Fact or Fiction
Fact or Fiction
Ask any question, including odd ones. You get a percentage, a clear call of more or less than 50%, the working, and the sources that produced it. If nothing matches, the score stays at 50% — nothing is invented.
Likelihood
FBI files on Urban Moving Systems and five Israeli nationals detained 11 September 2001
59%
More than 50% — weakly supported by the sources
The score is 59% — more than 50%. Supporting sources currently outweigh contradicting sources after quality and confidence are applied.
How 59% was calculated
Start at 50%. Move by half of the net source score after uncertainty. Net source score is 0.84 (from −1 contradict to +1 support). Uncertainty is 79%. So 50% + 50% × 0.84 × 21% remaining certainty = 59%.
Supporting sources
11
Weighted strength 2.69
Contradicting sources
1
Weighted strength 0.24
No stance yet
35
Pulls the score toward 50% · 11.03
Uncertainty
79%
Share of the file that is unlabelled or missing
Working
start at 50% + half of (net source score × remaining certainty)
0.5 + 0.5 × 0.84 × (1 − 0.79) = 0.588
This percentage is calculated from the sources listed below — it is a score, not a court finding. Official origin does not add extra weight. Independent origin does not subtract weight. Two papers from the same group are one cluster, not two independent confirmations.
Reasoning
Step 1 · Match the question
Closest stored question: H016 — Urban Moving Systems detainees had organisational advance knowledge of the attacks. Yes/no labels are taken from sources already linked to that question. Also close: H008, H001, H011.
Step 2 · Find matching sources
40 source(s) matched the wording. 2 further source(s) already linked to the stored question were included even if they did not contain the search words. 6 matching claim(s) contributed inherited stances.
Step 3 · Assign support or contradiction without inventing
2 labelled from stored question links, 11 from claims, 0 labelled automatically (capped, marked, not saved as human review), 34 left with no stance.
Step 4 · Weight each source
Each source contributes strength = (quality / 5) × confidence × how strongly it agrees or disagrees. Support strength 2.69, contradict strength 0.24, no-stance strength 11.03. A zero on chain of custody still lowers the mean and stays visible.
Step 5 · Turn that into a percentage
Start at 50%. Move up if support outweighs contradiction, down if the reverse. Unlabelled sources shrink the movement, so a thin file stays near 50%. Working: 0.5 + 0.5 × 0.84 × (1 − 0.79) = 0.588.
Step 6 · What this number is not
This percentage is calculated from the sources listed below — it is a score, not a court finding. Official origin does not add extra weight. Independent origin does not subtract weight. Two papers from the same group are one cluster, not two independent confirmations.
What is still missing
- 9 source(s) score zero on at least one quality check (shown on each card). Those zeros are kept visible and are not averaged away.
- 9 source(s) are unverified, inactive, or recorded as not retrieved. A missing file is a gap, not a finding against the question.
- 35 relevant source(s) have no stance yet. They increase uncertainty and pull the percentage toward 50%; they are not counted as support or contradiction.
- A second stored question (H008) also matches this wording. The percentage below is for H016 only — open the other question to compare. Do not average the two numbers.
Closest stored question
H016 · Urban Moving Systems detainees had organisational advance knowledge of the attacksforeknowledge · match 16.7
Related questions
Same wording can map to more than one stored question. Each has its own percentage — do not average them.
Matching claims
- unverifiedCLM-022
The five Urban Moving Systems detainees had advance knowledge of the attacks as an Israeli intelligence team.
- verifiedCLM-011
American Airlines Flight 11 struck World Trade Center 1 at 08:46:40 on 11 September 2001.
- verifiedCLM-037
A large born-digital public archive of 11 September emails, stories, and images exists and was acquired by the Library of Congress in 2003.
- disputedCLM-020
Able Danger identified Mohamed Atta's cell before 11 September and was blocked from notifying the FBI.
- disputedCLM-035
A small CIA Alec Station group intentionally withheld Mihdhar/Hazmi information from the FBI, and the purpose became to allow the attacks.
- verifiedCLM-007
U.S. agencies had actionable information on Mihdhar's U.S. visa in January 2000 and failed to watchlist him until August 2001.
Sources that support this
11Urban Moving Systems five employees detained after being reported celebrating / filming
FBI files on Urban Moving Systems and five Israeli nationals detained 11 September 2001 · 2001-09-11
Five Urban Moving Systems employees were detained after witness reports they filmed and appeared to celebrate the attacks; they were later deported without terrorism charges.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H016 (seeded): Detention after filming/celebration reports.
CIA email 21 August 2001: 'Re: Khalid Al-Mihdhar'
The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2001-08-21
A CIA email dated 21 August 2001 is titled Re: Khalid Al-Mihdhar and is a Commission Chapter 8 citation.
claim stance · Inherited from matching claim CLM-007.
Commission: AA11 struck WTC1 at 08:46:40
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
A large aircraft identified as AA11 struck WTC 1 at 08:46:40 on 11 September 2001.
claim stance · Inherited from matching claim CLM-011.
September 11 Digital Archive — holdings statement
September 11 Digital Archive (RRCHNM / ASHP) · 2026-09-03
The Archive states a 150,000-item holding and a 2003 Library of Congress acquisition. Public Omeka browse listed 70,359 items on 3 Sep 2026.
claim stance · zeros: contemporaneity · Inherited from matching claim CLM-037.
Quality zeros remain visible: contemporaneity.
CIA had Mihdhar visa information in January 2000; FBI notified August 2001
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
U.S. intelligence possessed Mihdhar's visa/travel data in January 2000 and did not get it to FBI watchlisting until August 2001.
claim stance · Inherited from matching claim CLM-007.
DOJ OIG: FBI handling of Hazmi/Mihdhar intelligence
DOJ Office of Inspector General review of FBI handling of 9/11-related intelligence · 2004-11-01
An oversight body found FBI process failures regarding the two hijackers already in the United States.
claim stance · Inherited from matching claim CLM-007.
Sources that contradict this
1Commission staff: Able Danger Atta identification not substantiated
9/11 Commission Report · 2005-08-12
Commission staff published that they could not substantiate a pre-9/11 Able Danger identification of Atta.
claim stance · Inherited from matching claim CLM-020.
Sources with no stance yet
35PNAC 2000: 'catastrophic and catalyzing event — like a new Pearl Harbor'
Project for a New American Century — Rebuilding America's Defenses (September 2000) · 2000-09-01
A 2000 PNAC report used a 'new Pearl Harbor' clause about the pace of military transformation.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H016 (seeded): PNAC sentence is not about Urban Moving.
Michael Ragsdale flyer collection — street paper, 11 Sep 2001–15 Sep 2002
September 11 Digital Archive (RRCHNM / ASHP) · 2001-09-12
A near-daily street collection of ~1,000 NYC flyers exists for the year after 11 September, including 11 September hospital/command-centre notices and early CIA/FBI-trust and anti-war posters.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
CIA CTC 2003-40044HC — '11 September: The Plot and the Plotters'
The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2003-06-01
A 1 June 2003 CIA CTC report titled 11 September: The Plot and the Plotters exists, is a major Commission source, and includes the analytical claim that the Saudi composition of the teams had political as well as visa-access value.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
Columbia 9/11 Oral History Project — holdings statement
Columbia Center for Oral History Research — September 11 Oral History Project · 2026-09-03
Columbia's 9/11 oral-history project reports five programmes, over 900 hours with over 600 people, 351 of them open, plus a 2011 book. Transcripts were not ingested.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
David Ray Griffin — Anomalies in official accounts of AA77 and UA93 (Toronto Report ch.7)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Griffin's 2012 chapter lists named process contradictions on AA77 notification and UA93 notification, plus Pentagon-object and UA93-shoot-down arguments with named witnesses and an FAA memo.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
Coleen Rowley: FBI HQ blocked a FISA search of Moussaoui's laptop
Coleen Rowley memo to FBI Director Mueller (May 2002) on the Moussaoui case · 2002-05-21
A flight-school student connected to radical jihadist travel was in FBI custody before 11 September; a requested FISA search was not obtained.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
Barbara Honegger — Evidence of explosives at the Pentagon (Toronto Report ch.13)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Honegger compiles Pentagon witnesses who used bomb/cordite language, cites stopped clocks around 9:31–9:32, and treats the FBI code name PENTTBOM as evidence of a bombing investigation.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
911DA email, 12 September 2001: planned desk, 50th floor, 1 WTC
September 11 Digital Archive (RRCHNM / ASHP) · 2001-09-12
A 12 September 2001 email claims a dealing-room desk on the 50th floor of 1 WTC was being stood up over Labor Day 2001, and that some co-workers may have been in the building.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
Topics
Day-of events, engineering questions, process failures, and foreknowledge leads.