Cynthia McKinney
Georgia Congresswoman
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Revisiting the issue that helped spur her ouster from Congress three years ago, Rep. Cynthia McKinney led a Capitol Hill hearing Friday on whether the Bush administration was involved in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

McKinney first raised questions about Bush's involvement shortly after the attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, generating a furious response from fellow Democrats in Washington and voters in Georgia, who ousted her in 2002.

"What we are doing is asking the unanswered questions of the 9/11 families," McKinney, a DeKalb County Democrat who won back her seat in 2004, said during the proceedings.

McKinney reopens 9/11 Conspiracy theories implicating president
aired at 8-hour hearing Bob Kemper - Staff Saturday, July 23, 2005
http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/auto/epaper/editions/saturday/news_241efd8d9666d13800b4.html

The congresswoman who accused the Bush administration of allowing energy and defense industry profits to guide its war policy has accepted campaign contributions from employees of groups that support terrorist organizations, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., received $1,000 from Abdurahman Alamoudi, the founder and former executive director of American Muslim Council. Alamoudi's contribution is one of 45 McKinney received during the 1999-2000 election cycle that did not list the occupation of the donor as required by the FEC. Those donations totaled $24,000.

"I have been labeled by the media in New York as being a supporter of Hamas. Any supporters of Hamas here?" Alamoudi asked, to cheers from the crowd at an October 2000 White House protest of U.S. policies in the Middle East.

"Hear that, Bill Clinton? We are all supporters of Hamas ... I wish they added that I am also a supporter of Hezbollah." Hezbollah and Hamas are on the State Department's official list of terrorist organizations.

McKinney received another $1,000 from Aly Abuzaakouk, who listed his employer as American Muslim Council, and $500 from Nihad Hammad, who lists Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) as his workplace.

"We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on September 11th," McKinney claimed. "What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11th? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? What do they have to hide?

"Persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America's new war," she charged.

CNSNews.com Thursday, April 18, 2002
McKinney Donors Support Terrorists Jeff Johnson,
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/4/17/135749.shtml

McKinney told the reporter, "You're a distraction because that seems to be all you want to talk about."

She then got up and walked out of the interview, still wearing the mike. She is heard saying, "You know what? They lied to Coz and Coz is a fool."

Monday, April 24, 2006 3:19 p.m. EDT
Rep. McKinney Disparages Staffer On-Mike
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/4/24/152438.shtml?s=ic

Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., said, "How can we expect the United Nations to improve its performance or respect us if we go back on our word and refuse to pay our bills?"

House Votes to Withhold Partial U.N Dues
CNSNews.com Friday,May 11, 2001
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/5/10/161616.shtml

McKinney, weeks after her statement, would say only, "A complete investigation might reveal" that "President Bush or members of his administration have personally profited from the attacks of 9-11."

It's not the first time McKinney's mouth has gotten her in trouble. In her 10 years in Congress, hardly a year has gone by when she didn't make news for an outlandish accusation or a wild conspiracy theory (ideally, as in this case, a combination of both). During a nasty 1996 congressional campaign with racial tension on both sides, she called supporters of her Republican opponent "holdovers from the Civil War days" and "a ragtag group of neo-Confederates." Never mind that her opponent was Jewish.

Cynthia McKinney The rep who cries racism.
By Chris Suellentrop Posted Friday, April 19, 2002, at 10:45 AM ET
http://www.slate.com/?id=2064530

U.S. Capitol Police are investigating an incident in which one of its officers allegedly tried to stop Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., from bypassing a security checkpoint and ended up getting punched in the chest.

According to the sources, McKinney was walking into the building at about 2:30 p.m. EST and went around the metal detector, which is customary for lawmakers.

The police officer apparently did not recognize McKinney and asked her to stop and walk through the metal detector. McKinney ignored the officer's requests more than once, the sources said, and the officer placed his hand on McKinney's shoulder.

The sources said that McKinney then turned around and hit the officer in the chest with her cell phone.

Capitol Police Probe Rep. McKinney Incident
Thursday, March 30, 2006
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,189553,00.html

As U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, faces possible criminal charges for a Wednesday altercation with a Capitol Police officer, one of her lawyers said Friday that the real issues were "sex, race and Ms. McKinney's progressiveness."

In a news conference featuring actor Danny Glover and singer Harry Belafonte, McKinney said she would be exonerated and that "this whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me, a female, black congresswoman."

McKinney: Race sparked tiff with police Lawmaker faces possible charges after allegedly striking officer
Friday, March 31, 2006; Posted: 9:34 p.m. EST (02:34 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/31/mckinney.police/index.html

The Georgia Democrat claims a police officer's decision to stop her after she walked past a security checkpoint without identifying herself last week was racially motivated, but Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said Tuesday evening that the officer was just doing his job.

"When there's a crush of people at the door, things can get hectic there and the officers are taught to take control of the door, slow things down and make sure that you know who's coming in and what they may be bringing in or not," Gainer told WTTG television reporter Will Thomas. "And I believe that's all this officer was trying to do."

McKinney claimed the incident was instigated, not as part of the officer's duty to secure the Longworth House Office Building, but by the officer's racism as evidenced by his "inappropriate touching and stopping of me, a female black Congresswoman."

McKinney claimed that she was "urgently trying to get to an important meeting on time to fulfill my obligations to my constituents.

"Unfortunately, the police officer did not recognize me as a member of Congress, and a confrontation ensued," McKinney said in a statement on her website.

Capitol Police Chief Speaks About McKinney Altercation
By Jeff Johnson CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer April 04, 2006
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200604/NAT20060404b.html

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