populace over the westward advance of “Islamic jihad.”[9] The new Istanbul attack is being pinned on ISIS as well, and shows every indication of being staged for the same purpose. Although there is no real evidence for the accusation, former US Ambassador to Turkey (and Iraq), James Jeffrey, has no doubt. Making the rounds of the networks, Jeffrey has called for more boots on the ground, and more support, for the battle against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

This is almost certainly an ISIS attack. The sophistication of it, the selection of a target, an international terminal, the use of suicide bombers – that has all of the earmarks of ISIS. They’ve launched four attacks in Turkey over the last year. They’re ever more at odds with the Turkish government. And I’m almost certain that when this all clears out, we’ll point the finger at ISIS…[10]

But this points the finger at the US and its allies, who fund and control the Islamic State.[11]

 

VIVIAN LEE is the nom de plume of a tenured professor at an east coast university.
This article was published at MemoryHoleBlog.org and JamesFetzer.org.

 

NOTES

[1] “Istanbul Airport Reopens after Scores Killed in Suspected ISIL Attack.” USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/06/29/istanbul-airport-reopens-after-scores- killed-suspected-isil-attack/86503062/

[2] World Health Organizations, Health-care Waste Fact Sheet. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs253/en/

[3] “From Orlando to Charleston – Witnesses ‘Smell the Blood.’” https://vivianleeposts.com/2016/07/17/from-orlando-to-charleston-witnesses-smell-the-blood/

[4] “Islamic State Prime Suspect after Suicide Bombers Kill 41 at Istanbul Airport.” Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-blast-idUSKCN0ZE2J1

[5] “Istanbul Airport Attack Leaves At Least 41 Dead.” New York Times, June 29, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/world/europe/turkey-istanbul-airport-explosions.html

[6] “Dozens Killed and Injured in Istanbul Airport Attack.” Fox News video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVjdS1kem2g

[7] “Istanbul Terror Attack: 41 Killed; Airport Resumes Flights Amid Blood, Shattered Glass.” CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/29/europe/turkey-istanbul-ataturk-airport-attack/

[8] Supra n. 4.

[9] “The Dark Truth behind the Brussels Attacks.” https://memoryholeblog.org/2016/03/27/the-dark-truth-behind-the-brussels-attacks/

[10] “Fmr Amb: Blasts Almost Certainly an ISIS Attack.” MSNBC.  http://www.msnbc.com/kate-snow/watch/fmr-amb-blasts-almost-certainly-an-isis-attack-714655299736

[11] “The Terrorists R Us. The Islamic State ‘Big Lie.’” http://www.globalresearch.ca/the- terrorists-r-us-the-islamic-state-big-lie-and-the-criminalization-of-the-united-nations/5404146

 

AMERICAN ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN JEOPARDY

AMERICAN ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN JEOPARDY

BY

VIVIAN LEE

May 7, 2016

 

Global Research, May 7, 2016

 

Dr. James F. Tracy, former Professor of Multimedia Journalism at Florida Atlantic University. Image: Global Research.

 

American academics will soon realize that their jobs are in jeopardy, if they don’t know it already. Not only their jobs, but their right to think, say, and write what they wish – and to engage in the pursuit of truth, wherever it may lead them.

A battle of epic proportions is about to begin, over the firing of Dr. James Tracy, for alleged infractions against Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton. Tracy contends that his First Amendment right to free speech was abridged, along with his rights to due process and academic freedom.[1]

 

Tracy was dismissed from his tenured position as Associate Professor of Multimedia Journalism at FAU on January 6, 2016. On April 25, he filed a civil rights suit against the university, including the President, Provost, and other top officials, as well as members of the Board of Trustees and representatives of the faculty union. His complaint calls for reinstatement with back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and a declaration that FAU’s controversial “Conflict of Interest/Outside Activities” policy is unconstitutional.[2]

Ostensibly terminated for not filing university forms regarding his “outside activities,” Tracy was actually fired for research and writing connected with his popular blog www.memoryholeblog.com (now www.memoryholeblog.org), which he runs privately – and which includes the disclaimer that the views expressed “do not reflect the opinions or positions of any institution or entity…No information on this blog will be understood as official.”

The outcome of this lawsuit will affect all areas of education in the USA – not only regarding tenured professors. If Tracy does not prevail, constitutional rights will also be curtailed for non-tenured regular and adjunct professors, who have no job security and are already pressured to toe the line politically and academically. Not only will college professors be affected but also teachers in state public schools, who are under assault regarding tenure policies in California, New York, and elsewhere.[3] Florida has already eliminated tenure for K-12 instructors.

 

 

The case for academic freedom

The idea of “academic freedom” is widely embraced by American colleges and universities, which routinely assert that freedom of inquiry and expression are essential for their effective operation. The concept is outlined in the “1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure,” by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), which is followed by most institutions of higher learning in the USA. Amendments of 1970 further protect the rights of professors.[4]

According to the AAUP document, “Teachers are entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication of the results, subject to the adequate performance of their other academic duties.” In terms of “outside activities,” the document includes the following:

College and university teachers are citizens, members of a learned profession, and officers of an educational institution. When they speak or write as citizens, they should be free from institutional censorship or discipline…they should at all times be accurate, should exercise appropriate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of others, and should make every effort to indicate that they are not speaking for the institution.

This was amended in 1970 so as to coordinate with a 1964 AAUP “Committee A Statement on Extramural Utterances,” which states as follows:

The controlling principle is that a faculty member’s expression of opinion as a citizen cannot constitute grounds for dismissal unless it clearly demonstrates the faculty member’s unfitness for his or her position. Extramural utterances rarely bear upon the faculty member’s fitness for the position.

These protections are embedded in policies on academic freedom by the University of California,[5] the University of Pennsylvania,[6] Harvard University,[7] and many other institutions. Such policies do not guarantee that the rights of professors are always respected, however, and the AAUP has carried out numerous investigations and censured institutions for infringements.

 

Freedom from outside influence

In 2011, the AAUP issued a report, “Ensuring Academic Freedom in Politically Controversial Academic Personnel Decisions,” regarding controversial cases relating to disputed events and policies:

…the need for faculty members to contribute their expertise to public discourse and policy debates has increased. The protection of their unfettered expression, including the ability to espouse highly controversial and unpopular views, is an essential social responsibility of universities and colleges…political restrictions on academic expression must not be countenanced…

“Political intrusion” arising out of controversies may come from inside the university community or from outside interests:

It may also come from outside the university when, for example, private corporations or public officials seek to persuade universities to terminate particular research activities, programs, or the services of the faculty members involved.[8]

Such outside intrusion precipitated the termination of James Tracy. This took the form of a media blitz by the Florida Sun Sentinel, a division of Tribune Publishing Co., which also owns the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Hartford Courant. The Sun Sentinel published a letter of December 10, 2015, written by Lenny and Veronique Pozner, publicized as the only Jewish family to have lost a child in the alleged Sandy Hook shooting. The letter, “Sandy Hook Massacre 3rd Anniversary: Two Parents Target FAU Conspiracy Theorist,” was reprinted in the Forward on December 14.[9] This was followed by numerous articles and editorials in the Sun Sentinel, such as “Tenure Be Damned, Professor James Tracy Embarrasses FAU” and “Tenure: A Concept Whose Time Has Passed?”

The Pozners’ accusations were false, as has been shown repeatedly, but nonetheless they were picked up by other media outlets and used to bash Dr. Tracy in the US press.[10] The content of the letter is not the issue here – it is the use of the corporate press to coerce the university to fire a tenured professor who was exercising his right to free speech as a citizen, in “extramural” work that he is entitled to pursue.

Outside influence has played a role in several high profile academic cases, notably that of Norman Finkelstein, a brilliant speaker and prolific writer known for his research on the Holocaust and support of Palestinian rights. While Jewish himself, he has been labeled an “anti-Semite” because of his criticism of Israel – and castigated for his allegations of fraud and plagiarism in the writing of others. One of those named was Alan Dershowitz, who tried, successfully, to get DePaul University to deny Finkelstein tenure, even though his faculty colleagues had voted in his favor.[11] DePaul insisted that outside pressure had played no role in the decision. Finkelstein’s university career was destroyed, while Dershowitz was given the Mortimer Zuckerman Award in 2014 for “promoting Israel’s … relentless pursuit of peace” – an honor marred only slightly by an investigation of Dershowitz over accusations of sexual misconduct with underage girls the following year.[12]

 

Norman Finkelstein debates Alan Dershowitz on Democracy Now! September 24, 2003.

 

Academic freedom at FAU

FAU also has a commitment to academic freedom, as affirmed in official university documents. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Board of Trustees and faculty union (UFF) states as follows:

5.1 … The Board, the University, and the UFF are committed to maintaining and encouraging full academic freedom. Academic freedom and academic responsibility are twin guardians of the integrity of institutions of higher learning. This integrity is essential to the preservation of a free society and explains the willingness of society historically to accept the concept of academic freedom and, in addition, to protect it through the institution of academic tenure.

 

5.2 … The principal elements of academic freedom include the freedom to:

(a) Present and discuss academic subjects, frankly and forthrightly, without fear of censorship…

(b) Engage in scholarly and creative activity, and to publish results in a manner consistent with professional obligations.

(c) Speak freely on, and seek changes in, academic and institutional policies.

(d) Exercise constitutional rights without institutional censorship or discipline.[13]

Tracy was officially reprimanded for questioning a vague and restrictive policy on “Conflict of Interest/Outside Activities,” which he was fully entitled to do (5.2, above). He had declined to submit “outside activities” forms until the policy had been clarified, on the advice of the union. As of 2015, the policy required the faculty to report “any outside activity” (compensated or uncompensated) to the University. As all academics know, outside independent research and its dissemination are not only a right of faculty, but a requirement, affecting decisions on tenure and promotion. Who among us could (or would) report all “outside activities”? This policy was clearly devised as a rationale for Tracy’s termination.

FAU policy on academic freedom is also enshrined in the Board of Trustees’ Board Operations Policies and Procedures:

The Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees supports the principle of academic freedom and is committed to the search for new knowledge… [and] will defend the right of faculty and students to pursue their academic goals free from constraints that hinder lawful intellectual inquiry and discourse, and will protect the freedom of faculty to teach and of students to learn from ideas that might be unpopular or not in the mainstream of accepted thought.[14]

However they did not defend the right of James Tracy to pursue his academic goals free from constraints – to the contrary, they fired him. This is not the first time Tracy has been harassed by FAU at the behest of the press. In 2013 he was reprimanded over his blog, whereupon he removed any mention of FAU as his employer. This was occasioned by a letter written by three of his colleagues, “Why James Tracy, FAU’s Conspiracy Theorist, Should Resign,” published on April 29, 2013, in the Palm Beach Post.[15] This constituted outside influence, from within the university community, also condemned by the AAUP.

 

Open season on academics

Far from being protected, American academics can now be thrown to the wolves, with unsubstantiated stories in the press leading to a ruined reputation and loss of employment – with no concern for academic freedom or due process. Tracy has been characterized as a “tenured truther” and “cruel and possibly deranged” (Chronicle of Higher Education) and a “conspiracy theorist” many times over (New York Times, New York Daily News, et al.). He has been called “a virus,” “crazed,” “twisted,” and “a never-ending embarrassment to the university and its community” (Sun Sentinel), “kooky,” “nutty,” and “sicko” (New York Daily News), and said to “spin tall tales out of nothing” (Palm Beach Post). In addition he has received obscene cards and threatening e-mails.

Noah Feldman, a professor of Constitutional and International Law at Harvard, called Tracy a “crank” and a “terrible person,” in his recent article, “Free Speech for Bad People.”[16] While ostensibly on the right side of the academic freedom debate, Feldman flogs the same old “conspiracy theory” meme, as well as the false story promoted by the Pozners. Still, he does recognize that a professor should not be fired for extramural research and writing.

Actually, Tracy is a deeply intelligent thinker, a sharp investigator, a talented writer – and an impeccably honest, ethical person. None of this gets any airplay, however, with political forces trying to silence him via the corporate media. This should bring out the academics in force. So gear up, colleagues, and support James Tracy. Stand up for your principles, and for your rights – or be prepared to lose them.

 

VIVIAN LEE is the nom de plume of a tenured professor at an east coast university.

This article was published at GlobalResearch.ca and also at MemoryHoleBlog.com (now MemoryHoleBlog.org) and JamesFetzer.org.

 

NOTES

[1] “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Article I, U. S. Bill of Rights. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html#text

[2] “Professor James Tracy Files Civil Rights Lawsuit against Florida Atlantic University and Faculty Union,” Press Release, April 25, 2016. https://memoryholeblog.org/2016/04/26/professor-james-tracy-files-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-florida-atlantic-university-faculty-union/#more-27575

[3] “Closely Watched Fight over California Teacher Tenure Moves to Appeals Court,” New York Times, February 25, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/us/closely-watched-fight-over-california-teacher-tenure-moves-to-appeals-court.html

[4] “1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure,” AAUP. http://www.aaup.org/report/1940-statement-principles-academic-freedom-and-tenure

[5] “Academic Freedom,” General University Policy Regarding Academic Appointees, University of California, revised September 29, 2003.  http://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-010.pdf

[6] “Academic Freedom and Responsibility,” Handbook for Faculty and Academic Administrators, University of Pennsylvania, revised as Article 11, Statutes of the Trustees, November 2, 2001. http://provost.upenn.edu/policies/faculty-handbook/faculty-policies/ii-a

[7] “Free Speech Guidelines,” Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences,” adopted February 13 and May 15, 1990. http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic847338.files/FS_Guidelines_1990.pdf

[8] “Ensuring Academic Freedom in Politically Controversial Academic Personnel Decisions,” AAUP (Executive Summary, 2011). http://www.aaup.org/report/ensuring-academic-freedom-politically-controversial-academic-personnel-decisions?PF=1

[9] http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/sfl-on-sandy-hook-anniversary-two-parents-target-fau-professor-who-taunts-family-victims-20151210-story.html. And “Time to Crack Down on Newtown ‘Truthers’ Who Tarnish Memory of Noah Pozner.” http://forward.com/opinion/327111/time-to-crack-down-on-shameless-sandy-hook-rampage-truthers/

[10] “Sandy Hook: The Hounding of Prof. James Tracy,” Fellowship of the Minds, February 17, 2016. https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/02/17/sandy-hook-the-hounding-of-prof-james-tracy/

[11] “Harvard Law Professor Works To Disrupt Tenure Bid of Longtime Nemesis at DePaul U.,” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 5, 2007. http://chronicle.com/article/Harvard-Law-Professor-Works-to/122347

[12] “Civil Rights Attorney Alan Dershowitz Hailed by Pro-Israeli Group,” New York Daily News, November 24, 2014. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/civil-rights-attorney-alan-dershowitz-hailed-pro-israel-g-article-1.2021336. “Lawyer Denies Suit’s Allegations of Sex with a Minor,” New York Times, January 7, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/us/alan-dershowitz-denies-allegations-of-sex-with-minor.html

[13] Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees and the United Faculty of Florida Collective Bargaining Agreement 2012-2015 (ratified September 21, 2015). http://www.fau.edu/provost/files/CBA-2012-2015-Oct2015-edits-ab.pdf

[14] Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, Board Operations Policies and Procedures, updated November 19, 2013. https://www.fau.edu/bot/files/Revised%20BOT%20Policies%20and%20Procedures%2011-19-13_APPROVED.pdf

[15] http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/opinion/letters-why-james-tracy-faus-conspiracy-theorist-s/nXZ85/

[16] http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-04-27/bad-people-get-free-speech-protection-too

 

The original source of this article is Global Research

Copyright © Vivian Lee, Global Research, 2016

 

CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTING: THE ROVING BODY OF REV. CLEMENTA PINCKNEY

CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTING: THE ROVING BODY OF REV. CLEMENTA PINCKNEY

BY

VIVIAN LEE

July 2, 2015

 

Senator and Rev. Pinckney lies in state in the State Capitol, Columbia, SC. Image: James Keivom, New York Daily News.

 

The Reverend Clementa Pinckney reportedly called himself the “itinerant pastor,” ministering to his flock in Charleston, traveling to his home in Jasper County, and carrying out his duties as South Carolina State Senator in Columbia.[1] Even in death he is itinerant, with his body (or body double) going on display in four venues before his burial on June 26, 2015. No photographs or videotaping were allowed, but the rite was recorded by the mainstream media, immortalizing the corpse and making it available for viewing on a repeat basis.

Initially, Pinckney lay in state in the rotunda of the South Carolina State Capitol Building in Columbia on June 24, as members of the public filed by. You can watch a clip courtesy of Fox News – 1 hour 6 minutes 58 seconds on Fox 46, just to make sure you believe it.[2] The body lies carefully arranged on a bier, just far enough away from the viewers so they can’t see too much – except for the soles of his very large shoes.

The next day, June 25, the body of the pastor was transported to Ridgeland, SC, for a second viewing at St. John A.M.E. Church. Later that day it was shuttled to Charleston for a third viewing at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, the scene of the alleged shooting. The hapless corpse was then moved to the TD Arena at the College of Charleston for a fourth viewing on June 26. The TD Arena was the site of the funeral on the same day, followed by the burial at St. James A.M.E. Church in Marion, SC.[3] Hundreds upon hundreds participated in this ritual and saw the body. This proves that Pinckney died in the Charleston “massacre.” Or does it?

Serious anomalies have now cropped up, and many questions are left unanswered.[4] The Charleston “massacre” looks like another false-flag staged shooting, as shown by articles on Memory Hole Blog, videos by Redsilverj, and posts elsewhere. Rather than calling this event “the 9/11 of the Black Church,” we should call it the “the Sandy Hook of the Black Church” instead.[5]

Parallels with the Sandy Hook Elementary School “shooting” are indeed striking: a slight, young “shooter” with unlikely marksmanship skills, no photos of the dead or wounded where they fell, fake friends and relatives reciting their scripts without emotion, fake evidence from social media sites and Photoshopped images, a DHS/emergency preparedness drill taking place at the same time and location,[6] and a massive amount of money transferred to the victims’ families – in Charleston, $29 million will be funneled directly to the families from the US Department of Justice.[7]

And let’s not forget the blood. At Sandy Hook no bloody mess was shown, and no one could be found who had cleaned it up according to mandated biohazard waste disposal procedures. Likewise with Charleston. Amazingly, the Emanuel A.M.E. Church opened its doors for its regular Sunday morning service four days after the massacre,[8] with overflow seating “set up in the wood-paneled basement, where the shooting took place, with folding tables and chairs set on linoleum floors that showed no evidence of the events of a few nights earlier.” This despite the prodigious cleaning job resulting from the bodies “left in a bloody pile” in the basement.[9]

But this time they improved on the Sandy Hook scenario. Alongside the highly publicized funerals of the “victims,” we now have a televised viewing – showing the entire body of one of the slain: the Rev. Clementa Pinckney.[10] Clearly, the missing bodies of the Sandy Hook children created a problem for the official story – and a bonanza for internet researchers. At Sandy Hook, none of the bodies was shown to the public in an open casket,[11] but at Charleston we have a complete corpse! They missed a few things, however.[12] First of all, the dead Pinckney doesn’t look exactly like the reverend when he was alive. Second, no sign of a violent shooting death (good undertakers?). Third, no wedding ring (removed by his wife as a keepsake?).[13] A good production, but not quite there yet.[14] Maybe they will get it right next time.

 

VIVIAN LEE is the nom de plume of a tenured professor at a US east coast university.

 

This article was first published at MemoryHoleBlog.com (now MemoryHoleBlog.org).

 

NOTES

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/us/a-day-at-the-statehouse-and-a-night-of-slaughter.html.

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCfVM4_w5N0.

[3] http://www.wltx.com/story/news/2015/06/23/clementa-pinckney-lie-in-state-sc-capitol/29172613/.

[4] http://scoopfeed.net/2015/06/29/fifteen-questions-that-are-being-asked-about-the-charleston-shooting/.

[5] http://www.democracynow.org/2015/6/26/the_9_11_of_the_black.

[6] “Active Shooter Threat Training Program,” Charleston, SC, June 15-19, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSvrI1GQRZA.

[7] Announced two days after the shooting. http://memoryholeblog.com/2015/06/22/obama-doj-in-29-million- charleston-shooting-payout/.

[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGbme5uBtds.

[9] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/us/ame-church-in-charleston-reopens-as-congregation-mourns-shooting- victims.html.

[10] According to some news sources, the funeral of Ethel Lance on June 25 featured an open coffin, and several published images show half of the coffin lid raised, with mourners viewing the barely visible head of the deceased. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3139304/First-funerals-begin-victims-church-massacre-claimed-nine- innocent-lives.html. Most images show the coffin closed with flowers on top.

[11] https://vivianleeposts.com/2016/07/25/top-ten-reasons-sandy-hook-was-an-elaborate-hoax/, Reason #1: proof of death has been suppressed. The relevant passage reads, “the victims’ funerals were all ‘closed casket,’ although the funeral of Noah Pozner allegedly included a private viewing before the public ceremony.”

[12] http://winteractionables.com/?p=22278.

[13] Pinckney clearly wore a wedding ring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFwC3cPQvpY.

[14] http://jamesfetzer.blogspot.com/2015/06/charleston-church-shooting.html.

 

 

GATEKEEPER OR DUPE? SEYMOUR HERSH’S NEW FALSE NARRATIVE OF THE ABBOTTABAD RAID

GATEKEEPER OR DUPE? SEYMOUR HERSH’S NEW FALSE NARRATIVE OF THE ABBOTTABAD RAID

BY

VIVIAN LEE

May 14, 2015

 

Seymour Hersh, winner of two National Magazine Awards, five George Polk Awards, the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for his exposé of the My Lai massacre, and the 2004 George Orwell Award.[1]  Image: investigatingpower.org.

 

The great investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has written another blockbuster, this time about the raid on the complex at Abbottabad, Pakistan, that allegedly took out Osama bin Laden, the alleged perpetrator of the 9/11 attacks. His new article for the London Review of Books purports to blow the lid off the fake story conveyed by the Obama White House about the raid of May 1, 2011.[2] Hersh reveals several clear falsehoods inherent in the official story, only to manufacture many of his own.

The article, “The Killing of Osama bin Laden,” begins by stating that “a group of US Navy SEALs assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan,” a thesis that has been disproven again and again. Evidence suggests that bin Laden was, in fact, dead by the end of 2001.[3]

Hersh’s article is crammed full of perplexing details, personae, and allegations, providing a maze of red herrings that serve to substantiate the official story of 9/11 and the myth of Osama bin Laden – while supposedly supplying the truth for the very first time. His thesis rests on a wealth of information provided by his #1 source, “a retired intelligence official who was knowledgeable about the initial intelligence about bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad” and “privy to many aspects of the SEALs’ training for the raid, and to the various after-action reports.”

We learn that it was a “walk-in” in 2010 – a former Pakistani intelligence officer – who first alerted the CIA station chief in Islamabad about bin Laden’s whereabouts. Contrary to the official story, we see that Pakistan had indeed been aware of bin Laden’s residence in Abbottabad. Indeed, Pakistan’s ISI had supposedly been holding him in the compound since 2006.

Furthermore, we learn that there was no “firefight” involved in his killing, which was originally said to have been carried out in self defense. According to Hersh’s #1 source, the SEALs blew open the doors to bin Laden’s third-floor rooms and murdered the unarmed invalid cowering in his bedroom: a “very simple, very straightforward, very professional hit.” In addition, there was no “treasure trove” of terrorist materials, as reported, consisting of computers, flash drives, videos, and documents relating to al-Qaeda.

 

Official scenario of the Abbottabad raid, illustrated. Image: Daily Mail.

 

Obama was not supposed to reveal the raid at all, according to Hersh, let alone make statements not fully vetted by the U.S. security apparatus. Instead, the plan was to collect bin Laden’s DNA in advance, conduct the raid, wait a week or so, and then announce that bin Laden had been killed in a drone attack in the Hindu Kush – and had been identified by DNA samples collected after his death. Finally, bin Laden was not buried at sea following proper Islamic burial procedures aboard the USS Carl Vinson. No – his remains were thrown unceremoniously into a body bag, after being blown to bits by rifle fire in his bedroom, and body parts were reportedly flung out of the SEALs’ helicopter on the flight back to Jalalabad.

A fantastic, bombastic exposé by Sy Hersh, filled with outrageous allegations and peppered with salty language and street lingo. But what does it tell us, besides the fact that the government, armed forces, and intelligence services lie to the American public?

First of all, it serves to substantiate the myth of al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden, who supposedly managed to elude the U.S. dragnet for a decade, supported by reported samples of his DNA (DNA evidence is a major feature of Hersh’s story). Second, it attempts to replace the ridiculous narrative of the Abbottabad raid with something seemingly more believable. Third, and perhaps most important, it buoys up the official story of 9/11 and bin Laden’s role in the false-flag operation. Finally, it accuses Obama of approving the Abbottabad raid – and lying about it – in order to increase his standing in the run-up to the 2012 election.

There is much, much more to Hersh’s 10,000 word article. Sadly, none of his contentions are true – they cannot be, since Osama bin Laden was not killed in Abbottabad in 2011. Why would this respected journalist convey such obvious disinformation? Either he is a gatekeeper – suggested by his immediate appearance to discuss his article on the gatekeeper program, Democracy Now! – or he is a dupe, actually believing what his source #1 has told him.[4]

Is this a case of “spy vs. spy” with contending factions pushing their various stories through established journalists? Is Hersh working for the neocons – or even the Israeli government? Is he striking out not only at Obama but at all future contenders, reminding them of their real positions with respect to their overlords? Whatever the purpose, it’s a sad day for Hersh – the winner of the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language – and for American investigative journalism.[5]

 

VIVIAN LEE is the nom de plume of a tenured professor at a US east coast university.
This article was published at MemoryHoleBlog.org.

 

NOTES

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh.

[2] http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n10/seymour-m-hersh/the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden.

[3] http://www.globalresearch.ca/obama-s-big-lie-white-house-propaganda-and-the-death-of-osama-bin-laden/24594. http://www.globalresearch.ca/osama-died-in-2001-msnbc-hit-piece-unwittingly-reveals-corroboration-for-dr-steve-r-pieczenik-s-assertion/24753. http://www.globalresearch.ca/osama-bin-laden-dead-or-alive/15601http://www.globalresearch.ca/osama-bin-ladens-obituary-notice/5358889.

[4] http://www.democracynow.org/2015/5/12/seymour_hersh_details_explosive_story_on.

[5] http://www.ncte.org/volunteer/groups/publiclangcom/orwellaward.

 

 

CT REPORT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR NATIONWIDE PSYCHIATRIC SURVEILLANCE

CT REPORT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR NATIONWIDE PSYCHIATRIC SURVEILLANCE

BY

VIVIAN LEE and JAMES F. TRACY

November 23, 2014

 

 

Four images of the alleged shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Lanza.

On November 21, 2014 the State of Connecticut’s Office of the Child Advocate issued a 114-page report, Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School: Report of the Office of the Child Advocate (PDF), focusing on the ambiguous profile of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza that may become the basis for mental health practices throughout the United States.

With contributors including psychiatrists and academicians from education and social work departments, the publication comes just two months after the US Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education announced over $160 million in funding for widescale research and deployment of mental health initiatives in the nation’s public schools.[1]

“OCA began a comprehensive collection and review of records related to the life of AL,” the document’s preamble reads, “including his medical, mental health and education records, as well as un-redacted state police and law enforcement records” (p. 6).

Among 37 “key findings,” the statement expresses concern over “siloed systems of education, physical health, and mental health care for children” that “strongly implicate the need to assist parents with understanding and addressing the needs of children with complex developmental and mental health disorders” (p. 9).

Mandatory mental health “screenings” and “evaluations” are recommended to remedy the potential threat of further “Adam Lanzas.”

The following is a summary overview of the OCA report’s key recommendations, many of which will likely be recommended or mandated by federal education and public health authorities for adoption throughout the US.

  • Universal screening for behavioral health and developmental impairments for children ages birth to 21.
  • Referral for thorough evaluation and assessment by outside experts for a child “displaying the types of multidisciplinary developmental challenges AL presented…”
  • Access to “quality care coordination” for children and their families.
  • Access to training and information concerning mental health issues for teachers, administrators, service personnel, pediatricians, and parents.
  • Staffing and financial supports for providers.
  • Effective and sustained family engagement work as part of mental health treatment for children.
  • Addressing of the “role of denial in illness.”
  • Access to therapeutic services, psycho-education, and peer support for families.
  • Readiness of “systems” to respond when a parent appears unwilling or unable to meet the needs of their child [aka refuses to medicate].
  • Better outreach to parents who have difficulties “reaching out” or feel “mistrust in the medical and educational systems…”
  • Active participation of schools concerning the mental health and wellness of their students.
  • Support to schools to enable them to “retain or import therapeutic and other related services…”
  • Evaluation of children by schools “in all areas of suspected disability, including conducting social-emotional evaluations…”
  • A more “holistic approach to identification for special education eligibility that encourages attention to multiple aspects of disability…”
  • State consideration of “an audit of existing homebound practices and procedures…”
  • More attention paid to “post-secondary readiness for disabled youth and young adults…”
  • “State and local educational and mental health and developmental services agencies must work together to identify current capacity and service delivery needs, training opportunities, and must create capacity-building services at all levels.”
  • Increased workforce, technical support and expertise to help meet the needs of “children with complex developmental or mental health disorders, and their families.”
  • Support for schools to provide and import “comprehensive health or developmental supports” to children with “highly specialized needs.”

In reality, the OCA report lays the groundwork for implementation of a nationwide program similar to the one presently being beta tested in Scotland, “Getting it Right for Every Child,” or GIRFEC. The GIRFEC project mandates assignment of a “Named Person for every child and young person, and a Lead Professional (where necessary) to co-ordinate and monitor multi-agency activity” that renders the traditional family to the role of a distant caretaker.

Using verbiage and notions remarkably similar to the the Harvard-affiliated and Newtown area psychiatrist John Woodall,[2] GIRFEC emphasizes the development of “resilient” young people who are capable of developing emotional detachment from instances of profound loss–such as natural disasters and active shooter events and evident in the recent promotion of slogans such as “Newtown Strong,” “Boston Strong,” and, most recently, “FSU United.”

Indeed, GIRFEC advocates maintain the program “enables children and young people to get the help they need when they need it” and overall “supports a positive shift in culture, systems and practice … to improve life chances for children, young people and families.”

Such a project increasingly lays bare the opportunistic use and perhaps true intent of the Sandy Hook massacre event: dramatically intensified bureaucratic and quasi-scientific control over the everyday lives of children alongside the continued erosion of the family itself.

 

VIVIAN LEE is the nom de plume of a tenured professor at an east coast university.

 

This article was published at MemoryHoleBlog.org.

 

NOTES

[1] James F. Tracy, “Protecting Our Children in the Wake of Sandy Hook: Psychiatric Surveillance of US Public School Children,” GlobalResearch.ca, November 4, 2014.

[2] James F. Tracy, “Global Governance and the New World Order Religion,” GlobalResearch.ca, April 14, 2013.