StrongButKind
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These "theories" have been thoroughly debunked by NIST and Popular Mechanics (among others). http://wtc.nist.gov/ NIST is a government agency, so under a conspiracy theory, it is easy to conclude they were ordered to fake this. Though given the thoroughness and consistency of this excellent report, it would be among the best forgeries in history. I would add that the government, and in particular this administration has been poor at keeping the secrets it wants to keep (torture memo, EFT monitoring, cell call log monitoring, prisons in Eastern Europe etc. etc.), so to suppose something of this scale and involving this many non-political folks was kept hidden seems pretty wild. http://hearst.corp.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Popular+Mechanics+-+Debunking+The+9%2F11+Myths+-+Mar.+2005+Cover+Story&expire=&urlID=13148488&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popularmechanics.com%2Fscience%2Fdefense%2F1227842.html&partnerID=77386&cid=1227842 Popular Mechanics is a credible private publication that CERTAINLY stands to make more money by exposing a conspiracy than by debunking one. Nonetheless, their conclusion, based on many, many private sector experts, is the same. I understand that if you go in assuming a conspiracy theory, you'll find a way to believe the government got to all of them with mind control rays or whatever. If you don't have much of an engineering background (call this a hunch on my part), the PM book is easier to read. No credible scientists in a relevant field agree with these theories; nonetheless, they keep an open mind in case they haven't seen a complete picture of all the evidence. If only the tin hat brigade knew how to do that.
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