Evidence versus conspiracy theory

The destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11 has been explained by officialdom in terms of a conspiracy theory ... terrorists conspired to hijack and crash airliners into the twin towers, causing them to collapse.

This conspiracy theory does not attempt to explain the actual destruction of the WTC via examination of the evidence. Instead, it begins with the premise that the hijackers were Arab terrorists who planned the attack in order to bring down the Twin Towers.

The 9/11 Commission Report opens with a chapter entitled "We Have Some Planes", which essentially adopts, as the starting point of the investigation, the conclusion formerly presented by the Administration, namely that 19 Arab terrorists were solely responsible for the conspiracy to hijack planes and use them to attack the US. By selectively citing evidence to support this theory, officialdom arrives at a conclusion that does not accommodate much of the evidence pertaining to the events.

The official explanation for the destruction of the WTC fails to explain how or why the buildings spontaneously disintegrated with explosive force. It does not explain the apparent failure of air defense systems, despite forewarnings of possible hijackings. It does not explain the rapid removal and illegal destruction of evidence from the crime scene. It does not explain the complete lack of proper investigation of the crime. The official account simply ignores an abundance of evidence that fails to affirm the preordained narrative.

As an explanation for the events of 9/11, the official conspiracy theory is neither comprehensive nor complete.