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U.S. Government Ordered Networks to Censor Osama bin Laden After 9/11 Attacks
Glenn Greenwald
Melat Kiros' 9/11 Answer Is RATIONAL — Why the Attacks?
What was said
"After 911 the US government called all the major broadcast networks ABC NBC CBS CNN and Fox at the time and instructed them not to share any interviews or any footage of interviews with Osama bin Laden. They did not want Americans hearing from Osama bin Laden."
The speaker reveals that after 9/11, the U.S. government directly instructed all major broadcast networks to never air footage or interviews with Osama bin Laden. The stated reason was fear of embedded codes to activate sleeper cells, but the speaker argues the real motive was preventing Americans from hearing bin Laden's foreign policy grievances about U.S. support for Israel, military bases in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions killing Iraqi children. All networks complied with the censorship demand.
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- Glenn Greenwald
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- Melat Kiros' 9/11 Answer Is RATIONAL — Why the Attacks?
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