Bottom Line: Would I buy/rent/stream Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup? Yes.
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Is eight months enough time to plan and execute a successful attack on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City? The producers of Loose Change insinuate that members of the Bush administration were involved but that such a conspiracy involved unnamed manipulators that transcend several administrations. Bush detractors even cut “W” some slack saying that if his team couldn’t handle the Katrina cleanup, how could they have planned a complicated plot that ultimately turned out to be so successful — in just eight months?
In an interview earlier this year, former CIA agent, Andre LeGallo, said “The Agency operates at the pleasure of the President. Mr. Clinton had no interest.” and that “Recruiting new agents was very poor during those years.” It all reminds me of Watergate: Who knew what? and When did they know it? Avery includes footage of Obama! What’s up with his pledge to get out of Afghanistan and then he sends in 40,000 more soldiers? But that’s another story for another time.
Loose Change, directed by Dylan Avery, relies on some of the same experts as 9-11 Mysteries, previously reviewed here. The difference is an expanded interview with BYU physicist, Dr. Steven Jones, whose research has turned up evidence of explosives in the towers other than what may have been delivered by the airliners crashing into the buildings. We also meet Richard Gage, founder of the group, Architects and Engineers for 9-11 Truth. Mr. Gage speaks briefly in the film about his group and their interests in structural damage and technical matters involving the collapses. He goes into greater detail in an interview — one of the extras offered in this DVD.
Avery brings into play questions surrounding the incidents in Pennsylvania and the Pentagon. In neither case was there any significant evidence (according to Avery) that an airliner crashed. Well, if not, then what happened to those two jets? What happened to the passengers? It is pointed out that no identifiable wreckage was found in the field in PA and that there is no historical evidence of an airliner EVER crashing and leaving nothing behind. Avery says there was no wreckage and no bodies nor body parts. Later, tests by the EPA show no traces of jet fuel in ground water in the area of the crash. Hmmmm...
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Article comments
1 - Lynn Voedisch
Once again, I roll my eyes. "Loose Change" is the worst of these conspiracy-nut videos.
The objections I have stated you mention also, so bravo for that.
I continue to say that these 9/11 conspiracies are an insult to the very real people who died in the planes and the towers (and in the Pentagon) and their families. It's shameful that anyone would claim that any of this is unreal. As for anyone who'd say those plane crashes were unreal, please tell that to a family member of someone who lost a loved one on one of those flights.
2 - Jordan Richardson
While I don't agree with any of the "conspiracy theories" I've run into so far, I must vehemently oppose the idea that somehow questioning the official version of things is an "insult" to anybody. The day we give up our rights to question official government accounts of world events is the day we give up a rather large chunk of what makes us a free society.
3 - Lynn Voedisch
I speak only of the people who died who seem to just have disappeared into thin air according to the theorists. In just about every theory, they just don't exist, luggage and all, and this is simply not true. It IS an insult. I don't personally know anyone who died, but I know I'd be insulted if it was my husband, cousin, or best friend who was lost on an airliner. And then told that he or she didn't even exist, or even matter.
Yes, I question the government a lot. But I don't believe these conspiracy nutballs at all. They think the Bush administration could have pulled off something this intricate and those stumblebums couldn't even change a lightbulb. Good luck there. I'll accept Bin Laden did it.
Nothing personal, Jordan. You're a rational guy and thoughtful person. I'm just not siding with the people who are so filled with hate for "the man" that they can't think this thing through.
4 - the real bob
Lynn, you've just hit upon why I find this type of conspiracy too complex to be kept secret. If all the passengers on a flight did not actually exist, then the people who reacted to their loss would have to be actors. And it couldn't be just one actor per "passenger," since they had brothers & sisters, parents, etc.
Imagine this. One day, you're watching tv, and there's Shirley from down the block is talking about her husband's heroics on one of the doomed flights. You know that Shirley hasn't lost her husband, you just saw him drive by twenty minutes ago. You're not going to tell anyone?
5 - George
I have ended longstanding friendships with people who've decided 9/11 was an "inside job." I spit in these people's faces.
6 - Bahmi
Terrific. Spit in the faces of those who differ from your absolute certitude. Makes sense to me.
Instead, let's look at the explosives used to bring down the buildings. Very specialized nano-thermite. Only the US military has it. Films show explosions throughout the buildings as the structures collapsed. If you were the owner, or contractor who placed the stuff, and were on the level, why would you not come forward and admit your function in the explosions? The coverups have been extensive. Bush fought the investigation for over a year.
Supposedly, the final committee report was bogus. Just a coincidence?
I find those that consider conspiracy theorists as nutballs pretty pathetic. When everything fails, insult the person. You probably voted for Obama, the Messiah, too.
7 - gsetano
Oh,hell.If terrorist could attack us with our own dam planes, they could surly plant bombs in the same buidings to make sure that the buildings would fall. You have got to be a sick person to think that pres. bush was behind the 911 attack.
8 - TheAverageJoe
"In return for the stipulation, how about some evidence that would stand up in court?"
Engineers for 9/11 Truth proved the twin towers were in fact a controlled demolition. Just because the US Govt. chooses not to hear the evidence or dismisses the victims families, who by the way believe 9/11 was an inside job, doesn't mean there isn't any proof. Loose change simply points out the obvious flaws and/or deliberate lies issued by the US Govt. as the "official story".
9 - TheAverageJoe
And to anyone who doesn't believe our government would lie to take our country to war, see Pearl Harbor or The Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The Gulf of Tonkin incident got us into the Vietnam conflict. Our secretary of defense made up a fabricated story live on television that a naval ship was attacked by Vietcong terrorists. Even going as far to say "Our boys are dead in water!" Thousands of dead marines and years later the Department of War (now called Dept. of Defense) admitted the story was fabricated and said "We made a mistake."
To anyone who doesn't want to believe our government would hurt it's own people to record the reactions, see the Tuskegee Experiment. Our govt. covertly injected cancer viruses in black men to see what effects the virus would have on the body. It's nuts to believe anything the US Government says as a fact. How could anyone believe a politician without verifying the facts, no matter how scary the truth may be. If one looks at the fact and reaches a conclusion. It should b accepted that an individual has an opinion, but please don't just say "our government would never..."
10 - openminded researcher
I have to agree with averagejoe. Well stated arguement, backed with facts. The Tuskegee experiments DID happen...the US Government DOES lies. Time to take your heads out of the sand and stop being drones and dumb sheep. Open your minds people and exercise your brains to find out facts before accepting "official" 9/11 reports that just dont add up.
11 - Freezer
We'll, of course, ignore the fact that Loose Change has been recut and re-released three tiems (the last can be seen on TopDocumentaryFilms.com) due to assertions that have been proven demonstrably false - most notably that the cell phone calls from United 93 were impossible with 2001 technology (Not only was it possible, most of the calls were made with the jet's own phone system). And it STILL contains at least one egregious error: that the crash site and secondary debris field were six miles apart. This is a misconception birthed of using sites like Mapquest to measure the driving distance between the two sites. Using an actual map, the "crow flies" distance is closer to one mile.
Not to mention the "documentary's" reliance on dubious science (how can there be "clear evidence" of "nano-thermite" when companies are STILL trying to actually make the stuff?")
Piss on this film and anyone who actually believes it.