It was more than just the Patriot Act ... and I am not trying to make you angrier :-) .

I know it isn't popular opinion here, and I am not trying to start shit, but I really think this was a radical Muslim attack on the United States. However, I think our intelligence "services" picked up on it and realized that they could use such an event to help with their goals. They would have found out about the plan in late 1997 or thereabouts. I'm sure they worked with the perpetrators to see that the plan was carried out with precision.

I don't think this attack was carried out with drone technology ... even if they were 20/30 years ahead in technology back then, it'd still be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to remotely fly planes with that kind of precision. I think they were legit commercial airliners.

These hijackers, the pilots at least, weren't some kind of novices like the government and media reported. They had to have been trained. They clearly knew how to control the aircraft. It is NOT easy to pilot a plane into a target like a building without experience, and they didn't get it from frigging simulators. Moreover, our links between top government officials and Saudi Arabia are well documented. Getting access to these kinds of terrorists would have been a piece of cake.

Using "real" terrorists would lend a level of plausible deniability to DS run governments all over the world. For all we know, Bin Laden was in on it from day one. He had ties to a lot of Western leaders. Moreover, radical muslims are perfect weapons for the DS to use since the public is trained to accept that they will attack using any means necessary. Remember, countries all over the planet used this "attack" as a reason to strip a lot of liberty from a lot of people. Many of those countries may not have been aware of such a plan making it an easier sell.

Finally, regarding the collapse of the buildings ... they are designed to implode. Its to make it easier for demolition should the building outlive its usefulness. A fully fueled 767 hitting a building at 400 - 500MPH is going to cause massive damage. The building's support systems would get fatigued from the heat. You do NOT need enough heat to melt the steel ... you only need enough to fatigue it. Once the support structure gives, the building will collapse on itself. They're designed to do exactly that.

I may be wrong. I have always had a hard time believing that buildings were wired for demolition though. That's just me though, and that is NOT an attack/dig on anyone that believes otherwise (I know many people are passionate about their beliefs ... and I respect that ... I'm just throwing this out there since its what I think happened).

Overall, I think the DS wanted something with just enough facts behind it to make their fiction as plausible as possible. Remember, this attack wasn't to solve any immediate problems the DS was having ... they used it to set the stage for many of the dystopian bullshit things we face today (accepting never ending wars in the Middle East for starters). Creating jumbo jet sized drones in the 1990s and rigging buildings for implosion can be exposed. It takes a LOT of people to make those kinds of things happen, and murdering all of them after they're done would result in a fairly high body count. However, a small team of foreign combatants can easily be hidden by the DS.

Regardless, I pray we know either way soon. I am sick and tired of the lies surrounding this "attack".