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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Charlotte Dennett, Member of the Board of Lawyers Committee for 9/11 Inquiry
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Charlotte Dennett, a lawyer, investigative journalist, and board member of the Lawyers Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, provided testimony on the importance of additional investigation into 9/11-related issues. She shared her personal experience with FOIA requests and emphasized the need for transparency regarding toxins at Ground Zero and their health impacts.
- Dennett highlighted her background as a gold star family member and her successful FOIA lawsuit against the CIA
- She discussed a case of a Deutsche Bank worker who developed health issues after 9/11 and faced difficulties obtaining complete medical records
- Dennett mentioned concerns about falsified medical records at Bellevue Hospital between 2004 and 2008
Charlotte Dennett
2:21:24
Thank you for this opportunity, and I'm so glad that you're looking into, additional investigation.
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I am a lawyer.
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I am a investigative journalist, and I'm a member of the board of the lawyers committee for 9:11 inquiry.
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It was established in 2015.
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When I hear all the stories of this, the stonewalling, believe me, we understand and we empathize.
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That's why we all have to work together.
2:21:54
I came to this, organization because of actually, I'm a gold star, Middle East, in a plane crash after a top secret mission to Saudi Arabia.
2:22:10
The only reason I'm saying that is I sued
Gale A. Brewer
2:22:13
the CIA under FOIA, and I was eventually
Charlotte Dennett
2:22:13
able to go to the CIA under FOIA, and I was eventually able to get, some of my father's most sensitive reports.
2:22:21
Still, I know that the pain of not fully knowing what happened.
Gale A. Brewer
2:22:26
I'm
Charlotte Dennett
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also as a specialist in medical malpractice.
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I came to focus in on the resistance on the part of the city to withhold, records on the toxins at ground 0 and their impact.
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Some time ago, an individual contacted our board.
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He worked across the street from the towers at Deutsche Bank, had had been asked to clean it up afterwards, and he contracted COPD COPD and and p PTSD.
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Interestingly, he was not able to get all of his medical records.
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And I found this as a malpractice attorney astonishing.
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Why could he not get all of his records and he couldn't even get an audit?
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You know, I in my investigation, I also learned that, the, the, Bellevue Hospital, which he was enrolled with, had been found to falsify medical records.
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And between 2004 and 8, the state issued 16 citations
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2:23:30
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Thank you.
Marianne Pizzitola
2:23:32
Oh my god.
Gale A. Brewer
2:23:33
Yep.
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Goodness.
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Thank you very much.
Charlotte Dennett
2:23:34
Well, let