Last night I watched a program on CBC's Fifth Estate hosted by Bob McKeown. It was originally broadcast October 29, 2003.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/index.html
Curious if anyone else saw it, and what your thoughts were?
The Program was titled:
CONSPIRACY THEORIES Uncovering the facts beyond the myths of September 11 th 2001
Now I have read and heard a lot of conspiracy theories about 9-11, (some of them at this board) and haven't given them much credence.
However as the program last night stated, " that even the most outlandish conspiracy theory may have its basis in a legitimate question." And " many of these theories are based, at least in part, on legitimate questions that have remained unanswered since September 11th.
What really made me sit up and take notice, was a video clip they showed of George W. Bush addressing an audience, microphone in hand, stating how when he was in the classroom watching the TV, and saw the first plane struck, and how he felt. What the hell? That video clip wasn't available until the following day? I don't know? Flair for the dramatic, plain stupidity, or George knows something we don't!
The following are excerpts from the Fifth Estates Web Page:
"There is a long and tangled history between the Bush family and the elite of Saudi Arabia." Including Sept. 11/2001
"The attack occurs. The morning of the attack George Bush Sr. is meets with members of the Carlyle Group in Washington. Bin Laden's own brother is at the meeting. Members of the Bin Laden family are allowed to leave the U.S. without questioning two days later."
THE USS COLE
"The USS Cole, sitting in a harbor off the coast of Yemen, is attacked by a boat laden with explosives, killing 17 sailors in October 2000. The FBI arrive in Yemen to investigate the attack, which they conclude is an al Qaeda operation. Eventually the U.S. State Department kicks out the FBI to prevent hurting relations with Yemen. The FBI again sees evidence of links to the USS Cole attack with Saudi Arabia but cannot pursue them."
BUSH BRIEFING"In August, President Bush receives a detailed and lengthy presidential daily briefing from the CIA in which Osama Bin Laden and al Qaeda?s aim of launching an attack against the US is mentioned. To this day, the Bush White House refuses to release the contents of this briefing to Congressional inquiries into 9/11."
THE CONGRESSIONAL REPORT "Hearings about the intelligence failure began on Capitol Hill several months after 9/11. A Congressional Committee was formed to investigate just what happened and why. The focus was to be on what U.S. intelligence agencies knew - or should have known - prior to the bombings."
"The much anticipated 800 page report was released in the summer of 2003. (go to the
web site for the report)"
THE MISSING PAGES"Most of the attention has been focused on 28 pages that have been ordered classified and blacked-out to the public.
People familiar with the missing pages claim that they deal with the Saudi government's relationship with the 9/11 hijackers."
"In an interview with the fifth estate, Eleanor Hill, chief investigator for the Committee, would only confirm that those files dealt with sources of foreign support for the hijackers.
""Because they're classified I can't tell you what's in those pages. I can tell you that the chapter deals with some information that our committee found in the FBI and CIA files that was very disturbing. It had to do with sources of foreign support for the hijackers.""
The full story: http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/index.html