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
U.S. Department of State — The Top September 11 Conspiracy Theories (28 August 2006)
70%
More than 50% — supported by the sources
The score is 70% — more than 50%. Supporting sources currently outweigh contradicting sources after quality and confidence are applied.
How 70% was calculated
Start at 50%. Move by half of the net source score after uncertainty. Net source score is 0.93 (from −1 contradict to +1 support). Uncertainty is 58%. So 50% + 50% × 0.93 × 42% remaining certainty = 70%.
Supporting sources
21
Weighted strength 6.88
Contradicting sources
1
Weighted strength 0.24
No stance yet
34
Pulls the score toward 50% · 9.88
Uncertainty
58%
Share of the file that is unlabelled or missing
Working
start at 50% + half of (net source score × remaining certainty)
0.5 + 0.5 × 0.93 × (1 − 0.58) = 0.695
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: H008 — U.S. agencies possessed actionable pre-attack intelligence on these two operatives. Yes/no labels are taken from sources already linked to that question. Also close: H011, H001, H014.
Step 2 · Find matching sources
40 source(s) matched the wording. 19 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
19 labelled from stored question links, 6 from claims, 0 labelled automatically (capped, marked, not saved as human review), 31 left with no stance.
Step 4 · Weight each source
Each source contributes strength = (quality / 5) × confidence × how strongly it agrees or disagrees. Support strength 6.88, contradict strength 0.24, no-stance strength 9.88. 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 × 0.93 × (1 − 0.58) = 0.695.
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
- 12 source(s) score zero on at least one quality check (shown on each card). Those zeros are kept visible and are not averaged away.
- 7 source(s) are unverified, inactive, or recorded as not retrieved. A missing file is a gap, not a finding against the question.
- 34 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 (H011) also matches this wording. The percentage below is for H008 only — open the other question to compare. Do not average the two numbers.
Closest stored question
H008 · U.S. agencies possessed actionable pre-attack intelligence on these two operativesintelligence_failure · match 8.3
Related questions
Same wording can map to more than one stored question. Each has its own percentage — do not average them.
Matching claims
- 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.
- well_supportedCLM-042
About three-quarters of CIA materials cited by the 9/11 Commission, including all KSM interrogation reports, remained withheld as of the 2012 File posting.
- verifiedCLM-011
American Airlines Flight 11 struck World Trade Center 1 at 08:46:40 on 11 September 2001.
- 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.
- partially_supportedCLM-041
The U.S. pressed the Taliban to expel bin Laden more than 30 times, with only three approaches in the first Bush year.
Sources that support this
21CIA SEIBs June–August 2001: Bin Ladin attacks 'imminent' / 'in the US'
The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2001-08-07
CIA senior briefs from June–August 2001 repeatedly warned of imminent Bin Ladin operations, including a 7 August SEIB titled 'Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in the US', and a 24 August note that an associated individual was considering U.S. operations without timing or targets.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): SEIB imminent-language plus 'no time/place' is threat-awareness without a specific 9/11 warning.
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.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): Moussaoui/Rowley FISA block.
CIA 9/11 File posting — 100+ FOIA documents, 19 June 2012
The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2012-06-19
In 2012 the National Security Archive posted 100+ CIA documents cited in Commission footnotes, and stated that this was about one-quarter of the CIA material the Commission cited, with KSM interrogation reports still withheld.
claim stance · Inherited from matching claim CLM-042.
Taliban File update: U.S. pressed Taliban to expel UBL over 30 times
The Taliban File (NSAEBB 97) and updates · 2004-01-30
The National Security Archive's Taliban File update states the U.S. pressed the Taliban to expel bin Laden over 30 times, with only three approaches in the first Bush year.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): Diplomatic expulsion attempts and their 2001 drop are pre-history of the Afghan sanctuary, not day-of fusion failure.
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.
Peter Dale Scott — 9/11 as a deep event: CIA personnel helped allow it (Toronto Report ch.5)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Scott's 2012 chapter restates a documented CIA-to-FBI withholding pattern around Mihdhar and Hazmi (Malaysia 2000, visa, watchlisting) attributed to a small Alec Station group, and adds a Saudi-GID liaison hypothesis plus an 'allowed to proceed' inference.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): Alec Station withholding of Mihdhar/Hazmi from the FBI is the same watchlisting failure already on H008.
1998 raw intelligence: UBL hijack trial run at a New York airport
The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 1998-12-03
A December 1998 CIA raw report, later a PDB item, stated that a UBL-linked hijack plan was proceeding and that two team members in the U.S. had evaded security in a New York airport trial run.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): 1998 hijack trial-run reporting shows pre-attack collection on a UBL hijack concept.
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.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): Visa information in January 2000 not watchlisted until August 2001.
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
34CIA IG August 2001: CTC practices reviewed positively — vs later OIG/Commission
The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2001-08-01
NSArchive records that a CIA Inspector General review completed in August 2001 praised CTC information-management and FBI cooperation, in contrast to the 2004 CIA OIG and the Commission.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): 2001 IG praise vs 2004 OIG/Commission is a self-assessment contradiction, not a resolved fusion finding.
Complete 9/11 Timeline restored on IC911 (History Commons / Paul Thompson)
Complete 9/11 Timeline (Paul Thompson / History Commons), hosted by IC911 · 2026-09-02
IC911 hosts a restored copy of Paul Thompson's Complete 9/11 Timeline, originally at History Commons, described as cataloguing thousands of mainstream and government records.
hypothesis link · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): Timeline aggregator; not a new intelligence-failure primary.
FBI Vault counterterrorism library — HTTP 403 at ingest
FBI Vault — Counterterrorism FOIA library (blocked at ingest) · 2026-09-03
The FBI Vault counterterrorism URLs named by the SHSU guide returned 403 on 3 September 2026; no files were retrieved.
hypothesis link · zeros: contemporaneity, corroboration, chain_of_custody · human_seed link to H008 (seeded): Vault 403. Zero weight.
Quality zeros remain visible: contemporaneity, corroboration, chain_of_custody.
U.S. State Department, 28 August 2006: public-diplomacy page on 'top' 9/11 conspiracy theories
U.S. Department of State — The Top September 11 Conspiracy Theories (28 August 2006) · 2006-08-28
On 28 August 2006 the U.S. State Department published an official webpage rejecting the main 9/11 conspiracy-theory claims then in circulation.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
Wikipedia, 9/11 conspiracy theories — article as finding aid (retrieved 3 Sep 2026)
Wikipedia — 9/11 conspiracy theories (encyclopedia article) · 2026-09-03
On 3 September 2026 the Wikipedia article listed the main 9/11 conspiracy-theory families and pointed at Commission, NIST, State Department, Eagar, and Popular Mechanics as external sources.
unclassified · zeros: contemporaneity · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
Quality zeros remain visible: contemporaneity.
Eric Salter — Critical review of WTC 'no plane' theories (Sep 2006)
Journal of 9/11 Studies · 2006-09-01
The journal published a 2006 critical review of no-plane theories for the WTC.
unclassified · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
Wikipedia sub-articles: WTC demolition theories, advance knowledge, 9/11 truth movement
Wikipedia — 9/11 conspiracy theories (encyclopedia article) · 2026-09-03
Wikipedia's demolition, advance-knowledge, and truth-movement pages repeat named sources already on this board; they did not add a new primary measurement.
unclassified · zeros: contemporaneity · Retrieved as relevant; no inherited polarity. Unclassified mass raises uncertainty rather than inventing support or contradiction.
Quality zeros remain visible: contemporaneity.
NTSB path studies and ATC transcripts FOIA'd by NSArchive (Aug 2006)
NTSB flight-path studies and ATC transcripts released via NSArchive (NSAEBB 196) · 2006-08-11
In August 2006 NTSB released to the National Security Archive the four-flight ATC transcripts, three path studies, and the UA93 DFDR specialist report, after refusing to open its own public docket.
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.