Wrong.
The NTSB released the FDR data AND the animation BEFORE we had obtained the citgo station witness accounts and BEF0RE we even made our first trip out
to Arlington with Dylan and Russell.
And no they did not send them to Rob.
Rob and Merc were both Admins on the old Loose Change forum.
Chris (undertow) obtained the FDR data via FOIA and shortly after Calum Douglas (snowygrouch) obtained the animation.
Everyone was excited about the data but reserved because we knew it would take a while to decode it.
So when the animation was released we really started tripping because that was them decoding it for us!
Then Dylan, Russell, Merc, and I made our first trip to Arlington.
We interviewed Lloyd England, Stephen McGraw, and Madelene Zackhem, Edward Paik (not on location), and had dinner with Mike Walter.
Then just before we were supposed to catch our plane back to LA we stopped by the citgo station to try and get some good shots of the Pentagon.
The manager of the citgo told us all about her employee Robert Turcios who saw the plane on the north side of the station. We thought that was
incredible but Robert was on vacation so we couldn't confirm his account.
So Dylan and I tried to get some shots of the Pentagon from up on the mound at the citgo but the cops took us down. We were detained for about 2
hours while the feds heavily interrogated us.
Russell suggested our connection to the citgo was blown so he deferred further research to Merc. Well Merc KNEW that Robert's account would be big
so he followed up over the phone a few days after we got back.
Turns out Robert CONFIRMED the fact that he saw the plane on the north.
Merc posted all about it but Russell shot it down because we didn't have his account recorded etc.
A couple weeks later they released the citgo security video that shows no plane but also doesn't show Robert.
Coincidence?
And then Hugo Chavez called Bush the devil at the united nations. So out of the blue the Washington Post does an article called:
At the Pentagon Citgo, Price Trumps Patriotism
Look who is quoted at the bottom!
Now all of the sudden Robert tells us he can no longer talk with "media" so we can't call him anymore.
Next thing you know they completely repaint the building and take off any refernce to Citgo! It becomes simply "the Navy Exchange".
Coincidence?
But I knew we had to try to get more confirmation anyway so I booked the trip even though Robert said he couldn't talk to us.
I made the calls and got approval from the Navy to film on the property. I looked up Lagasse and Brooks and independently got them to agree to be
filmed.
So I went back to Arlington and was succesful in getting the interviews on camera.
I basically begged Robert (who is clearly very shy and didn't want to be filmed) and convinced him by telling him I had approval from his bosses, the
Navy, to film. So it all came together and worked out.
I slipped under the radar.
They tried to stop me but it didn't work.
Make of it what you will but this is the honest to goodness TRUTH about how it all went down.
So meanwhile Rob had been focusing on the FDR/Animation and he formed PFT. He was working on Chapter one of PBB before we had Robert, Lagasse, and
Brooks on video tape or had formed CIT.
I don't think he was even aware of the discrepancies between the animation and the FDR when he made chapter one but you'll have to confirm that with
him.
Bottom line, it was PURE COINCIDENCE that the NTSB animation seemed to match the eyewitnesses. And it was only natural that we would form CIT and
call PFT our "brother" organization since we both focused on cutting edge information about the Pentagon.
I know it seems amazing but it's fact so let this post serve as an offical timeline for the record as to how we came across all the information.
[edit on 6-6-2007 by Jack Tripper]