BBC 9/11: The Conspiracy Files
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4,000 Jews stayed away from work claim.
Talk to Cheryl Shames, sister of Andrew Zucker, Jewish man who died on 9/11.
Explains that story came from reports of 4,000 people who might have been in the vicinity of the attacks, not working there. Al Manar TV then put a spin on the story turning it into 4,000 Israelis who didn't turn up for work. Later became 4,000 Jews.
Cheryl Shames says theories crazy. Narrator: around 200 Jews likely to be killed at WTC, in line with New York population.
Talk to Cheryl Shames, sister of Andrew Zucker, Jewish man who died on 9/11.
Explains that story came from reports of 4,000 people who might have been in the vicinity of the attacks, not working there. Al Manar TV then put a spin on the story turning it into 4,000 Israelis who didn't turn up for work. Later became 4,000 Jews.
Cheryl Shames says theories crazy. Narrator: around 200 Jews likely to be killed at WTC, in line with New York population.
Talking to Frank Spotnitz, X Files and Lone Gunmen producer. His theory on why people want to believe. Appealing because CTs spin bits of information that make everything seem logical and they justify what you already believe.
Narrator: Spotnitz part of CT because Lone Gunmen episode included false flag episode where they crash plane into WTC.
Spotnitz: first thought was Lone Gunmen on 9/11, was this a copycat attack.
Heard rumours of 9/11 attack link on Internet to Lone Gunmen.
Narrator: Spotnitz part of CT because Lone Gunmen episode included false flag episode where they crash plane into WTC.
Spotnitz: first thought was Lone Gunmen on 9/11, was this a copycat attack.
Heard rumours of 9/11 attack link on Internet to Lone Gunmen.
I hadn't realised it was only a mile away as the crow flies. That the CTs had used a motorist's routeplanner to work out the distance cracked me up.
Alex Jones tapping into vein of cynicism about Government. Clips Oliver North, Clinton, Rumsfeld "we know they have weapons of mass destruction"
Cynicism and hopelessness affects many people. Everyone assumes they're being lied to. One story where the evidence stacks up against the Government re: specific warnings of the attacks.
January 2000: al Hazmi and al Midhar arrive in LA. Moved into a San Diego suburb and lived under their real names. They had come on a mission.
At same time, CIA cable confirmed they were in country, didn't pass lead to FBI, who didn't know they were here.
Talks to FBI agent, drives past where they lived. Rented rooms from an FBI informant but he suspected nothing. One of defendants listed in phone book.
Cynicism and hopelessness affects many people. Everyone assumes they're being lied to. One story where the evidence stacks up against the Government re: specific warnings of the attacks.
January 2000: al Hazmi and al Midhar arrive in LA. Moved into a San Diego suburb and lived under their real names. They had come on a mission.
At same time, CIA cable confirmed they were in country, didn't pass lead to FBI, who didn't know they were here.
Talks to FBI agent, drives past where they lived. Rented rooms from an FBI informant but he suspected nothing. One of defendants listed in phone book.
Dale Watson, FBI: I knew an attack was coming. We had no specific information though.
17 days before 9/11 the CIA finally alerted the FBI but San Diego pair moved on. Wasn't a lack of intelligence, a failure to act.
Mike Scheur, CIA: If there was a conspiracy, it was a conspiracy to avoid taking a risk.
Dale Watson: There is no conspiracy. Problems of communication, not orders from the top down telling people to ignore things.
17 days before 9/11 the CIA finally alerted the FBI but San Diego pair moved on. Wasn't a lack of intelligence, a failure to act.
Mike Scheur, CIA: If there was a conspiracy, it was a conspiracy to avoid taking a risk.
Dale Watson: There is no conspiracy. Problems of communication, not orders from the top down telling people to ignore things.