Zogby Poll-Less Than 50% Trust Official 9-11 Story

The poll is the first scientific survey of Americans' belief in a 9/11 

cover

up or the need to investigate possible US government complicity, and 

was

commissioned to inform deliberations at the June 2~4 "9/11: Revealing 

the

Truth, Reclaiming Our Future" conference in Chicago. Poll results 

indicate

42% believe there has indeed been a cover up (with 10% unsure) and 45% 

think

"Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the 

attacks,

including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or 

helped

facilitate their success" (with 8% unsure).

Utica, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2006 -- 911Truth.org urges 2006 reform 

candidates

to recognize a powerful new constituency.

Although the Bush administration continues to exploit September 11 to

justify domestic spying, unprecedented spending and a permanent state 

of

war, a new Zogby poll reveals that less than half of the American 

public

trusts the official 9/11 story or believes the attacks were adequately

investigated.

The poll is the first scientific survey of Americans' belief in a 9/11 

cover

up or the need to investigate possible U.S. government complicity, and 

was

commissioned to inform deliberations at the June 2~4 "9/11: Revealing 

the

Truth, Reclaiming our Future" conference in Chicago. Poll results 

indicate

42% believe there has indeed been a cover up (with 10% unsure) and 45% 

think

"Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the 

attacks,

including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or 

helped

facilitate their success" (with 8% unsure). The poll of American 

residents

was conducted from Friday, May 12 through Tuesday, May 16, 2006. 

Overall

results have a margin of sampling error of +/- 2.9. All inquiries about

questions, responses and demographics should be directed to Zogby

International.

According to Janice Matthews, executive director of 911truth.org, "To 

those

of us who have followed the mounting evidence for US government 

involvement

in 9/11, these results are both heartening and frankly quite amazing, 

given

the mainstream media's ongoing refusal to cover the most critical 

questions

of that day. Our August 2004 Zogby poll of New Yorkers showed nearly 

half

believe certain U.S. officials 'consciously' allowed the attacks to 

happen

and 66% want a fresh investigation, but these were people closest to 

the

tragedy and most familiar with facts refuting the official account. 

This

revelation that so many millions nationwide now also recognize a 9/11 

cover

up and the need for a new inquiry should be a wake up call for all 2006

political candidates hoping to turn this country around. We think it 

also

indicates Americans are awakening to the larger pattern of deceit that 

led

us into Constitutional twilight and endless war, and that our 

independent

media may have finally come of age."

Poll co-author W. David Kubiak concurs, saying "Despite years of 

relentless

media promotion, whitewash and 9/11 Commission propaganda, the official 

9/11

story still can't even muster 50% popular support. Since this myth has 

been

the administration's primary source of political and war-making power, 

this

level of distrust has revolutionary implications for everyone working 

for

peace, justice and civil liberties. If we ever hope to reclaim this 

country,

end aggression and restore international respect, we all must finally

scrutinize that day when things started to go so terribly wrong. The 

media

and movement leaders ignore this call at their peril, because tens of

millions are clearly telling us here they are ready for 9/11 truth."

SCOPE: The poll covered five related areas: 1) Iraq - do Americans 

think the

Bush administration exploited 9/11 to attack Iraq? (44% do, 44% don't); 

2)

Cover up - did the government and its 9/11 Commission conceal or refuse 

to

investigate evidence that contradicts their official story? (only 48% 

said

no); 3) The collapse of WTC 7, which was not even mentioned by the 9/11

Commission and has seldom been reported in the media -were respondents 

aware

of this collapse and, if so, did they think it should be investigated 

(only

52% knew about it, but over 70% of this group believe it should have 

been

investigated); 4) new investigation of official complicity - do 

respondents

think we need one? (only 48% said no); and 5) mass media - how do 

people

rate its performance, including its coverage of alternative 9/11 

theories,

unanswered questions and inquiry issues? (43% rate it positively, 55%

negatively).

(Poll sponsors see knowledge of the collapse of World Trade Center 

Building

7 as a bellwether issue, because if people do not know this elementary 

fact,

they have probably not been exposed to any independent 9/11 research at 

all.

Since only 52% of respondents had ever heard of this collapse and 45%

support a reinvestigation, it may be reasonably inferred that a public 

fully

informed of all the unreported 9/11 facts might support a new 

investigation

by a margin of 80% or more.)

SPONSOR: 911truth.org is a coalition of researchers, journalists and 

victim

family members working to expose and answer the hundreds of still 

unresolved

questions concerning 9/11, especially the nearly 400 questions that the

Family Steering Committee filed with the 9/11 Commission. Initially 

welcomed

by the commissioners as their "road map", these queries cut to the 

heart of

9/11 crimes and accountability, specifically raising the central issues 

of

motive, means and cui bono (who profited?). The Commission ultimately

ignored 80% of these issues, however, opting only to explore system

failures, miscommunications and incompetence. The victim families' most

incisive questions remain unaddressed to this day.

For more information on the Chicago "9/11: Revealing the Truth, 

Reclaiming

our Future" conference and other developments, see

http://www.911revealingthetruth.org and http://www.911truth.org or 

contact

911truth.org media spokesman, Michael Berger at 314-308-4893.

* Numerical computations conservatively based on U.S. Census Bureau 

data

projecting 184 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 in 2005.

Survey Methodology: Zogby America, 5/12/06 through 5/16/06

This is a telephone survey of adults nationwide conducted by Zogby

International. The target sample is 1,200 interviews with approximately 

81

questions asked. Samples are randomly drawn from telephone Cd's of 

national

listed sample. Zogby International surveys employ sampling strategies 

in

which selection probabilities are proportional to population size 

within

area codes and exchanges. As many as six calls are made to reach a 

sampled

phone number. Cooperation rates are calculated using one of AAPOR¹s 

approved

methodologies1 and are comparable to other professional public-opinion

surveys conducted using similar sampling strategies.2 Weighting by 

region,

party, age, race, religion, and gender is used to adjust for 

non-response.

The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points. Margins of error are

higher in sub-groups.

Zogby International¹s sampling and weighting procedures also have been

validated through its political polling: more than 95% of the firm¹s 

polls

have come within 1% of actual election-day outcomes.

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