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9/11: Fact or Fiction?

Tony Lee

October 15, 2013

Category: Society > Government and Politics

The official 9/11 story is well known. On September 11, 2001, 19 radical Islamists, directed by Osama bin Laden, hijacked four airplanes and subsequently crashed them into the twin towers, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania cornfield killing 3000. Most Americans believe this story without question, but I don't.

It's essential that we set the record straight on 9/11. It was used to justify wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and an insane war against terrorism. The 9/11 "truthers" have been in the streets for over a decade. It's time to drop your fear or resistance, and listen to them.

I am a CPA and a factually based person. I spent the last 25 years of my professional career as a forensic accountant, where I testified as an expert witness in arbitrations and courts. I know what competent evidence is and am convinced that the official 9/11 story is either unsupported, or directly contradicted, by readily observable facts.

Americans hate conspiracy theories but, frankly, I'm surprised they aren't more willing to second-guess what they once believed to be true. After all, the official 9/11 story came from the same people who sold us the reasons for the Iraq War, and those reasons have now been proven to be completely untrue.

I did not challenge the official 9/11 story until a friend encouraged me to read David Ray Griffin's A New Pearl Harbor. She said: "If only 10% of what is written turns out to be true, charges of murder and high treason are warranted at the highest levels of government." That caught my interest.

Thanks to the internet and YouTube, you don't have to rely on others' opinions. You can check them yourself:

  • 19 hijackers? Google "hijack suspects alive and well."
  • Radical Islamists? Google "Atta, alcohol, strip clubs and drugs."
  • Did Dick Cheney enter the underground bunker after the crash into the Pentagon or was he there before, giving orders? Google "Norman Mineta 9/11."
  • Was Bin Laden the master coordinator per his self-incriminating remarks on a video? Or was that a look-alike stand-in? Google "Bin Laden Jalalabad video."
  • Did a Boeing 757 crash into the Pentagon? Can an entire plane be vaporized? Google "No Plane At The Pentagon Jamie McIntyre."
  • Did WTC 7 collapse because a girder on the 13th floor failed? Or was the seven-second free-fall collapse caused by explosives in a controlled demolition operation? Google "WTC 7 collapse" and watch the four different videos of the collapse.

Griffin lists over 100 discrepancies in his book, The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions.

The Achilles heel of the official 9/11 story is the collapse of WTC 7. A 90-minute documentary film, "9/11 Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out," produced in 2012, presents scientific, forensic, and eye-witness reports proving the building was brought down by explosives in a controlled demolition operation. If you want to know the truth about 9/11, you should begin by ordering this video from Amazon.

A more recent five-hour documentary, September 11 — The New Pearl Harbor, produced in 2013, summarizes 12 years of public debate on 9/11 and can be viewed for free here.

It will be tough to maintain an open mind, but, if you do, I think you will agree the experts are very credible and the evidence is very compelling.