9/11 Conspiracy Theories

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Ian has consistently taken the position that, while government conspiracies are within the realm of possibility, "researching 9/11" is not useful because:

• Solid irrefutable evidence does not seem to exist and it has become the religion of Ninelevenism
• Making broad and sensational accusations while citing vague circumstantial evidence makes one look like an idiot
• Even if 9/11 was an inside job - as horrendous as it was, it wasn't the end-all be-all pivotal event that would shift public attitude for or against the federal government, we all knew it was corrupt and evil before 9/11
• Using political channels to prosecute members of the government who supposedly played a secret role in 9/11 would only empower the "left" branch of the Republicrat party, gaining them public trust which they'll immediately misuse
• Besides, everyone knows it was Chuck Norris.

Disproved theories

• Pre-wired bombs in the damaged / collapsed buildings, including WTC 7.
• Something other than American Airlines Flight 77 hit The Pentagon.
• Something other than American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower, and/or something other than United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
• Evidence of the planes being modified in any way.
• Passenger selection not being random, passengers being "in on it", or being evacuated.
• Cell phones couldn't work at that altitude / speed.

(TODO: These should be cited)

Not completely disproved theories

Government stupidity before 9/11

• Meddling in the Middle East, which started even prior to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire during World War 1
• Support for Israel, an American military base disguised as country.

Government stupidity on 9/11

(TODO: consolidate)

AWOL chain of command

• It is well documented that the officials topping the chain of command for response to a domestic attack - George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard Myers, Montague Winfield - all found reason to do something else during the actual attacks, other than assuming their duties as decision-makers.
• Who was actually in charge? Dick Cheney, Richard Clarke, Norman Mineta and the 9/11 Commission directly conflict in their accounts of top-level response to the unfolding events, such that several (or all) of them must be lying, or didn't have a clue what to do when duty called.

Air defense failures

• The US air defense system failed to follow standard procedures for responding to diverted passenger flights.
• Timelines: The various responsible agencies - NORAD, FAA, Pentagon, USAF, as well as the 9/11 Commission - gave radically different explanations for the failure (in some cases upheld for years), such that several officials must have lied, or lazy buerocrats; but none were held accountable.
• Was there an air defense stand-down?

or

• Was the US Military completely taken aback by the notion that someone would <sic> have the gall to attack their home turf.
• How was it possible the Pentagon was hit 1 hour and 20 minutes after the attacks began? Why was there no response from Andrews Air Force Base, just 10 miles away and home to Air National Guard units charged with defending the skies above the nation's capital?

Proof that aliens caused the WTC collapse.

Aliens

• Why not? They obviously have passed the probing stage.

War games

• US military and other authorities planned or actually rehearsed defensive response to all elements of the 9/11 scenario during the year prior to the attack - including multiple hijackings, suicide crash-bombings, and a strike on the Pentagon.
• The multiple military war-games planned long in advance and held on the morning of September 11th included scenarios of a domestic air crisis, a plane crashing into a government building, and a large-scale emergency in New York. If this was only an incredible series of coincidences, why did the official investigations avoid the issue? There is evidence that the war-games created confusion as to whether the unfolding events were "real world or exercise." Did war-games serve as the cover for air defense sabotage, and/or the execution of an "inside job"?

Flight 93 crash in Shanksville, PA

• Did the Shanksville crash occur at 10:06 (according to a seismic report) or 10:03 (according to the 9/11 Commission)? Does the Commission wish to hide what happened in the last three minutes of the flight, and if so, why? Was Flight 93 shot down, as indicated by the scattering of debris over a trail of several miles?

Lies after the fact