By Greg Szymanski

Eight months after outraged citizens handed a petition to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to probe criminal charges against the Bush administration’s complicity in 9/11, there has been little effort made to get to the bottom of the citizens’ complaint.

A spokesman from Sptizer’s office said the petition presented Oct. 28, 2004, is still under investigation. However, those close to the investigation said Sptizer has no intention to actively investigate corruption in the Bush administration since it may disrupt his plans to run for Governor in 2006.

"I’ve been told that the petition is just sitting on his desk and nothing has been done for eight months," said one of the 9/11 activists who signed the petition.

The 27-page complaint and petition, seeking an independent grand jury probe, presents a compelling case that the official government 9/11 story lacks credibility and is seriously flawed.

Those who signed the petition, including many victims and first responders to the WTC attacks, were hoping Spitzer would present their independent findings to the grand jury since previous government investigations have been unsatisfactory.

To further complicate matters, petition supporters also claim the recent 9/11 Commission investigation failed to even address the possibility of government foreknowledge or complicity in 9/11.

They added that since Spitzer now appears to also be ignoring them, it may be necessary to form and organize independent citizen grand juries in order to get at the truth.

Although specific allegations are cited, the petition claims the terrorist attacks were an inside job and that government officials should be investigated for a series of crimes, including murder, enterprise corruption and obstruction of justice.

Supporters cite a massive conspiracy and government cover-up aided by the Bush administration, who they say has attempted to block efforts to uncover the truth about 91from the very beginning.

A recent Zogby Poll regarding 9/11 seems to also back up the need to further investigate the events before, during and after 9/11. The poll, mentioned in the petition, reported that 66% of New Yorkers wanted the 911 Commission investigation reopened.

Furthermore, it found that 49% of those polled believed high-ranking government officials knew about the impending attacks and stood by without doing anything to stop them.

Since day one, after the official 9/11 story aired, speculation mounted as to its credibility, critics citing numerous common sense errors and blatant inconsistencies.

 Suspecting a cover-up, independent investigators began attacking the official story, first on web sites such as www.911truth.org and several others. These web sites continued to multiply with cyber space critics emerging daily, despite a mainstream media that to this day still ignores their claims as it continues to essentially echo the official story without mounting any type of credible journalistic investigation.

 More recently, though, the attacks on the government story have become organized, surfacing not from the media but from federal lawsuits, numerous conspiracy theory books and grass roots civic campaigns to raise public awareness.

After three years, critics have compiled a virtual library of information, including specific facts about government complicity with terrorists, detailed timelines citing an ordered stand down of defense systems on the morning of 911, meticulous data on the explosions and structural demise of the WTC, Pentagon and Flight 93 as well as a thorough analysis of the FBI and FEMA’s efforts to quickly eliminate evidence.

The five original signatories of the petition handed to Spitzer, which now has grown to thousands of names, include Dr. Faiz Khan, a first responder to 911; Robert McIIvaine Sr., father of Robert McIIvaine, Jr., who lost his son at Ground Zero; Jenny Orkin, chairwomen of the World Trade Center Environmental Organization; Megan Bartlett, 911 EMT and founder of Ground Zero for Peace; and Santa Barbara businessman, Jimmy Walter.

Greg Szymanski