THE TERMS “BRAIN TRUST” and “Cynthia McKinney” do not roll off the tongue like “peanut butter and jelly.” But that’s how the press release advertised a series of “Brain Trust” panels moderated by Rep. McKinney this past weekend at the Congressional Black Caucus’s annual legislative conference. The topic: “The 9/11 Omission: Did the Commission Get it Wrong?”

For the September 23rd meeting at the Washington Convention Center, McKinney assembled three teams of panelists to tackle issues related to “The Road to 9/11,” “The Road Since 9/11,” and “What the Commissioners Chose to Ignore.” After each panelist addressed the 50 or 60 members of the audience, they were questioned by three experts from the “9/11 community,” a group dedicated to exposing the government’s malfeasance in regards to the terrorist attacks.