Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and the Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory

by David Ray Griffin

Book Overview

By virtue of his previous four books on the subject, David Ray Griffin is widely recognized as one of the leading spokespersons of the 9/11 truth movement, which rejects the official conspiracy theory about 9/11. Although this movement was long ignored by the US government and the mainstream media, recent polls have shown that (as Time magazine has acknowledged) the rejection of the official theory has become "a mainstream political phenomenon." It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156656686X
• ISBN13: 9781566566865
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Olive Branch Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A controlled demolition of the official story

Once in a while a book comes along that has the power to change history. This is such a book, clad as it is in its modest title. The writing, like fine porcelain, is delicate, strong, and clear. The work manifests a steady and unrelenting drive towards truth. Informed by indisputable facts and unassailable logic, it proceeds to a complete unmasking of the official story behind the events of September 11th, 2001. It is important to understand the issue of 9/11 within the context of its author's career. Dr. Griffin spent 30 years (in over 20 books and 150 scholarly articles) expounding the views of Alfred North Whitehead, whose process theology provides a unifying platform of spiritual values which harmonize with the world's great religions. In 2003, while Griffin was writing a major book on world democracy based on Whiteheadian principles, he was persuaded by colleagues that the official story on 9/11 was completely implausible. The result was his bestseller, "The New Pearl Harbor", which was followed by 5 more books on the subject, each reflecting his rigorous scholarship, disciplined logic, and attention to detail. Following a May 2006 opinion poll showing public skepticism over a 9/11 coverup, the official proponents launched, in August 2006, a 4-pronged attack on 9/11 truth claims, while simulating new but undocumented evidence to patch up the holes that had been blown in the official account by Griffin and other scholars. In "Debunking 9/11 Debunking", Griffin, aided by emerging testimonies from air traffic controllers, closes in for the kill, methodically dismembering these shifting official claims, and proving them exponentially more bizarre than the original 9/11 Report. To counter suspicions of a military stand-down against the 4 hijacked aircraft, the official camp had completely reinvented its story by claiming the FAA had consistently failed to notify the military in time. The military, which had supported the earlier timeline showing it had been notified in time, was now accused of lying. The FAA was suddenly subject to charges of gross incompetence, but strangely enough no one was disciplined. In another example, Griffin details how NIST "tweaked the data" for its computer simulation model until it matched its own hypothesis that fire had melted the steel, causing the "progressive collapse" of the Twin Towers at freefall speed into their own footprints. But how did the 47-storey steel-framed WTC 7 building collapse at freefall speed into its own footprint without being hit, and with only minor fires? Griffin notes, "The burden of proof should be placed on any claim that WTC 7 was brought down by something other than explosives, because this is the wild, empirically-baseless hypothesis devoid of historical precedent." And though Pentagon flight 77 was supposedly "... vaporized... this claim was wildly incompatible with the assertion that the bodies of the plane's occupants were later identified by their DNA." The pla

I'm very, very sad to say, David Griffin seems to be on the right side of this issue...

I declined a friend who begged me to read this book at least three times. I was vaguely aware that there were alternative conspiracy theories, other than the official one, that existed. Any time an alternate conspiracy theory was mentioned in casual conversating I "pfffffft" and chuckled. Well, about a week ago, against what I thought was my good judgement, I buckled and promised my friend to read this book. I had thought that I'd just skim through it, leaving the TV on in the backround in case it's absurdity became too much to handle. Well, I haven't put the book down, except for the 9 hours I'm at work during the day. My husband has been completely puzzled by my bookworm behaviour, as I'm not one to keep my nose in a book every free second I have. Right now, as I write this, I honestly feel sick to my stomach. I've cried myself to sleep the last two nights. Why? Because this book has changed my mind on the events and aftermath of 9/11. It's almost too much to handle all at once, all the revalations made by Mr. Griffin in this book. I feel like my mind has gone through a polar shift over the last 72 hours. For over 5 years I've been blind. For 5 years I've been have been down-and-out lied to. Right under our noses, America was stolen by criminals. I'm infuriated, and don't know what to do with myself. Reading this book was very much a life-altering event for me. I just hope enough people end up reading it. It could be the most important thing they ever do.

Excellent Book!

This is the seminal book on the 911 subject. Griffin easily tears apart the "debunking" books and articles of the reality of what happened on 911. This book along with Tarpley's "Synthetic Terror" are all you need to expose someone to the Truth - which then will lift the veil from their eyes. And make them see the world for what it really is. And any student of history just sees that this whole false flag operation is just more of the same for the NWO slave masters. The kicker for me is the fact that according to Bush and the Neocons - The "terrorists" struck to take away our Liberty. Then the Bush regime takes away our Liberty with the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, etc. (And yes - I have read them all.) Now, how can that be logically explained? Where is the critical thinking? How do people not see this? For me, now with Griffin's newest book, I am moving on to try and see how we can stop the madness that is destroying the USA, our Constitution, and the world. 911 is just a smoking gun after all. It is not the end. It is the scary prelude to what they have in store for us. Please people of the world. Please awaken from your slumber...

The official conspiracy theory of 9/11 & the war on terror is officially debunked.

David Ray Griffin has produced another fine work, once again meticulously researched and documented. All of the statements made by Dr. Griffin in this book are of high academic merit as you would expect. This is a work worthy of great praise; it is truly enlightening, educational and inspiring. After reading this book, you will walk away with the feeling that you have acquired knowledge, wisdom and understanding as well as new skills in critically evaluating evidence. The official 9/11 conspiracy theory as authorised by the government and produced by Philip Zelikow and the Keane- Hamilton 9/11 commission is the political and social myth of the 21st century. David Ray Griffin has exposed it once more for being nothing more than a fable and a most repugnant form political propaganda. The war on terror/war of terror is based on the 9/11 political myth; its purpose is to secure the military-industrial complex, full spectrum dominance over the socio-political-economic life of the peoples of this world and their resources. The official account of the events of 9/11 simply can not stand up to scientific scrutiny; neither can the claims regarding Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda is simply a delusional concept, the ranks of which are filled with provocateured patsies and misinformed fanatics, sadly neither of whom are hard to find. You only have to look at the recent show trials of Moussaoui in the US and the British fertilizer bombers in the UK. You will see that the war on terror and Al-Qaeda consists of individuals nurtured by informants and agent provocateurs. The only real terror is the fear of terror, and that which is staged, provocateured & officially sanctioned by rouge criminal elements within the governments themselves. These elements use the powers of the state to carry out the atrocities of 9/11 and 7/7 for example, all the while representing the interests of the criminal military-industrial complex. The official conspiracy theory of 9/11 and the war on terror/war of terror is officially debunked.

No way back...except forward...

If I really lived in a "free" country, I would not be the only air traffic controller speaking out about the events of 9/11/2001. There would be others much younger, much more up-to-date, but there would be none any more patriotic. So, if anyone were to claim that my statements quoted in this enlightening book are self-serving, I must deflect that aside and state that I am still serving my country as many current air traffic controllers, government employees and military personnel would also do if their careers were not threatened by the various agencies within the the United States Government. Current controllers will never forget the events of PATCO and 1981 as they were hired to replace us, and those in the military know that they must follow orders. They all KNOW that they would be punished somehow should they excercise their rights of free speech. And with me being fired by a president of the United States might lead one to believe that I hold anger at this action, and I do, but it is only that the PATCO strike, as seen historically, was only the "labor" portion of a 40+ year plan hatched by conservatives to dismantle our democracy which they have done in ways far, far greater than just labor and income disparity issues. My road since hasn't been pretty, but I'm not yet "terminated". Nearing my 60th birthday, coming of "political age" after reading The Pentagon Papers, and having an unusual vantage point from which I can view 9/11/2001 [I am also an experienced pilot] allows me to put this latest attack on our country into a longer term context. Eventually, as it is now known that FDR knew about the Pearl Harbor attacks and actually took precedent actions to provoke the Japanese into the attack, we will come to see that the attacks on 9/11/2001 were self inflicted and done for the self-serving reasons of a narrow band of wealthy people, the military industrial complex and huge multi-national corporations who operate above common law and use our planet and its resources for themselves, and for whatever it is that they believe in. Since most people's "belief structures" cannot accept this except perhaps through some form of knowledge "osmossis" over the years, it will take some time for this full knowledge to reach into their souls. This form of societal denial can be explained better by experts, but it exists. When it does come time for the common person to gain the strength to look deeply into what has happened to our country, and they want to focus upon the events of 9/11/2001, they will not have to go any farther than Dr. David Ray Griffin's work on the subject, and "Debunking 9/11 Debunking" will serve as THE SEMINAL WORK on the subject. This will even be true to those of us who know a great deal about 9/11/2001...those of us who comprise what is known as the "9/11 Truth Movement". Should a new reader tackle this complex and highly emotional subject, I recommend that you read Dr. Griffin's "New Pearl Harbor" and then "Debunking 9/11