I'd seen some short clips from the video in the past, but that's the first time I've seen the whole thing.
I was somewhat surprised by the absence of evidence related to 9/11. To the best of my knowledge, a pure 9/11 documentary has yet to be made, in spite of what otherwise appears to be a slew of purported 9/11 documentaries. Considering the resources Jones apparently has, it's a shame he doesn't dig a little deeper, and with a somewhat higher level of self criticism on the quality of presentation and content. It seemed like every time he was about to zero in on the bullseye, he wandered off into left field.
The quality of the research he did on the Oklahoma City bombing is impressive, but even so, he avoids asking some of the obvious questions. For example, he repeatedly claims Iraqi Republican Guards were all over the place, and then were released, without supplying a shred of evidence or examining the possibility of a false flag operation. The idea a herd of Iraqis entered the country, and were issued visas on the strength of their Republican Guard IDs, is preposterous. If they were actually Iraqis, the most believable scenario would be they were arrested for spying, and ended up quietly rotting in prison for the rest of their lives. They certainly wouldn't have been turned loose. Like 9/11, the obvious question is who would have a motive to connect Arabs with acts of terrorism?
Jones also ignores the Israeli connection to 9/11. He doesn't mention the military stand down. He doesn't say a word about the destruction of evidence in the recycling of WTC steel. He skims over the anthrax attacks without laying down a foundation for what is implied by the few facts he does mention. He mentions motive, without ever going into detail on what that motive consists of. He mentions seismic records for Oklahoma City, but doesn't say a word about those recorded on 9/11. Then after leaving out 90% of 9/11s smoking guns, goes off on a wild tangent on unrelated hearsay and anecdotal accounts of the abuse of police powers.
He also drastically exaggerates certain pieces of information, such as the size of the bin Laden family investments in Carlyle Group. By all accounts I've seen, there were only a few million involved, which pretty much shoots down his claim of billions in potential profits.
Too, he claims O'Neil was killed on his first day on the job as head of security at the WTC, when every article I've seen on the topic is more like several weeks on the job. The worst part about that particular story is there is absolutely nothing I've seen in the public domain which would conclusively show exactly what O'Neil was doing there. For all we know, he helped place the bombs and is happily spending his pay on a tropical island somewhere. The most an honest person could say is the evidence is inconclusive.
While I agree with many of his conclusions, based on evidence he failed to present, I'm not convinced he does a credible job of making his case based on the items he does include.
What I think would be interesting would be a documentary pulled out of the Cooperative Research data base, put together with an eye toward a polished, mass market presentation. |
