Colonel Donn de Grand Pre

U.S. Army (ret.)

His Research into the

September 11, 2001 Attack
 The Enemy Is Inside the Gates
by Donn de Grand Pré

A dedicated group of experienced civilian and military pilots, including combat fighter pilots
and commercial airline captains, just finished a marathon 72 hours of non-stop briefings and
debate over the current crisis evolving from the use of commercial aircraft as cruise missiles
against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September.

The so-called terrorist attack was in fact a superbly executed military operation against the
United States, requiring the utmost professional military skill in command, communications
and control. It was flawless in timing, in the choice of selected aircraft to be used as guided
missiles, and in the coordinated delivery of those missiles to their pre-selected targets.

As a tactical military exercise against two significant targets (world financial center and the
citadel of world strategic military planning), the attack, from a psychological impact on the
American public, equaled the Japanese "surprise" attack on Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941.

The over-riding question: If we are at war, who is the enemy?

The group determined that the enemy is within the gates, that he has infiltrated into the
highest policy-making positions at the Federal level, and has absolute control, not only of the
purse strings, but of the troop build-up and deployment of our military forces, including
active, reserve and National Guard units.

Prelude to Panic

The 9-11 activity and horrific destruction of US property and lives was intentionally meant
to trigger a psychological and patriotic reaction on the part of the US citizens, which is
paving the way for "combined UN activity" (using the fig leaf of NATO) for striking key
targets in both the Middle East/ South Asia and the Balkans. The goal continues to be
ultimate destruction of all national sovereignty and establishment of a global government.

The trigger for the 9-11 activity was the imminent and unstoppable world-wide financial
collapse, which can only be prevented (temporarily) by a major war, perhaps to become
known as WW III. To bring it off (one more time), martial law will probably be imposed in
the United States.

In each of the major wars of the 20th century, the financial manipulators (located in the City
of London and New York City) had placed the US (and much of the Western world) in a
monetary expansion mode, followed by an ever-tightening vice of a gigantic credit squeeze.
We now have two ongoing and tightly controlled simultaneous events (emanating from the
two symbolic targets of 911:

1. Alan Greenspan, Fed chairman, promising to flood the market with up to $200
billion in FRNs and to further lower interest rates, thus bringing about hyperinflation
and dollar devaluation. Much of these multi billions in largesse will be dumped into
 the coffers of Wall Street, Defense, bankrupt airlines, insurance companies and into
the willing arms of debt-ridden third-world countries in the form of debt repudiation
(forgiveness). Call it bribery, in order to get these often reluctant nations to join our
coalition of "freedom fighters" in "the war against terrorism".

2. Paul Wolfowitz, deputy Defense secretary, promised that the US will launch
"sustained military strikes against those behind the terrorist attacks on New York
and Washington". He said that the "military retaliation would continue until the
roots of terrorism are destroyed."

This bit of saber rattling was seconded by select NATO allies (especially Britain), and by our
chief ally in the Middle East, the Butcher of Beirut, Ariel Sharon, while Secretary of Defense
Don Rumsfeld, with the blessings of Pres. Bush II, is activating thousands of national guard
and reservists, not only to guard the vulnerable airports, but to do fly-overs of our Nation's
capital in F16s from the North Dakota Air Guard. Other National Guard units are being
jockeyed into potential combat "hot spots" throughout the Middle East/South Asia and the
Balkans.

Who is the Enemy?

Following is a summary of the near-unanimous views of the assembled military and civilian
pilots concerning certain critical factors relating to the WTC/Pentagon hit of 9-11:

Troubling questions arose about the alleged pilot-hijackers of the four aircraft, who were
supposedly trained on Cessna aircraft over the past year at fields in Florida and Oklahoma.
One General officer remarked, "I seriously question whether these novices could have
located a target dead-on 200 miles removed from takeoff point...-- much less controlled the
flight and mastered the intricacies of IFR (instrument flight rules) -- and all accomplished in
45 minutes."

The extremely skillful maneuvering of the three aircraft at near mach speeds, each unerringly
hitting their targets, was superb. As one Air Force officer -- a veteran of over 100 sorties
over North Vietnam -- explained, "Those birds (commercial airliners) either had a crack
fighter pilot in the left seat, or they were being maneuvered by remote control."

Another pilot warned that "we had better consider whether electro-magnetic pulse or radio
frequency weapons were used from a command and control platform hovering over the
Eastern Seaboard... I'm talkin' AWACS."

Another comment: "If there was an AWACS on station over the targeted area, did it have a
Global Hawk capability? I mean, could it convert the commercial jets to robotic flying
missiles?

A hotly debated question: Who would be in command of such an Airborne Warning and
Control System (AWACS)? Were they Chinese -- Russians -- Saudis -- Israelis -- NATO ? All
of these countries possess AWACS-type aircraft. All (except the Saudis) have the capability
to utilize electro-magnetic pulsing (EMP) to knock out on-board flight controls and
communications of targeted aircraft, and then, to fly them by remote control.

One of the Air Force officers explained that we had already flown a robot plane the size of a
Boeing 737 across the Pacific to Australia -- unmanned -- from Edwards AF13 in California
to a successful landing on an Aussie base in South Australia. It flies along a pre-programmed
flight path, but is "monitored" (controlled remotely) by a pilot from an outside station.

He explained that the London Economist (20 Sep 2001) published comments from the
former CEO of British Airways, Robert Ayling, who stated that an aircraft could be
commandeered from the ground or air and controlled remotely in the event of a hijack.

Commercial Jets as Guided Missiles

An AP story, dateline Brussels - 7 Oct 01 -- "At Washington's request, NATO will soon
deploy surveillance aircraft for anti-terrorist operations in the United States in response to
the attacks on New York and Washington, NATO officials said Sunday, an unprecedented
use of foreign military forces to defend the U.S. homeland."

The assembled group of pilots debated why we would ask for foreign forces to fly AWACS
over our sovereign territory when we have a fleet of 33 of them, of which 28 are stationed in
Oklahoma. The debate also centered on whether such NATO surveillance aircraft were
already here prior to 11 September.

Could one of them have commandeered the four airliners?

There seems to be wide discrepancies between what the Federal government is proclaiming -
- and their media moguls reporting -- as opposed to the calm and reasoned and rational
views of those men who fly the planes and defend the nation against all enemies, foreign and
domestic.

This writer has been a general aviation pilot since 1946. I have flown a variety of single
engine prop aircraft since, and installed an FAA-approved airstrip here on my farm in 1980.
Two local pilots periodically joined me for short hops; one, a Madison County lawyer, a
graduate of the Air Force Academy, who flew for the Air Force before coming home to
practice law.

The other, Kent Hill, who lives with his wife, Carol, on a farm close to mine, is an American
Airlines captain assigned to the European route. He was a lifelong friend of "Chic"
Burlingame, They were graduates of the Naval Academy and flew F-4 Phantoms in Vietnam.
Both left the Navy 28 years ago and joined American Airlines. Both planned to retire in
2002. Chic was the captain of AA flight 77, a Boeing 757, which departed Washington
Dulles for Los Angeles at 8: 10 am on 11 September, with 58 passengers and a crew of 6.
Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:41 am.

"We were totally trained on the old type of hijack," Capt Hill said, "where you treat the
hijacker cordially, punch a 4-digit code into your transponder to alert ground control you're
being hijacked, and then get him where he wants to go, set the plane safely on the ground
and let them deal with it on the ground. However, this is a totally new situation... Not one of
the planes alerted ground control that they were being hijacked." How come?

"The fact is, all the transponders were turned off on the doomed flights virtually at the same
time." Look at their departure times -- two from Logan (Boston), one from Newark, another
from Dulles (Washington DC) -- all between 8 am and 8:15.

"Shortly after climb-out to flight level, their transponders are de-activated.. (they are no
longer a blip on the radar screens). This is something that really needs to be looked into. The
only reason we turn them off is so they don't interfere with ground systems when we land."

(Note: Transponders identify a particular aircraft in flight on the radar screens of FAA flight
controllers located throughout the country. Various codes are punched into the transponder,
one displaying, "I am being hijacked.")

Although there is much talk among the various flight crews, Hill says they are not privy to
any of the investigations into the events of 11 September. "We're in the dark -- very much so
... They're playing it pretty tight to the vest."

He is convinced none of the pilots had control of their aircraft when they were flown into
the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The question then becomes, who was really in
control?

"Even if I had a gun at my head, I'd never fly a plane into a building. I'd try to put it in
anywhere -- a field or a river --and I'd be searing the hell out of them (the hijackers) by flying
upside down first," Hill said.

In fact, the pilot has the best weapon in his hand when threatened with imminent death by a
hijacker, namely, the airplane.

Another airline pilot stated. "On hearing a major scuffle in the cabin, the pilot should have
inverted the aircraft and the hijackers end up with broken necks."

That none of the four pilots executed such a maneuver points toward the fact that none of
them had control of their aircraft, but had been overridden by an outside force, which was
flying them by remote control.

As an old and not so bold pilot, I became more convinced that the four commercial jets
were choreographed by a "conductor" from a central source, namely an airborne warning
and control system (AWACS). They have the electronic capability to engage several aircraft
simultaneously, knock out their on-board flight controls by EMP (electro-magnetic pulsing)
and assume command and remote control of these targeted aircraft.

As we consider all the options -- and enemies -- who performed this act of war, whether
from China, Russia, Israel, an Islamic country, or from NATO, we must also consider that
the enemy may be within the gates.
If so, then we are dealing with high treason.

Is there a China - Israel Connection?

Under a heading "High-powered Microwave weapons" (Regnery Pub 1999), reported the
authors of Red Dragon Rising,

High-powered microwave weapons (sometimes known as radio frequency weapons) which

the PLA calls the 'superstars' of warfare, represent the new armaments that may define
twenty-first century warfare. These very dangerous weapons can jam electronic equipment
by emitting an extremely powerful pulse of electromagnetic energy over a wide area, or their
energy can be focused in a narrow beam for use against American satellites I or commercial
airliners - Ed 1.

In that startling and factual work, the authors highlight the exceptional efforts on the part of
the PLA to acquire the latest hi-tech data from the United States, especially for the
"superstars of radio frequency and electro-magnetic pulse weaponry." In their chapter on
"Targeting America", the authors refer to a bipartisan Cox-Dicks Committee given the task
to investigate "U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial concerns with the Peoples
Republic of China".

They point out that the Clinton administration changed the export control regulations (Jan
1996) and that by the end of 1998 the PRC had 600 American super computers.

In 1997-98 the Congressional Joint Economic Committee held hearings on "Radio

Frequency Weapons and Proliferation: Potential Impact on the Economy". Several experts
appearing before the Committee warned that these weapons pose a distinct threat to the
United States. It was revealed during the hearings that China (PLA) has had a high-powered
microwave weapon program for 25 years under the direction of one of many Chinese
students educated at Berkeley over the years.

The key statement was that the PLA has access to American research -- "through
espionage".

Let's fast-forward to 1999 and to a New York Times Op Ed piece by A. M. Rosenthal (22
Oct 1999), in which he described the long-secret arms deals between Israel and Red China
He was the managing editor of the New York Times for 15 years prior to that article
appearing and a dedicated supporter of Israel. However, as a result of that article, he was
fired.

The title of his Op Ed was "The Deadly Cargo", and the lead sets the theme:

More often now, the special cargo arrives in China from Israel -- riles from Israeli military
computers, crates with the makings of missiles and other weapons, and the men in the lab
coats, the engineers and scientists who know how to put it all together...
And now I see the Chinese minister of defense, who is one of the ranking Tiananmen killers,
visits Israel. I read obsequious Israeli speeches praising him and his government...

The two countries talk openly about bigger arms deals in the making. I learn that the
Chinese have knit together Russian and Israeli specialties...

The Russians are converting Ilyushin planes into the framework of U.S.-type flying
command posts (AWACS) and will ship them to Israel...

In an astounding interview by Tom Valentine (24 Oct 1999) on Radio Free America with
Andrew St. George the two developed the emerging scandal of Israel's secret arms deal with
Red China. They referred to the Cox Committee hearings and stated that "unfortunately ,
the official Cox 'investigation' into China's capture of American technology covered up
Israel's involvement."

Valentine stressed that the Reagan administration allowed the trade to escalate in the 1980s,
with the help and encouragement of such officials as Richard Perle, Stephen Bryen, Fred
Ickle and Paul Wolfowitz ..."They were the kingpins of the Defense Department in the
Reagan years."

In case you missed it, they are now back as key advisers to President Bush II; in fact, the
leading war hawk pressing for our armed forces to go to war against the Muslim World is the
Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz.

We are being deluged by the current crop of Israel Firsters, all shouting "It's time to declare
war". and "First war of 21st Century" ( Alan Dershowitz on CNN - William Kristol,
Washington Times - Leonard Piekoff, Washington Post)), and former Israeli prime minister,
Binyamin Netanyahu, appearing before the U.S. Congress,

Quo Vadis? (Whither Goest?)

To better grasp where we are heading (other than to the Khyber Pass), we can dip back to
recent history (Vietnam, Korea, Desert Storm, Kosovo) to get a better focus of the direction
we are going, even though our commander-in-chief has yet to define the specific enemy.

"Terrorism is like sin; everybody is agin'it."

To those of us who have actually engaged an enemy (often contrived) on the battlefield,
and/or who have an-n-chaired other wars from a vantage point, say, the E-Ring of the
Pentagon, the pomposity and solemnity and the speechifying of our fearless politicians, as
well as their favorite talking heads on the idiot box, is eerily familiar. It is in fact déja vous all
over again.

Once again, we will rely on "perpetual war for perpetual peace" to bring us out of the abyss
of a major financial collapse. We either turn out the Barbarians Inside the Gates, or we
prepare for the long dark night of no return. There is no longer a third option.
It's curtain call at the Little Theater off Times Square... Be There!

Donn de Grand Pre, a retired Army colonel, is author of A Window on America, Confessions of an Arms
Peddler and his latest, Barbarians Inside the Gates.
 September 11 - US Government accused
The Portugal News Online 3/8/2002 http://www.the-news.net/

A Portugal-based investigative journalist has presented THE NEWS with version of the September 11th
attacks that has to date failed to attract the attention of the international press. The report, compiled by an
independent inquiry into the September 11th, World Trade Centre attack, warns the American public that
the government’s official version of events does not stand up to scrutiny.

A group of military and civilian US pilots, under the chairmanship of Colonel Donn de
Grand, after deliberating non-stop for 72 hours, has concluded that the flight crews of the
four passenger airliners, involved in the September 11th tragedy, had no control over their
aircraft.

In a detailed press communiqué the inquiry stated: “The so-called terrorist attack was in fact
a superbly executed military operation carried out against the USA, requiring the utmost
professional military skill in command, communications and control. It was flawless in
timing, in the choice of selected aircraft to be used as guided missiles and in the coordinated
delivery of those missiles to their pre-selected targets.”

The report seriously questions whether or not the suspect hijackers, supposedly trained on
Cessna light aircraft, could have located a target dead-on 200 miles from take off point. It
further throws into doubt their ability to master the intricacies of the instrument flight rules
(IFR) in the 45 minutes from take off to the point of impact. Colonel de Grand said that it
would be impossible for novices to have taken control of the four aircraft and orchestrated
such a terrible act requiring military precision of the highest order.

A member of the inquiry team, a US Air Force officer who flew over 100 sorties during the
Vietnam war, told the press conference: “Those birds (commercial airliners) either had a
crack fighter pilot in the left seat, or they were being manoeuvred by remote control.”

In evidence given to the enquiry, Captain Kent Hill (retd.) of the US Air Force, and friend of
Chic Burlingame, the pilot of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon, stated that the US
had on several occasions flown an unmanned aircraft, similar in size to a Boeing 737, across
the Pacific from Edwards Air Force base in California to South Australia. According to Hill
it had flown on a pre programmed flight path under the control of a pilot in an outside
station.

Hill also quoted Bob Ayling, former British Airways boss, in an interview given to the
London Economist on September 20th, 2001. Ayling admitted that it was now possible to
control an aircraft in flight from either the ground or in the air. This was confirmed by
expert witnesses at the inquiry who testified that airliners could be controlled by electro-
magnetic pulse or radio frequency instrumentation from command and control platforms
based either in the air or at ground level.

All members of the inquiry team agreed that even if guns were held to their heads none of
them would fly a plane into a building. Their reaction would be to ditch the plane into a river
or a field, thereby safeguarding the lives of those on the ground.
A further question raised by the inquiry was why none of the pilots concerned had alerted
ground control. It stated that all pilots are trained to punch a four-digit code into the flight
control’s transponder to warn ground control crews of a hijacking - but this did not happen.

During the press conference Captain Hill maintained that the four airliners must have been
choreographed by an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). This system can
engage several aircraft simultaneously by knocking out their on-board flight controls. He said
that all the evidence points to the fact that the pilots and their crews had not taken any
evasive action to resist the supposed hijackers. They had not attempted any sudden changes
in flight path or nose-dive procedures - which led him to believe that they had no control
over their aircraft.

THE NEWS, in an attempt to further substantiate the potential veracity of these findings,
spoke to an Algarve-based airline pilot, who has more than 20 years of experience in flying
passenger planes, to seek his views. Captain Colin McHattie, currently flying with Cathay
Pacific, agreed with the independent commission’s findings. However, he explained that
while it is possible to fly a plane from the ground, the installation of the necessary equipment
is a time-consuming process, and needs extensive planning. THE NEWS will publish a full
interview with Captain McHattie in next week’s edition.

The FBI also came in for criticism for the various pieces of contradictory evidence it has
published regarding the suspects. Questions are now being asked as to how incorrect
information was given out regarding the ID cards of the suspects, and the seat numbers they
supposedly occupied after boarding the flights.

None of the suspects named by the FBI appeared on any of the official passenger lists. A
further point was how the FBI had managed to retrieve the passport of one of the suspects
amid the molten and twisted remains of thousands of tons of steel and rubble brought about
by the Twin Towers collapse.

Dr. Paul Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury, and presently Senior
Research Fellow at Stamford University, has lent his support to the independent inquiry
findings. He also claims that Osama Bin Laden was not responsible for September 11th. The
doctor has challenged President Bush to make public the so-called “irrefutable evidence”
incriminating Bin Laden.

Colonel Donn de Grand said that if President Bush is lying it would not be the first time that
the American people had been mislead by its government. He cited the recently published
official government archives describing President Roosevelt’s duplicity in deceiving
Americans about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, which triggered the US entry into
WWll.

He also highlighted the role of the country’s government in misleading its citizens in respect
of the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba, and the events that brought about the Spanish
American war in the late 19th, century. “Whilst considering who committed this act of war
on September 11th,” he said, “albeit Russia, China, an Islamic country or NATO, we must
also consider that the enemy may well be within the gates.
“Not for the first time the American public might be being mislead, by those with ulterior
motives, into lending its support to a war, this time against Iraq, that has no bearing
whatsoever on the interests of the people of the USA.”

So far the mainstream American news media has failed to publish or broadcast any details
regarding the independent inquiry. Similarly, the White House, whilst having received a copy
of the report, has remained silent on its findings.

Edition: 663
 September 11 - An expert’s opinion
The Portugal News Online 10/8/2002 http://www.the-news.net/

The exclusive story published by The News (August 3) regarding an independent inquiry into the September
11, attack on the World Trade Centre, has generated a great deal of speculation, anger and interest amongst
our readers.

The inquiry team of American Air Force and civilian airline pilots concluded in a published
report, that the four airliners involved in the tragedy must have had their flight control
systems taken over by an outside agent.

In an interview with The News, Captain Colin McHattie, a pilot with over 20 years
experience, and who between flights resides with his family at their home in the Algarve,
gave his personal opinion on the inquiry’s findings.

Captain McHattie, who flies for Cathay Pacific Airlines, said that it was very unlikely that the
pilots concerned were in fact in control of their aircraft. He agreed with the report’s
comments that even if the flight crews had guns held to their heads, there was no way they
would have deliberately flown directly into the Twin Towers. “Human nature takes over, and
in any case, even if you knew you were going to die, you would ditch the aircraft as far away
as possible from residential or commercial districts.”

According to Captain McHattie, the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS)
mentioned in the report, would only be capable of tracking the flight paths of the aircraft. If
a Global Hawk System (GHS), described in the report, had been functional in each of the
airliners, then it was beyond question that control of the aircraft could have been taken away
from the flight crews. However, due to the complicated procedures involved in the
installation of GHS, he doubted whether the system was in use on September 11, A view not
shared by the independent inquiry team.

He pointed out how the majority of American fighter aircraft now operating in Afghanistan
are fitted with a GHS. “These are crewless robotic fighter aircraft” he said, “controlled by an
outside agent who could be based anywhere in the world. Ground control crews situated in
California or London are quite capable of controlling every function of such aircraft, from
take off, through to bombing raids and landing. The next generation of fighter aircraft will
be fully equipped with this system.”

This was a view supported by a New York Times report (July 21) commenting on the
civilian death rate amongst Afghans due to errors by the American Air Force. The report
stated: “the American air campaign in Afghanistan, based on high-tech, out-of-harm’s-way
strategy, has produced a pattern of mistakes that have killed hundreds of Afghan civilians.”

Captain McHattie also commented on the failure of the hijacked pilots to punch a four-digit
alarm code into the airliners’ transponder units. This would have immediately warned
ground control of any hijacking.
He confirmed that in the highly unlikely event that the hijackers would have been capable of
shutting down the transponders, there was in fact another simple procedure by which the
crews could have warned ground control - a procedure he chose not to elaborate on. The
absence of any distress calls from the airliners was indeed puzzling.

Fortunately, the closest he had come to a hijacking was when he had to leave his flight deck
and personally handcuff a drug-crazed passenger whilst flying over France. After diverting to
a French airfield he handed the villain over to the police authorities. He said that whereas in
the past pilots would fly to whatever airport they were directed to by hijack gangs, safe in the
knowledge there was a 99 percent chance of both the crew and passengers walking away
safely, September 11, had changed all that.

Edition: 664
White House, national media silent on results of independent
9/11 report
Author indicates days of neocon control of military, government, are numbered
by The Idaho Observer March 2004

Alex Jones broadcast an extremely important interview with Colonel Donn de Grand Pre
(ret.) February 25, 2004. During the interview Grand Pre disclosed that two years ago he
directed a select group of experienced military and civilian pilots through a non-stop, 72-
hour symposium wherein the tragic events of 9/11 were analyzed based upon the available
facts and evidence.

The group determined that the flight crews operating the four passenger liners allegedly
crashing that day had no control of their aircraft.

While the symposium and the report that resulted generated interest in the foreign press, it
failed to get a rise out of the national media.

During the interview, Grand Pre, a career military officer, international intelligence operative
and author of “Barbarians Inside the Gates,” explained that the anonymous group of pilots
“were a wonderful mix of commercial, military and civilian pilots.”

At the end of three days the decisions of the group were unanimous and Grand Pre went to
work writing what turned out to be a 24-page report.

Report to the Joint Chiefs

The report was submitted it to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Benjamin Meyers and
found its way into the hands of the vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs January 23, 2002. “The
General was U.S. Marine Corp General by the name Peter Pace. I got a telephone call March
5, 2002, from one of his horse holders, who is a Colonel Air Force type. He informed me
that Gen. Peter Pace had gotten the 24 pages, that 500 copies had been made and that he
and his Sec. had no comment at this time. The colonel ended the conversation by stating,
“Semper Fi” or “Always Faithful.”

Grand Pre took that as hope the military recognizes the treachery of the civilian Bush
administration and, when the time is right, will be there to do the right thing.

The Joint Chiefs reportedly sent the 500 copies of the report out to key people in the
country -- including President Bush and members of his cabinet. Grand Pre believes that for
the Joint Chiefs to have made 500 copies and then send them out is a sign that they believe
the contents of the report have merit.

“So far the White House, whilst having received a copy of the report has remained silent as
to its findings,” said Grand Pre.
The mainstream American news media has been equally silent as to the contents of Grand
Pre's independent inquiry about the events of 9/11.

Correspondence between Grand Pre and General Pace went back and forth for several
months. Most recently, Grand Pre received a letter from General Pace dated November 8,
2003. Grand Pre described the letter from General Pace as “carrying on not only about the
investigation but about the three books that I have written since that time.”

About the same time the Joint Chiefs received the report, an article published in the
Washington Times described that morale at the Pentagon was extremely low. Grand Pre said
that sources inside the Pentagon confirmed the low morale and added that, “some of the
troops are ready to mutiny. If it wasn't for the fact that the government, the civilian
hierarchy, has control over retirements, there would probably be blood in the streets by
now.”

9/11: An administrative coup d'etat

According to Grand Pre, the events of 9/11 were really an administrative coupe d'etat
perpetrated by a cast of characters called neocons that include Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld and his assistant Paul Wolfowitz. The neocons “had been planning this thing for
literally years prior to September 11th,” explained Grand Pre

Grand Pre has written three books under the title “Barbarians Inside the Gates.” Book 1 was
“The Serpent's Sting,” Book 2 is “The Viper's Venom,” and Book 3, which just came out, is
“The Rattler's Revenge.”

In Book 2, Grand Pre makes an important observation. “The trigger for the 9/11 activity
was the imminent and unstoppable world-wide financial collapse which can only be
prevented temporarily by a major war, perhaps to become known as World War III. To
bring it off one more time, martial law will probably be imposed in the United States.”

Jones supported Grand Pre's ominous observation by stating that he has seen generals
Eberhart and Franks both say war and martial law are the next step. “They are federalizing
everything, they are militarizing everything, they're engaging in the classic takeover, are they
not?” Jones asked Grand Pre.

“Yes, there are,” Grand Pre replied. “And from this, Alex, and I bring this out very clearly in
book 3, the only way we can stop it is with the classic counter-coup d'etat, where the military
steps in. And under the aegis of the military itself, disengaging or disemboweling the civilian
hierarchy and taking over and re-running or re-organizing the federal government.”

Jones appeared skeptical of a military take-over of government and asked if some high level
military brass were more allegiant to the Council on Foreign Relations' New World Order
agenda than American national sovereignty.

“I can only say several of the highest level are members now of the Council on Foreign
Relations. The important thing to consider is how many of them are sincere in their beliefs
as enunciated by the CFR. I believe there are several sleepers and I believe I know some of
them personally who are three and four-star generals. They are members of the CFR but
'their heart belongs to Jesus,' if I can use that expression because they are true Semper
Fidelity people. Some of them happen to be Marines. And I'm counting on them to do the
right thing. And I bring this out in book 3,” Grand Pre explained.

Grand Pre told Jones that he is in weekly personal contact with the Joint Chiefs and other
select people. He believes 70 percent of the higher ranking military, field grade officers and
the first three grades of the enlisted ranks are “with us.”

Neocon days numbered

Grand Pre believes the civilian neocons have temporarily taken over the Pentagon but that
their days are numbered. Evidence of this fact was revealed in last February when neocon
“madman” Richard Perl resigned.

Grand Pre also mentioned that, since an attempt was made on his life in Baghdad, Paul
Wolfowitz has been laying pretty low and vice-President Dick Cheney, whom he describes as
“a coward,” hardly ever “surfaces anymore.”

Gran Pre's books are extremely authoritative and are recommended reading for those
seeking to understand current events from the perspective a military/international
intelligence insider. Barbarians Inside the Gates, Books 1, 2 and 3 are high-quality, library-
grade editions published by Grand Pre's daughter Doneva.
 Retired Marine Colonel Attacks "Official Story" of 9/11 as
Impossible
A 24 page report by military and civilian experts in the hands of top Pentagon
Brass and The White House documenting 911 was an "inside job." Report
ignored and unreported thus far.
By Greg Szymanski November 19, 2004

He talks in military jargon, using words like cold coup and counter coup d’ tat like most of
us ask for coffee and a sweet roll in the morning.

He chooses words carefully, as if “yes, sir” or “no, sir” will pop out at any second.

It’s obvious from his rhythm and cadence, he’s a military man. It’s obvious he’s the type who
deals in order and details, looking for the military angle with each breadth he takes.

It’s been more than 25 years since retired Marine Col. Donn de Grand Pre toed the military
line, but since 911 a sense of duty and honor or what he calls in Marine lingo “Sempre Fi” or
“Always Faithful” thrust him back into public service.

It was that ill-fated black September morning in 2001 that put the Colonel back in Donn de
Grand Pre’s name and pulled him off his favorite quarter horse on his peaceful Virginia
ranch. As he sat watching the jetliner crash into the tower, it was like the morning trumpet
sounded, signaling him to put on his uniform and get back to work

“When I saw the fireball, I knew the cold coup had begun,” said the Colonel mysteriously,
explaining that this is when the civilian hierarchy creates a movement to topple the
government in order to advance a planned political agenda. “The neo-cons involved, like
Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, had been planning 911 for years. They needed something to justify
their war plans and advance the globalists’ plan to control wealth and power by essentially
controlling America.

“They were saying, so to speak, let the games begin! I might add, though, there are those in
the military, those in the Pentagon who want to stop these bastards. Surprisingly, it’s the
military who will be our last resort and only savior against the globalists and their patsies in
government, who want to essentially destroy this country as we know it in order to advance
their wealth and power.”

The picture the Colonel paints is chilling, almost unbelievable. Critics might even say he is
just another retired “military crack pot” or one of those frustrated military fiction writers
focusing on calamity, horror and death.

However, when you look in his eyes, you see a man searching for the truth. When you look
at his past, he is anything but a fiction writer, but rather a man who has spent a lifetime
dealing with fact not innuendo.
So, why now? Why did he allow the events of 911 to thrust him back into “devil’s den?”
He’s already served his military time, served his country well since entering the military in
1944 as an 18-year-old radio operator. Working his way up the military ranks, his tour of
duty first took him to Burma, China and then to Korea as a commissioned airborne-infantry
officer where he was seriously injured. After two years recuperating stateside, duty called
again, this time being tagged by then Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to enter “the
dark side of the military” as chief arms negotiator in the Middle East.

When reminded, he quickly laughs, sounding much like a corporate CEO:

“We were known as the super salesman in the ISA or in International Security Affairs. And
over a 10-year period, we sold over a hundred billion dollars worth of military equipment to
all comers, including the so-called good ones and bad ones.”

Fast forward the time clock now to 911 and the events following, including the puppet
regime installed in Afghanistan and the ongoing war in Iraq, not to mention the swift
passage of a dictatorial-fashioned Patriot Act and a level of fear placed on the American
population by our “color-coded” homeland security system.

Perhaps what is needed now more than anything is an “inside military perspective” of what
is really happening to America post 911? Perhaps the man to help piece the puzzle together
is the “Virginia Cowboy Colonel” who likes riding quarter horses just as much as he likes
delving into the dangerous world of governmental intrigue and espionage.

“Remember, Sempre Fi,” that’s why I’m back,” quips the Colonel.

And when it comes to the Middle East, he knows the turf, he knows the so-called good guys
from the bad guys, even when they sometimes change the color of their hats for political
convenience. He knows the dangerous “ins and outs” behind the secret policies of big shots
like Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Richard Perle. He especially despises Perle, calling him a
“madman” who openly rants at Washington parties about the power of the “New World
Order” and the coming of World War III.

Although his disdain is evident for those he calls the neo-con civilian hierarchy, he still is
probably on a first name basis with them, as the games played within the halls of the shadow
government go much deeper than words.

“They let you talk, let you go on knowing that you will be dismissed as a fanatic,” explains
the Colonel. “But if you get too close, too close to exposing the real truth, all I can say is
‘watch your back.’ I still visit the Pentagon regularly, more now since 911 took place. It’s
never easy to really tell who are your friends from your enemies. But that’s a part of military
service, sorting out the wheat from the chaff.”

Once a Marine, always a Marine, but when it comes to the “Official Story” about the 911
attacks, the Colonel and his Pentagon comrades come down on completely different sides of
the fence. At least, publicly, emphasizes the Colonel.

“I’ve personally talked with the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, General Myers, and he
is total agreement, at least privately, that 911 was an inside job,” said the Colonel. “He agrees
with my assessment and the assessment of other experts who all say that the “Official Story”
is way off base. Of course, he will deny it publicly as will the other higher-ups in both the
military and civilian sectors. They will, in fact, publicly deny ever talking to me. That’s the
way the game is played.

“But they can’t deny, if someone would just dig deep enough to push the issue, that I along
with a group of civilian and military expert-pilots presented a 24- page report to Gen. Myers
after 911, detailing our theory of what really happened. He agrees with our assessment that it
was an inside job. He just won’t admit it publicly and, you see, the games continue!”

The 24-page report given to Gen. Myers was compiled by a group of distinguished
commercial, civilian and military pilots after a 72-hour marathon symposium organized by
the Colonel just days after 911.

The results were shocking, but only to those not privy to how the neo-cons and their
wealthy supporters operate.

The report basically warns the American public that the government’s official version does
not hold up to scrutiny. It concludes military defense systems were suspended and standard
operating procedures ignored, allowing for the airplanes on 911 to strike their targets
without interruption.

Furthermore, the report concludes that flight crews on all four passenger jets involved in 911
had no control over their aircraft and were either remote-controlled into their targets or
substituted by military drone look- a-likes. The report ads that Flight 93, flying over
Somerset County, Pa., was the only plane that should not have been shot down, but most
probably was brought down on specific orders with missiles fired from a fighter squadron
called The Happy Hooligans.

“Our written report ultimately got into the hands of the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chief of
Staff, Gen, Peter Pace, on Jan. 23, 2002,” said the Colonel. “I then got a call on March 5
from one of the General’s horse holders that there would be no official comment at this
time.

“Now, the situation surrounding my report remains as follows: The mainstream American
media has failed to publish or broadcast any details regarding the independent inquiry. I have
solid evidence that 500 copies of the report were immediately distributed to the higher-ups,
including General Myers, Rumsfeld and the White House. Not surprisingly, I have not been
officially approached regarding our findings and there has been no official word mentioned
whatsoever by any of the parties mentioned above.

“In fact, the only people to give it any mention at all has been a very long and detailed report
in the Portugal press as well as an interview that aired earlier this year with alternative radio
broadcaster, Alex Jones.

“At present, I have put 911 behind me, as I am now able to ride my favorite quarter horse
again after being hit with a heart attack which I think was the result of stress related to the
whole 911 affair. Don’t get me wrong, I have not forgotten or given up hope. I just want to
move forward and perhaps circumvent what these neo-cons have planned next. However, I
don’t want to speculate as I prefer staying on a straight forward factual course.”

It’s been said that a military man awaits retirement so his first amendment rights can finally
kick-in. And that’s exactly what the Colonel has done, writing an extensive three-volume
trilogy entitled The Barbarians Inside the Gates.

His books, on sale in limited bookstores and by mail order, essentially document the rise of
the globalist and neo-con movement that seeks to establish a “New World Order” through
militarizing and federalizing in perpetuation of a classic takeover of the United States
government.

A quote from his second book, entitled the Rattler’s Revenge released in October 2002, puts
911 into perspective in relation to the globalist movement:

“The trigger for the 911 activity was the imminent and unstoppable world wide financial
collapse, which can only be temporarily prevented by a major war, perhaps known as World
War III. To pull this off, I eventually see that they are planning to impose martial law in the
United States.”

The only way to stop them, concludes the Colonel, is for our military to react with a counter
coup. In his first book, called The Serpent’s Sting, written in 2000 before 911, the Colonel
talks of this counter coup brought against the neo-con movement.

“This is our only salvation now after 911,” he warns. “I figure about 70% of the military at
the Pentagon are with us on this, but it’s hard to tell since they have placed so many minions
loyal to the civilian hierarchy within the ranks. However, the signs are all there: first the
attack to create fear, then the Patriot Act to control the masses, then martial law and then
the takeover. They can be stopped, but it is not going to be easy.”

The Colonel emphasizes the neo-conservative movement is personified by Assistant

Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.

“Wolfowitz has been in this game since 1974,” said the Colonel. “I was still on active duty
when I met him in 1974 and he was coming on strong even then, as was Richard Perle and a
couple of others.

“From watching the globalists, it obvious they had a well thought out plan of attack on 911.
However, I also know from the evidence that a lot of things post 911 haven’t gone
according to schedule and, so I think, they don’t really know what to do now.”

And if the Colonel has his way, he’d like to stay one-step ahead, stopping the neo-
conservative movement in its tracks before more innocent lives are lost at home and abroad.

“I have faith justice will prevail in the end, but it’s going to be a long, hard fight with our
salvation basically resting in the hands of the faithful fighting those barbarians already inside
the gates.
“Remember, Sempre Fi, Sempre Fi.”
 No Hijackers For 911
Repentant arms dealer reveals disgruntled U.S. military on the verge of revolt
By John Kaminski 2/28/2004 http://www.rense.com

Back in May 2003, a journalist in Portugal reported on a sensational, marathon meeting

of a group of U.S. pilots that issued a report concluding that the story told by the U.S.
government about what happened on Sept. 11, 2001 was improbable and unlikely.

Except for several notices on the Internet, that story was basically never reported in the
U.S., and largely debunked when the reporter flubbed the name of the organizer, creating
disbelief in the minds of many readers.

The record was corrected in stunning fashion Feb. 25 on Alex Jones' Prison Planet radio
program when former Pentagon arms salesman Donn de Grand-Pre, author of three
books that allege 9/11 was an inside job, set the record straight, because he was the man
who organized that conference. That 72-hour non-stop symposium by a group of military
and civilian pilots concluded the flight crews of the four passenger airliners involved in
the 9/11 tragedy had no control over their aircraft.

de Grand Pre, a retired Army colonel, is the author of "A Window on America,"
"Confessions of an Arms Peddler" and his latest, "Barbarians Inside the Gates." His
thesis in the third book "is that the wars we have engaged in for whatever reasons since
the end of World War II have not only been unconstitutionally waged, but have caused a
net loss in political power. Each war was waged to divert our attention away from the
true enemy within, and toward a contrived enemy outside our borders."

de Grand-Pre explained that his third book actually has three parts: "OK, I've got three
books out under the title, "Barbarians Inside the Gates." Book 1 was "The Serpent's
Sting," Book 2 is "The Viper's Venom," Book 3, which just came out is "The Rattler's
Revenge."

"And I'd like to quote from Book 2, which came out October of 2002. There is a very
important paragraph there. It says,

"The trigger for the 911 activity was the imminent and unstoppable worldwide financial
collapse which can only be prevented temporarily by a major war, perhaps to become
known as World War III. To bring it off one more time, martial law will probably be
imposed in the United States."

de Grand-Pre was the top U.S. arms dealer to the Middle East under the Ford and Carter
administrations. What he saw caused him to leave government service and begin
investigating the forces he saw warping our nation's future.

In the interview with Jones, de Grand-Pre made several stunning assertions, among
them:
— There were no hijackers on the 9/11 killer jets. And he said the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff (Richard Myers) agrees with him.

In response to a caller to Alex Jones' radio show, de Grand-Pre noted: "... the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs himself has agreed, there were no hijackers. There were no cell phone
calls. Everybody aboard that aircraft, pilots and crew, were unconscious within 8 to 18
minutes after take-off. And you can take it from there. I've got it covered in books 2 and
3, what actually happened."

"These planes were being piloted by remote control, probably an AWACs aircraft taking
over that airplane or airplanes or drones, unmanned drones. And flying them at 5 and 8
G-force that no pilot could withstand. So, in short, and if you read books 2 and 3, you
will discover how and why this came about."

— The 9/11 planes that took off full of passengers are now at the bottom of the Atlantic
Ocean. "And I'm telling you that we are knowledgeably speculating," said de Grand-Pre
in response to another caller. "Those aircraft carrying crew and passengers went over the
Atlantic and that was all she wrote."

— Talk of a military coup - to reverse what he calls the administrative coup d'etat that
happened on 9/11 - are rife within the corridors of the Pentagon.

In his various interviews and publications, deGrand-Pre has called 9/11 "an
administrative coup d'etat." He suggests the only way the neocons can be stopped is by a
military coup d'etat, and estimates 70 percent of key military personnel are in favor of
such a step. But the possibility is complicated, he says, by the large number of key
military players who have gone over to the Council on Foreign Relations team. Some of
these players, including three- and four-star generals, however, may side with the military
while pretending to be on the side of the neocons. de Grand-Pre insists he is in personal
contact with members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The truly patriotic members of the military have had to sit there and take all these wild
schemes by corporate-controlled politicians. de Grand-Pre's prediction? "I think those
days are coming to an end. The military ain't going to take it any longer."

In the interview with Jones, de Grand-Pre also asserted:

— It is common knowledge at the Pentagon that Israel fired nuclear weapons at Iraq
during the first Gulf War.

— A commercial aircraft did not hit the Pentagon. Most likely it was a cruise missile or a
Global Hawk.

— Flight 93, the jetliner that supposedly crashed in Pennsylvania after courageous
passengers struggled with armed hijackers, was shot down by the North Dakota Air
Guard. "I know the pilot who fired those two missiles to take down 93," de Grand-Pre
insisted, adding that the order to shoot down the plane came from the Adjutant General
of North Dakota.
 — Most likely it was U.S. forces that tried to kill Deputy Defense Secretary Paul
Wolfowitz when he visited Iraq recently.

— Military tribunals will try current U.S. public officials when the military decides to take
over, de Grand-Pre predicts. "And Cheney, I reiterate, is toast." de Grand-Pre named
Cheney as the one man who knows the most about 9/11.

In earlier interviews, de Grand-Pre has recounted that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs,
Gen. Richard Myers, had 500 copies of the 24-page report made and sent out, including,
to the White House.

Assessing Myers' reaction, de Grand Pre said, "I'm quite sure that he believed in it. I
think that he still believes in it. You can understand the difficulties. The civilian
administration, of course, won't recognize it as such.

"There's a definite cleavage between the military of the Pentagon and the civilian
hierarchy - and never the twain shall meet."

Jones triggered a response from de Grand Pre when he mentioned a 2002 article in the
Washington Times that said morale at the Pentagon had never been lower.

De Grand-Pre responded: "I can verify that from Col. Dick Schultz, who is a friend of
mine in the Joint Chiefs. Morale was not only low but he said some of the troops are
ready to mutiny. If it wasn't for the fact that the government, the civilian hierarchy, has
control over retirements, they would probably be blood in the streets by now."

When other news outlets began checking on this story angle, Jones noted that Pentagon
officials were apoplectic. "... they panicked and flew the officers on jets to luxury
vacations and had these focus groups. It even talked about a possible mutiny. People
were just totally distraught. What would make them become distraught overnight in the
Pentagon?"

de Grand-Pre's answer was chilling, and revealed the possibility of a military coup d'etat
has been simmering in the corridors of the Pentagon for some time.

"It wasn't an overnight thing. You see, as I outline in book 1, and I carry that on in book
2, as well as book 3, we were on the verge of a military coup d'etat. And this was long in
the planning and even after the 78 days of bombing Kosovo, it became critical. And we
were close to a coup d'etat at that time. In my survey of the reports and the pilots who
worked with that, a coup was a possibility.

"In fact, a coup d'etat was pulled on the morning of September 11th. Only it was an
administrative or what we call a cold coup d'etat."

Jones' translation of that was "a counter-revolutionary junta."

de Grand-Pre concurred, and added: "And as we delved into that, we found that the
culprits, including Rumsfeld, were part of a neocon group that had been planning this
thing for literally years prior to September 11th."

In a previous interview that appeared on Michael Rivero's What Really Happened

website, de Grand-Pre had already outlined his conclusions about 9-11.

"The 9-11 activity and horrific destruction of US property and lives was intentionally
meant to trigger a psychological and patriotic reaction on the part of the US citizens,
which is paving the way for "combined UN activity" (using the fig leaf of NATO) for
striking key targets in both the Middle East/ South Asia and the Balkans. The goal
continues to be ultimate destruction of all national sovereignty
and establishment of a global government.

"The trigger for the 9-11 activity was the imminent and unstoppable world-wide financial
collapse, which can only be prevented (temporarily) by a major war, perhaps to become
known as WW 111. To bring it off (one more time), martial law will probably be imposed
in the United States. de Grand-Pre had also sounded the same themes on Jackie Patru's
Radio Sweet Liberty Webcast.

"The so-called terrorist attack was in fact a superbly executed military operation against
the United States, requiring the utmost professional military skill in command,
communications and control. It was flawless in timing, in the choice of selected aircraft
to be used as guided missiles, and in the coordinated delivery of those missiles to their
pre-selected targets.

As a tactical military exercise against two significant targets (world financial center and
the citadel of world strategic military planning), the attack, from a psychological impact
on the American public, equaled the Japanese "surprise" attack on Pearl Harbor
7 Dec 1941.

But the overriding question of that original group of pilots was: If we are at war, who is
the enemy?

The group determined that the enemy is within the gates, that he has infiltrated into the
highest policy-making positions at the federal level, and has absolute control, not only of
the purse strings, but of the troop buildup and deployment of our military forces,
including active, reserve and National Guard units.

de Grand-Pre's books are available from de Grand-Pre Publishing Ltd. at 540-547-2996