A little reminder about that Popular Mechanics article on 911 'conspiracies'

I've noticed a lot of people who are obviously deeply worried about the recent attention Charlie Sheen as bought to the issue of 911 conspiracies are rather sadly clinging to their beliefs of the official version of events by falling back on the Popular mechanics article which attempted to debunk us crazy tin foil hat wearing realists and our whacky ideas about what happened on 911. There were serious conflicts of interest that came to light almost immediately.......

Chertoff's Cousin Penned Popular Mechanics 9/11 Hit Piece

Christopher Bollyn – American Free Press March 7, 2005

Dictators like Saddam Hussein have always used nepotism to protect their secrets and maintain control. Like a dictatorship, the inner cabal that directs the actions of the Bush administration uses the same tactics to confuse the public and conceal the truth of 9/11.

Dictators have always employed nepotism, the placing of family members in key positions, for one simple reason: only loyal family members can be trusted with the secrets that keep them in power. For this reason the shameless nepotism of the Bush administration should alarm Americans because it indicates that a dictatorship is encroaching upon the United States.

The Defense Department defines nepotism as the situation when relatives are in the same chain-of-command.

An egregious example of dictatorial-style nepotism occurred when George W. Bush won the White House ? twice ? thanks to the key "swing state" of Florida, where the presidential candidate's younger brother is governor. In 2000 and 2004, against all odds, Florida swung decisively, the Bush way.

With high federal offices being given to the wives, sons and daughters of senior members of the Bush administration, the Hearst Corporation executives that publish Popular Mechanics magazine probably didn't worry about the ethical considerations of hiring a cousin of Michael Chertoff, a former Assistant Attorney General and the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as senior researcher.

But the March 2005 issue of Popular Mechanics (PM) plumbs new depths of nepotism and Hearst-style "yellow journalism" with its cover story about 9/11. PM's senior researcher, 25-year-old Benjamin Chertoff, authored a propagandistic cover story entitled "Debunking 9/11 Lies" which seeks to discredit all independent 9/11 research that challenges the official version of events.

"Conspiracy theories can't stand up to the hard facts," the cover reads. "After an in-depth investigation, PM answers with the truth," it says. But the article fails to provide evidence to support its claims and doesn't answer the key question: What caused the collapses of the twin towers and the 47-story World Trade Center 7?

The Chertoff article goes on to confront the "poisonous claims" of 16 "myths" spun by "extremist" 9/11 researchers like myself with "irrefutable facts," mostly provided by individuals in the employ of the U.S. government.

But who is Benjamin Chertoff, the "senior researcher" at Popular Mechanics who is behind the article? American Free Press has learned that he is none other than a cousin of Michael Chertoff, the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

This means that Hearst paid Benjamin Chertoff to write an article supporting the seriously flawed explanation that is based on a practically non-existent investigation of the terror event that directly led to the creation of the massive national security department his "cousin" now heads. This is exactly the kind of "journalism" one would expect to find in a dictatorship like that of Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

Because the manager of public relations for Popular Mechanics didn't respond to repeated calls from American Free Press, I called Benjamin Chertoff, the magazine's "senior researcher," directly.

Chertoff said he was the "senior researcher" of the piece. When asked if he was related to Michael Chertoff, he said, "I don't know." Clearly uncomfortable about discussing the matter further, he told me that all questions about the article should be put to the publicist ? the one who never answers the phone.

Benjamin's mother in Pelham, New York, however, was more willing to talk. Asked if Benjamin was related to the new Secretary of Homeland Security, Judy said, "Yes, of course, he is a cousin.”

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So errgh, bout that Homeland security requested article, oooops- cough cough- I mean the unbiased Popular mechanics article not related in any way shape or form to the Bush administration....

Comments

[Andy White]

Popular Mechanics is owned by Hearst Media Corporation which is famous for Yellow Journalism. Falsely claiming spain had sunk the USS Maine, which ultimately led to the Spanish American war in Latin America and The Phillipines.

Here's an analysis to the Popular Mechanis Bogus Article

[Robert C. Gaither]

Keep up the good work. You are right on with your search for the truth. Almost everyone I talk to seems to be waking up to what really happened with 911. I write movie treatments and I do a good bit of research on the Net so I have seen well over 300 web sights on the subject and it is staggering how many there are! It is easy to spot the DOD's shills also. God bless America!!