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Supporters of the 9/11 Truth movement at an anti-war demonstration in Los Angeles, October 2007
Truth movement sticker
Adherents of the 9/11 Truth movement dispute the results of ocial investigations of the September 11 attacks
of 2001, that al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four airliners
and intentionally crashed two planes into the World Trade
Center buildings and one into the Pentagon, with another unintentionally crashing in a eld near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania. The truthers, as they are, sometimes
pejoratively,[1][2] called, primarily focus on what they
claim are signicant inconsistencies in that explanation,
suggesting at the least a cover-up and, at most, complicity
by insiders.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
truth activists,[26] or 9/11 Truthers,[27] while generally rejecting the term conspiracy theorists.[19][26]
1.2 Adherents
Adherents of the 9/11 Truth movement come from diverse social backgrounds.[3][24][26] The movement draws
adherents from people of diverse political beliefs includThey analyze evidence from the attacks, discuss dierent ing liberals, conservatives, and libertarians.[5][21][26]
theories about how the attacks happened and call for a
new investigation into the attacks.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Lev Grossman of Time magazine has stated that supSome of the organizations assert that there is evidence port for the 9/11 Truth movement is not a fringe phe[23]
that individuals within the United States government may nomenon, but a mainstream political reality. However,
others,
such
as
Ben
Smith
of
Politico
and the
have been either responsible for or knowingly complicit
Minneapolis
Star
Tribune
have
stated
that
the
movement
in the September 11 attacks. Motives suggested by the
[28][29]
The Washingmovement include the use of the attacks as a pretext to has been relegated to the fringe.
ton
Post
editorial
sta
went
further
describing
the movestart wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and to create opportu[30]
[4][18]
ment
as
lunatic
fringe.
Mark
Fenster,
a
University
nities to curtail civil liberties.
of Florida law professor and author of the book Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture,[31]
says that the amount of organisation of the movement is
1 Characteristics
signicantly stronger than the organization of the movement related to doubts about the ocial account of the
assassination of former United States President John F.
1.1 Name
Kennedy,[5] though this is likely the result of new media
9/11 Truth movement is the collective name of loosely technologies, such as online social networks, blogs, etc.
aliated[18][19] organizations and individuals that ques- The 9/11 Truth movement is active in the United States
tion whether the United States government, agencies as well as in other countries.[17]
of the United States or individuals within such agenBuchanan ran for president on a 9/11 Truth
cies were either responsible for or purposefully com- In 2004, John
[32][33]
platform.
Je Boss ran in the 2012 US presidential
[5][6][7][8][9][20][21][22]
plicit in the September 11 attacks.
election
on
a
9/11
Truth platform.[34]
The term is also being used by the adherents of the
movement,[23][24] who call themselves 9/11 skeptics,[25] A 2010 study by Scott Summers examined the politi1
1.3
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HISTORY
1.4 Communication
The Internet plays a large role both in the communication between adherents and between local groups of the
9/11 Truth movement and in the dissemination of the
views of the movement to the public at large.[4][5][8][23][38]
Colorado Public Television has aired several lms produced by the movement such as 9/11 Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out, a documentary produced by
Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, which once was
one of the most shared and most watched programs
on the national PBS site. The stations airing of such lms
has been controversial for the aliate and PBS.[41][42]
2 History
In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, dierent interpretations of the events that questioned the account given by the U.S. government were published.
Among others, Michael Ruppert[43] and Canadian journalist Barrie Zwicker,[44] published criticisms or pointed
out purported anomalies of the accepted account of
the attacks. French author Jean-Charles Brisard[45] and
German authors Mathias Brckers[46] and Andreas von
Blow[47] published books critical of media reporting and
advancing the controlled demolition thesis of the destruction of the World Trade Center towers. In September
2002, the rst Bush Did It!" rallies and marches were
held in San Francisco and Oakland, California organized
by The All Peoples Coalition.[48]
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satisfactorily, which they believe had been addressed but
not answered satisfactorily, and which they believe had
been generally ignored in or omitted from the Report.[62]
In addition, the 339-page book, The 9/11 Commission
Report: Omissions and Distortions, by David Ray Grifn, claimed the report had either omitted information
or distorted the truth, providing 115 examples of his
allegations.[63][64][65] He has characterized the 9/11 Commission Report as a 571-page lie.[66]
In 2006, Steven E. Jones, who became a leading academic voice of the demolition theory,[4] published the
paper Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Completely Collapse?".[52] He was placed on paid leave by
Brigham Young University following what they described
as Joness increasingly speculative and accusatory statements in September 2006, pending a review of his statements and research. Six weeks later, Jones retired from
the university.[53]
2.1
3 ORGANIZATIONS
An iron-rich sphere, found in the dust of the World Trade Center, as documented by the United States Geological Survey and RJ
LeeGroup, Inc. RJ Lees report states the spheres are indicative of
molten iron.[69][70] Members of the 9/11 Truth movement claim
the spheres indicate the presence of temperatures much hotter
than oce res, or the presence of thermitic reactions.[71][72][73]
However, such spheres have been found to form when iron particles are aected by normal fuel res.[74]
Organizations
3.2 9/11 Truth
3.5
3.3
3.4
Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice (STJ) formed in January 2007 and is a self-described group of scholars and
supporters endeavoring to address the unanswered questions of the September 11, 2001 attack through scientic
research and public education.[100] The group is composed of more than 900 members,[101] including Richard
Gage, Steven E. Jones, Jim Homan, David Ray Grifn, Peter Phillips, and former Congressman Daniel Hamburg. Most members support the conspiracy theory that
the World Trade Center Towers and the third skyscraper,
WTC 7, were destroyed through explosive demolition.
In 2008 and 2009, several members of the Scholars for
9/11 Truth & Justice published essays in science and engineering journals. In April 2008, a letter by some of its
members, was published in The Open Civil Engineering
Journal.[102] In July 2008, an article by Steven E. Jones
and others was published in The Environmentalist.[103]
In October 2008, a comment by STJ member James R.
Gourley describing what he considers fundamental errors
in a Baant and Verdure paper was included in an issue of
the Journal of Engineering Mechanics.[104] In April 2009,
Danish chemist and STJ member Niels H. Harrit, of the
University of Copenhagen, and eight other authors, including some STJ members, published a paper in The
Open Chemical Physics Journal, entitled Active Thermitic
Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade
Center Catastrophe. The paper, which caused the editor and only peer-reviewer, Professor Pileni, to resign,
claiming it was published without her knowledge,[105]
concludes that chips consisting of unreacted and partially
reacted nano-thermite (super-thermite) appear to be
present in samples of the dust.[72] [106]
3.8 Conferences
Members of the 9/11 truth organizations, such as
911truth.org and Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, reg-
MEDIA
6.2 Films
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Details
These documentaries present a range of alternative theories about how the attacks might have been carried out:
See also
References
[4] Rudin, Mike (July 4, 2008). The evolution of a conspiracy theory. BBC. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
[6] Powell, Michael (September 8, 2006). The Disbelievers. Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-05-30. The loose
agglomeration known as the '9/11 Truth Movement'"
[22] Sales, Nancy Jo (August 2006). Click Here for Conspiracy. Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 200905-30. Retrieved 2009-06-02. a nationwide collection
of doubters known as the 9/11 Truth movement
CBS News.
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[45] Shaer, Anthony (2002). Forbidden Truth: U.S.Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy Saudi Arabia And The
Failed Search For Bin Laden. Nation Books. Retrieved
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[46] Ray, David (2006). Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories, and the Secrets of 9/11. Progressive Press. ISBN
0930852230.
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[64] Abrams, Joseph (July 15, 2008). Critics Demand Resignation of U.N. Ocial Who Wants Probe of 9/11 'Inside
Job' Theories. Fox News. Archived from the original on
2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
[65] Bhaerman, Steve (June 1420, 2006). Unquestioned Answers. Bohemian. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
[84] Un arquitecto estadounidense presenta en Madrid su versin alternativa al 11-S. Telecinco. November 8, 2008.
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[66] Solomon, Evan (August 25, 2006). 9/11: Truth, Lies and
Conspiracy. CBC News. Archived from the original on
2008-06-11. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
[67] Lawmaker asks McCain to talk with 9/11 theorists. Arizona Republic. June 3, 2008. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
[68] McCain doesn't want to impeach Bush. Rawstory.com.
June 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-0604. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
[69] Particle Atlas of World Trade Center Dust. United
States Geological Survey. September 23, 2005. Retrieved
2010-06-29.
[70] WTC Dust Signature Report (PDF). RJ LeeGroup, Inc.
December 2003. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
[71] Phillips, Peter (2007). Chapter 2: Censored Dj Vu.
Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories. Seven Stories Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-58322-772-5. Retrieved
2010-08-06.
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[96] 911truth.org About Us"".
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External links
9/11 Truth
911 Truth News
911 Research
9/11 Review
Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
The Journal of 9/11 Studies
Scholars for 9/11 Truth And Justice
Artists for 9-11 Truth
Mounting Evidence book and bibliography
Patriots Question 9/11
9.1
Media coverage
Narain, Jaya (September 6, 2006). Fury as academics claim 9/11 was inside job"". Daily Mail
(London).
The Truth Is Out There - Part I. Financial Times
Magazine. June 7, 2008.
The Truth Is Out There - Part II. Financial Times
Magazine. June 7, 2008.
The Truth Is Out There - Part III. Financial Times
Magazine. June 7, 2008.
Truth and Conspiracy in the Catskills. New York
Times. August 23, 2010.
10 Book
Summers, Anthony (2011). The Eleventh Day: The
Full Story Of 9/11 And Osama Bin Laden. Random
House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6659-9.
Kay, Jonathan (2011). Among the Truthers: A Journey Through Americas Growing Conspiracist Underground. Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-200481-9.
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