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Originally Posted by Massive Marc
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If I may suggest another Scenario:
Scenario C: Western intelligent agencies received information regarding an attack on American soil and they decided to take advantage of the information for their own personal gains.
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Wayyyy more likely than Scenario B, but I'd still put it significantly behind Scenario A. I just don't think this kind of attack could have been pre-confirmed to the extent that you'd intentionally let it happen. I doubt even Al Qaeda knew it would work before it actually did, let alone the US. You have to consider the thousands and thousands of national security threats that the US deals with on a daily basis. Before 9/11, if one of the 100 potential threats that crossed your desk was "Islamic terrorists planning to hijack planes, use them as weapons", would you consider that a highly credible threat? It probably went in the same pile as "PETA plans to dam Niagara Falls with stolen school buses."