Thursday, June 26, 2008

Faux Calls: One of the Worst 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Ever

Today I was dismayed to learn that RD accepts the theory that the passengers on Flight 93 didn't really call their families and friends from the plane, that voiceprint technology was used to create one-sided imposter messages, that cell phones couldn't possibly work on planes in 2001, etc. (He cited "scientific" studies by two 9/11 researchers - A.K. Dewdney was one of them - to support that.) I really don't get this theory. It's far too complicated. First off, if you're staging a false flag terrorist hijacking and want to make it look authentic, you don't have to have fake messages to the passengers' loved ones - people wouldn't really expect there to be calls from the plane, right? RD's explanation is that the government needed a "hero story" to give 9/11 that extra boost, to really get folks to rally 'round the war flag. I admit he has a point - "Let's roll!" was exploited to death by the administration in its push for war. But fake phone calls are far from necessary. RD's secondary explanation is that the plane was shot down, and the Powers That Be had to come up with an excuse for why the plane crashed. So they made up a tale about some heroes who decided to take back control of their plane, sending the pilots into a panicky dive. Either way, the faux calls theories don't make much sense.

I pointed out that it should be easy to analyze the recordings of the Flight 93 calls to determine if they're spliced from other conversations or whatever, but he says researchers just don't have the funds for that. They've been working with very limited resources. "You get up the money and do that research!" he said.
"Well, I don't want to. I'm just saying."

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