The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 (2004, ISBN 1-56656-552-9) is a book written by David Ray Griffin, a retired professor of philosophy at the Claremont School of Theology. It draws analogies between the September 11, 2001, attacks and the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The title is taken from the 2000 paper "Rebuilding America's Defenses" produced by the Project for the New American Century, which noted that only a "new Pearl Harbor" would enable the military and defense policy transformations the group desired to rapidly take place.[1]
The book was included in the official selection of 99 books made available to all members of the 9/11 Commission.[2]
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In the book, Griffin presents pieces of evidence and arguments which he believes support a conclusion that the George W. Bush administration was complicit in the September 11, 2001, attacks.
The forward was written by Richard A. Falk, Professor emeritus at Princeton University. [1]
Part One of the book looks at the events of 9/11, discussing each Flight in turn and also the behaviour of President George W. Bush and his Secret Service protection. Part Two examines 9/11 in a wider context, in the form of four "disturbing questions":
David Ray Griffin lists 40 'Smoking Guns' that undermine the official story and point to complicity. excerpted here
Critics of the book argue that many of the claims in the book are easily refuted, and that there are many leaps of logic.[3] Griffin rejects such criticisms [4] and has debated his critics.[5]
According to former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent Robert Baer, writing in The Nation magazine:
Baer adds that Griffin's subtitle, Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11, "suggests this book is a search for truth, but don't let that fool you. His mind is all but made up."
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