9/11 Truther: The Fight for Peace, Justice and Accountability [Kindle Edition]

Jon Gold (Author), Cindy Sheehan (Foreword)

Book Description

9/11 Truther is the story about an everyday American who saw that something was wrong with what we were told about 9/11, and tried to do something about it.

Product Details

• File Size: 5184 KB
• Print Length: 387 pages
• Publisher: ePublishPartners.com; 1.2 edition (February 25, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B007DVDV2S
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,555 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 28 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 9/11 TRUTHER Jon Gold March 4, 2012

By wolfgang

This book outlines the need for further investigation surrounding an event that has changed the whole political system in our country, without taking us down the road of absurd speculation. Jon gives a list of known facts and instances where the people who could have investigated and should have , did not .He strongly advocates for the victims and our Right to know what really happened. You won't find any support for unproven theories or conspiracies and you may be disappointed if that's what you're looking for.Jon explains how these theories have contributed to the marginalising of the call for investigations and only serves those who are not interested in facts. But don't worry it's still rich in intrique and has the faint arroma of a cloak and dagger novel written devoid of fiction, but packed with links and citation.

21 of 30 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting tale for 9/11 "veterans" March 5, 2012

By Johnny Nineball

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If you've ever tried to explain to anybody why the official story of 9/11 doesn't hold water, and you've suffered sarcasm, disbelief, obstinacy, and/or insults as a result, well, don't feel too sorry for yourself: Jon Gold has had it worse! Plus, he gets it from both sides. He's out there taking crap from so-called "debunkers," which is to be expected, and also from fellow "9/11 Truthers," who can be a real cranky bunch of grumblers. So in addition to a generous helping of 9/11 related information, some of which you're almost guaranteed not to have heard before because Gold is a very thorough researcher, all the fighting and name-calling makes for a pretty cracking read.

The 9/11 Truth "community" such as it is divides along various lines. You've got your genuine fringe (and I'm sure this is offensive to somebody), you know, the hologram and space blaster people. You've got your Pentagon plane vs. missile sideshow. The thing that seems to bug Jon Gold the most is the relative popularity of controlled demolition as the "smoking gun" of choice for many people. So there's a rift I hadn't really been aware of: people who obsess over arguing that the building collapses were obviously controlled demolitions, vs. people (like Jon) who say hey, that's a theory, let's stick to known facts. (Then the first group would say hey man, we do have facts, and the argument would go on from there and spiral downwards until somebody loses by virtue of Godwin's Law.)

It's enough to make you want to stay very private with your own paranoid theories and avoid communities altogether.

Anyway, Jon's a very straightforward writer, a very honest one it seems to me, and he doesn't try to claim he's always been the role model or always been right.... He does claim to have learned a few things the hard way along the road. This is not the book to read if you're looking for the definitive case for an alternative view of 9/11. It's not organized that way, although it's sprinkled with interesting facts. No, you read this to get a sense of what it's like for an average concerned citizen to try making a difference out there on the front lines.

I'd recommend it for "veterans" of 9/11 analysis who are ready for a retrospective, and also for anyone who thinks "Truthers" are a bunch of nut jobs. I've had enough conversations in my life to know that people changing their minds is rare. But hey, take the glimpse. Get to know Jon and see if you don't think this is a decent guy trying to do the decent and honorable thing. Read more ›

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars How does one endeavor to describe the life of a 9/11 Truther? February 11, 2013

By Sherry Clark

The introduction by Gold's now bff, Cindy Sheehan gives the reader insight into not only Gold's life story, but almost more importantly, Sheehan's experience with so many in the movement--who endlessly barrage her with their off-putting behavior. However, America's favorite Gold Star Mother describes how Jon Gold's gentle and practical approach to the subject not only made her want to eventually champion actions like NYCCAN but also fostered their friendship which is symbiotic for peace, truth and justice.

Jon Gold's story begins as an "everyman's" tale...a son of a Philadelphian educator, from a broken home, bounced between his mother in New Jersey and father in Pennsylvania with a fascination for superheroes... Frankly, one could hardly describe a more 'normal' broken-family American life. Then, on September 11, 2001, Gold recalls what many on that day felt. Being moved as he was, on the night of 9/11, Gold made a beautiful picture of the New York skyline with the twin towers faded out and the caption, "God Bless The Firemen, The Police, The Port Authority, and The Families That Said Goodbye On 9/11".

Like many Americans, Gold had never followed world events, but for the months that followed that horrible day, Gold was glued to the news and believed the reports--that there were absolutely no warnings for 9/11. Gold was happy when we finally retaliated in our war with Afghanistan. However, by January of 2002, Gold read in disbelief that George W. Bush personally asked then Senate Majority Leader, Tom Daschle to limit the scope of the congressional investigation into the attacks of 9/11. He was further confounded when, then Vice President Dick Cheney made the same request of Daschle. As a result, Gold began to look at 9/11 related news a little more closely.... By May of 2002, the PDB (Presidential Daily Briefing) entitled, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the US" was leaked to the media and along with the story of unusually large amount of put-options of American Airlines stock (which again suggested foreknowledge--and the stonewalling of any investigation into who placed them) Gold was furious. He started looking further into the 9/11 and found that the original story of there having been "absolutely no warnings" looked more and more dubious. After sending local media outlets "leads" concerning the families' 441-day struggle for a 9/11 investigation as well as letters to his Representatives, he grew frustrated with the outright ignoring and at best, form letters he received in response.

There are many well-meaning 9/11 Truthers who talk about their "theories", but Gold never ventures into such treacherous territory because from the day itself to over eleven years later, Jon Gold's tireless work has been to honor "the firemen, the police and the families that said goodbye on 9/11". Although the 9/11 Commission Report was billed as the full account of what happened that day, testimony of whistle blowers such as Sibel Edmonds and the third building's complete collapse (Building 7) never even received so much as a footnote in the 571-page lie. The 'definitive report' even had the nerve to say that the source of funding the 9/11 attacks was of "little practical significance". The terrible price of 2977 souls that the 9/11 victims' families paid on that day for our government's unbelievable failures deserves nothing less than a full independent forensic investigation and accountability--including criminal prosecution. The families have gotten none of this from our government, but as Gold documents in 200 plus pages of the tireless research, court cases, media articles, public outreach efforts, and civil disobedience actions for truth, accountability and justice of this one 9/11 Truther, it has not been for lack of trying. Read more ›

17 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Jon Gold in Pursuit of Truth and Justice March 3, 2012

By Melissa Beattie

Jon Gold provides an easy-to-read chronology of his apathy, turned interest, turned obsession into the events surrounding 9/11, the day that created our post-9/11 world, the Bush Doctrine, now adopted by Barack Obama, and our loss of liberties. Through tireless research, Gold has investigated, examined explanations, debated, given talks, appeared on panels, written articles, met the family members of those who were murdered that day, as well as first responders, the heroes who rushed to the scene of contamination. Patty Casazza, whose husband perished in the collapse of one of the Towers, said that "without Jon Gold and other citizen activists the 9/11 movement would have died a long time ago." This is included in Gold's book as is the testimony of others who Gold has championed in his demand for a criminal investigation of 9/11.

Gold's research, command of knowledge and facts, is sweeping in its breadth and depth. If every American read this with an open mind, we might attain what Gold wants--justice for 9/11 families, for all of us, as well as an end to the wars waged in the name of 9/11, the kind of event ("Pearl Harbor-like") Dick Cheney said we needed to invade the Middle East.

Kudos to Jon Gold, a hero among people who believe we were lied to about 9/11. His work illuminates the hypocrisy and duplicity of our government. Gold's book highlights a foreign policy that brings shame to those with a conscience, scorn from countries that consider the United States the greatest purveyor of terrorism, and delivers carnage to the lives of countless people who live in countries devastated by our weapons of mass destruction. Gold is not only a peace activist but a historian, an advocate for truth and justice.... His tenacity is a gift to understanding a system that profits from war and domination. Read more ›