04722nam 2200817 a 450 991045529120332120200520144314.01-282-35709-397866123570910-520-92994-210.1525/9780520929944(CKB)1000000000799909(EBL)470979(OCoLC)384525446(SSID)ssj0000308538(PQKBManifestationID)11259944(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308538(PQKBWorkID)10258277(PQKB)11124961(MiAaPQ)EBC470979(DE-B1597)520240(OCoLC)831625526(DE-B1597)9780520929944(Au-PeEL)EBL470979(CaPaEBR)ebr10676198(CaONFJC)MIL235709(EXLCZ)99100000000079990920070504d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe road to 9/11[electronic resource] wealth, empire, and the future of America /Peter Dale ScottBerkeley University of California Pressc20071 online resource (445 p.)First paperback printing 2008.0-520-25871-1 0-520-23773-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-403) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Preface. The America We Knew and Loved: Can It Be Saved? --1. Introduction: Wealth, Empire, Cabals, and the Public State --2. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Decline of the Public State --3. The Pivotal Presidency: Ford, Rumsfeld, and Cheney --4. Brzezinski, Oil, and Afghanistan --5. Carter's Surrender to the Rockefellers on Iran --6. Casey, the Republican Counter surprise, and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, 1980 --7. Afghanistan and the Origins of al Qaeda --8. The Al-Kifah Center, al Qaeda, and the U.S. Government, 1988-98 --9. The Pre-9/11 Cover-up of Ali Mohamed and al Qaeda --10. Al Qaeda and the U.S. Establishment --11. Parallel Structures and Plans for Continuity of Government --12. The 9/11 Commission Report and Vice President Cheney --13. The 9/11 Commission Report's and Cheney's Deceptions about 9/11 --14. Cheney, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Continuity of Government --15. Conclusion: 9/11 and the Future of America --Glossary of Open Politics --Notes --Bibliography --IndexThis is an ambitious, meticulous examination of how U.S. foreign policy since the 1960's has led to partial or total cover-ups of past domestic criminal acts, including, perhaps, the catastrophe of 9/11. Peter Dale Scott, whose previous books have investigated CIA involvement in southeast Asia, the drug wars, and the Kennedy assassination, here probes how the policies of presidents since Nixon have augmented the tangled bases for the 2001 terrorist attack. Scott shows how America's expansion into the world since World War II has led to momentous secret decision making at high levels. He demonstrates how these decisions by small cliques are responsive to the agendas of private wealth at the expense of the public, of the democratic state, and of civil society. He shows how, in implementing these agendas, U.S. intelligence agencies have become involved with terrorist groups they once backed and helped create, including al Qaeda.Road to nine elevenTransparency in governmentUnited StatesPrivacy, Right ofUnited StatesWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Political aspectsSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001Political aspectsDemocracyUnited StatesElite (Social sciences)United StatesNational securityUnited StatesPolitical corruptionUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1989United StatesPolitics and government1989-Electronic books.Transparency in governmentPrivacy, Right ofWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Political aspects.September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001Political aspects.DemocracyElite (Social sciences)National securityPolitical corruptionHistory973.931Scott Peter Dale1047067MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455291203321The road to 92492771UNINA