Potential Problems & Legitimate Questions

Ted Walters – NYC CAN Executive Director 

No biography / history available. 

 

Seasoned 9/11 Truth activists know the importance of carefully vetting activists who seek to organize around the issue of 9/11. 

 

For example:  In 2007  various credible and mainstream 9/11 Truth organizations gave their full backing to an Arizona “9/11 Accountability Conference” organized by a little-known  activist by the name of Eric D. Williams (Conference Director).  Literally days before the event was to take place Mr. Williams announced the publication of The Puzzle of Auschwitz,  a holocaust denial book:

 

First, and foremost, it is all well known fact that the numbers of the 6 million Jews said have been killed in Concentration Camps have come down to around 1 million.
  - Eric D. Williams

 

These surprise revelations by Mr. Williams were immediately seized upon by the mainstream media, and used to discredit the issue of 9/11 Truth.

 

For this reason I believe it is a legitimate issue that activists are questioning why NYC CAN, representing the interests of over 70,000 New Yorkers, with a budget proposal of $10 million, rests in the hands of an Executive Director whom we know so little about.

 

The Commissioners

 

To date the most divisive issue surrounding the NYC CAN initiative has been the inclusion of Dr. Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14 astronaut) as one of the 8 commissioners listed in the NYC Initiative Petition to Amend NYC Charter.

 

Although multiple high-profile activists have both publicly and privately made appeals to the organizers of this initiative to make public a statement of intention to remove Dr. Edgar Mitchell from the list, to date these appeals appear to have fallen upon deaf ears, sparking much speculation in the 9/11 Truth community about the validity and intentions of the organizers.

 

It is my opinion that this reluctance to address the Mitchell issue is indeed a cause for concern.  With the initiative’s credibility already handicapped by much of the bad press surrounding 9/11 Truth, it is a reasonable and legitimate request that the issue be dealt with in a swift and decisive manner – BEFORE it is seized upon by the media.

 

From “An Open Letter to Dr. William F. Pepper” – Jan 24, 2008

 

As you well know, from your well-documented experiences in the past, political movements can be derailed and discredited by the mainstream media as a result of intentional and/or unintentional disruptions and disinformation. As you also know, this has been a very serious problem within the 9/11 Truth movement. Many of our best efforts have been derailed by disruption and disinformation designed to discredit us.

 

The responsibility of steering a citizen’s commission to investigate 9/11 is a very serious one. In seeking to guide this ballot initiative, you take into your hands the concerns of millions of Americans, stricken first responders and victim’s families. In seeking to guide this ballot initiative you may find yourself confronted with allegations of bias as you attempt to expose criminality of the most serious and dire nature.

 

I respectfully point out that this initiative can have no credibility without the outward appearance of public oversight, broad consensus and transparency.

 

I respectfully propose that you act now to ensure this initiative projects the integrity and professional accountability that an issue such as this demands and requires.