Все эти споры, заговоры, рассуждения, идеи и спекуляции - конечно интересны, но гораздо интереснее следующие факты и цифры, против к-рых не попрешь, а так же мотивы.(содрано все с той же википедии):
The 9/11 Commission Vice President Dick Cheney initially opposed a congressional commission into the 9/11 attacks, suggesting it would take vital resources and personnel away from the war on terrorism.
The 9/11 Commission investigation began 411 days after the attacks, whereas the investigations into the attack on Pearl Harbor and the assassination of JFK began after only 9 and 7 days, respectively.
The commission was given a startup appropriation of only $3 million and made a subsequent funding request for $11 million in order to meet its target date for completion. As a point of comparison, $50 million was set aside to investigate the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, and $40 million was set aside to investigate Bill Clinton's lying about his indiscretions with Monica Lewinsky.
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Other points of interest
US Representative Cynthia McKinney led a Capitol Hill hearing on July 23, 2005 into "what warnings the Bush administration received before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001." Panelist and former CIA official Melvin Goodman was quoted as saying "Congresswoman McKinney is viewed as a contrarian and I hope someday her views will be considered conventional wisdom." Many 9/11 researchers testified at the hearing, including Michael Ruppert, Peter Dale Scott, Wayne Madsen and several others[50].
A September, 2000 document by the Project for the New American Century (PNAC; cofounded by Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, and Richard Perle), entitled Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources For the New Century states the following:
"To preserve American military preeminence in the coming decades, the Department of Defense must move more aggressively to experiment with new technologies and operational concepts, and seek to exploit the emerging revolution in military affairs."
"Further, the process of military transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event � like a new Pearl Harbor." In a poll by Zogby International commissioned by 911truth.org, half (49.3%) of New York City residents and 41% of New York citizens overall believe the US Government "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act" (poll conducted from Tuesday August 24 through Thursday August 26, 2004). [51]
The FOX TV series The Lone Gunmen aired their opening episode "Pilot" six months before 9/11 which depicted a secret U.S. government agency behind a plot to simulate a foreign terrorist airline attack (a Boeing 727 flying into 2 World Trade Center by a powerful computer via remote control) to further a larger political agenda.
The declassified Operation Northwoods document by the United States Department of Defense that was never implemented proposed a series of false flag terrorist operations on U.S. soil, such as destroying US aircraft, which were to be blamed on Cuba, in order to rally American public opinion to support the launching of a U.S. war against Cuba (Operation Northwoods). "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," they proposed; "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation." Between 1993 and 2000, Marvin Bush, President Bush's brother was a principal in a company that provided security for both The World Trade Center and United Airlines. According to its president CEO, Barry McDaniel, the company had an ongoing contract to handle security at the World Trade Center "up to the day the buildings fell down". This last statement has been used by some conspiracy theorists to say that the contract "expired" on September 11, 2001. Marvin Bush himself was on a subway under Wall Street when the attacks happened.
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Motives
To expand the power of the federal government. Rep. Ron Paul has written "The 9-11 Commission report is several hundred pages worth of recommendations to make government larger and more intrusive."
To justify increased defense spending during an indefinitely long "War on Terrorism" and provide financial payback to many companies that supported the Republicans in the 2000 election (e.g. Halliburton).
To gain the support of US citizens for the invasion of countries of the Middle East in order to control petroleum reserves in response to a peaking of global oil production.
To justify the passing of certain legislation, including the USA PATRIOT Act, argued to be restrictive of certain civil rights.
To allow the neoconservative wing of the Republican Party to seize and maintain power through increased popularity, war, and the stifling of dissenting opinions. (See PNAC reference, above.)
To ready the public to fight a global existential conflict between Islamic Fundamentalism and Western Civilization that neoconservatives believed was already underway but that most people were unaware of. (See PNAC New Pearl Harbor reference above Clash of Civilizations)
To destroy embarrassing or incriminating materials located inside of World Trade Center Seven. According to an article in the December 7-13 2005 issue of The Village Voice, the CIA, the Secret Service, the New York City Office of Emergency Management, Salomon Smith Barney all had offices located in that building, and other government agencies had offices in the other 6 World Trade Center buildings (FBI, Customs, etc.)
To distract from domestic issues which may have been difficult to solve politically but are often of high concern for Americans, such as poverty, crashing stock markets, corporate corruption (Enron, etc.), lack of health care and political division.
Larry Silverstein is seeking 7 billion dollars from insurance for the collapse of the three buildings and received the contract for the reconstruction of building 7 where substantial profits were made.
Under the World Trade Centers were deposits of gold which remain largely unaccounted for.
Put options (a bet that the stock will fall) were placed on Boeing and American Airlines far in access of the daily averages days before September 11th. Many people thought that this money trail would lead directly to the people responsible for the attacks yet the trail led to white Americans, many in high up positions, including the CIA.I wish I had a funny and creative Signature...
