Why the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Resonate

Blair Golson / Truthdig Sep 5, 2006 I (TD managing editor Blair Golson) have studiously avoided blogging about "The U.S. government planned 9/11" conspiracy theories because, frankly, they're crap they strain credulity; no government it seems unlikely to the extreme that the government could keep a secret like that from leaking* (see editor's note on the jump). But Time magazine has a good explanation of why 36% of people polled lend credence to these claims: We need grand theories to make sense of grand events, or the world just seems too random. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Book: Giuliani Was No Hero

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2006 What if former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani wasn't the hero everybody thought? What if, like Bush, Giuliani had ignored myriad pre-9/11 warnings about terrorism? What if he thus left the city ill-prepared to respond to such a disaster? That's the provocative thesis of a new book written by two top-flight investigative journalists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Admits Iraq Had ‘Nothing’ to Do With 9/11

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 At his press conference today, the president came refreshingly (although just a tad belatedly) clean about the fact that Iraq played no part whatsoever in the Sept. 11 attacks. Watch it. A howler from Bush: "Nobody?s ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack." OK, maybe not in those words, but how 'bout in these? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Confederacy of Dunces

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2006 OK, deep breath time 30% of Americans cannot say in what year the Sept 11 attacks took place, according to a Washington Post poll Thirty Percent . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

?World Trade Center? Shuns Politics, Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2006 The N.Y. Times says "World Trade Center" marks a departure for filmmaker Oliver Stone in that the movie has no hint of a political agenda. It's a "harrowing return to a singular, disastrous episode in the recent past and a refuge from the ugly, depressing realities of its aftermath." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

9/11 Commissioners Troubled by Pentagon, FAA and Giuliani

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2006 In their new book "Without Precedent," 9/11 Commission Chairmen Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton discuss their frustration with the Pentagon and FAA, whose misstatements almost led to an investigation into possible deception. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boehner Gets Nailed on Campaign Ad Hypocrisy

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2006 From Greg Sargent at the Prospect: "GOP House Majority Leader John Boehner wants you to know that it's OK if Republicans use images of people killed on 9/11 for political purposes, but at the same time, it's very very bad indeed if Dems show pictures of flag-draped coffins" How's that? (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Were Cheney, Gonzales and Hayden Lying About Wiretap Capabilities?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 If Bloomberg News is correct in its June 30 report that the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program started up to seven months before the Sept. 11 attacks, then why did the vice president, the attorney general and the new CIA chief say otherwise? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Frontline’ Profiles the Dark Side of Cheney

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2006 Watch the PBS documentary on the vice president's post-9/11 actions that has the progressive blogosphere buzzing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush: Sept. 11 ‘Ended on a Relatively Humorous Note’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 In a 2003 interview with Ladies Home Journal, Bush told Peggy Noonan that during the late-night hours of Sept. 11, he and wife Laura were hustled around the White House in their bedtime clothes because it was thought a jet was going to crash into the building. "[T]he day ended on a relatively humorous note," he said. "We got a laugh out of it." "Bad taste" doesn't really seem to do this justice. (h/t: Daou Report. Also: full-text interview.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Releases 9/11 Pentagon Video

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2006 Bowing to a Freedom of Information request, the U.S. government has released a video of what is apparently (thanks, reader Lorenzo) American Airlines Flight 77 slamming into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. The group that made the FOIA request did so to dispel conspiracy theories. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cheney Reportedly Pushed NSA to Spy Domestically

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2006 In the wake of Sept 11, the vice president argued that the NSA should intercept purely domestic calls and e-mails without warrants, reports the N Times The NSA ultimately decided against the idea, but this report leaves no doubt about Cheney's regard for civil liberties . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )