The History Commons, ou Cooperative Research - uma excelente ferramenta online para jornalistas de investigação

O site History Commons, antes denominado Cooperative Research, foi criado por Paul Thompson após os atentados nos EUA de 11 de Setembro de 2001, contém mais de 11269 artigos sobre diversos temas, e está divido por projectos, tais como:

• Neoconservative Think Tank Influence on US Policies, managed by blackmax.
• Domestic Propaganda, Military Analysts, and the US Media, managed by blackmax.
• 2008 Credit Crisis, managed by iamthewalrus109.
• Nixon, Ford, and Watergate, managed by blackmax.
• A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Network, managed by Paul, KJF.
• Water Privatization, managed by Derek.
• Loss of Civil Liberties Since 9/11, managed by Paul, blackmax.
• Threats to Food Safety, managed by Derek.
• US Health Care System, managed by kuhan.
• Global Warming, managed by Derek, blackmax.
• Iraq Under US Occupation, managed by AJB, blackmax.
• US Confrontation with Iran, managed by stefan, blackmax.
• Genetic Engineering and the Privatization of Seeds, managed by Derek, blackmax.
• Alleged Use of False Flag Attacks by Intelligence Agencies, managed by tim_howell, blackmax.
• Hurricane Katrina, managed by Tesibria, blackmax.
• Investigation into the 2004 US Election, managed by Derek, Mike, blackmax.
• US Military, managed by Derek.
• Environmental Impact of the 9/11 Attacks, managed by Derek, wayne, Carla.
• The Bush Administration’s Environmental Record, managed by Derek, LCV, Margie, blackmax.
• Prisoner Abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere, managed by coen_ackers, Derek, blackmax.
• 2004 Ousting of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, managed by blackmax.
• Complete 911 Timeline, managed by matt, Paul, KJF.
• Inquiry into the Decision to Invade Iraq, managed by Derek, blackmax.
• Neoliberalism and Globalization, managed by AJB, blackmax.
• US International Relations, managed by Mike, blackmax.
• History of US Interventions, managed by Derek, Mike, blackmax.

O site foi criado com o objectivo de recriar através de notícias de diversas fontes e cruzando esses dados para obter informação o mais credível e isenta possível, os passos dados pelos diversos intervenientes nos acontecimentos, desde os supostos terroristas, passando pelos serviços secretos, politicas e politicos.

O History Commons define-se ele prórpio como “(…)an experiment in open-content civic journalism. It provides a space for people to conduct grassroots-level investigations on any issue, providing the public with a useful tool to conduct oversight of government and private sector entities. It is collaborative and thus allows individuals to build upon the work of others.”

Relativamente às suas origens o site deu origem ao livro The Terror Timeline: Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute: A Comprehensive Chronicle of the Road to 9/11 — and America’s Response.
Este é uma compilação de mais de 5000 artigos e relatórios que estão online no site acima referido, relativos aos atentados e que vão sendo actualizadas à medida que se obtém mais informação sobre os mesmos.

No dia 20 de Abril de 2008 o New York Times, publicou um artigo revelador, que depois disso foi largamente ignorado, detalhando a sitemática campanha de propaganda levada a cabo pelo Pentágono para promover a guerra no Iraque e manipular a opinião pública, usando para tal oficiais militares retirados e apresentando-os como analistas independentes e comentadores.

Após esse artigo revelador, o History Commons através dos jornalistas e investigadores que o compôem começaram desde logo a agregar todas as peças que eles encontrassem e que tivessem a ver com o tema, tendo-os reunido no projecto Domestic Propaganda, Military Analysts, and the US Media.

Deixo ainda aqui o artigo que me levou a escrever esta entrada e do qual “bebi” grande parte desta informação, embora já o conhecesse muito bem, uma vez que até adquiri o livro que menciono acima.

The Terror
Timeline: Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute: A Comprehensive
Chronicle of the Road to 9/11–and America’s Response (Paperback)

by Paul Thompson (Author)

“U.S. officials, especially those in the Bush administration, have
repeatedly insisted that they had no evidence that Osama bin Laden was
planning an attack inside…”

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The Pentagon Military Analysts Program: What We Know

The profile of the Pentagon propaganda operation is incomplete. It has been reported that a former Pentagon public relations official, Torie Clarke, originated both the military analysts program and the “embedded journalists” program, and envisioned them as “bookends” for the same overall propaganda operation. We know that many of the media’s military analysts have ties to defense contractors, and that many of these contractors have financial interests in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have learned of connections between the propaganda campaign and White House political guru Karl Rove. We have been deeply disappointed (but not particularly surprised) to see the virtual shunning of the story by the broadcast media, and the backhanded attention paid it by the print and Internet media, but we continue to dig for information.

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