{"id":1214,"date":"2007-09-09T08:46:44","date_gmt":"2007-09-09T08:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/911-truth\/former-congressional-office-of-technology-assessment-senior-staff-member-calls-for-new-investigation-of-911\/1214\/"},"modified":"2007-09-09T08:46:44","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T08:46:44","slug":"former-congressional-office-of-technology-assessment-senior-staff-member-calls-for-new-investigation-of-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/911-truth\/former-congressional-office-of-technology-assessment-senior-staff-member-calls-for-new-investigation-of-911\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Congressional Office of Technology Assessment Senior Staff Member Calls for New Investigation of 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

By <\/font>Alan Miller<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

In an online editorial yesterday, Joel S. Hirschhorn, PhD, former Senior Staff Member of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), called for a new investigation of 9\/11. <\/span>\u201cFirst, let the technical truth emerge. Then, if necessary, cope with the inevitable political, conspiracy and other questions. But let us not allow a possible painful truth block the primary task of determining once and for all what caused the collapse of the WTC towers and building no. 7.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Hirschhorn is a nationally recognized engineer who has testified before Congress more than 50 times on technology, science, and environmental issues. <\/span>In addition to his work for the OTA, Dr. Hirschhorn also served as Director of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources for the National Governors Association.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hirschhorn admitted to his own personal \u201cgrowing skepticism about the official WTC story\u201d. <\/span>He wrote \u201canalyses by many experts reveal the collapse of the three WTC buildings was not caused by the two airplanes exploding into the twin towers.\u201d <\/span>He noted \u201cthe general view is that the buildings were brought down by controlled demolition.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong>Dr. Hirschhorn endorsed the efforts of a new group, Architects and Engineers for 9\/11 Truth<\/a>, to launch a new, honest and comprehensive investigation that considers all the evidence and which examines the possibility of controlled demolition.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hirschhorn issued a challenge to supporters of the official account of 9\/11, \u201c<\/span><\/strong>If those that believe the official 9\/11 story – especially elected officials – trust their views, then let them support a serious effort to test the validity of the controlled demolition hypothesis. If they fear and reject doing so, then let us see that as suspicious and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span>He concluded, \u201c<\/span><\/strong>Horrific possible answers can cause us to shun a question. But clearing our minds of the fear of painful truths is essential to clearing our nation of destructive lies. Otherwise, we stay stuck in a delusional democracy.”<\/p>\n

The full text of Dr. Hirschhorn\u2019s statement can be found at http:\/\/blogcritics.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Prior to his 13 years of service at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, <\/span>Dr. Hirschhorn was <\/span><\/strong>Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison from 1965 – 1978. He has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Metallurgical Engineering and a PhD in Materials Engineering. <\/span>He has been <\/span><\/strong>a consultant to industrial and chemical companies, DOE laboratories, state governments, and public interest organizations. He currently is a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Foundation for Environmental Education and a Member of the Board of Directors of Sustainability Now! He is the author of more than 150 papers, articles, guest editorials, and book chapters on environmental science and technology.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hirschhorn is one of 200 engineers and architects who have publicly criticized the official account of 9\/11. <\/span>Statements and short bios of many of the others can be found at PatriotsQuestion911.com<\/a> .<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Alan Miller In an online editorial yesterday, Joel S. Hirschhorn, PhD, former Senior Staff Member of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), called for a new investigation of 9\/11. \u201cFirst, let the technical truth emerge. Then, if necessary, cope with the inevitable political, conspiracy and other questions. But let us not allow a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-911-truth","7":"category-general","8":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}