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Comments on: More on conspiracy http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/08/more-on-conspiracy/ As fair-minded and non-partisan as Torquemada. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: john b http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/08/more-on-conspiracy/#comment-331 Thu, 19 Aug 2004 06:18:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=335#comment-331 I’m not sure how much of a counter that is – a conspiracy theorist could rejoinder that they believed the CIA knew what was going on, even though the news channels and the New York authorities didn’t know.

]]> By: Michael http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/08/more-on-conspiracy/#comment-330 Thu, 19 Aug 2004 05:18:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=335#comment-330 The other slight flaw in the conspiracy theorists’ armoury is that until the second plane hit the WTC, no-one really knew what was going on – it was only after both towers were ablaze that it became obvious that it was down to terrorism.

I worked in an office with CNN permanently on, so was privileged (if that’s the word) to be watching the story right from the start, and the initial rumour was that a light aircraft had accidentally flown into one of the towers.

And even if people had twigged slightly earlier that it was a terrorist attack, who would have expected a second plane to hit the other tower before it actually did? And even if this had been predicted, what realistically could have been done in the time available?

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