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Originally posted by Swampfox46_1999
reply to post by Donny 4 million
And the documents from which his testimony came from, were introduced into court (and accepted) as evidence. Had it not been valid, then it would have rightfully been stricken. It wasnt.
Originally posted by Swampfox46_1999
reply to post by Donny 4 million
And the documents from which his testimony came from, were introduced into court (and accepted) as evidence. Had it not been valid, then it would have rightfully been stricken. It wasnt.
On November 27, 2009, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Fifth Estate program aired a show entitled “9/11: The Unofficial Story,”1 for which I, along with a few other members of the 9/11 Truth Movement, was interviewed. In the most important part of my interview, I pointed out that, according to the FBI’s report on phone calls from the airliners provided in 2006 for the Moussaoui trial, Barbara Olson’s only call from Flight 77 was “unconnected” and hence lasted “0 seconds.” Although this Fifth Estate program showed only a brief portion of my discussion of alleged phone calls from the 9/11 airliners, its website subsequently made available a 22-minute video containing this discussion.2
Shortly thereafter, a portion of this video, under the title “David Ray Griffin on the 9/11 Cell Phone Calls: Exclusive CBC Interview,” was posted on You Tube,3 after which it was posted on 911 Blogger.4 This latter posting resulted in considerable discussion, during which some claims contradicting my position were made. In this essay, I respond to the most important of these claims, namely:
1. The FBI has not admitted that cell phone calls from high-altitude airliners on 9/11 were impossible.
2. There is no evidence that some of the reported 9/11 phone calls were faked.
3. American Airlines’ Boeing 757s, and hence its Flight 77, had onboard phones.
4. The FBI’s report on phone calls from the 9/11 airliners did not undermine Ted Olson’s report about receiving phone calls from his wife.
The four sections of this essay will respond to these four claims in order.
1. The FBI on the Possibility of High-Altitude Cell Phone Calls in 2001
I have suggested that the FBI’s report to the Moussaoui trial in 2006 implied its acceptance of the argument, made by some members of the 9/11 Truth Movement, that cell phone calls from high-altitude airliners would have been impossible, or at least virtually so. One critic, however, said: “The FBI hasn’t admitted anything about the possibility of making cell phone calls at 30,000 feet.”5 It is true that the FBI has never explicitly stated that such calls are impossible, or at least too improbable to affirm. But its report for the Moussaoui trial, I have argued, implies an acceptance of this view.
My argument for this claim involves three points: (1) Immediately after 9/11, the FBI had described, or at least accepted the description of, about 15 of the reported calls from the airliners as cell phone calls. (2) In 2003, a prominent member of the 9/11 Truth Movement argued persuasively that, given the cell phone technology available in 2001, calls from high-altitude airliners would have been impossible. (3) The FBI report for the Moussaoui trial affirmed only two cell phone calls from the airliners, both of which were from United Flight 93 after it had descended to 5,000 feet. I will expand on each of these three points.
Originally posted by esdad71
reply to post by jprophet420
Again, over and over, proof is given, real proof, but you dismiss it. You guys are putting your faith in people who shift the truth for effect.
FACT - Cell calls could be made from planes in 2001
FACT - Of the 30 plus call made from 93 only 2 were cell phones
FACT - Both cell calls came in the last few minutes under a 10k ceiling
FACT - There is audio from a dead passenger that she left for her husband minutes before the crash
FACT - DL from a victim that was on board and killed who left the message
These are all facts. You cannot deny them. You can CHOOSE not to believe them but it is showing the ignorance of someone who is some wanting to find the truth.
They were not faked. I mean, if you do not have the technology to make a call how are they going to 'fake' a call and why? Makes no sense. Why put another thing into the mix that could not go right. If the government is so incompetent HOW could they have pulled off 9/11. This is the thing that has always puzzled me.
The truthers/non OS view that The government is a bunch of retards but they could pull of the greatest terror attack in history and there is NOT ONE leak.
Originally posted by Swampfox46_1999
reply to post by Lillydale
And you have already admitted that you arent going to go through all the PDF files associated with the subject. So, when you have gone through all of them and have a better understanding, get back to me. Until then, you trying to lecture me on anything....is quite humorous.
Originally posted by NIcon
One of the many questions I have about the Barbara Olsen calls is how did the FBI determine the number called was 202-514-2201 on the 9:18:58 call? If we look at the released record at www.911myths.com... the Terminating # is 0, just like the four other questionable calls.
Originally posted by impressme
This is made up, because Ted Olsen is a very import man who worked in the Bush administration, the foolish FBI made up a lie hopping Americans would believe them, as if we lost someone very important to the Bush administration, a government officials wife.
Please believe in our lies, the thinking FBI thought, if you do not then you are unpatriotic, and do not question 911.
Originally posted by impressme
There is no way the FBI got the number of Barbara Olsen call if there was no connection. Furthermore, without any connection, how would the FBI even know Barbara Olsen even tried to make a phone call? They would not.
Originally posted by Swampfox46_1999
reply to post by Donny 4 million
I see. So you think Zachy was innocent. Thank you for that information.
Originally posted by Swampfox46_1999
reply to post by Lillydale
And when you are handed a document, loaded with needles, you plead that you are too tired or whatever, to go through the document. Several of those files contain tons of information that would further demolish some of the main beliefs of the "truth" movement. And you either do not read them or you wave them off.
How in gods name is you saying it showing proof? The calls weren't possible then according to AT&T. Cell phones did not get a signal at 30k feet in 2001 no matter what you say. What kind of antena were they using if it could happen? where was it pointed? AS i mentioned there was only omni directional and directional antennas, and unless it was a directional antenna pointed at the sky, it wouldnt have a chance of working.
Flight attendant CeeCee Lyles also made a call using a GTE airphone, at 9:47 a.m.[15], leaving a message on their answering machine. She made a second call home at 9:58 a.m. using her cell phone, this time with her husband, Lorne, answering the phone. She told him of the hijacking and of her love for him and their boys.[16][17][18][19]
Trial exhibit, Zacarias Moussaoui
Flight Crew: CeeCee Lyles, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 28, 2001.
Laughlin, Meg (September 7, 2006) "Facing a world without CeeCee", St. Petersburg Times.
Caldwell, Alicia (September 10, 2002) "A tragic loss; a final gift, St. Petersburgh Times