John @ Americablog: I've Got The Whole Film - Fact-Checking Appreciated

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http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/09/ive-got-whole-film-fact-checking.html

I've got the whole film - fact-checking appreciated
by John in DC - 9/08/2006 01:54:00 PM


UPDATE: You can cross-check with the entire 9/11 Commission report, which is searchable, here (heads up, it's a big download).

1. American Airlines had Mohammad Atta at its ticket counter and a warning came up on the screen when he tried to check in. The AA employee called a supervisor who said, just let him through. The first employee said, shouldn't we search him? And the supervisor says, nah, just hold his luggage until he boards the plane. This is clearly intended to make American Airlines look negligent. Is this true?

Did this happen?

FACT: This kind of happened. First, they've got the airport wrong. The warning popped up in Portland, not at Boston Logan as the tv show claims. Second, the rules at the time said nothing about searching him, they only required that the bags be held until he boarded - the tv show clearly tries to imply American Airlines violated their own rules in letting Atta go, which they clearly did not.

2. United Airlines. Asks 3 of the hijackers if they packed their own bags. The three of them look nervously at each other and speak in Arabic back and forth while the United employee keeps asking if they packed their own bags. She asks again, and finally the guy says yes. United employee does nothing. This is clearly intended to make United look negligent. Is this true?

FACT: According to the 9/11 Commission report, this did happen.

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1. K&R

bookmarking to read later...still reading the Senate report. :D

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2. "Fact" and 9/11 Commission Report Not The Same Thing

Clearly the 9/11 Commission report is not a factual or complete narrative of what really happened on 9/11. We don't really know what happened, but we do know that the 9/11 commission's report is wholly flawed and even they themselves now admit it.

Interesting nonetheless to track the ABC fairy tale version with the commission's CYA-oriented fictitious version.