A new video from the Media Education Foundation [3] examines how the Bush administration uses the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to manipulate Americans. Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire places the last three years of White House deceptions in a global context, asking questions seldom posed by mainstream corporate media. The hour-long documentary features nearly twenty political observers, including Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski [4], former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter [5], former Pentagon analyst Daniel Ellsberg [6], Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams [7], international activist Vandan Shiva [8], journalism academic Robert Jensen [9], and musician Michael Franti [10].
"By helping us understand how fear is being actively cultivated and manipulated by the current administration, Hijacking Catastrophe stands to become an explosive and empowering information weapon in this decisive year in U.S. history," writes Naomi Klein, author of No Logo [11].