This film follows the widows of the 9/11 victims, and shows how the White House resisted their call for an independent investigation of 9/11.
Below, discuss the kinds of evidence the film presents as relevant. Does this information surprise you? Were you previously aware of these facts? Talk about strengths or weaknesses of the evidence provided.
The 9/11 Timeline, which is referenced in the film, can be found online here: http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=911_project. This is an indispensable resource for researching 9/11.
One of the most relevant evidence that I was not aware of previously is the fact that the government was aware of an attack on US soil beforehand and not only didn't properly respond to it but tried to deny and lie about the information in it. Also, whenever George Bush and Rice were questioned about the warning, they tried very hard to give an indirect answer which only raises more suspicions. When George Bush was asked why him and the vice president were in the same room when being asked questions his answer of "because we wanted to answer questions" is very insufficient and rightly unacceptable by everyone affected by 9/11.
ReplyDeleteWith all the prior warnings leading up to 9/11, one might question whether the U.S. government simply failed to acknowledge these notifications since they considered them not to be of harm. Whether or not the U.S. was naïve to these forewarnings remains to be of constant debate amongst the public. The fact is, that if the U.S. government had insider information on possible terrorist attacks and chose to disregard this knowledge then this could leave the public having less faith in their government specifically regarding national security. If the government is not looking out for the security of its citizens, then they cannot expect public support or nationalism.
ReplyDeleteI was unaware of all the people involved who were considered to have conflicts of interests such as Henry Kissinger. Another surprising fact was that the world trade center 7 collapsed as well even though a plane had not struck it.
It was interesting to note that the timeline portrayed different recording times of when the flights crashed. The discrepancies in the information may leave one questioning whether or not the “official story” is actually reliable. While there was questioning of where the funding for the 9/11 activities came from, the fact that the 9/11 commission said that this was not of significance seems suspicious. If the accused paymaster was indeed supported by the ISI then why hide this from the public if it does not impact the portrayal of the official story.
One of the most surprising things to me is the fact of how many fire fighters testimonials and 911 reports were ignored or never taken. To me this seems very relevant because in many cases the fire fighters were the first eye witnesses to any evidence or things about the event they might know. It is also puts discussion on the fact that the government or commission may not want them to release some information to the public.
ReplyDeleteAnother surprising thing to me is how George Bush claims that he had US security notified about the attacks as soon as the first one struck, yet the video proclaims he sat in the classroom for nearly seven minutes after being notified of the second plane crashing.
There is major conflicts of interest with the heads of the commission which puts a large bias on the private investigation. Also as mentioned by a commission member that many of the commissioners weren’t even able to access most of the documents, this makes it very hard for a full investigation of 9/11 to take place with no biases.
George Bush and the vice president finally agreed to meet but they would do it together, behind closed doors and not under oath. It really brings awareness to the fact that if they have nothing to hide why are they being so secretive? After many interviews and many documents the Commission report was finally released, one that didn’t touch on 70% of the questions and misunderstandings by the public.
There is much evidence as reported by Thompson, a private investigator of the 9/11 attacks who has found relations back to the Government knowing about the possible terrorist attacks since 1995, and a year before 9/11 when a hijacking trainee for Al-Qaeda confessed the plan and his training to the FBI; Enough notice before the actual attacking. To me this is the most surprising, if the government even had the slightest of warning signs why didn’t the stop it, or at least try to do something about it? Along with 14 nations notifying the US prior to 9/11 about possible hijackers. It is unknown of how many exact warnings were given to the US or the Whitehouse and the information just buried, but it is known that at least one memo the PDB to protect George Bush from the assassination by Bin Laden at the G8 summit. It is outlined in this video that if George Bush was aware of the threat in Genoa, he was also aware of the threat of planes as weapons. First the US government said “there were no warnings” then the government said the warnings were not specific on “when, where & how”. These ideas are depicted in the film by the Jersey ladies by although the attacks may not be preventable the amount of deaths may have been. Like mentioned, if they would have known the first crashing was an attack rather than an accident many people could have got out of the second trade centre along with the pentagon. If the public would have known of all the warnings a lot of measurers could have been taken, but they weren’t. The evidence and connections found by Thompson is really strength to an investigation because it is so in-depth and puts a lot of pressure on the government about some of the reports they are giving.
In the film there are many pieces of evidence presented which indicate involvement from the United States. Some of these pieces allow some room for suspicion about the actual timeline of events, while others almost directly contradict statements made by the Bush Administration regarding 9/11. One example of such evidence is the fact that the US government was warned dozens of times by other foreign countries about not only the possibility of the attack, but how it could even be carried out. The government only talked about such documents when they were being forced to, by the sheer amount of pressure the media and family members created.
ReplyDeleteAnother example was the fact Osama Bin Laden somehow escaped the US in Afghanistan, even though his location was essentially pinpointed and "surrounded". If they were truly dedicated to catching the main leader of the terrorist attacks, it should have been almost no problem in catching him in that kind of situation. The show even talks about how his escape should have been completely noticeable by US forces, and would have only succeeded by intended uninvolvement.
This film showed a lot of evidence that could lead many people to believe that the US deliberately ignored many different signs that a terrorist attack on the country was going to happen. This may indirectly suggest that the US government actually had some kind of involvement with the attacks on 9/11, but with the amount of secrecy with the investigation it's difficult to prove the truth.
ReplyDeleteSpecific evidence shown in the film includes how this event consisted of the first and second time in history a building has collapsed due to a fire, and many pieces of information given to President Bush from other countries and intelligence that told him how there were groups planning to attack certain buildings in the US, including the Pentagon and the World Trade Centers. Possibly the strangest part of this evidence is how Bush failed to inquire about more information about these possible attacks and were somewhat ignored. When confronted by the media about this evidence, Bush was shown to be playing ignorant saying they had actually never heard of this information. Large amounts of public pressure was the only thing that could get the Bush administration to conduct an interview with somebody under oath, where no real strong information was taken from as answers to difficult questions usually didn't have anything to do with the actual questions. Prior to this film I had never heard of how Bush had large amounts of information about a possible attack, especially from strong sources.
This is very strong evidence as it shows how poorly the US government reacted to this information given to them, no matter how much they deny about what they knew. It surprises me a lot how little was done and how little attention this situation gets.
Regardless of whether or not this film proves a conspiracy in the 9/11 attacks, it brings to light many important facts and evidence that causes people to question the actions of the government and people involved in the investigation. From lack of prevention to lack of sufficient investigation, it is curious as to why the government would react in such a poor manner when this was arguably one of the most devastating "terrorist" attacks in history.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of prevention, it is clearly irresponsible that a government who was very much made aware of a potential attack on the United States months in advance and did very little, if anything to try and prevent it. Regardless of its legitimacy, it is the responsibility of the government to ensure the safety of their citizens is not in question. Furthermore, the lack of military response when made aware of a potential hijacking. Given the fact that in 1999, the military responded immediately to intercept a potential hijacked plane, why was an attempt not made when the final plane crashed 2 hours after first being made aware of a potential hijacking.
The aspect that I find the most shocking and was not previously aware of, is the manner in which the investigation was conducted. For a attack that caused over 3000 deaths, I find it unfathomable to only allocate 3 million dollars to the overall investigation. Conspiracy or not, given that the 9/11 attacks were acknowledged as one of the most serious threats to national security, one would think that the government would take all measures and use whatever resources necessary to uncover the truth. The government continually said that there was no way that they could have envisioned an attack that used jet planes as missiles, however there was evidence that this was a similar plot was uncovered in the mid 90's, not to mention the numerous notices from the British government of potential attacks.
The evidence within this film suggest that the United States had a lot of previous warnings about the attacks and that possibly the believed they were untouchable. A lot of the evidence put forth in this movie seem to be leaning towards the suggestion that the American government did have some involvement in the events of 9/11. The lack of action when they had been previously warned multiple times by foreign intelligence agencies of the probability of an attack is appalling. Also on the day of the attacks there seemed to be no reaction at all to the hijacked planes until they had found there targets and were clearly to late. Many of the people in power seem to be hiding stuff by how evasive their answers are to specific questions. For example when President Bush and Vice President Cheney only agreed to testify in front of the commission if they were together and not under oath. When Bush was asked why he did this he never provided a reasonable answer he just evaded the question by spewing useless nonsense.
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest points of interest for people trying to suggest a conspiracy within the government it the fact that building 7 also collapsed along with 1 and 2 on that day. Even though building 7 was never hit by a plane it still collapsed. Which could be used as a good argument for those who argue that the trade centre buildings were taken down with help from explosives located in the basements of the buildings. The collapse of building 7 does make this theory seem slightly more likely however i personally think it is ridiculous.
The film begins as most about this tragedy do, by evoking emotion among its viewers to suck them in and make them more susceptible to what follows. When hearing these women tell their stories all though they did not cry you could feel their passion in a way that they had told this exact story a thousand times and were there for a more purposeful reason than for their stories to be heard. These "Jersey Girls" verbalize the true problem of conspiracies, which is that they raise more questions than answers. Though something is obviously suspicious and may not be right, the lack of cold proof to one unifying theory hinders these skeptics enough to keep them at bay. Was this a simple mishandling, or was it intentional? The lack of determined effort and results is suspect to say the least.
ReplyDeleteWhen prevented with the stories and evidence as a whole, it is astounding how little was actually accomplished. It also is surprising how little the media had presented tot us.We got pigeon holed on Osama Bin Laden and forgot about producing other results. Transparency is once again the issue at hand, and the lack of it by our government and elected officials causes more skepticism, conspiracies, and suspicions of the public Will it take another mishandled catastrophic event before we demand actual truth? Will it take two or three or four? beginning with the assassination of JFK the environment of governmental secrecy is affecting its citizens in a negative way. The lackluster investigation and incomplete timeline are the most convincing pieces of evidence that point to the issues of cover up. There is much more going on than any of us know, and we may never know everything, but we are slowly making a difference and forcing more information to be brought into light.
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ReplyDeleteThe 9/11 investigation had already been delayed compare to other tragic events, such as Sinking of titanic 6 days, JFK assassination 7 days, like we mentioned in the class. I thought the government finally start the investigation actively after 441 days the event happened, but from the movie I know that, the government had to conduct the investigation due to the huge pressure from the public, particularly victims’families from 9/11. Even after the commission was established, the white house seemed not want to collaborate with the commission so that their so called fully independent investigation had been restricted from all aspects. Until almost the deadline of the investigation, none of the president, vice president and national security adviser would like to be testified in the public and under oath. It is not hard to predict that, the people who were seeking answers, and had expectation on the commission would not be satisfied by the commission report of course.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, the Bush government overlooked so many warning from other countries and intelligent agencies oversea, and they were trying to cover the truth that they had received these warnings prior 9/11 right after the 9/11, therefore the government was trying to cover their failure of the prevention of the tragedy.
What I learned from this movie is the fact that so many responses could be done in order to prevent the happening of 9/11, and so many facts could be admitted after 9/11 to comfort and compensate the victim and their families.
The most surprising evidence that I find in this film is that they had multiple warnings about potential domestic terrorist operations as well as planned attacks. What is so surprising about it is that they decided not to act on the information that was received. That information included the cities that these groups were residing as well as what their plans were yet they were never stopped. This was something that I had not previously known about.
ReplyDeleteI also find it interesting that the people of the Administration couldn't keep a cohesive story in regards to what happened before, during and after the events. They change their minds on things, contradict themselves as in the case of Condoleza Rice discussing the President's August 6, 2001 briefing. They are also reluctant to say anything about the discussions that took place with Bush, Cheney and the Commission.
It's also interesting to note the many inconsistencies in the timeline that the Commission published as the timeline shows that the fighter jets would have had lots of time so stop, at the very least, the plane that was supposedly crashed in Shanksville.
I think the evidence that was presented in this film forms a convincing case supporting the idea that the government performed a cover up.
I was surprised about this film, it showed quite a bit of evidence that I was previously unaware of about 9/11. There were the Jersey widows of 9/11 victims and their push for an independent investigation. The amount of time it took for an investigation to be opened is also quite staggering (a year later). I really found it striking when the focus moved onto the interview with one of the widows, who explained how the media was all too quick to jump onto their story of sorrow, and they allowed it, but once ‘in the door’ they attempted to get them to cover the non-investigation of 9/11 as well, all while still dealing with the death of their loved one. I found this to be a very courageous and patriotic action to be taking, especially in their time of grief. Also though, that these people had the right to find out what actually happened, and that it wasn’t fair that they weren’t getting at least that: some kind of closure provided by the institutions they themselves elected into power. The non-media coverage of a lot of these types of events relating to 9/11 and the Bush government is a reoccurring theme in this film, and I agree with it, that the media wasn’t doing their job.
ReplyDeleteThe coverage of the 9/11 Commission when it was finally opened is quite eye opening. It’s a bit shocking when you put all the facts together how this could have been called an “investigation” at all. People who were being questioned doing so not under oath, only two people on the commission having access to critical documents, and people of questionable conflict of interest being put in charge (Kissinger, then Zelikow). Then the fact the media wasn’t really covering it to the extent they should have been, and a lot of senior Bush administration members would not testify. We saw that change after a whistleblowers tell all book came, which seemed to scare them into testifying as this was not something they could keep suppressed as easily, as well as forcing the media to cover the investigation more extensively. I found it surprising that the investigation of such a huge event was not covered by the media and ultimately shown to the people to the extent it should’ve been. After hearing the interview from the ABC employee talk about stories not making prime time, you have to wonder who’s agenda that might have served, or if it was just incompetence or fear. Later there are some commission members who gave some really scathing words about how the commission itself was conducted, and when it was finally released, the widows saying a lot of their questions hadn’t even been asked, or answered.
The 9/11 timeline researcher Thompson was what I think the most interesting part of the film though. I hadn’t heard of him before this. Here we have someone analyzing all the news stories in their many forms and attempting to make continuity from all of it through his timeline. Some of the things he came across and talks about raise some pretty big questions, mainly on who knew what before 9/11. I had heard about the famed August presidential briefing, but not about the numerous other intelligence agency reports about Osama Bin Laden being determined to attack the US, with some going into as much detail as describing highjacking planes as weapons. Randy Glass, the ISI connection, and the wiring of funds approved by Mahmoud Ahmed, it all raises some important questions that need to be answered or investigated more closely.
I found this film pretty interesting to watch. It is aimed to make the government look bad so you can tell some bias but it all seems good to know. I like that the film begins with learning about the Jersey Girls but slowly they uncover more and more. I found a lot of this information shocking. Like the president being told that Bin Laden was planning an attack before it happened? I had never heard that before but it definitely helped to persuade me.
ReplyDeleteI think that most of the information presented is relevant to their argument. They definitely got their point across to me and I found a lot of the information presented to be surprising. Some of the information at the beginning threw me off a little because I found it to be weak. While I understand that people were so upset about the 3rd building falling that day, it's something that I would just view and not really question. So to have others constantly argue it, I find it kind of pointless. Besides little things like that, I found the film to be interesting and very knowledgeable.
The film displays how justice was not served; several suspects were let go. I found this film informative and believe it uncovered several secrets of the US government. The film portrays president Bush as his true self; an idiot, for lack of a better term. When Bush is speaking on such matters, its clear he's spitting out propaganda, one of the country's largest cities was attacked and he continues to read children's books, thank god he never ran Canada. The film brought the story reading video to my attention, yes, you can make the argument that he didn't want to frighten the children, but, this man is the leader of his country, he should have wrapped up story time and addressed the media or something productive. The film informed me also of Bush's "push for justice," and has him stating something along the lines of "we will find the individuals responsible and bring them to justice." When the majority of suspects are released on by one, its hard to serve justice.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the information on the strange collapse of the building from the plane crash was also very interesting.
Overall I enjoyed this video, I thought it brought knowledge in a proper way.
Some of the evidence that was very hard to believe was that the government could of bin aware of the attach towards the U.S. The buildings that collapsed were not just the twin towers but was also building 7. I found it very strange because a plane never hit the building. The timeline for that day conflicted with statements that were given by Bush. I could not believe that the U.S. could of bin involved in the events of that day also that they had many different warning from different countries and still the government did not respond to the warnings. A lot of the information that was shared in the video I was not aware of or did not hear about it. I knew about the towers collapsing due to terrorists flying planes in to the buildings. If the government would of listened or even prepared for such an event, things could have went differently which in the long run could of saved lives that were lost that day.
ReplyDeleteThe most ridiculous thing I heard being said in this movie was "An investigation must not interfere with the ongoing efforts to prevent the next attack." How can they next attack be prevented if there is no legitimate reasoning found for the first one and revealed who was behind it. This was just an excuse by the government because they had no answers for their people on why this had happened. What surprised me was the involvement of a lot of people in this event which I was not aware of. An example is Henry Kissinger, and how he came off so guilty of knowing something. He was questioned about having any clients by the name of Bin Laden and stepped down from his position the next day, and there is nothing more suspicious than that.
ReplyDeleteThis movie was good because it revealed many flaws of the US government and showed how it let its people down. When the commission report came out, many people were looking forward to all their questions being answered but all it said was that "9/11 was merely a failure of imagination. The report was filled with only half the truth.
Another important piece of evidence that was given lots of relevance in the movie was all of the different warnings that the government was given before 9/11 about the attacks. August 2001 was especially important because there were very specific warnings about an Al-Qaeda attack and Bin Laden's plans on attacking yet the government gave it no importance. They were warned by 14 different countries, but no action was taken to investigate or prevent such an attack. I also was not aware that the idea of planes being used as weapons dated way back, yet nobody gave it importance.
This film really shined some light on the flaws of the US government and educated me about lots of things I was never aware of before. It was interesting because it showed everything from a different angle.
Some of the information presented in this film that surprised me was that WTC 7 was never actually hit, it just collapsed. I had always thought that something did actually come into contact with that building. I find it strange how a building could collapse like it did without actually being struck, this is a strength in that it shows a hole in the "official story". Another thing that I found interested about the actual attack was that the government did not follow protocols; it had been alerted to a hijacking but did not use the military to attempt to stop the first hit, nor the subsequent ones. The 2 hour gap between the first signal and the final crash is quite alarming.
ReplyDeleteI did appreciate that although the film does go into personal accounts about lost family it does not focus on it. I personally feel that this is a huge strength of the film as it does not try to persuade you by emotion. Until this film I had never heard of the "Jersey Girls", I find it quite surprising what they accomplished. I also find it quite sad the way that they had to utilize the press and play on the emotions of others to get any initial standing. I do applaud them for what they accomplished in terms of getting the media to take another look at what was going on in the country.
I had also been under the impression that the people working inside of the World Trade Towers did not have time to attempt a proper evacuation before everything had occurred. What bothers me is that some people were told that everything was fine and that the building was secured. If they had been told something to the contrary then perhaps they could have attempted leaving before everything came collapsing down.
What is possibly the most appalling thing that I had no knowledge of was the many failed attempts to capture Osama Bin Laden. I did not realize that they had always been so close, it really does make it look as if the government did let them escape. I had heard that President Bush had been warned that there was going to be an attack, but I did not know that there was THAT much warning. The impression that I got from the movie was that Bush had several different sources trying to warn him about this future attack. He had all of the information but chose to ignore it.
One of the things that striked me the most was the fact that there was no response to the warnings of the (possible) attacks prior to Septembter 11th. Another one is President Bush's behaviour- he seemed very nervous answering all the questions posed by the media. I haven't heard about the threats and I certainly was surprised when I watched that part.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting bit of information was the Jersey Girls' campaign and that they were at refused to be given more information and detailed access to government official reports and such.
What I was most upset about was (as Thomson mentioned) the media and the government kept changing their minds about who is the accused "attacker" and terrorist, jumping from name to name to yet another similar name and it seems to me they were going round in circles. They arrested a big number of suspects and only a handful or less where held detained in the end yet were not brought to court (as I gather from the video) causing distress and confusion among the family of the victims of the 9/11 attack.
They talked about weapons, they talked about Bin Laden joining the ISI and they talked about the Mujahideen and in the end they got nowhere leading people to believe that the government has "secrets and lies" which need to be uncovered. Although it is understandable (I would certainly feel the way those families do) that they have the need to find out the reason and truth behind it all, most of those families who lost loved ones of the tragic day of 9/11 now believe all Muslims are terrorists and that they are not fit to live among them Americans. I hope one day the Muslims will be cleared of accusations and the true offender will be sussed out.
The most surprising piece of evidence was just the amount of time that passed before the government finally decided to launch an official investigation into the 9/11 attack. This is puzzling, due to the fact that 9/11 has had a major impact on the United States and is used as the justification for many of the American government's questionable decisions. The American government only conceded to launch an investigation on the attack that changed the course of American history only after being pressured by the widows of the victims of the attack over the course of a year. Furthermore, the investigation the government launched was underfunded and was largely incomplete. Ignoring testimony from witness that were on the scene and failing to come up with a satisfactory explanation for a lot of the specifics of the attack, it is clear that the investigation was set up to fail.
ReplyDeleteAnother one of the most revealing pieces of evidence was how many warnings about an oncoming attack the American government ignored. After receiving repeated warnings of an impeding attack, the American government still did not prepare or take steps to prevent such an attack. Furthermore, on the day of the attack, there were a number of security failures that could have prevented the attack entirely, namely the fighter jets failing to intercept the hijacked aircraft. There are numerous unanswered questions the government failed to answer regarding the 9/11 attacks.
To me, the biggest piece of evidence that showed a terrorist attack was inevitable on American soil was the intelligence report stating that Osama Bin Laden was seen as a threat based on suspicious movements around the country and no one did anything to stop it. The government had ample time to put higher security measures in place, and they did nothing. The second piece that struck me as odd was the news report near the end of the film where President Bush paused several times during the broadcast to find his words. This to me showed that he knew the actual answer to the question and diverted it to something completely distant. I believe he knows who attacked the American people that day, along with the Secret Service, and they don't want to admit it was the government who let it happen.
ReplyDeleteThe film shows many different pieces of evidence that are relevant to the conspiracy theory. Personally, I think the most shocking part of it was the fact that the government chose to ignore all the warnings that were given about a possible terrorist attack from various different countries. They didn't do anything to try and prevent it or keep anyone safe, and they didn't seem to care much. It shocked me how much evidence was withheld from the public and how much of it was disregarded or not even touched upon when the Commission came out. It was mentioned in the film that only about 30% of the questions people had were even discussed in the report and they rest was just ignored.
ReplyDeleteI find it very suspicious that the government didn't immediately take action as soon as the first plane hit. In the other video we watched in class, it showed that Bush continued what he was doing for another 7 minutes or so before even reacting the the situation. I also find it very suspicious that the official 9/11 timeline has so many discrepancies, such as incorrect times and such. You would think that on an official report about a major crisis, there wouldn't be so many inconsistencies with the information that is being released to the public. I think that Paul Thompson's website was a huge piece of evidence against the government. It showed many of the faults with the timeline and had a lot of useful information about what went on that day.
A lot of this information is new to me. I was previously aware of the situation that went on and is still going on, however, I wasn't aware of all the evidence people of the public have collected against the government and how convincing it is.
This film portrayed the 9/11 evidence in a way which I had not previously seen. I had not previously heard of the 'Jersey Girls' or would have foreseen how influential they were regarding the commission. The pressure that was required in order to begin an investigation and the way the women exposed themselves was pretty heartbreaking. The failure of the commission to ask the right questions or come out with any clear answers was also just pathetic. I partially do feel bad for Bush because as president this would be a huge tragedy but in regards to 9/11 there doesn't seem to be a way to portray him in a positive light, he just screwed up so badly! Instead of embracing what happened and being a leader he was shady, which of course leaves a lot of room for conspiracy rumour to commence.
ReplyDeleteThe rest of the movie, regarding the complete failure on behalf of the US military to capture and Al Queda after the attacks was interesting, but seems like that inside intel could be twisted in order to facilitate the conspiracy theorists point of view, I personally disregard that and the apparent 'previous warnings' the Bush administration received. The United States are a superpower that receives ongoing threats. They are not able to properly respond to each individual one (for example N.Korea's current threats) and therefore that evidence can be disregarded as far as I'm concerned,
The timeline of 9/11 and the collapse of the buildings are the two things that in my mind can't be reconciled, and leave room for doubt.
This documentary revolves around widows who lost their husbands during 9/11. One of the very first things they point out in the documentary is the fact that President Bush wasn’t in a hurry when he received the news about the planes crashing into the twin towers. He was instead, making a public appearance at some elementary school. I honestly had no clue as to why President Bush was acting so calm about the attacks. I thought that he would at least tell the classroom he was visiting that he had to do something urgent. He was the president, so the students would have to understand. He also didn’t seem too alarmed about what was happening.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, the women of the film point out that the response to the attack was very slow. Some people knew or assumed that there was going to be an attack, but no one really paid attention to it. The communication between the secret services and such was just very slow that day, and it kind of seemed suspicious. It was like the government’s attempt to stop the two planes wasn’t a very important.
Another thing I found suspicious was the fact that the government did not want to deal with 9/11 that much after the attacks happened. It seemed like 9/11 was nothing to them and that it would be a waste of time to do an investigation on. The thing that surprised me the most was the fact that they spent over 60 million dollars on finding out Bill Clinton’s sexual orientation. Compared to 9/11, that investigation is rather useless.
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ReplyDeleteThe film “911 Press for Truth” uses public documentation of the Press to create a bigger picture of what happened on 911. Paul Thompson has a created timeline that is comprised on over 7000 news stories. When you put all the stories together, it creates a rather different story and a larger picture. In many situations politicians deny the facts, and contradict their stories. At one point, Bush says he doesn’t imagine any government that could predict that terrorist would smash airplanes into buildings. The film later goes into detail on how the white house had been well aware of Al Qaeda’s desire to use planes as weapons back to 1995. This contradicts the Bush’s statement to the public, and makes the viewer wonder why the president is feeding bullshit to the people. Through the film we see videos of politicians in interviews, stumbling upon their words in answering questions to the press. It does not tell the viewer that the individual that is lying to the public, but rather it makes the viewers come upon that thought themselves.
The film uses news stories as evidence. We can look at theses stories to create a timeline, but not as hard evidence. Most news stations are bias towards a specific democratic party and may only speak in half-truths. Furthermore news stations want to attract viewers and can fluff up the story to make it more interesting to the public. We can use this evidence as a timeline, and we can use recorded of speeches and interviews to the public to get further insight on how the events transpired and as a means to greater insight on an individuals character, revealing if they are trying to hide something from the public.
I found it interesting that America invaded Iraq and not Pakistan. This adds to the suggestion of a conspiracy/ cover up. Picture this, a group of American Nationalist hijack a plane and crash it into a large skyscraper in Japan. Japan then bombs the shit out of Canada justifying that a few of the American Nationalist had vacation homes in Banff. 911 in a nutshell.