'Popular Mechanics claims to be allowed to determine what the facts were. Popular Mechanics accuses the 9/11 Truth Movement of creating a "straw-man" theory. Hamilton said that the jet fuel melted the steel frames of the buildings. He did not even discuss the melting temperature of hydrocarbon fires. The core columns of the World Trade Center would not have even been one quarter that hot," Dr. Griffin pointed out. "NIST is not a scientific report. It is a politicized document put together by the Bush/Cheney administration."
The Testimonials.
There are 118 testimonials by employees of the NYFD saying that explosions were going off in the Twin Towers during the 9/11 attacks Theresa Belize an employee in the North Tower is one of them. Coburn journalists cannot rely on reports written by defenders of the federal government. The scientists at NIST knew that a petroleum-based fire cannot melt steel. Other testimonials include Peter Tully of Peter Tully Construction Company, and that of NYFD Captain Phillip Revolo. Phillip Revolo said he saw pools of molten steel. This could not have resulted from a petroleum-based fire.
The Damage to the Pentagon.
'Hani Hanjour was known to be a terrible pilot. How did he hit "Wedge one" of the Pentagon? He had to have flown the airplane in a downward spiral. Totally impossible. The official response from the Bush/Cheney administration,' said Dr. Grifin, 'is that he only flew it manually during the last eight minutes.' Of course, it was during the last eight minutes that the most difficult flying took place, so this explanation is even more ridiculous.
'There is unanimity in the 9/11 Truth Movement,' Dr. Griffin asserted, 'that if terrorists had been in charge of this plane hiting the Pentagon, then they would not have crashed it into "Wedge One." "Wedge One" was the only side of the Pentagon that had been reinforced. It was under remodel. Very few offices were in use. If terrorists had been in charge of the crash, they would have crashed their plane into the other side of the Pentagon, where Donald Rumsfeld was,' asserted Dr. Grifin to an amused audience.
Flight 93: Why did it crash?
Conspiracy theories:
1) The passengers brought it down.
2) The fearful hijackers brought it down.
"TRUTHFULLY, IT WAS SHOT DOWN," declared Dr. Griffin. "Debris from the airplane was distributed over an eight mile area. The 9/11 Commission claimed that the military could not have shot it down because it did not even know it had been hijacked. This claim is not supported by the available facts. All the official spokesmen for the administration do is they confront the 9/11 Truth Now claims with the claims of the 9/11 Commission Report," said Dr. Griffin. They do not adequately respond to the charges of fraud in the report.
"Larry Arnold was asked what he was doing at 8:24AM. He said he was focusing on Flight 93 because he had been informed by the FAA. The issue is did the military know about the flight. Bronner is not teling the truth," asserted Dr. Griffin.
"The fraud of the 9/11 is a much greater fraud because the events of 9/11 have been used to justify every single aspect of US foreign policy in the Middle East since 9/11," said Dr. Griffin. Ex-CIA agent Robert Baer has also changed his mind about 9/11, Dr. Grifin told the audience. "A lot of people have profited from 9/11. The people who have made these great fortunes wield great influence on the American media," said Griffin.
"So, what's the answer," Dr Griffin asked rhetorically? "Mass rallies. We need a million march on Washington," he said. At that point, Dr. Grifin opened up the session to questions from the audience.
The following article was adapted from an article that appeared in Soapbox (Vol 7 Suue 3 June 2007), a publication of the SOU Media Collective.
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