re: A supposed former CIA operative makes a death bed confession about WTC Building 7

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Secretly smuggling IN 1000s of pounds of whatever it took for the demolition (including thermite and other high explosives) was the "best plan" to destroy sensitive files? Because....Jet fuel can't melt hard drives? ...burn paper?

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You have to understand that these papers were the ones proving that NASA never landed on the moon, so it was really that important to get it done right.

And WTC7 didn't generate much smoke from all the flames you couldn't see because the thermite was dilithium-boosted.

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Fermite will do this

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I don't know what "fermite" is to refute this.

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You've planted the seed of a new conspiracy!

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New to the masses, maybe. I first heard of scale prototypes being tested as proof of concept in Florida about 9 years ago.

Between you n' me - A former operative told me all about it while he was wiping my windshield at a detail shop. Was skeptical at first because the guy was using the same damn rag he had just finished my dash with and you know how fun Armor All can be on glass blah blah blah.... Attention to detail probably not as big a deal at his old job.

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Systemic failure? Like steel beam system failure due to jet fuel, because that's not possible my friend.

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I actually work with someone who believes the "no way jet fuel compromised the structure." I brought him to the aftermath of a literal jet fuel fire on our site. The fire, 20+ years ago, happened to take place at the bottom of a staircase supported by 8" i-beams. The i-veams are twisted all the hell because of the fire.

I just asked what he thought would happen if a few hundred tons were on top of those beams during the approx 20minute fire.

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Have you ever been to a house fire?
Can you guess what is very common to hear?

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Sparks
Hard rain
"kinda like a Monster truck driving on stuff" noises
...and Balloons popping (like...really big ones)

never understood this dumbass conspiracy shite...why in the fricks would we slaughter 3000 of our own people???

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This won't affect the structural steel beams (supporting the floors) which is effectively one homogeneous structural unit and can stand on their own.

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Why wouldn't it?

In general, conspiracy theorists tend to believe in many different theories and tie them in to a larger malicious threat.

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In practical terms, one of the hardest things about dealing with people such as Oliver is that they are more than likely to accuse you of the same intellectual vices that you detect in them. You say that Oliver is gullible for believing his 9/11 conspiracy theory; he retorts that you are gullible for believing the conclusions of the 9/11 Commission. You say that he dismisses the official account of 9/11 because he is closed-minded; he accuses you of closed-mindedness for refusing to take conspiracy theories seriously. If we are often blind to our own intellectual vices then who are we to accuse Oliver of failing to realise that he believes his theories only because he is gullible?

These are all legitimate questions, but it’s important not to be too disconcerted by this attempt to turn the tables on you. True, no one is immune to self-ignorance. That doesn’t excuse Oliver. The fact is that his theory is no good, whereas there is every reason to believe that aircraft impacts did bring down the Twin Towers

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There are some things I am skeptical about but believing in sweeping conspiracies many times goes too far, particularly if there is ample evidence to dispute them.

The difference between a casual believer in an individual conspiracy and a theorist is the theorist tends to have an overlying sinister plot that is supported by many different conspiracies. Healthy skepticism becomes delusion.

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Why wouldn't it?

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Cause jet fuel no melt steel beam