The Official Narrative of the September 11 Attacks
According to the accepted account, on the morning of September 11, 2001, nineteen individuals armed with box cutters — allegedly coordinated by a man reportedly dependent on kidney dialysis, operating from a remote Afghan cave complex via satellite phone and laptop — orchestrated what remains the most devastating breach of American airspace in history. These operatives reportedly overpowered passengers and pilots with military flight training aboard four commercial jets, then flew wildly off course for more than sixty minutes without encountering a single interceptor aircraft.
Contradictions in the Hijackers Background
The alleged perpetrators, described as devoutly religious, had documented histories that included alcohol consumption, drug use, and cohabitation with exotic dancers. Despite these apparent contradictions with fundamentalist ideology, the group managed to bring down three skyscrapers using two aircraft in Manhattan. Meanwhile, at the Pentagon, a pilot who reportedly struggled to control a small Cessna allegedly executed an extraordinary 8,000-foot descending spiral turn at 270 degrees in a Boeing 757, striking precisely at the budget analyst offices where Department of Defense personnel were investigating the $2.3 trillion in unaccounted funds that Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had publicly acknowledged just one day earlier, on September 10, 2001.
How Quickly Officials Identified the Perpetrators
Television news anchors had identified the responsible parties within minutes of the attacks. Political commentators reached their conclusions within hours. The Bush Administration had its official determination before the day ended. Physical evidence reportedly appeared almost immediately in the hands of the FBI. Despite this rapid certainty, a group of bereaved family members — later known as the Jersey Girls — had to fight for an official inquiry into what constituted the deadliest attack on American territory in the nation’s history.
Problems With the 9/11 Commission Investigation
The resulting investigation faced extraordinary obstacles from inception. It was subject to significant delays, operated on a minimal budget, and was widely criticized as structurally predisposed to fail. Multiple observers identified serious conflicts of interest, and several participants later described it as an exercise in concealment rather than discovery.
The Commission’s conclusions relied heavily on statements obtained through coercive interrogation techniques — the recordings of which were subsequently destroyed. The final report made no reference to the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, the Able Danger intelligence program, the Ptech software controversy, FBI translator Sibel Edmonds’ allegations, documented connections between Osama bin Laden and American intelligence services, or the military exercises simulating hijacked aircraft striking buildings that were running at the very moment the real attacks unfolded.
The Commission was reportedly misled by the Pentagon, the CIA, and the Bush White House. President Bush and Vice President Cheney provided their testimony privately, without transcription, not under oath, and in a closed session. The Commission declined to pursue the question of who financed the attacks, declaring the matter to be of minimal practical importance.
Destroyed Evidence and Classified Records
The Defense Intelligence Agency erased 2.5 terabytes of information related to the Able Danger program. The Securities and Exchange Commission destroyed its files on the investigation into suspicious trading activity preceding the attacks — an inquiry that represented the largest in the agency’s history. The National Institute of Standards and Technology classified the modeling data behind its analysis of Building 7’s collapse, arguing that releasing this information could endanger public safety. The FBI maintained that all materials connected to its September 11 investigation should remain sealed from public access.
The Hunt for Osama bin Laden
Bin Laden initially operated from a fortified position in the Afghan mountains but reportedly escaped. He was next believed to be at Tora Bora but again evaded capture. He then apparently resided in Abbottabad, Pakistan, for years, eluding the most technologically advanced surveillance apparatus ever assembled, while periodically releasing video statements without consequence.
His eventual killing came during a Navy SEAL operation that produced no video documentation. Conflicting official accounts emerged about whether he resisted or used a family member as a shield. The world’s most wanted intelligence target was shot while unarmed, and his remains were buried at sea before independent verification could occur. Weeks later, members of the SEAL unit involved perished in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
Media Credibility and Unanswered Questions
This account was delivered by the same media organizations that reported uncritically on the Kennedy assassination, the fabricated incubator baby testimony that preceded the Gulf War, the fictional mobile weapons laboratories cited to justify the Iraq invasion, and the embellished rescue narrative of Private Jessica Lynch.
Anyone who raises questions about any element of this official story risks being dismissed and marginalized — a dynamic that effectively discourages the kind of independent scrutiny that significant historical events typically demand.
Originally published April 29, 2012. Content based on the Corbett Report’s “9/11: A Conspiracy Theory” transcript and associated research.
