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Cover Up: What the Government Is Still Hiding About the War on Terror Paperback – Bargain Price, September 6, 2005

by Peter Lance (Author)

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Ever since 9/11, investigative reporter Peter Lance has been leading the fight to expose the intelligence gaps that led to 9/11. Now, in the follow-up to his bestselling 1000 Years for Revenge, he returns with devastating new evidence that the government has been covering up its own counterterror failures since the mid-1990s -- and continues today.

In Cover Up, Lance shows how the government chose again and again to sacrifice America's national security for personal motives and political convenience. In its first half, he unveils shattering new evidence that terror mastermind Ramzi Yousef ordered the bombing of TWA 800 from his prison cell in order to effect a mistrial in his own terror bombing case. Astonishingly, the FBI was alerted to Yousef's plans in advance by a prison informant who even passed along his detailed sketch of a bomb-trigger device -- a document seen here for the first time. And Lance reveals the shocking reason the Justice Department suddenly ruled the crash an accident despite overwhelming evidence of the bombing -- throwing away its best chance to penetrate the cell that was already planning 9/11.

And the outrage doesn't stop there. In Part II, Lance offers an unofficial "minority report" on the 9/11 Commission, critiquing it as the incomplete, highly politicized "Warren Commission of our time." He explores potential conflicts of interest among its members, from the staff director who wrote a book with Condoleezza Rice, to the former Clinton deputy attorney general who participated in a critical meeting that upended the TWA probe. He exposes the report's false contention that the 9/11 plan was conceived in 1996, when the FBI had knowledge that the plot was in motion as early as 1994. And, in a heart-stopping, minute-by-minute chronicle of the attacks, he asks dozens of unanswered questions about the defense failures of that day -- from why fighter jets weren't scrambled for almost an hour after the hijackings, to why the president and several of his top military advisers remained virtually incommunicado for more than half an hour after it was clear that America was under attack.

At a time when America feels no safer than ever, Cover Up will lend new eyes to readers who want the full story behind the 9/11 attacks -- and inspire us all to keep demanding the truth.

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Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (September 6, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060795115
ASIN: B003H4RBDK
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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About the Author

A five-time Emmy Award–winning investigative reporter and former correspondent for ABC News, Peter Lance has covered hundreds of stories worldwide for 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight. He is the author of 1000 Years for Revenge, Cover Up, and the novel First Degree Burn, and he lives in California.

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After reading this book, I also read "1000 Years for Revenge".

David London

You may accept, or reject his conclusions, (or like me, admit you don't know) but if you don't have the information, you can't even make that decision.

John Matlock

Peter Lance does a excellent in depth expose' on the planning behind what happend on 9/11.

Thomas Costanzo

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36 of 41 people found the following review helpful

Good research, interesting, but doesn't go far enough

By S. A. Felton on July 26, 2005

Format: Hardcover

I read "Cover Up" because I heard the author (PL) on a very popular

nationally-syndicated radio show. He was part of a panel discussing

9-11, of course. I really couldn't decide whether PL thought that 9-11

was a govt. conspiracy, but he was very critical of a very "strident"

conspiracy radio host/film maker. PL claimed that he wrote only what

he could prove, and that the "powers that be" actually want people to

believe in vague, high-level conspiracies rather than getting at the "real"

facts. Having read many books on 9/11 that indeed point to a high-level

govt. conspiracy, I wanted to read "Cover Up" to get another point of

view about 9-11, this despite the scoffs from my friends!

I found "Cover Up" interesting for the most part, also quite

informative, as if a short primer on domestic terrorism (I will assume

that PL got his facts straight), though as I'll discuss below, I am still

not certain what PL really thinks about 9-11.

"Cover Up" depicts shocking, outrageous corruption, perhaps the most

egregious corruption is the FBI/Justice Dept.'s cover up of the relationship

between a fairly high-level agent and a Mafia hitman who killed many people

in a war among "families." While a large element of organized crime is

apparently eliminated, laws are broken at every turn, and when the FBI

man is prosecuted, he answers "I can't remember" 44 times, and is allowed

to retire on full pension, and to make sure the corruption is never revealed,

an honest cop's reputation is ruined, and he is stripped of his pension.Read more ›

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

Hard to believe its non fiction

By Thomas Costanzo on February 15, 2005

Format: Hardcover

This book is a absolute MUST READ for anyone who is interested in the facts behind 9/11. Peter Lance does a excellent in depth expose' on the planning behind what happend on 9/11. The book reads like a unbelieveable fiction novel that just happens to have 30 pages of footnotes. I bought the book for my brother for christmas after I read Peter Lance's other book "1000 Years for Revenge". While I was at the bookstore getting my brothers present, I recomended to a woman there what a fantastic read the "1000 Years for Revenge" was. After I got the "9/11 Coverup" I finished it in 2 days. I want to thank Peter Lance for doing such in depth investigative journalism on this world changing topic.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful

Excellent Work

By Brendan Buschi on February 6, 2006

Format: Paperback

Since 9/11, I have watched our leaders expend human and material resources in an obviously wasteful and non-productive manner. It is clear that they did not take adequate measures to insure our national security. We have and continue to pay a dear price for their negligence. Appropriate, necessary action can only be taken if we know the truth about what happened and who the players were and are. Official government channels have not been forthcoming with this information. We have been left misinformed and vulnerable. We must know the truth in order to plan intelligently. Peter Lance has provided us with a great resource. He has presented us with chilling new information in a well documented, dispationate, non-partisan manner. We are all in his debt. I urge you to read this book and become active in getting you elected leaders to do the same.

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30 of 36 people found the following review helpful

We've All Been "Duped"

By RW on September 16, 2004

Format: Hardcover

Once again, Peter Lance delivers. I stumbled across "1000 Years for Revenge" 2 months ago because the cover caught my eye. It was one of the best books I have ever read. "Cover Up" is an amazing follow up to Lance's first look at the real face of terrorism that we are facing. Much like his first book on terrorism, this book leaves you with a very disturbing taste in your mouth in regards to our national security. The first half of the book basically revolves around the crash of TWA flight 800, and how new evidence that Lance was introduced to in early 2004 indicates that the plane did not crash as a result of a "mechanical failure", but rather as a direct result of one Ramzi Yousef as he sat in his prison cell in New York City. With his amazing ability to tell a story and keep you on the edge of your seat, Lance paints a fascinating picture of international terrorism, the mafia, corrupt cops, and even the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964 that would later become the focus of the movie "Mississippi Burning".

The second half of the book is dedicated to breaking down the 9/11 commission report piece by piece and cross examining it, exposing the Commission for the half-truths that it produced in its 18-month "investigation". Many questions are brought up, with too few answers.

This book, along with "1000 Years for Revenge" are must reads for anyone. I have recommended these books to every friend I have.

You will not be able to put the book down. In part due to Lance's amazing ability to make a story based on facts read like a fiction novel. But also because much of what you will be reading will astonish you.

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40 of 50 people found the following review helpful

Excellent Analysis of TWA 800, Good on 9/11

By John Matlock on October 26, 2004

Format: Hardcover

I'd say that we live in a time of conspiracy theories, except that they have been around seemingly forever. Certainly there were a bunch of them surrounding Lincoln's death, and Kennedy and Roswell. In this book, Peter Lance an award winning investigative reporter looks carefully into the TWA 800 case and the 9/11 incident.

He brings up a lot of interesting points. But I'm not sure just what to believe. For instance, he asks the question 'Why wasn't NORAD (the Air Force) alerted to the hijackings until eighteen minutes after air traffic controllers realized a hijacking was in progress.' I think that's pretty easy to answer. The controllers weren't sure it was a hijacking, they are government employees, they had to get permission first. And the boss was probably in the bathroom, in a meeting, on the phone. There are all kinds of reasons to use up 18 minutes. You don't want to charge conspiracy when simple incompetance may account for it.

You may accept, or reject his conclusions, (or like me, admit you don't know) but if you don't have the information, you can't even make that decision. Mr. Lynch has exhaustively researched the files, studies and news reports. The resulting book is an excellent summary of what happened. I was particularly impressed with the TWA 800 information as this has been less available than 9/11 information.

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Published 9 months ago by Ann

Commissions equal governmental cover ups

This is a very well documented account of the cover up of the chain of events leading up to 9/11 and the government's blatant effort to diffuse the responsibility of government... Read more

Published 19 months ago by Brian Morgan

a great book on a shameful and criminal cover-up.

Informative and down right frightening!! I can't help but think that no one has done anything to hold the people accountable instead they seem to have been rewarded for outright... Read more

Published 20 months ago by Gary Bobbi

the book

It was great...a friend has it now..ok thanks! I do no like having to do this writing thing...enough enough....enough. now i will submit!

Published 21 months ago by spankie jones

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Cover Up By Peter Lance dives into the 9/11 terrorist attacks and what happened leading up to the attacks and what happened during the attacks. Read more

Published on January 2, 2011 by Gabe Michaels

a good book

the book has some good info about "cover ups" not sure if the info is all true? some of it does not match with more reputable sources i have read

Published on March 1, 2009 by M. gosney

Great Book!!!

the seller was great...i think every us citizen should read this book because it acknowledges you from our government...u will find it very interesting...

Published on March 1, 2009 by Jose Jonathan Nava

A Chillingly Good Book

This is an extremely well-written and documented book. I especially liked the foot-noted references that allow the reader to check the facts for themselves. Read more

Published on March 16, 2006 by David London

Good information reagarding the 9/11 commission

I really like Peter Lance. I enjoy his writing style and he has researched his topics well. However, I thought 1000 Years for Revenge was better. Read more

Published on September 16, 2005 by G. Di Bona