Everyone believes in conspiracies. After all, whenever two or more people secretly collude to perform an action which effects others not in the know, it is a conspiracy. In the case of 9/11, some believe the official conspiracy theory, according to which Osama bin Ladin & others colluded in a cave in Afghanistan to pull off a miracle & succeeded. Others believe the conspiracy lies closer to home, that bin Ladin is the scapegoat, etc. As such, the pejorative term "conspiracy theory", as it does not add qualitatively to the debate, ought to be set aside by all serious thinkers & inquirers.

Popular Mechanics

I hold in my hand a book written by David Ray Griffin (theologian with over 20 books published) a book entitled: "Debunking 9/11 Dubunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory".

Griffin argues his case using evidence gleaned from architects, demolition experts, engineers, physicists, federal government employees from many agencies, firemen on the scene, eye-witness accounts, etc.

It is highly recommened reading, but here is one interesting quote about it:

"Professor Griffin is the nemesis of the 9/11 cover-up. This new book destroys the credibility of the NIST and Popular Mechanics reports and annihilates his critics." - Paul Craig Roberts, Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury during the Reagan administration

But I would first recommend Griffin's first two books on the subject: "The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11"; and "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions".

Or you might just google David Ray Griffin and read some of his online articles, which are cogent, rational, and give you the gist of his arguments without purchasing a book.

But you might also want to read "Crossing the Rubicon" by Michael Rupert, which closely examines the drive for oil & global domination behind 9/11 and the so-called War on Terror.

Or you might want to read Barrie Zwicker's "Towers of Deception: The Media Cover-Up of 9/11." Or Webster Tarpley's "9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in the U.S.A." These are just a few recommendations. There are many books by many researchers on the market.

Or, if you hate reading (in which case you might be in a bit of trouble), there are dozens of quality DVDs which cover numerous topics related to 9/11 and its coverup.

What I am attempting to demonstrate is that, right or wrong, I (and many others) are not going off half-cocked or shooting from the hip. I am talking about legitimate research. I am talking about, not a litttle, but a wealth of information, a veritable mountain of evidence, indicating an inside job. I was frankly stunned when I began to look into it with an open (if somewhat skeptical) mind.

A GREAT site for serious researchers is History Commons (historycommons.org) where a complete 9/11 timeline has been gathered from mainstream media sources all over the world.

But use your common sense for a moment and just try to answer these simple questions (off the top of my head) about the fall of the Twin Towers:

1. Why did they fall at nearly free-fall speed?
2. Why did they explode & disintegrate on the way down, pulverizing all the concrete into dust & everything else into tiny fragments?
3. Why did they fall into their own footprints, rather than topple over?
4. Why were large projectiles thrown outward from the towers (in some cases hundreds of feet) on their way down?
5. Why were squibs filmed shooting out of lower floors during the descent (an indication of demolition)?
6. Why were explosions reported by numerous eye-witnesses, including firefighters?
7. Why, in the history of the world, before or since, has a high rise steel-framed skyscraper NEVER collapsed as a result of fire, yet on 9/11 in NYC not one but THREE towers supposedly did so (this includes WTC-7, a 47-story building that fell at 5:20PM)?
8. Why were domlition rings seen around the buildings as they collapsed?
9. Why was all the steel conveniently sliced into 30-foot segments (another sign of controlled demolition) which were immediately removed & sold to China and elsewhere for scrap-iron, rather than being examined?
10. Why was molten metal found still smoldering in the sub-basement levels of all three towers WEEKS after 9/11? Do jet fuel fires burn hot enough to create molten metal?

Those are just a few questions about a single point in the argument against the official conspiracy theory. Go and look at the videos for yourself. Read the eye-witness accounts, etc. Use your brain. The bottom line....if the towers were brought down by controlled demolition (and they were), it has to be an inside job.