Rodriguez & US President George W Bush

William Rodríguez is a former janitor who was at the North Tower of the World Trade Center who pulled several people to safety during the September 11, 2001 attacks.^[1] He was honored at the White House five times.^[2] He has since become involved with the 9/11 Truth Movement, and alleges governmental involvement and coverup during the attacks. Image File history File links Rodriguez_Bush. ... Image File history File links Rodriguez_Bush. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001 and re-elected in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. ... The North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City was completed in 1972 at a height of 417 m (1368 feet), distinguishable from the southern tower (Two World Trade Center) by the huge antenna on the roof. ... This article is about the former World Trade Center (Twin Towers) in New York City. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... The 9/11 Truth Movement is a self-described collection of individuals, researchers and groups who question the governmental, mainstream scientific and media accounts of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...

Biography

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Magicians assistant

When Rodriguez was young, the person known as a "debunker of pseudoscience", The Amazing Randi hired him as an assistant. Rodriguez used the stage name "Roudy" while exposing faith healers and psychics. Rodriguez, as Benjamin Smith explained in a New York Sun article, "proved adroit at insinuating himself into the good graces of Randi's targets and eliciting incriminating information."^[3] James Randi (born August 7, 1928), stage name The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a debunker of pseudoscience. ... Faith healing is the use of solely spiritual means in treating disease, which, in some cases, is accompanied with the refusal of modern medical techniques. ... The modern New York Sun is a daily newspaper published in New York City. ...

In Puerto Rico he had been featured on TV escaping from a chained straightjacket while hanging from a burning rope.^[3] A straitjacket is a garment shaped like a jacket with overlong sleeves. ...

WTC Janitor

He emigrated to New York from Puerto Rico, and in New York there was a lot more competition which made it harder to get work as a magicians assistant. While struggling to catch on, he took a day job as a custodian at the World Trade Center.^[3]

His showbiz aspirations fell by the wayside when his responsibilities expanded to not only caring for the office Governor Cuomo kept at WTC, but organizing his press conferences. After Cuomo left office, keeping the staircases of the North Tower clean became Rodriguez's new assignment. It was a less challenging job, but he gained experiences he used later on.^[3]

He was present in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, resulting in him being stuck in one of the elevators and became a high ranking janitor on the building, having worked there for over 20 years.^[4] 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... In the World Trade Center bombing (February 26, 1993) a car bomb was detonated by Middle Eastern terrorists in the underground parking garage below Tower One of the World Trade Center in New York City. ...

9/11 Attacks

According to his biographer, Rodriguez usually clocked in at eight a.m. and rode an elevator to the 106th floor, where Hispanic employees of Windows on the World fed him a free breakfast. On 9/11, however, he was a half hour late. While checking in at an office on sub-level one, he heard and felt, along with 20 others, a massive explosion — from below. Seconds later, he heard another--from above (Flight 11).^[3] In his testimony before the 9/11 Commission, Rodriguez also claimed to have seen a hijacker scoping out the building some months before the attack.^[5] The Hispanic world. ...

After going out and having understood what had happened, in defiance of the firefighters advice^{[citation needed]}, he raced up the stairwells he had maintained for 20 years to unlock doors and help people escape. Credited with saving many lives, he received a National Hero Award from the Senate of Puerto Rico and organized the Hispanic Victims Group.^[6] Seal of the Senate of Puerto Rico. ... The Hispanic Victims Group is a group created after the 9/11 attacks and headed by William Rodriguez. ...

Aftermath of the Attacks

He was involved in the creation of several family support groups, being the head of some of them.^[7][4] He was the director of the "911 United Services Group."^[8]

In January 31 2002, as the founder and President of the Hispanic Victims Group,^[9] he was among the Families Advisory Council for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.^[8] He was one of many people including the Jersey Girls who went to congress and asked for a formal investigation, the one which became the 9/11 Commission. The Hispanic Victims Group is a group created after the 9/11 attacks and headed by William Rodriguez. ... The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation was formed after the September 11 attacks to plan the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan. ... The Jersey Girls or Jersey Widows is a commonly-used moniker referring to four women from New Jersey, (Kristen Breitweiser, Patty Casazza, Lorie Van Auken, and Mindy Kleinberg), whose husbands were killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... The Commissions seal The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up in late 2002 to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response...

Doubts

Rodriguez looked forward to his appearance at a closed-door hearing of the 9/11 Commission. "Up to that moment, I was thinking that they were going to do the right thing."^[3] He states that he started changing his mind as he saw how the commission did its work, and also when the American media edited out his testimonies about hearing explosions in the buildings, whilst the Spanish media did report it un-edited.^[3][4]

Rodriguez was one of the last people to testify to the commission and spoke behind closed doors, unlike other witnesses; also, his testimony was not included in the final report.^[4][7] He stated that the commission didn't answer his questions and avoided the issues he was presenting, so their policy "raised flags." When the administration started to link the 9/11 Attacks with the preparations of the 2003 Iraq war, he felt "manipulated and used."^[3] For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq without the explicit backing of the United...

Rodriguez also sought out the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which was investigating the collapse of the WTC, but was rebuffed. Neither was the FBI interested in his contention that he'd encountered one of the hijackers casing out the buildings several months before 9/11. Rodriguez stated that "You have two options, Stand for the truth or be part of the game. I didn't want to be part of the game."^[3] NIST logo The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, formerly known as The National Bureau of Standards) is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

RICO lawsuit

In October 2004, Rodriguez filed a civil RICO lawsuit directed against George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney, Donald H. Rumsfeld and others, including a total of 100 defendants, together with Ellen Mariani and lawyer Phil Berg.^[10] The RICO Act is normally used by the government to nail organized crime as a conspiracy, but this time it was used against the government itself, claiming a conspiracy on its part. The government filed a motion to dismiss, or at least transfer, the case on grounds of national security. Berg answered by filing an affidavit that alleged the defendants "had knowledge that the attacks were impending. . . but they failed to [take countermeasures], not by reason of mere negligence, confusion, or ineptitude, but because they affirmatively desired such attacks to occur.^[11][3] The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly referred to as RICO) is a United States federal law which provides for extended penalties for criminal acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is the 46th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ... Donald Rumsfeld Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is the current Secretary of Defense of the United States, since January 20, 2001, under President George W. Bush. ... Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, England. ... An affidavit is a formal sworn statement of fact, signed by the declarant (who is called the affiant), and witnessed (as to the veracity of the affiants signature) by a taker of oaths, such as a notary public. ...

Rodriguez has held public speeches that contradict the 9/11 Commission's account, but received limited media reporting.^[12] He views the event when his apartment was broken into and his laptop was stolen (amongst other things) as related to his involvement in the movement.^[3] The Commissions seal The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up in late 2002 to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response...

International travels

In 2005, Rodriguez had a tour of speaking engagements in Europe.^[3]

In December 2005, his attorney Berg proposed a 9/11 Petition to the United Nations, which calls for a Resolution to the United Nations General Assembly for an "Independent International September 11th Truth Commission".^[13]

In 2006 he accompanied Jimmy Walter in a trip to Venezuela, in which they met with the President of the Assembly and will soon meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in anticipation of an official Venezuelan government investigation into 9/11. Both Rodríguez and Jimmy Walter believe that the FBI and federal government aimed at sabotaging this trip, using tactics such as including them on the no-fly list.^[7] The FBI requested the guest list of the hotel he was in, and as a result, the Venezuelan government gave him five full-time body guards.^[4] James (Jimmy) W. Walter is an American venture capitalist and political activist. ... The majority of this article is about heads of states. ... Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (IPA: ) (born July 28, 1954) is the current President of Venezuela. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The government of the United States of America, established by the U.S. Constitution, is... The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) maintains a watchlist of names of individuals suspected of posing a risk of air piracy or terrorism or a threat to airline or passenger security. ...

In June of 2006, he appeared at the 9/11 + The Neo-Con Agenda Symposium in Los Angeles, California,^[14] organized by Alex Jones,^[15] at which Jones complimented him at length for his work in "speaking to members of the Japanese parliament, prime ministers, former prime minister of Malaysia, speaking to the Head of the parliament in Venezuela, getting an investigation with Hugo Chávez…".^[16] His personal speech has since appeared on Google Video.^[4] The logo 9/11 + The Neo-Con Agenda Symposium a. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is a American radio host, constitutionalist and filmmaker who is best known for his 9/11 conspiracy theories. ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article Japan#Government and politics. ... Politics of Malaysia takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... Politics of Venezuela takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Venezuela is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (IPA: ) (born July 28, 1954) is the current President of Venezuela. ...

Other events

Rodriguez has also assisted victims, and their families, of the Madrid bombings, as well as the Paraguay supermarket fire, in which 399 died. During his service, he neglected his own needs and, briefly homeless, actually lived out of his car. He also refused to submit an application to the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund that he himself had helped set up.^{[3][citation needed]}. He converted to Islam in 2006. ^[17] The scene of one of the Madrid bombings. ... The Paraguay supermarket fire was a disastrous fire that occurred on Sunday, August 1, 2004 in Asunción, Paraguay. ... The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund was created by an act of congress shortly after 9/11 to compensate the victims of the attack. ...

Quote

"I was a magician for thirty years. . . It is very easy to do misdirection, to make you look into one place while you're doing the magic with the other hand." Inferring that in plain sight, the planes struck; out of sight, bombs exploded, "It's just a big magic trick," Rodriguez concludes. "It's an illusion."^[3].

Press coverage and publishings

• 1980s New York Sun^[3]
• 2001 September 12: CNN^[18]
• 2001 Telemundo International^[19]
• 2002 September 15: New York Times, web edition^[20]
• 2004 March 25: The Christian Science Monitor^[6]
• 2004 April 15: "eltiempolatino.com"^[21]
• 2005, 30 December: Scoop^[3]

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References

Rodriguez & Hillary Clinton

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4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Google video 50:40
5. ^ Janitor tells 9/11 panel of brush with WTC thug. New York Daily News (June 2004). Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
6. ^ ^{a b} http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0325/p03s01-usgn.htm
7. ^ ^{a b c} http://prisonplanet.tv/audio/300306walter.htm
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External links

• http://www.911keymaster.com His website
• 237-page complaint against George W. Bush et al, US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This is a civil action based on the premise that the defendants acted outside their official roles.
• US 9/11 group seeks aid of Dr M, June 13, 2006
• William Rodriguez Lecture on 9/11