9-11 Conspiracies: My biggest issue with the conspiracy theories is the implied huge number of bribed witnesses...
0 2010-04-25 by GarethNZ
In increasing quantities of bribed witnesses who haven't spoken out:
The official story, is the story.
The government *knew* that *an* attack was going to take place.
The government *knew* that the WTC was going to be attacked.
The government and it's associated agencies played a part in WTC planning.
Towers were rigged to explode, some sort of rocket hit the pentagon, there were only 2 planes (etc).
(I've skipped some steps but you get the idea.)
How do you reason around this?
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7 [deleted] 2010-04-25
we don't know what happened. lets have a proper investigation to find out.
4 xandercruise 2010-04-25
There only needs to be one person within "The government" who knew about the impending attack, or who aided and abetted the attackers, for 9/11 to be considered an Inside Job.
No bribes necessary for the LIHOP theory.
-2 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Yeah, but I have more faith in man-kind. They can still shoot planes out of the sky and go bust a cap in the middle east. Less enthusiasm from the poplace sure, but 'appropriate' embelishments would get it done.
And yes of all 'conspiracy theorys' this one is significantly more plausible.
3 xandercruise 2010-04-25
And it becomes even more plausible (perhaps even probable) when you look into the Bush family ties to the intelligence community, the Bin Laden family, and historically: their ties to the Nazis and the international drugs/weapons black market.
They are Reptilians my friend. Nothing is too cold-blooded for them.
1 stoicsmile 2010-04-25
I've heard you label a few people as "Reptillian". Is that like a secret society or something? Forgive me, I'm new.
4 xandercruise 2010-04-25
Some conspiracy theorists believe that the Elite bloodlines actually trace back to reptilian aliens that interbred with humans thousands of years ago.
http://truthism.com
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/David_Icke
I do not believe this theory.
-2 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Ok...
but the official story is still how it happened, No rockets, no bomb-rigged buildings. Else that completely ruins your plausability.
And I've got to assume by reptilians you mean reptilians in which case you're f'ing crazy. (But your LIHOP remains plausible, just unverified and maybe unverifiable).
1 xandercruise 2010-04-25
So it is possible to be a 9/11 "truther" without questioning the events of the day itself, rather the shady deals going on behind the scenes that resulted in the event.
Personally I think Flight 93 was shot down.
-1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
With no witnesses or evidence corroberating this thought?
What's wrong with the official story?
1 xandercruise 2010-04-25
If Cheney had ordered the flight heading to the Pentagon to be shot down, it would almost certainly have to be covered up from the media and general public.
Even if standard protocol says that a hijacked suicide plane is an enemy weapon and should be destroyed, the American public would never accept it.
It would absolutely have to be covered up in some way. Perhaps with a feel-good story involving heroic everyday Americans standing up and sacrificing themselves for Freedom and Democracy! *sniff* Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for unconvincing wreckage of plane.
Hell, we could even make a movie about it to further "catapult the propaganda" into people's minds.
-1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Bull crap.
I disagree.
(Meh @ this part of opinionated discussion)
3 Johnny_Cash 2010-04-25
Probably 300-400 souls were involved in the 911 attacks. Maybe a few dozen were expendable laborers/patsies and a few dozen actual Americans were duped into highly compartmentalized involvement. But the vast majority of participants were Israelis or American dual-citizens who remain silent out of patriotic loyalty to Israel. This isn't at all implausilbe, seeing how a hundred times that number remained silent about America's "Manhattan" nuclear project.
I doubt if there are ANY particpants who participated only for a bribe. Any still-living Gentiles are being blackmailed with assassination threats or videotapes what would ensure their prosecution for treason (that is, if people were actually prosecuted for treason any more.).
See also here.
0 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
But depending on your level of conspiracy ism (as listed in post):
witnesses must also be bribed into saying 'a plane hit the pentagon',
families with people on the flights,
companies / organisations that did the bomb-riggings - as well as people that saw / suspected anything
And you assume threats will silence everyone? If the conspiracies were true, there would be large groups coming forward (and asking for protection, not just individuals).
& The difference with the Manhattan project, is that the 130k people involved are all willing employees.
2 Johnny_Cash 2010-04-25
I don't know that a plane didn't hit the Pentagon. Maybe the coopted authorities are withholding Pentagon videos so that the phony missile story could take root to eventually "discredit" truth seekers.
The families WERE bribed; they were bought off with court settlements -- NOT ONE FAMILY HAS HAD THEIR DAY IN COURT, BECAUSE THE LITIGATION IS CONTROLLED BY A ZIONIST JUDGE & MASTER.
The buildings were rigged by Israeli crews.
Among the rest of them... who is going to provide witness protection, seeing how our entire Federal government has been hijacked by Zionists (they even brag about it).
-5 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
I've thought the same myself.
But another big thing I have considered is if you were trying to take down an opposing government (using terrorism), the best thing you could do, would be to attack your target, but claim you didnt do it.
i.e. Al-Qaeda saying "no we didn't fly those planes".
So we're clear you mean the families of people on "supposed" or "actual" flights?
Interesting theory...
But (assuming no plane) the people not being dead would be an issue. (Did the govt. kill them some other way) and once again, being bought off is expensive and a big deal like this wouldn't keep everyone quiet.
Assuming actual planes, families of victims don't need to be bribed...
With no witnesses, not even suspicous repaintings etc. (There would be a BUNCH of extra wiring, and columns would need thicker 'walls' around them to hide the explosives.
Again, enough witnesses would not need witness protection, and a witness winding up dead / 'missing' would just lend credence to what they were saying. You must assume that no one has the courage, and does not discuss what they know with ANYONE.
As a side note, your huge anti-israel stance loses you some credibility points.
3 Johnny_Cash 2010-04-25
Your "inquiry" has, at every turn, taken a diversionary tack. That, along with your "NZ" screen name, are hasbara giveaways.
Bottom line is that Israel is busted, and so are you. Soon your beloved Israel will be a glass parking lot, courtesy of the American people. Lulz.
-1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
e.g? All I'm trying to do is reconsile some of the theories with the number of witnesses, as my reply to xandercruise says, LIHOP is much more plausible than the rest.
& WTF is 'hasbara'?
& MIGHT NZ stand for the country I live in?
You assume just cause I don't hate Israel with religious fervor, that I love it? Please.
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-1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Ok, so your theory is that the govt. knew, because Mossad (or similar) planned the whole thing. (Where 'thing' is 4 planes crashing as the official story explains.)?
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-5 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Yes it does. You may assume, but if you want to know, you ask an expert.
... actually what ever... the point of this thread is to point out the RIDICULOUS number of non-governmental participants / witnesses that must then be bribed / threatened.
Assuming a rigged building, everyone that saw / suspected / did anything are being very quite. (But which I mean the occupants of the floors, didn't mention any work that may identify a rigged building -- the walls around columns would be enlarged to hide the bombs, cables going EVERYWHERE. ) No one saw anything, instead it's up to theorists to guess / assume, with no other evidence.
The collapsing buildings can (and have) been explained by experts (bribed as well) and popular mechanics (bribed as well).
Which is my issue with rigged buildings.
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-11 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
What do u think that quote says?
WTC7 was damaged, then they evacuated, then assuming it was going to collapse anyway, Silverstein ensured his insurance would cover him if they (safely) pulled it down, instead of waiting for a 'natural' fall - which could cost the insurer more.
WTC7 wasn't control-demolished using explosives to my knowledge, it was literally pulled down / Allowed to fall safely using cables (of some sort)
[1] http://www.jod911.com/Roberts_WTC7_Lies.doc
[2] http://www.debunking911.com/pull.htm
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2 syuk 2010-04-25
It's not a skyscraper, but in my hometown there is a centre, about 8 stories high. In the middle of this is a rig of cables that hold the building together. I have not seen these personally, but know people who have.
Apparently if the cables break, so does the building. It might be a style of construction.
edit: I will have to ask someone about it later to check if it is true, there is nothing about it on their website and whilst googling comes up with 'cable stayed' structures, these are bridges and roof from what I can see.
-6 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
What ever to you
I suppose being a conspiracy nut you have to talk like this, otherwise you might have to LISTEN.
7 [deleted] 2010-04-25
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4 zombiecyborghitler 2010-04-25
Oh seriously. Why reply? Cables! Thats actually downright funny!
-7 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Same to you
2 jewdea 2010-04-25
There's a lot of compartmentalization and need-to-know information going around in different government agencies, not to mention different levels of security clearances. It really only takes a few people to know the whole plan and then a few hundred/thousand people working in different areas of various government agencies to carry it out. The idea is that, each individual only knows his part he doesn't know what the other hands are doing and therefore not many would easily figure out that they were part of a bigger plan. This is a concept used time and time again and this how the people in power get away with all kinds of things not just 9/11. Having said that, there are so many aspects to 9/11 and so much disinformation that I don't know that we will ever get an exact explanation as to what happened, but I would have to say I am leaning way more toward inside job then the movie-version we've been spoon fed.
-1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Yeah, but compartmentalisation of 'rigging towers' 'shooting rockets' framing high-jackers - or what ever you believe... doesn't work in a highly publicized case like this, everyone would find out how their 'piece' fits in the puzzle.
And depending on their role ("I'm rigging this building for funsies"), no amount of compartmentalisation will get around that.
1 jewdea 2010-04-25
Yes but on the other hand, in that particular instance you wouldn't need to bribe people who wired the building because it wouldn't benefit them to out themselves. Not to mention, the fact that we are still debating this and there are many who doubt the official story is proof that whatever they did worked. Do we know the full story? No. Are people arguing over it 9 years later? Yes. Mission accomplished, guys. Think about the big picture here and realize that events like this and others don't happen in a vacuum. Who really benefited from 9/11? The shadow government who coincidentally not only have all the power and resources to cover up whatever happened AND have been taking away our freedoms and pushing us into various theater wars using 9/11 as an excuse.
-1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Guilt over being responsible for killing a bunch of people, anger @ the govt. for doing it. $ from interviews... There are a bunch of reasons, and threats would be the only thing stopping them... But not everyone (there'd be many similar people) would fold, some may not have family etc...
No it's proof that no matter how simple an event is, it can always be constrewed as a coverup (see the moon-landing conspiracies).
How can you be sure?
I realise this, al-qaeda & associated terrorist groups are the other side to your supposed vacuum.
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Some seople indirectly benefitted from 9-11, in terms of Iraq / Afghan wars. 9-11 didn't have to take place in the way it happened in order for those wars to still happen (esp. Iraq).
I'll just side step this one..
That's my issue, depending on what you think happened, cover-up gets exponentially more difficult (see my orig. post's list).
1 jewdea 2010-04-25
Look, I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, I'm just stating what I've found in my research to be true. If you've researched this and you're comfortable believing the official story, fine. Many people are uncomfortable with information that opposes the world view and would rather look for information that supports their view no matter how ridiculous. I also understand that from your perspective, you could think that's what I'm doing. I've simply found that compartmentalization and control of information is a function of many government agencies most notably the C.I.A. and the same goes for intelligence agencies throughout the world. The fact that there are levels of Top Secret and above clearance, that even the President doesn't have the clearance to access pieces of information is a blatant example of this. To think they don't take advantage of this fact is an optimistic but somewhat naive view. Also, I don't claim I know everything that happened on 9/11 but I do firmly believe that what they told us happened is not the whole truth. There is a lot of gray area in our daily lives, what makes us think something as big as 9/11 is black & white?
0 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Yeah that's always tricky...
Eh, I should do work now, cheers for discussing.
1 xandercruise 2010-04-25
"work"?
On ANZAC day?
90,000+ ANZAC troops died for your right to slack off today, GarethNZ. Why do you hate freedom?
0 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
ha ha ha ha ha ha
(also... that was yesterday :P)
1 OortCloud 2010-04-25
My opinion is similar to Johnny_Cash. The "hijackers" were obstensibly Saudis and the whole operation was supposedly planned in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is a family-tyranny where people live in constant danger from police annd military. It's unlikely that there are many conspirators in the US. It would be far easier to make a request of the Saudi regime to carry out the attacks and then rely on them to keep it quiet.
-1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Howdy,
Hijackers in quote marks because there weren't the claimed number of planes?
But so your assumption is that Al-Qaeda is happy to be blamed, (although they could do some political damage by claiming they didn't)?
You could only have govt. employees, else if you have enough people... someone will talk. (And it's been 9 years).
2 OortCloud 2010-04-25
Could yolu expand a little on those questions?
-1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Well by "hijackers" did you mean, the plane that flew into the pentagon was instead a rocket... etc (there is a wide spectrum of 'conspiracies'), and I assume, like Johnny_Cash that you beleive the twin towers were rigged with explosives? -- Just wondering what you think so this discussion can be on-target.
In any case, if Al-qaeda was not responsible for any aspect of the 9-11 attacks, would it not make sense for them to say they weren't involved (in that particular aspect), to get the U.S. population to distrust their govt?
2 OortCloud 2010-04-25
Thanks. I put hijackers in quotes because of the many contridictions that emerge from the limited investigation so far. What we do know indicates that the event was allowed to happen. Professional pilots have come out to declare that the maneuver required to turn the planes around in a tight time frame would be impossible for a pro, much less an amateur. There are many more inconsistancies so I leave the question of legitimate hijacking open.
Rigging the towers would not be as difficult as we are led to believe. All that would have been required are charges at ground level and around the area of impact. We know that at least 2 explosions were heard coming from ground level, any from above are still in question. There is no need to wire the entire buildings; that is a red herring put up by those opposed to an investigation.
The object of terrorism is to get people to fear you. Whenever an attack of any sort takes place many groups rush to take responsibility. What I find extremely puzzling for the official story is how the suspect group was named within hours and the list of suspects released immediately afterward.
I also think that many of the theories that have emerged are fanciful and are reactions to stress. If a proper investigation had been carried out I think that the motivations for the attacks and the implementation would turn out to much more simple than supposed.
0 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Sorry, been busy...
I'm not aware of any contradictions in the official idea... ?
The only 'evidence' for this idea that I'm aware of was Cheney telling someone not to shoot-down a plane?
I assume you mean the pentagon flight? I'll google, I hadn't heard this, though of course a Pro couldn't do it without crashing...
But the towers began collapsing top down, the charges need to be at the level that the planes hit...
Explosives just at the bottom would also be noticed.. explosions noticed @ the bottom before the building starts falling. (Post falling implies the explosions weren't required...)
Video or witnessed? And did any of the 100s(?) of service men notice the explosions (as either 'suspicious' or 'to be expected').
Based on how buildings are normally demolished, in order to achieve something similar to how the WT Towers collapsed (falling on themselves), rigging of a substantial quantity is required...
What other groups (attempted to take/) took responsibility for the attack?
Not sure about the details. I can 'make up' that maybe intelligence agencies thought that maybe group X was going to do something, but didn't know what...
Or after the attacks were carried out, the group in question celebrated / declared... and informants near (not nec. in) passed the word along.
Journalist interview with 'architect' (prior to arrest etc)... - Not directly relevant, but new to me.
Motives they seem reasonably simple.
What motives are you proposing?
1 OortCloud 2010-04-25
I take it from your handle that you're in New Zealand. I'm in Canada. I don't believe that I've had the pleasure of a conversation with a Kiwi before.
On the day of 9/11 I was in the same state of shock as everyone else. The next day however I became a skeptic because even the few details that had emerged did not stack up. At first my focus was on the Pentagon and the crash in Pennsylvania. I've written much on those topics already in other posts so I won't bring those up here.
There are just so many reasons to think that the jets that hit the towers were false flags. First is the problem of turning the planes around without crashing. Then we have the coincidence of all 4 aircraft being Boeing 757s, aircraft that were unpopular, being phased out, and cheap to obtain. Once the towers came down and everything was pulverized we are asked to believe that the wallet of a hijacker is the only item to survive intact? All of this and more make the official story preposterous.
I don't bookmark every page that I read so please understand that this is 3rd hand info. Pilots familiar with 757s have come out to say that even under optimal flying conditions they would have had trouble duplicating the quick turn needed to fit the time frame. At the time the aircraft left the control area and broke radar contact the planes would not have reached cruising altitude or their top speed. So a hijacker would have taken over the plane at a speed and altitude that rendered manuevers improbable. And, given that none of the hijackers were trained to fly 757, I would move that into the realm of impossible. For another perspective:
http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=18405
I investigated the construction of the towers and found that they had been built differently from other buildings, incorporating a new technique that reduced weight and swaying caused by the wind. It took me a while to figure out how the demolition could have been carried out. Then I found that someone had beaten me to it in this article:
http://gordonssite.tripod.com/id2.html
The last man out of tower 2, the first to fall, says that as he was getting out he heard the explosions coming from the sub-basement. I have no link for you though. Here's a good summary piece if want to wade though it:
http://rt.com/Top_News/2009-09-09/911-attack-job.html
Groups claiming responsibility usually contact government agencies or the news media. News media get so many calls from people claiming responsibility for any number of crimes that all are turned over to the FBI. The FBI then informs the news media as to what claims are news-worthy. At times this arrangement works to public favour by trashing bogus reports early. At other times, like 9/11, it can be used to mislead. Based upon what normally happens, I find it unlikely that only one group claimed responsibility.
I'm not one to propose motives. I only look at the facts as they are to raise my doubts as to the event itself and the reasons behind it. Too many people stray from facts into fantasy and that is where the 9/11 truth movement loses credibility. What I will say is this - nothing complicated works. That is to say, the more complicated a machine or a plan, the more there is to go wrong. On 9/11 simply too many things went right for me to think that the plan was as complex as some believe. I may be wrong on this point so I'm always open to new information or ideas, so long as they stick to facts.
1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Yeah, Howdy from NZ :)
This conversation could get HUGE, so I propose we just stick to the 2 towers (for now at least).
I'm looking at your last two links now (+ a video like http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7465849608574246153&hl=en&emb=1#)
I'll get back to you in ages I imagine. :)
1 halobob98 2010-04-25
bribed? what do you think this is a freaking money laundering racket, when the big boys want to keep people quiet, they threaten them with death\loss of job\or public humiliation on the news
1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
All 10 - 100 - 1000 of the civilians involved (depending on your theory). Please.
Threats will only get you so far, (same with bribery), at least 1 person will tell 1 person they weren't supposed to...
1 halobob98 2010-04-25
threats do work: see mafia
1 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
To a large group of people?
Yes they work, but they have a limited usability.
Enough people and you can't be sure who talked... etc.
There are many ways in which a threatened person can still speak...
-4 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
.. Downvotes aren't answers...
Someone is BOUND to have asked this before...
Links / Refs?
1 halobob98 2010-04-25
there are over 15 feature length documentaries on this subject and about 10000 websites, here is a good place to start but its all on you to find the truth, no one is just going to sum it up in one nice paragraph
here is a movie which includes information on who were on those planes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW23PuBKiA0
0 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
But there are SO MANY slightly different conspiracy theories...
Some of the feature length documentaries have been entirely debunked (Loose Change)...
And the ones I have issues with are the ones that involve bribery of civilians / civilian involvement (in or out of the U.S.).
I'll watch the link if I have time, but that doesn't appear to answer my question
-2 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Yeah, but I have more faith in man-kind. They can still shoot planes out of the sky and go bust a cap in the middle east. Less enthusiasm from the poplace sure, but 'appropriate' embelishments would get it done.
And yes of all 'conspiracy theorys' this one is significantly more plausible.
1 stoicsmile 2010-04-25
I've heard you label a few people as "Reptillian". Is that like a secret society or something? Forgive me, I'm new.
-2 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Ok...
but the official story is still how it happened, No rockets, no bomb-rigged buildings. Else that completely ruins your plausability.
And I've got to assume by reptilians you mean reptilians in which case you're f'ing crazy. (But your LIHOP remains plausible, just unverified and maybe unverifiable).
1 xandercruise 2010-04-25
So it is possible to be a 9/11 "truther" without questioning the events of the day itself, rather the shady deals going on behind the scenes that resulted in the event.
Personally I think Flight 93 was shot down.
-5 GarethNZ 2010-04-25
Yes it does. You may assume, but if you want to know, you ask an expert.
... actually what ever... the point of this thread is to point out the RIDICULOUS number of non-governmental participants / witnesses that must then be bribed / threatened.
Assuming a rigged building, everyone that saw / suspected / did anything are being very quite. (But which I mean the occupants of the floors, didn't mention any work that may identify a rigged building -- the walls around columns would be enlarged to hide the bombs, cables going EVERYWHERE. ) No one saw anything, instead it's up to theorists to guess / assume, with no other evidence.
The collapsing buildings can (and have) been explained by experts (bribed as well) and popular mechanics (bribed as well).
Which is my issue with rigged buildings.