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Issue 12 - Summer 2007 Page 3 |
There Are Millions of Us Now |
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A. July 23, 2003 – Forsa Poll (of 1,000) sponsored by the weekly newspaper Die Zeit – Germany
Asked, "Do you believe that the US government could have ordered the September 11 attacks itself?" 31% under the age of 30 answered ‘Yes’ and 19% of all Germans polled answered ‘Yes’. 68% overall felt the media had not reported the full truth behind the attacks.
B. May 26, 2004 – Maritz Poll (of 1,000) commissioned by 911Inquiry.org – Canada
Maritz Research (Toronto) reported that 63% of Canadians either strongly or somewhat agreed with the statement: "Individuals within the US government including the White house had prior knowledge of the plans for the events of September 11th and failed to take appropriate action to stop them." 16% either strongly or somewhat agreed with this statement: "Individuals within the US government, including the White House, were involved in the planning and execution of the events of September 11th."
C. August 30, 2004 – Zogby International Poll (of 808) commissioned by 911Truth.org – New York State
1) 49.3% of New York City residents (and 41% of New York citizens overall) say that some of our leaders "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act."
2) 36% believe that the 9/11 Commission had "answered all the important questions about what actually happened on September 11th."
3) 66% of New Yorkers (and 56.2% overall) called for another full investigation of the "still unanswered questions."
4) 28% of New York City residents knew of the inexplicable and largely unreported collapse of the third WTC 7 skyscraper on 9/11.
5) 51.2% of New Yorkers think that our leaders ‘deliberately misled’ us before the war.
D. May 17, 2006 – Zogby International (of 1,200) commissioned by 911Truth.org – US Nationwide
1) Do you agree there is a cover-up of what happened on 9/11? Yes – 42%. No – 48%. Not sure – 10%.
2) Should there be a new Int’l or Congressional Investigation? Yes – 45%. No – 47%. Not sure – 8%.
(Some alternative media news reports stated that meant "70 million American adults support a new 9/11 Investigation" which apparently was based on Year 2000 US census data citing 174 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 64. – Ed.)
3) How do you rate the media’s coverage regarding 9/11? Negative – 55%. Positive – 43%. Not sure – 2%.
4) Did Bush exploit the 9/11 attacks to justify the invasion of Iraq? Yes – 44%. No – 44%. Neither/Not sure – 11%.
5) Were you aware of WTC Building 7’s collapse?
No – 43%. Yes (38%) it should be investigated. Yes (14%) there was no need to investigate it. Neither/Not sure – 5%.
6) Were the 9/11 attacks thoroughly investigated? Yes – 47%. No – 45%. Not sure – 8%.
7) How would you rate the US media’s thoroughness in reporting of 9/11?
Good – 33%. Fair – 36%. Poor – 19%. Not sure – 3%. Positive – 43%. Negative – 55%.
E. August 3, 2006 – Scripps Howard / Ohio University (of 992 to 1010) – Americans Nationwide
1) People in the federal government either assisted in the 9/11 attacks or took no action to stop the attacks because they wanted the United States to go to war in the Middle East.
Very likely – 16%. Somewhat likely – 20%. Not likely – 59%. Don’t know – 5%.
(So, 36% thought that the US government assisted in the 9/11 attacks.– Ed.)
2) The collapse if the Twin Towers in New York was aided by explosives secretly planted in the two buildings.
Very likely – 6%. Somewhat likely – 10%. Unlikely – 77%. Don’t know – 6%. Other response – 1%.
(So, 16% thought it was likely a controlled demolition. – Ed.)
3) The Pentagon was not struck by an airliner captured by terrorists but, instead was hit by a cruise missile fired by the US military.
Very likely – 6%. Somewhat likely – 6%. Not likely – 80%. Don’t know – 7%. Other response – 1%.
(So, 12% thought it was likely it was a cruise missile.– Ed.)
"The national survey of 1010 adults also found that anger against the federal government is at record levels, with 54% saying they ‘personally are more angry’ at the government than they used to be." (Scripps Howard)
F. September 11, 2006 – Opinion Research Corp. for CNN (of 1004) – Americans Nationwide
"The percentage of Americans who blame the Bush administration for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington has risen from almost a third to almost half over the past four years, a CNN poll released Monday found. Asked whether they blame the Bush administration for the attacks, 45% said either a ‘great deal’ or a ‘moderate amount,’ up from 32% in a June 2002 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll." CNN
G. October 14, 2006 – Angus Reid / New York Times and CBS News poll (of 983) – Americans Nationwide
When it comes to what they knew prior to September 11th, 2001, about possible terrorist attacks against the United States, do you think members of the Bush Administration are telling the truth, are mostly telling the truth but hiding something, or are they mostly lying?
Oct. 2006 May 2002
Telling the truth 16% 21%
Hiding something 53% 65%
Mostly lying 28% 8%
The biggest change (over the four-and-a-half-year period) was the 20% increase in people who thought members of the Bush administration were lying about what they knew prior to 9/11. – Ed.
Not sure 3% 6%
(Some alternative media news reports erroneously claimed that "84% Reject Official 9/11 Story." Because if you add 53% and 28%, you get 81%, which is still a very large number. (You can’t include the 3% who weren’t sure.) The other headline quoted that "Only 16% Think Government Telling the Truth about 9/11" is quite accurate.
H. May 4, 2007 – Rasmussen Reports Poll ("survey of 800 likely voters") – in America
1) Did the CIA Know About the 9/11 Attacks in Advance? Yes – 29%. No – 41%. Not sure – 30%.
2) Did Bush Know About the 9/11 Attacks in Advance? Yes – 22%. No – 55%. Not sure – 22%.
"Democrats in America are evenly divided on the question of whether George W. Bush knew about the 9/11 terrorist attacks in advance. 35% of Democrats believe he did know, 39% say he did not know, and 26% are not sure.
"Republicans reject that view and, by a 7-to-1 margin, say the President did not know in advance about the attacks. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 18% believe the President knew and 57% take the opposite view."
(Which means as many as 14% of Republicans think Bush knew what was happening on 9/11 during the attacks. – Ed.)
3) Was the CIA Truthful before the War in Iraq?
Very Truthful – 8%. Somewhat Truthful – 33%. Not (Very, or At All) Truthful – 52%. Other – 7%.
"Still, 57% have a favorable opinion of the CIA. 36% have an unfavorable view. [But] Former CIA Director George Tenet doesn’t fare so well. He is viewed favorably by 29% of voters and unfavorably by 49%."
Sources for these polls can be found by Googling the Internet. Dates of the polls given are the release dates of the polls, not when the polls were taken. We have not included online polls as there is no guarantee that the votes would reflect anything close to a statistical sample, because the people who respond choose to do so and are not randomly selected. – Ed.
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