Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro is an irritant to Homeland Security and Chertoff over his skepticism about 911 attacks.

Sep. 25, 2006 -- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, was was detained for 90 minutes and rudely treated by Homeland Security agents while trying to board a plane for Caracas after the UN General Assembly appearance of President Hugo Chavez, likely irritated Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff by meeting with a number of 911 skeptics. Maduro is known, along with Chavez, to be keenly interested in the alternative theories that the 911 attacks involved more than 19 Muslim "insurgents" taking their orders from a religious zealot living in an Afghan cave. Maduro also has an extensive collection of books on 911.

The Homeland Security Department appears to have acted independently of the State Department in detaining Maduro. The State Department was forced to apologize to Maduro and the Venezuelan government for the treatment he received from Chertoff's goon squad.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro is an irritant to Homeland Security and Chertoff over his skepticism about 911 attacks.

Wayne Madsen Report