Ruppert Set to Wrap Successful 9-11 Speaking Tour of Canada

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 12, 2002, 15:00 PDT (FTW) -- Mike Ruppert, FTW publisher/editor, continues his well-received Canadian speaking tour on Bush Administration foreknowledge of the 9-11 attacks. Last night he delivered a lecture to a packed house here and has another speaking engagement in Toronto June 14.

The Vancouver audience, which totaled approximately 600 inside the Raja Cinema, gave Ruppert two standing ovations. In Edmonton, Alberta a capacity crowd of 350 turned out June 8, and across the province in Calgary on June 6, 400 wildly enthusiastic attendees appeared unaffected by a wave of negative Canadian press leading up to the speaking event.

Stories that did not address the facts of RuppertÕs presentation appeared in each city prior to his lecture, quoting David Corn of The Nation and Norman Solomon of FAIR, who have criticized FTWÕs 9-11 research. The stories, which failed to address central facts of FTW reportage, seem to have enflamed local audiences and increased their support for Ruppert and FTWÕs work.

On June 10, Ruppert spent four hours participating in a live press conference via telephone that took place at the National Press Club in Washington. The conference held by UnansweredQuestions.org, which C-SPAN refused to cover despite the cable networkÕs policy of covering National Press Club events, was attended by approximately 300 to 400 people, including members of the national press. Also present were representatives of 9-11 victimsÕ families, including attorneys. Approximately 30 families have begun the process of filing suits against the federal government in civil courts.

ÔNo-intelproÕ

Ruppert noted the media attacks appearing across Canada all used the exact same wording, possibly indicating an orchestrated campaign. Also, Ruppert said he didnÕt speak to any of the Canadian reporters who wrote the attack pieces. ÒInformed readers all across Canada were well aware of the nature of these stories and became more supportive of my lectures,Ó said Ruppert. ÒThis was more like ÔnoÕ-intelpro.

ÒAll the b.s. nonsense thatÕs being circulated out there is just bouncing and nobodyÕs paying attention to it,Ó he said. ÒItÕs been alleged that I have not spoken about Mike Vreeland for several weeks now. That is not true. But itÕs also not true that Mike Vreeland is the centerpiece of my lecture. During the course of my lectures, I have spoken about Vreeland probably five minutes in each lecture, stressing the main point that needs to be looked at in the case, which is that there is now no doubt that a man wrote a warning letter that was relevant to Sept. 11 a month before the attacks occurred, and why are so many papers and so many government-affiliated spokespersons trying so hard to keep that story silent?

ÒHowever, the main issues now are: a growing avalanche of information about direct forewarnings to the Bush Administration that planes would be used as weapons and also, the growing number of government employees stepping forward with evidence of government misconduct at best, and government complicity at worst, in these horrible attacks,Ó said Ruppert.

He leaves today for Toronto for the final lecture of his Canadian tour before returning to Los Angeles. On June 25, Ruppert will participate in the G6B PeopleÕs Summit in Calgary with Professor Michel Chossudovsky of the University of Ottawa and others. Ruppert said he will take July off to rest.

Mike RuppertÕs Toronto Lecture Information:
OISE Auditorium, University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Lecture begins at 6:30 p.m.
Admission: $30, $15 for students

--FTW staff