9-11

[Editors Note]

What follows is a set of interviews conducted with Noam Chomsky by a variety of interviewers during the first month following the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The interviews were conducted largely via email , many with foreign journalists who speak and write English as a second language. Although some interviews were conducted as early as eight days after the attacks, edits, additions, and revisions consistent with the latest news continued up until the book left for the printer on October 15. As a result, interviews dated September may contain references to October events. Furthermore, in the process of editing, sections were cut in which questions or answers were repeated between interviews. However, occasionally a repeated fact or point has been intentionally left in, for emphasis.

As Chomsky wrote me during the editing process, "These facts have been completely removed from history. One has to practically scream from the rooftops."

This expanded edition of 9-11 contains "Reflections on 9-11," an essay that Chomsky wrote for a Swedish publication in August 2002, looking back almost one year after the attacks.