Bin Laden's dead

[Massive Marc]

Originally Posted by Turtles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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."

Unfortunately they did anticipate terrorists crashing planes into buildings

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...18-norad_x.htm


"WASHINGTON — In the two years before the Sept. 11 attacks, the North American Aerospace Defense Command conducted exercises simulating what the White House says was unimaginable at the time: hijacked airliners used as weapons to crash into targets and cause mass casualties." USA TODAY

I'm not saying "y0 d00ds that proves everything, they knew about it longz ago"

I just don't think it was sidelined as you say it was.