A friend of mine, who is highly educated (married with two kids, accomplished medical researcher), is absolutely convinced that September 11 was a huge conspiracy initiated by members of the US government. She has a detailed complex explanation for everything. She takes it deeply personally when I scoff at her, telling me I should read the evidence before forming an opinion. I see her as gullible and she sees me as ignorant. Is there an analysis available comprehensively somewhere addressing the conspiracy theorists to the satisfaction of the leading academics in the relevant areas (material engineering, aerodynamics, media relations, architecture etc)? How do you deal with people like this? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 62 answers

What significant items have been irretrievably lost? [more inside]
posted on Jan 8, 2008 - 86 answers

9-11 Technology Filter: I have never been able to even get signal on my Blackberry 8200 (GSM) within 10 seconds of liftoff, so how were cell phone calls completed from hijacked planes on 9-11? Specifically, given the prevailing handset, carrier, and tower technologies present in the Boston, NY, and DC metro and intervening areas at the time, and given the flight paths and altitudes of the hijacked planes, how were passengers able to complete cellphone calls to loved ones? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 20 answers

Please recommend some 9/11 literature. [more inside]
posted on Sep 18, 2007 - 17 answers

Best 9-11 'Conspiracy Theory' book for the skeptic? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - 21 answers

Within a year of 9-11, I heard a song on the radio that I'm trying to track down. It was a male singer, and the refrain went something like, "they were going up while we were going down" (referring to the firemen). Does anyone have any idea who recorded it and what the song title is?
posted on Jun 2, 2007 - 7 answers

How do I respond to a friends who's advocating 9/11 conspiracy theories (specifically the " Loose Change" video). [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2007 - 39 answers

Where can I find good quality free video footage of the "war on terror" for use as b-roll in a documentary? [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2007 - 5 answers

Name that animated internet meme [more inside]
posted on Sep 29, 2006 - 5 answers

What has changed since 9/11? [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2006 - 67 answers

Why did 7 World Trade Center collapse on 9/11? A friend thinks that its collapse was caused by our own government, but I can't say I believe that.
posted on Jul 3, 2006 - 36 answers

There's a site somewhere that archives a ton of news video from 9/11 -- before, during and after the planes hit. It's network news, CNN, that kind of stuff. Anyone know where that site is?
posted on Jul 2, 2006 - 5 answers

Were any of the 9/11 terrorists granted asylum in the US? [more inside]
posted on Feb 26, 2006 - 14 answers

Was what we were told about Flight 93 a myth? [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2006 - 32 answers

When did the FAA/airlines stop asking those 2 questions about whether someone had given me something to bring on the plane, and whether my bags had been out of my possession at any point? What was their justification? I want to say that this changed after 9/11, but that doesn't really make sense.
posted on Dec 30, 2005 - 27 answers

What is the significance of the number 9 in Islamic culture? or perhaps, what is the significance of said number with relevance to "Radical Extremism" (dude! Extreme and Radical! This is in reference to 9 a.m. on 9-11 and 9 p.m., 11-9 and so on. . . [more inside]
posted on Nov 11, 2005 - 15 answers

How many Al-Qaeda number twos are there? [more inside]
posted on Oct 12, 2005 - 26 answers

On September 17, 2003 Spanish über-judge Baltasar Garzón issued a 700-page indictment of the "Madrid cell" of al Qaeda for its support role in the 9/11 attacks. Is this document online anywhere? Has it ever been translated?
posted on Jul 15, 2005 - 3 answers

Hmm.. A friend linked me this critque of the Pentagon 9/11 event. I was wondering if there was any official or unofficial debunking of the claims made here? [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2005 - 29 answers

Within a day or two after 9/11, there was coverage on network news of some person (and possibly his brother) in the US who was suspected of being an important figure in the attacks. A few days later it turned out this person had actually died some time earlier and was in no way involved. Anyone know who this person was?
posted on Apr 19, 2005 - 14 answers

Why hasn't Al Qaeda perpetrated an attack on U.S. soil since 9/11?
posted on Jan 12, 2005 - 47 answers

What are the best middle-brow / high-brow "think-pieces" you've read on the topics of: the macropolitical consequences of 9/11; relations between the West and "the rest" after 9/11; and how "we" (whoever "we" may be) think of "ourselves" after 9/11?
posted on Oct 19, 2004 - 7 answers

Where were you on 9/11? How did you find out what was happening and what do you remember about that day?
posted on Sep 11, 2004 - 66 answers