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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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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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

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Well, let

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