reply to post by OmegaPoint
I mentioned this "Dr." Griffin...here are a few selected mistakes of his:
by Dr. David Ray Griffin
Sunday, May 22, 2005
*skip*
This guy is full of double-speak:
..."Omissions and Distortions." It might be thought, to be sure, that of the two types of problems signaled by those two terms, only those
designated "distortions" can be considered lies.
*skip*
Given these two types of lies, it might be wondered how many lies are contained in The 9/11 Commission Report. I do not know.
??? YET, he continues on and on and on, claiming "lies" that have, in the intervening years since May, 2005, been shown to be complete
misunderstandings, or lies and decpetions made by others...
But, deciding to see how many lies I had discussed in my book, I found that I had identified over 100 of them.
See?
1. The omission of evidence that at least six of the alleged hijackers---including Waleed al-Shehri, said by the Commission probably to have
stabbed a flight attendant on Flight 11 before it crashed into the North Tower of the WTC---are still alive (19-20).
Wrong.
3. The obfuscation of the evidence that Hani Hanjour was too poor a pilot to have flown an airliner into the Pentagon (21-22).
Wrong. Irrelevant, and based on a lack of comprehension.
4. The omission of the fact that the publicly released flight manifests contain no Arab names (23).
Wrong.
7. The omission of the fact that, given the hypothesis that the collapses were caused by fire, the South Tower, which was struck later than the
North Tower and also had smaller fires, should not have collapsed first (26).
Wrong, and illogically implied by the good "Dr."
Oh, there are many. They have been repeated
ad infinitum and form some core "beliefs" of what are called 9/11 "truthers"...of course,
there are various factions and sects of "truthers" who pick and shoose which of "Dr." Griffin's little missives they prefer...
Kinda the way people cite the Bible, in order to promote their views...
12. The omission of the fact that the steel from the WTC buildings was quickly removed from the crime scene and shipped overseas before it
could be analyzed for evidence of explosives (30).
Wrong. Blatantly a lie by the "Dr." Or, based on bad information he received.
14. The omission of Mayor Giuliani's statement that he had received word that the World Trade Center was going to collapse (30-31).
? Is this one credible? Where did the Mayor hear that, and what does he say today?
18. The omission of the fact that there are photos showing that the west wing's façade did not collapse until 30 minutes after the strike and
also that the entrance hole appears too small for a Boeing 757 to have entered (34).
Oh, not the "hole" again???!!! That one never dies....even when presented with photo evidence.
20. The omission of any discussion of whether the Pentagon has a anti-missile defense system that would have brought down a commercial
airliner---even though the Commission suggested that the al-Qaeda terrorists did not attack a nuclear power plant because they assumed that it would
be thus defended (36).
Irrelevant, since it is known there was no missile defence system. Also, perhaps the question was raised regarding a Nuclear Plant...still, they
assumed. ALSO, it is likely known that the Plants are built with VERY thick concrete walls, to make them safe from airplane impacts.
26. The omission of the report that Attorney General Ashcroft was warned to stop using commercial airlines prior to 9/11 (50).
Wrong.
27. The omission of David Schippers' claim that he had, on the basis of information provided by FBI agents about upcoming attacks in lower
Manhattan, tried unsuccessfully to convey this information to Attorney General Ashcroft during the six weeks prior to 9/11 (51).
Ah! Now THIS one gets us back to the incompetence aspect...so it's a good one.
28. The omission of any mention of the FBI agents who reportedly claimed to have known the targets and dates of the attacks well in advance
(51-52).
Ditto -- Ibid.
32. The omission of news stories suggesting that after 9/11 the US military in Afghanistan deliberately allowed Osama bin Laden to escape
(60).
Ditto - again. The Bush family, and the Saudi family ties aren't well addressed, and should be.
34. The omission of Gerald Posner's account of Abu Zubaydah's testimony, according to which three members of the Saudi royal family---all of
whom later died mysteriously within an eight-day period---were funding al-Qaeda and had advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks (61-65).
Well -- good of the "Dr." to finally provide something substantial, instead of the other easily refuted nonsense. This should also be looked
into...
Summary -- the "Dr." is all over, in a scatter-shot method of implication. Hoping to hit some of the targets, but the obvious mistakes of some of
his ckliams tend to discredit the true potential nuggets of Bush (et al) wrongdoing and incompetence....
) -- all of those tinfoil-hat
distractions -- any chance of finding out real culpability is diminishing every day that passes. 
