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Still strange that we only get the grainy, side-view of the Pentagon on 9/11. No other cameras working? Doesn't look like a plane coming across the camera going into the building?
NO crazy
Now go watch Requiem for the American Dream by Noam Chomsky
But they did not need to turn their surveillance on the public, just the CIA and the FBI.
Americans say that they are the holder of democracy.
"THINTHREAD" proves to what extent Americans can go to just fulfill their personal interests.
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Wow they are just trying to defend themselves.
The only ones truly responsible for 9-11 are the ones who flew the planes into the buildings and those that supported them. No one should ever feel responsible for this horrific tragedy except for the perpetrators. All we can do is work harder in trying to prevent something like this from ever happening again. But can we??? The solution is Christ. The more everyone works at becoming Christ-like...the odds of something like this happening again is slim to none. So...spread the good word throughout the world...Christ is the answer. And those that are laughing at my solution are definitely part of the problem...
Listen...there may not be a way to prevent another 9-11 even if they're spying on Americans. For one...those smart enough to know how to blow up buildings are not going to give themselves away over an internet connection or cell phone...that isn't going to happen. So spying on Americans using the internet or cell phone data just isn't going to produce results...
Yeah yeah...just publicly spank them and give them a raise...
And they're still spying on Americans...over paid peeping toms...
The irony here is they are the ones who need to be watched. Which is why they were so dead set against Julian Asange.
The government have technology on us advanced by 300 years, and they’re keeping that a huge secret
Will Lyman, the Best Narrator!
They wouldnt make needed changes cause then they may not be able to get away with it like they did
Well good lord people, I was talking about the middle east of the united of states son..stop keeping your heart on your sleeve boy..It sucks most ooorrr all the world hates the U.S.. Its not my damn fault! And no I don't vote!! I'm just living and taking care of my family and I hate that any person "beside the obvious people". Live without clean water or all the necessities that we all need to survive and be a little bit comfortable.. With that I say...Love y'all be safe
I'm 99.9 times ecstatic for your documentaries, but this one had so much extraneous content and bloat soundbites. I appreciate the message. I'm watching mainly for another aspect from the ones I've seen, but time and again there were narrative moments that were basically repeated right back to the audience in un-needed interview segments. This is part one, so you are asking a lot of the audience to commit to something this long. It feels less like an expression of the art of documentary filmmaking, and more like a narcissistic "AH-HA! Gotcha!" exercise in glad-handing, and the continued misjustice of people alive today that still haven't faced penal and/or financial discipline.
Damn, remember when people were hung for treason?
Sometimes you've got to tell some truth to hide the whole truth. This is what's going on here, I feel sorry for anybody who believes this is an explosive exposè