thanks for posting this colin. sadly, mcCormack's story is not an atypical
experience for whistleblowers in the U.S. these days. even being a hero is
no protection from the wrath of the govt.
It will be interesting to see how this one shakes out when all is said and
done. one thing is for sure, mccormicks life as he knew it before
whistleblowing will be forever changed. sharon lamp
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On Sat, September 16, 2006 5:22 am, Colin REvell wrote:
> Ground zero hero Major Mike McCormack says he was deliberately targeted
> for
> helping release documents on EPA government cover-up, says 75% of police,
> firemen believe 9/11 cover-up
>
> https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/09/350811.html
>
> A 9/11 toxic dust whistleblower, a ground zero hero and one of the
> individuals influential in the release of documents proving a government
> cover-up that deliberately put police, firemen and rescue personel at
> risk,
> has been raided by a New York SWAT team - who ransacked his home for three
> hours after he was arrested.
>
> Major Mike McCormack is a hospital technician and civil air patrol pilot
> who
> worked the ground zero site for eight days after the collapse of the twin
> towers. He is one of the real heroes of 9/11 and was the man who found the
> American flag that was later displayed as a token of unity atop the
> rubble.
>
> Within hours McCormack was coughing up black mucus and within days he was
> coughing up blood as the toxic dust that was deliberately covered up by
> the
> EPA poisoned his lungs along with all the other rescue workers, police and
> firemen who were being used in photo ops by Bush and his cronies while
> their
> very livelihoods were being endangered by a government cover-up.
>
> McCormack now suffers from an extreme respiratory sensitivity, has a
> 5-millimeter metal nodule in one lung and has been forced to give up his
> passion of scuba diving.
>
> McCormack is part of an organization lobbying Congress to demand a
> response
> from the federal government to the toxic dust cover-up and just
> compensation
> for the heroes of 9/11 who were deserted by their own government while the
> Bush administration had the audacity to use the attacks to fulfill a
> pre-determined political agenda by exploiting the unity created by the
> events of that day.
>
> McCormack now describes himself as "permanently ill" as a result of the
> "death sentence" that was imposed on him via the toxic dust cover-up and
> sees it as only a matter of time before he "takes the dirt nap," just as
> some of his friends who worked with him at ground zero have already done.
>
> McCormack currently occupies a high position of employment in security
> with
> the federal government which at the moment he prefers not to divulge. He
> has
> many friends who were affected by the ground zero toxic dust, including
> New
> York City police and state troopers.
>
> McCormack was part of the anniversary ceremonies on September 11 2006 and
> provided many hand-shaking photo-ops for numerous politicians, before
> returning to his family home in Pennsylvania that night. McCormack
> returned
> to his New York home the next morning in preparation to visit ground zero
> once again.
>
> On the morning of September 12, McCormack's tenant opened the door to see
> half a dozen detectives outside who began asking questions and demanding
> to
> search the building. The detectives didn't have a warrant and needed
> McCormack's signature to conduct the search.
>
> Having nothing to hide and wanting to assist the police, McCormack signed
> the paper and the detectives entered the house.
>
> "Three minutes later as I'm walking out of my office with one of the
> detectives, I have a federal SWAT team that comes in....men in black and
> all
> of a sudden they have 9 millimeter handguns and MP5 machine guns aimed at
> my
> head," McCormack told the Alex Jones Show.
>
> McCormack was ordered to leave the building as the 15-strong Darth Vader
> like SWAT team members verbally abused him and commenced ransacking his
> house for up to three hours "like a cyclone."
>
> The reason for the raid was said to be as a result of a complaint that the
> odor of chemicals was smelled coming from the house. McCormack was
> essentially being treated as a potential terrorist.
>
> McCormack had mistakenly left a legally owned unloaded gun in the trunk of
> his car before traveling back from Pennsylvania. Thinking that the 48 hour
> out of state law applied he planned to return the gun to Pennsylvania the
> next day. Not wanting to take the gun down to ground zero he felt the
> safest
> place to put it would be the house. The gun was subsequently discovered by
> the SWAT team. Through a selectively enforced loophole McCormack is now
> being charged with illegal possession of a weapon because he took the gun
> out of state.
>
> "The detective who arrested me told me that he had actually seen my photo
> in
> New York Newsday that past Thursday - he knew that I was a ground zero
> hero
> and the bottom line is finding that weapon unloaded - running the numbers
> -
> knowing the gun was legal if he was a decent human being he would have
> said
> 'give me 24 hours I will mail it to your house in Pennsylvania where it's
> legal - you have your permit'," said McCormack.
>
> During the course of the raid, the SWAT team members and detectives
> interrogated McCormack on his possession of gas masks and biochemical
> protection suits, despite the fact that these are standard inventory for
> an
> individual in McCormack's line of work and despite diplomas hanging on his
> wall describing government training in biochemical casualty programs.
>
> The SWAT team also accused McCormack of making chemicals in his barbeque
> grill.
>
> McCormack's tenant, who questioned the officials' behavior during the
> raid,
> was "taken to federal jail and nobody has heard from him since," according
> to McCormack.
>
> McCormack believes the set-up and the raid are a direct reaction to his
> activism in helping get the EPA documents that proved the toxic dust
> cover-up released.
>
> "I said shame on all of them....yesterday I was recognized as a national
> hero....they chose to humiliate me....they basically flushed my life down
> the toilet for no reason whatsoever," said McCormack - who is now shunned
> by
> his neighbors and treated as a dangerous criminal, with the local
> authorities going to the lengths of moving the location of an elementary
> school bus stop which was outside of his house.
>
> Another reason for the raid may have been McCormack's increasing awareness
> of aspects of the 9/11 official story that don't add up. McCormack
> described
> the comments of individuals who were at ground zero when President Bush
> visited in the days after the attack.
>
> "Numerous firemen were telling me that they heard numerous secondary
> explosions all over the building - these guys are seasoned firefighting
> professionals - a lot of them have military backgrounds and they're not
> stupid."
>
> "Everybody on the planet knew that not only was the World Trade Center hit
> -
> it was totally wiped out," said McCormack.
>
> McCormack said that around 75% of police, firemen and rescue personnel
> that
> he had personally spoke with now believe there is a cover-up pertaining to
> 9/11 and that many had been threatened that "if they ever open their mouth
> their pensions are at risk."
>
> McCormack said that friends of his had also personally been involved in
> the
> construction of FEMA internment camps in Washington DC and New York. BBC
> investigative reporter Greg Palast was recently charged with "threatening
> infrastructure" after videotaping a Katrina victims camp in Louisiana and
> Exxon Mobil's Baton Rouge refinery - the charge has now thankfully been
> dropped.
>
> McCormack said the government had "abandoned" the heroes of 9/11 and that
> "when Alex tells you this is Nazi Germany, you best believe it,"
> describing
> the events as "part of the new world order."
>
>
> Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com
>
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