The waning power of truth

Paul Craig Roberts • July 4, 2009 12:15 AM David Ray Griffin, the nemesis of the collection of disinformation known as the 9-11 commission report, has taken up the question of "Osama bin Laden, Dead or Alive?" On the basis of the available evidence, Griffin concludes that bin Laden died in December 2001, most likely of kidney failure. He has been kept alive in the media by U.S. government PSYOPS as a useful bogyman to justify America's illegal wars of aggression. The messages received from bin Laden since his death appear to be conveniently timed fabrications designed to advance U.S. government purposes. Osama bin Laden is likely to become a mythical person, like the Georgia Tech student George P. Burdell, who will be sighted from time to time over a period that exceeds the length of a human life. It was less than one year... [read full story]                    

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