After the September 11 attacks, Mitchell was asked by the CIA to develop an interrogation program based on al-Qaeda documents on resisting interrogation. In his 2016 book Enhanced Interrogation, Mitchell provided details and background information on the interrogation program.

Watch 3 clips from a December 2016 interview with Dr. Mitchell as he discusses terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM):

VIDEO #1: Why do Islamic terrorists believe Islam is a religion of peace?

VIDEO #2: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) initially confessed his guilt and pled guilty:

VIDEO #3: How Flight 93, Falling Man and the 9/11 victims affected James Mitchell’s willingness to interrogate the 9/11 plotters:

VIDEO #4:  Watch a September 11, 2018 interview on Fox with Dr. Mitchell as he talks about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed:

Watch the videos, then read the “Background” and check out the other links and videos under “Resources.”

Watch two news reports as it happened that morning:

Watch a video from the World Trade Center site in New York City – “Ground Zero” on 9/11:

The U.S. Pentagon –  live audio from Air Traffic Control and 911 First Responders:

Shanksville, Pennsylvania: Phone calls from passengers and crew on Flight 93.

In 2023, Scott Pelley, CBS/60-Minutes, spoke with New York City firefighters who were there that day and the loved ones of those who never made it home:

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Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are operating in 49 states across more than 6,000 communities and are used by 5,000 law enforcement agencies, alongside thousands of private entities like homeowners associations (HOAs) and businesses.

Many communities (and private homeowners associations) have installed these devices with little public notification leaving drivers unaware that their vehicle make, model, color, and license plate are being logged into a searchable database.

There has been intense public backlash after residents discovered cameras were deployed without open public debate or explicit notification.

• Opponents argue that the pervasiveness of Flock’s AI-enabled network creates a system of unconstitutional warrantless mass surveillance.
• Flock and law enforcement agencies defend the technology as an essential, transparent tool for solving violent crimes and locating missing persons and stolen vehicles, noting that data retention limits and audit trails are built into the system.

Despite a few high-profile cancellations by major cities (such as Tempe, Arizona and Pflugerville, Texas) Flock continues to grow. New city partnerships still outpace non-renewals by a 10-to-1 margin, as many law enforcement agencies advocate for the cameras as essential tools for finding missing persons, recovering stolen vehicles and solving violent crimes. (from PBS, CNN, ABC7 NY, AP results of Google AI query)

How did Flock cameras spread so rapidly? –

• Flock Safety cameras spread rapidly across the U.S. between 2022 and 2026, expanding from localized neighborhoods into a massive nationwide network used by over 7,000 organizations.
• This exponential growth occurred because Flock bypassed traditional, high upfront equipment costs by offering an affordable “Surveillance-as-a-Service” annual lease model. Police departments, school campuses, and Homeowners Associations (HOAs) could deploy the hardware easily using private and public funds.
• Because these solar-powered, cellular cameras mount directly onto existing utility poles without invasive construction, and because many private property installations do not legally require public notification, the network quietly scaled into thousands of jurisdictions before local communities even realized they were being monitored.

Video #2 – From News Nation:

The marriages were used to obtain immigration status for foreign nationals, primarily from China, with some paying up to $100,000 per marriage, the indictment said.

“This Department of Justice is rooting out fraud everywhere — including in our immigration system,” said Attorney General Todd Blanche. “The individuals who were arrested today allegedly orchestrated elaborate schemes to illegally obtain citizenship for foreign nationals through sham marriages.”

Those arrested include Amy Cheng, 72, Xiao Mei Chan, 64, Christine Lu, 52, Jing Yan Ye, 43, Xiao Yan Chen, 448, Gang Zheng, 61, Anthony Cheng, 47, Michelle Duenas, 35, Angela Duenas, 26, Sigrid Cetino, 32, and Erika Johnson, 43.

From at least 2016 until July 2026, the defendants allegedly operated a national and international marriage fraud network that arranged marriages between foreign individuals and U.S. citizens.

The foreign nationals were primarily from China, prosecutors said, and most of the marriages were based in New York, although some took place overseas and in other states, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida.

Prosecutors said the network consisted of facilitators who oversaw the scheme and found foreign customers, recruiters who found U.S. citizens to take part, and assistants who prepared immigration paperwork and coordinated the submission of documents.

People from other countries allegedly paid up to $100,000 for the marriage and immigration assistance, with U.S. citizens allegedly receiving about $30,000, paid in installments tied to the Green Card application process. Recruiters were allegedly paid commissions as high as $5,000 for each citizen recruited.

Prosecutors say the couples often met for the first time before getting a marriage license and having a sham marriage ceremony and staged photographs designed to make the marriage appear real. Prosecutors say participants would also manufacture other evidence, including staging extra photos, opening joint financial accounts, filing joint tax returns and getting insurance policies to make the relationship appear genuine.

During the Green Card application process, prosecutors say participants were coached on how to make their relationship appear legitimate to immigration officers.

The scheme is believed to have resulted in hundreds of fraudulent Green Card applications and documents being submitted to immigration authorities and the network is believed to have collected tens of millions of dollars from people seeking lawful status in the U.S. [by fraudulent means].

(NOTE: Separately in February, 11 other people were indicted in a similar federal marriage fraud conspiracy case in Florida. The gang recruited U.S. service members to enter into fraudulent marriages that enabled Chinese nationals to obtain immigration benefits and access identification cards for U.S. military installations. Read the article at ice.gov.)

Published at NewsNation on August 12. Reprinted here for educational purposes only. May not be reproduced without permission.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”  The D-Day cost was high – more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded — but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.

The ultimate triumph of D-Day relied on [multiple] factors:

1. Operation Fortitude (The Great Deception) – Before a single ship crossed the English Channel, the Allies successfully tricked the German High Command. Using fake units, phantom radio traffic, double agents, and inflatable tanks, they convinced Hitler that the real invasion would happen in Norway or the Pas-de-Calais region of France. This kept elite German armor divisions away from Normandy when it mattered most.

(The Ghost Army was a top-secret, 1,100-man U.S. Army unit comprised of artists, actors, and engineers. Arriving in Europe in mid-1944, they staged over 20 battlefield deceptions using inflatable tanks, sonic trucks, and fake radio broadcasts to draw enemy fire and save thousands of Allied lives.)

A rubber (and clearly light) decoy tank designed to deceive German forces in World War II, shown in England, circa 1939. (Roger Viollet/Getty Images)

2. The Five Beaches – On June 6, Allied forces targeted five distinct stretches of the Normandy, France coast:

• Utah and Omaha: The western beaches, assigned to American forces.
• Gold and Sword: British-assigned beaches in the east.
• Juno: Assigned to Canadian forces.

D-day landing.

3. Overcoming the Odds at Omaha Beach – Omaha Beach proved to be the bloodiest landing of the day. American troops faced high seas, heavily fortified 100-foot bluffs, and the elite German 352nd Infantry Division. The invasion nearly stalled, but the sheer tenacity and improvisation of small unit leaders allowed the troops to breach the seawall and scale the bluffs.

The 100-foot cliffs at Pointe du Hoc were scaled by the U.S. Army’s 2nd Ranger Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James E. Rudder. The 225-man force faced intense German machine-gun fire and grenades while using ropes, grappling hooks, and rocket-fired ladders to scale the rugged, fortified terrain. Their mission was to destroy a vital battery of German long-range guns. Of the initial 225 Rangers who made the climb, only 90 remained capable of fighting when reinforcements finally reached them two days later.

4. Innovation and Logistics – Military planners anticipated needing deep-water ports, so they engineered entirely prefabricated, floating harbors called “Mulberry Harbors.” These were towed across the English Channel and assembled to ensure a steady, uninterrupted flow of hundreds of thousands of vehicles, men, and supplies.

Aerial view of Mulberry harbour “B” (October 27, 1944)

5. Paratroopers in the Night – Prior to the amphibious landings, over 18,000 British and American paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines under the cover of darkness. Their mission was to secure key bridges, destroy supply lines, and disrupt German communications, which prevented the Nazis from launching a rapid counterattack.

Allied paratroopers land on La Manche coast of France during the invasion. (U.S. National Archives via Getty Images)

(above partially adaped from Google AI search)

The Normandy airborne assault involved over 24,000 Allied paratroopers and glidermen dropping behind enemy lines shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944. Its goal was to secure vital bridges, block German reinforcements, and capture inland causeways to protect the flanks of the main beach landings.

13,000 paratroopers from the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions along with British paratroopers — making for a total of about 24,000 combat jumpers landed in Nazi-occupied France.

The mission for the C-47s and gliders towed by the planes was to drop the soldiers behind the Germans’ main lines with the objective of taking the town of St. Mere Eglise in order to secure key approaches to the beaches.

“… I ask that our people devote themselves into a continuance of prayer … And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade.”

Historian Stephen Ambrose wrote in his book, “D-Day, June 6, 1944: the Climactic Battle of World War II”:

“Across the United States and Canada church bells rang….Special services were held in every church and synagogue in the land. Pews were jammed with worshippers.”

• Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York City hosted an impromptu prayer service on D-Day before a crowd estimated as large as 50,000 people in Madison Square Park in Manhattan.
• The bells of the historic Old North Church in Boston rang that morning, while schoolchildren “recited the Lord’s Prayer in every classroom in Massachusetts,” The Boston Herald reported that day.
• The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia rang for the first time in 109 years, among countless other chimes of support across the nation. “Philadelphia Mayor Bernard Samuel tapped the bell … sending its voice throughout the country,” Ambrose wrote. “Then he offered a prayer.”

An enormous crowd gathered in Madison Square Park on D-Day in New York City on June 6, 1944. (FSA/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Churches and synagogues opened around the clock…

It’s notable that D-Day was a Tuesday, not a typical day of church services, and the date of the invasion was a carefully guarded secret. Still, Americans awoke that morning, heard the news and reflexively rallied around their faith.

“Led by President Roosevelt, the entire country joined in solemn prayer yesterday for the success of the United Nations armies of liberation,” wrote reporter Laurence Resner in a front-page story on The New York Times on June 7, 1944.

The New York Times editorial board, led by Arthur Hays Sulzberger, great-grandfather of the outlet’s current chairman, A.G. Sulzberger, wrote on June 7:

“This nation was born in the only revolution in history made in the name of God. It was born of the conception that the rights of man … are given him by God as the inalienable birthright of the human being.”

The editorial appeared under the headline, “Let Us Pray.”

It continued: “We pray for the boys…we pray for our country…the cause prays for itself, for it is the cause of the God who created men free and equal.”

Excerpted from a June 6, 2022 FoxNews report. 

While Memorial Day honors those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, Veterans Day — November 11 — celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans. The day is largely intended to thank living veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all who served — not only those who died — have sacrificed and done their duty.

The following is from USMemorialDay.org:

Memorial Day started off as a somber day of remembrance; a day when Americans went to cemeteries and placed flags or flowers on the graves of our war dead. It was a day to remember ancestors, family members, and loved ones who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

But now, too many people “celebrate” the day without more than a casual thought to the purpose and meaning of the day. How do we honor the 1.8 million that gave their life for America since 1775? How do we thank them for their sacrifice? We believe Memorial Day is one day to remember.

We can do so by:

• visiting cemeteries and placing flags or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes
• visiting memorials
• flying the U.S. Flag at half-staff until noon, then full staff until dusk
• flying the ‘POW/MIA Flag’ as well (Section 1082 of the 1998 Defense Authorization Act)
• participating in a “National Moment of Remembrance” at 3 p.m. to pause and think upon the true meaning of the day, and for Taps to be played
• renewing a pledge to aid the widows, widowers, and orphans of our fallen dead, and to aid the disabled veterans

Boy scouts participate in placing flags at graves of veterans.

USMemorialDay .org has received many emails from people expressing their thanks for those who have served and gave the ultimate sacrifice for this country. The following, received in 1999 and used with the author’s permission, sums up all the emails USMemorialDay .org has received very elegantly, and is true to the original spirit and meaning of Memorial Day:

This weekend I am going to do something different. I am going to buy some carnations each day and go to one of the nearby cemeteries and walk through the sections for soldiers. When I find a grave that has no flowers, I’ll leave one and say a prayer for the family of that person, who for some reason could not bring their soldier flowers. I will pray for our country and all who serve or have served. For their families, who also serve by losing precious days, weeks and months spent with their loved ones who are off serving, preserving peace and the freedom we have in this country. I’ll pray for the families who paid the ultimate price, who’s loved ones died, or were taken captive and never returned. I’ll pray for anyone who may still be held in captivity and thinks perhaps they are forgotten. I do NOT forget. I’ll say a prayer for every person on the Internet who takes a moment from their time to come to sites like yours and be reminded of what this holiday really means. And I’ll say a prayer of thanks and ask God’s richest blessings on you.

Thank you again…. and God bless!
Sylvia Mohr

Families brave the rain and visit the graves of their U.S. serviceman and women on Memorial Day at the Houston National Cemetery, Monday, May 26, 2014, in Houston.

In fact, wonderful people in other nations sometimes show more of the true spirit and mission of the U.S. Memorial Day than we do here. For example, a 2001 USMemorialDay .org Guestbook entry from a citizen of the Netherlands states:

Hi,

In 1999 I laid flowers at the grave of a young U.S. fighter pilot who was KIA in my village in 1945. In the Netherlands I know of schools ‘adopting’ graves of Allied servicemen, keeping those graves in excellent condition ! Does anybody know of adopting graves in the U.S. by schools?

Sincerely,
Paul Patist Castricum, The Netherlands – Tue May 15, 2001.

More schools in the U.S. could follow the lead of the Netherland schools. Let us take a few moments this Memorial Day to reflect on the meaning of the day, to observe the day and be mindful of the sacrifices of others before we go and enjoy the freedoms they bought for us.

Reprinted from usmemorialday.org/observe.htm. For educational purposes only.

A woman places a small American flag into a ceremonial boot before the annual Run, Honor, Remember 5K at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 16, 2026. The event is dedicated to honoring service members who gave their lives in defense of the nation. (Photo: Jason Ragucci, U.S. Army)