4,000 Israelis did not show up for work

9/11 morning, Prelude

Claim 4,000 Israelis did not show up for work on September 11 2001. 0 Background The claim indicates that Jews, employed in and about the World Trade Center, had been warned in advance about the terror attacks on September 11 2001. Fact The story derives from an...

Bush ignored warnings about an attack

Prelude

Claim Intelligence agencies from 11 countries warned about an impending attack but the Bush administration ignored the warnings.0 Background The claim is used to support the conspiracy theory that the terror attack on September 11, 2001 was not planned and carried out...

CIA ordered visas for 15 of the hijackers

Prelude

Claim CIA ordered visas for 15 of the hijackers0. Background J. Michael Springman is a former employee at the American Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia. During an interview with radio host Alex Jones, he claimed that, despite him refusing to grant 15 of the 19...

It is possible to smuggle explosives through security

Prelude, WTC 1 collapses, WTC 2 collapses, WTC 7 collapses

Claim It is possible to smuggle explosives through security0. Background An article in The Washington Post describes how, in 2009, American security agents from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) succeeded in smuggling materials for small bombs through...

Maintenance workers placed explosives in the Twin Towers

Prelude, WTC 1 collapses, WTC 2 collapses

Claim “…the buildings were rigged for controlled demolition under the auspices of officially sanctioned maintanence work…”0 Background A number of companies, among them Ace Elevators and Turner Construction, that were doing maintenance...

Osama bin Laden is trained and paid by the CIA

Prelude

Claim Osama bin Laden is trained and paid by the CIA0. Background The claim is used to argue that Osama bin Laden was working together with a powerful U.S. conspiracy which protects him. Facts There is no evidence that Osama bin Laden was controlled by the CIA, or...

Power cut concealed placement of explosives

Prelude

Claim There were several power cuts and a flurry professionals in the buildings with cables etc. in the weeks leading up to 9/110. Background The claim is taken from a flyer handed out by the Danish Truth Movement i11time.dk and points to a conspiracy having faked a...

Procedures regarding hijacking were made slower

Flight 11 hijacked, Flight 175 hijacked, Flight 77 hijacked, Flight 93 hijacked, Prelude

Claim Procedures regarding hijacking were made slower0. Background Until June 1, 2001, the procedures for how the U.S. civil aviation authorities should handle hijackings were described in Directive CJCSI 3610.01, from Juli 31, 19971. On June 1, 2001, a new directive...

Rumsfeld admitted that the Pentagon was missing 2.3 trillion dollars

Epilogue, Prelude

Claim The U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted the day before the attack that the Pentagon was missing 2.3 trillion dollars0. Background The claim is based on a quote from Donald Rumsfeld from September 10, 2001: “According to some estimates we...

Stock exchange speculation

Prelude

Claim Put options in the two airline companies American Airlines and United Airlines and companies located in the Twin Towers rose with up to 11 times the normal in the days before 9/11 (put options are contracts to sell at a specified price by a predetermined date)....

The bin Laden family and the Bush family are old business partners

Prelude

Claim The bin Laden family and the Bush family are old business partners through many years.0 Background The claim is used to support a conspiracy between Osama bin Laden and former Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. Facts The bin Laden family is very...

The hijacked planes could have been intercepted by military planes

9/11 morning, Flight 11 hijacked, Flight 175 hijacked, Flight 77 hijacked, Flight 93 hijacked, Prelude

Claim The hijacked planes could easily have been intercepted by military planes. In 1999, a plane was intercepted 16-21 minutes after losing radio contact. “On October 25, 1999, at 9:33 a.m. air traffic controllers in Florida lost touch with a Learjet carrying...

The United States Navy was deployed at Afghanistan

Prelude

Claim The United States Navy was deployed at Afghanistan prior to September 11, 20010. Background The claim is made by a member of the Danish Truth Movement, Brian Gideon1, on July 26, 2013. The claim indicates that the United States of America already had planned to...