Opinion
September 11 lies just won’t go away
Large numbers of Americans believe the US government was behind 9/11. But the conspiracy theories also ebb and flow with party-political trends.
David Byler and Kate WoodsomeThe facts of September 11, 2001, are uncontested: Terrorists hijacked four jetliners, flew two into the World Trade Centre and one into the Pentagon, while passengers on the fourth plane helped crash it in Pennsylvania.
After the attacks, conspiracy theories spread quickly. By the middle of George W. Bush’s presidency, a third of the public either believed that the US government assisted in the attacks or took no action to stop them.
Washington Post
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