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Originally posted by interestedalways
reply to post by Sublime620
There is that third option
3.) Death
Originally posted by Sublime620
I wouldn't. Lets look at the out come. Two things could possibly occur from becoming a whistleblower:
1) The media/government run a smear compain and make him/her out to be crazy.
2) Everyone believes your story, and you are forever known as the person who helped pack the towers full of explosives and kill 2000 innocent people.
3) Assassination*
My lips would be sealed.
Originally posted by Sublime620
Side story. I recently met a man who worked at Area 51 for years (and he said his son now works for Skunk works)
did you see any aliens or UFOs? His answer actually surprised me. He said no, but that didn't mean they weren't there.
Apply this to 9/11. One small team rigs the towers. This would be done over the course of a few months during regular maintenance and shutdowns. They don't know why they are doing it, and they can't ask why.
Next would be members of the CIA and FBI. Many had reported on terrorists flight training
So everyone chips in their little part. No one knows why. The planes hit. The towers fall. What would you do? Would you say, "I was given orders to rig up the towers. I wasn't told why though!"?
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
I really think you should say "apparently" worked at Area 51...
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
Doesn't mean there are any aliens either does it?
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
Sorry, I don't get this. How could they not know why they were rigging a building with explosives?
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
So, are you suggesting that there were "real" terrorists as well as the government plotters? Who is controlling these terrorists?
Originally posted by FatherLukeDuke
Once I'd realised I'd played a part in the greatest atrocity ever committed on US soil I'm not sure how I would react - it wouldn't be good though. Again, I've got to say that the guys planted explosives in the WTC can't have thought they would be up to some innocent prank until it actually fell down.
Originally posted by FatherLukeDukeThe problem is that you haven't presented any cogent argument about what happened that day. All you have said is that some guys planted some explosives and some other guys covered up the terrorist flight training and that's it....
Originally posted by FatherLukeDukeThe problem is that you have completely missed out the actual plot: 4 planes were hijacked and flown into various targets: how many people were involved in that? Were they real muslim fundamentalists but controlled by the CIA? If they weren't controlled, how did the plotters know they would fly those planes into the buildings they had spent months planting explosives in?
Originally posted by FatherLukeDukeYou have also completely missed out mentioning the massive investigation into the events of 9/11: if there was a government plot, explosives in the buildings etc then why did the hundreds, if not thousands, of investigators cover it up? Your "small compartmentalized teams" thing is blown to pieces. If there was a governement plot the planning and cover up would have to involve hundreds, if not thousands of people.
Originally posted by FatherLukeDukeOnce you get up to that number of poeple involved in such a crime it's imposssible not to have whistleblowers. My conclusion: no government plot.
Originally posted by indierockalien
damn... I posted my response on the other thread...
I'll let the OP go read it if he chooses. I'm lazy.
Originally posted by Pilgrum
A possibility for the lack of whistleblowers *could* be that there's no whistles to blow on the macro scale of popular theories (futuristic weapons, holograms, switched planes etc).
Originally posted by BlueRaja
"Hmm, I have evidence my government attacked my country, but jeez I sure wouldn't want to get fired. I'll just keep my mouth shut."
I'm thinking somebody could blow the whistle before somebody else could stop them. It'd be awfully hard to fire or jail them, if their story was already out in public.
Originally posted by deltaboy
There are no whistleblowers because there is no conspiracy on this. But when you assumed or reached a conclusion that there is none because it must be that threat of death or they have been silenced already. Good reason.