President Carter Was Concerned About Staged War Provocation, Says Calls for a New Investigation of 9/11 ‘Sound Good’. Added: April 28, 2008 Today at a Barnes & Noble bookstore located in Manhattan. After Rudkowski referenced Operation Ajax and the CIA orchestrated overthrow of Mohammed Mosaddeq in Iran in 1953 via staged terror attacks, he asked Carter if he feared a staged-provocation for war with Iran. Carter responded, “No, I don’t think lately that war is as likely as it was six months ago,” adding, “I hope not.” Facts not Fairies: Calls for a New Investigation of 9/11 ‘Sound Good’: Carter.