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Others could be seen as putting to rest a popular theory American Airlines Flight 77 never actually smashed into the Pentagon. But, given the stony silence from the U.S. government toward families of victims of the attacks, even the meager disclosure is a welcome morsel of information with the …
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A majority of Americans believe that the government is concealing information about the 9/11 attacks, one new survey suggests. And that’s not the only conspiracy theory believed by a wide swath of Americans: Around 40 percent believe the government is hiding information about aliens, the John F. …
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There have been numerous brilliant documentaries made since 9/11, about the day nearly 3,000 people were killed in the largest ever terrorist attack on US soil, and its aftermath. Fifteen years on, if broadcasters had an ounce of courage or grace they would just rerun the best of them to mark each …
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On September 11, 2001, 19 hijackers flew planes into the twin towers of World World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon, and a fourth intended for the US Capitol crashed into a field. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, in what was one of the rarest and …
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Facebook’s Trending Topics feature is in trouble. Again. The section, whose human editors were recently replaced by algorithms, has promoted a “truther” article from a British tabloid claiming the Twin Towers in New York collapsed on Sept. 11 due to a “controlled demolition.” SEE ALSO: Why we …
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Brooklyn Commons is a neighborhood gathering space. It says its purpose is “movement building,” but the organization dedicated to fostering connection found itself attacked by its own allies days before the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Groups affiliated with the Commons, including Jewish …
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Our research helps explain why withholding information from government documents like the “28 pages” is so often counterproductive. In a new article (written with co-authors at Dartmouth College) in the Journal of Experimental Political Science, we show how the use of redactions can undermine the …
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Salo, a 51-year-old American expat living in Bangkok, has launched the “9/11 Redux” project to raise $1.5 million to purchase a fully loaded airplane similar to a Boeing 757 or Boeing 767 and a building as comparable as possible to the World Trade Center — and then fly the aircraft into the …
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In Hoffmann’s simulation, he said, his team tried to find out how much of the buildings’ core supports were cut. Using the animation, he said, they came to the same accepted conclusion: that between the planes’ cutting a large part of the structures’ core supports and the fires’ weakening the steel …
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