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Keyword and entity retrieval over indexed evidence, hypotheses, and claims. Nothing is answered from model memory on this page. For a scored percentage with the working shown, open Fact or Fiction.
Topic remit
Day of
Engineering
Facilitation
Intelligence & process
Foreknowledge
Independent cluster
Entities
- Omar al-Bayoumi
- Fahad al-Thumairy
- Mohdar Abdullah
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
- Thomas Kean
- Mohamed Atta
- Ziad Jarrah
- Norman Mineta
- Dick Cheney
- Curt Weldon
- David Ray Griffin
- David Chandler
- Ted Walter
- Tony Szamboti
- Piers Robinson
- Jonathan H. Cole
- Philip Zelikow
- Søren Roest Korsgaard
- Lorie Van Auken
- Bob McIlvaine
- Peter Dale Scott
- Paul Zarembka
- Peter Bearman
- Barbara Elias-Sanborn
- Richard A. Clarke
- Sajit Gandhi
Matching hypotheses
Matching claims
- indeterminateCLM-008
Bayoumi had advance knowledge that the 9/11 attacks would occur.
- well_supportedCLM-009
The FBI withheld Bayoumi-related intelligence from the 9/11 Commission.
- unsupportedCLM-023
The twin towers were destroyed by directed energy, not by impact, fire, or conventional explosives.
- disputedCLM-031
The 9/11 Commission was not a truth-seeking body; the Report is a 'Zelikow Report' defined by systematic omissions.
- unverifiedCLM-034
Reported 9/11 aircraft manoeuvres were not flyable manually by the named hijacker-pilots (automation/remote guidance).
- 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.
- 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.
Evidence supporting
45Mineta: Cheney asked if 'the orders still stand' as an aircraft approached
Norman Mineta testimony, 9/11 Commission hearing, 23 May 2003 · 2003-05-23
Norman Mineta testified that Cheney confirmed standing orders while being updated on an inbound aircraft's decreasing range.
David Ray Griffin — Anomalies in the 9/11 Commission Report (Toronto Report ch.2)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Griffin's 2012 chapter lists Commission process constraints (Zelikow, funding, access) and twelve claimed omissions, with footnotes to named books, newspapers, and the Report itself.
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.
Lorie Van Auken and Bob McIlvaine — Toronto Report ch.1 family testimony
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Two 9/11 family members testified in 2011 about their dead, the Jersey Girls' campaign for a full investigation, three NORAD public timelines, and Van Auken's contemporaneous unease at the Florida classroom footage.
Vanity Fair 2006: NORAD tapes vs earlier public NORAD timeline
Michael Bronner, '9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes,' Vanity Fair (August 2006) · 2006-08-01
Published tape reconstruction shows NORAD's early public timeline was inconsistent with its own audio.
Peter Dale Scott — 9/11 Commission deception, Cheney's actions, why he should testify under oath (Feb 2007)
Journal of 9/11 Studies · 2007-02-01
Scott published a 2007 process paper on Commission deception and Cheney's 9/11 actions, later expanded as Toronto ch.5.
Evidence contradicting
12UA93 ACARS 09:23 and 09:28 mayday — NSAEBB 196 quotation
NTSB flight-path studies and ATC transcripts released via NSArchive (NSAEBB 196) · 2001-09-11
NTSB ACARS/ATC text quoted by NSArchive: UA93 received a 09:23 warning about cockpit intrusion and the NY impacts, then at 09:28 transmitted a mayday / 'hey get out of here' as it was hijacked.
Commission 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.
Commission: hijacker-still-alive reports were mistaken identity
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
The Commission treats early 'hijackers alive' stories as identification errors.
Commission: Bayoumi did not give them money beyond the reimbursed check
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Commission found no continuing financial transfers from Bayoumi to the two men.
Commission: no evidence Thumairy assisted the two operatives
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
2004 Commission published a negative finding on Thumairy assistance.
Commission: AA77 struck the Pentagon at 09:37:46
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
The Commission states AA77 struck the Pentagon at 09:37:46.
Ambiguous
58Commission: first two weeks in Los Angeles not reconstructed
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Official investigators could not reconstruct the first ~20 days after LAX arrival.
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.
Tertiary blog repeating Commission language via a book via a news story
Composite tertiary web commentary (circular-sourcing demonstration) · 2011-09-11
A 2011 web post restates the Bayoumi story without a new primary document.
Bin Don vs Bayoumi on whether they visited King Fahd Mosque on 1 February
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Bayoumi and Bin Don gave inconsistent accounts of a mosque visit on the day of the restaurant meeting.
IC911 presentations catalogue (2023–2026)
International Center for 9/11 Justice · 2026-09-02
IC911 lists seven presentations 2023–2026 on flight simulation, seismic claims, hijacking, air defence, the North Tower spire, and WTC 7 free fall.
CIA 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.
Contemporary reports
51Mineta: Cheney asked if 'the orders still stand' as an aircraft approached
Norman Mineta testimony, 9/11 Commission hearing, 23 May 2003 · 2003-05-23
Norman Mineta testified that Cheney confirmed standing orders while being updated on an inbound aircraft's decreasing range.
John Farmer: NORAD and some FAA accounts of 11 September were not true
John Farmer / 9/11 Commission staff statements on NORAD and FAA accounts · 2004-07-22
Commission senior counsel stated that NORAD's (and some FAA) accounts were not true.
UA93 ACARS 09:23 and 09:28 mayday — NSAEBB 196 quotation
NTSB flight-path studies and ATC transcripts released via NSArchive (NSAEBB 196) · 2001-09-11
NTSB ACARS/ATC text quoted by NSArchive: UA93 received a 09:23 warning about cockpit intrusion and the NY impacts, then at 09:28 transmitted a mayday / 'hey get out of here' as it was hijacked.
Commission: first two weeks in Los Angeles not reconstructed
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Official investigators could not reconstruct the first ~20 days after LAX arrival.
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.
Hazmi (and later Hanjour) boarded with an FBI informant
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
An FBI informant housed at least one of the two San Diego hijackers.
Later recollections / analysis
64David Ray Griffin — Anomalies in the 9/11 Commission Report (Toronto Report ch.2)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Griffin's 2012 chapter lists Commission process constraints (Zelikow, funding, access) and twelve claimed omissions, with footnotes to named books, newspapers, and the Report itself.
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.
Lorie Van Auken and Bob McIlvaine — Toronto Report ch.1 family testimony
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Two 9/11 family members testified in 2011 about their dead, the Jersey Girls' campaign for a full investigation, three NORAD public timelines, and Van Auken's contemporaneous unease at the Florida classroom footage.
Vanity Fair 2006: NORAD tapes vs earlier public NORAD timeline
Michael Bronner, '9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes,' Vanity Fair (August 2006) · 2006-08-01
Published tape reconstruction shows NORAD's early public timeline was inconsistent with its own audio.
Peter Dale Scott — 9/11 Commission deception, Cheney's actions, why he should testify under oath (Feb 2007)
Journal of 9/11 Studies · 2007-02-01
Scott published a 2007 process paper on Commission deception and Cheney's 9/11 actions, later expanded as Toronto ch.5.
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.
Official documents
58Mineta: Cheney asked if 'the orders still stand' as an aircraft approached
Norman Mineta testimony, 9/11 Commission hearing, 23 May 2003 · 2003-05-23
Norman Mineta testified that Cheney confirmed standing orders while being updated on an inbound aircraft's decreasing range.
John Farmer: NORAD and some FAA accounts of 11 September were not true
John Farmer / 9/11 Commission staff statements on NORAD and FAA accounts · 2004-07-22
Commission senior counsel stated that NORAD's (and some FAA) accounts were not true.
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.
Able Danger: Shaffer/Weldon say Atta's Brooklyn cell was identified before 9/11
Able Danger hearings and Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer / Rep. Curt Weldon statements (2005) · 2005-09-21
Able Danger officers testified they had identified Atta before 9/11 and were blocked from notifying the FBI. Commission staff found the claim unsupported.
UA93 ACARS 09:23 and 09:28 mayday — NSAEBB 196 quotation
NTSB flight-path studies and ATC transcripts released via NSArchive (NSAEBB 196) · 2001-09-11
NTSB ACARS/ATC text quoted by NSArchive: UA93 received a 09:23 warning about cockpit intrusion and the NY impacts, then at 09:28 transmitted a mayday / 'hey get out of here' as it was hijacked.
Commission: first two weeks in Los Angeles not reconstructed
9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22
Official investigators could not reconstruct the first ~20 days after LAX arrival.
Independent / media
48David Ray Griffin — Anomalies in the 9/11 Commission Report (Toronto Report ch.2)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Griffin's 2012 chapter lists Commission process constraints (Zelikow, funding, access) and twelve claimed omissions, with footnotes to named books, newspapers, and the Report itself.
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.
Lorie Van Auken and Bob McIlvaine — Toronto Report ch.1 family testimony
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Two 9/11 family members testified in 2011 about their dead, the Jersey Girls' campaign for a full investigation, three NORAD public timelines, and Van Auken's contemporaneous unease at the Florida classroom footage.
Vanity Fair 2006: NORAD tapes vs earlier public NORAD timeline
Michael Bronner, '9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes,' Vanity Fair (August 2006) · 2006-08-01
Published tape reconstruction shows NORAD's early public timeline was inconsistent with its own audio.
Peter Dale Scott — 9/11 Commission deception, Cheney's actions, why he should testify under oath (Feb 2007)
Journal of 9/11 Studies · 2007-02-01
Scott published a 2007 process paper on Commission deception and Cheney's 9/11 actions, later expanded as Toronto ch.5.
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.
Unresolved contradictions
- CTR-001Bayoumi's intelligence role: Commission 2004 vs FBI 2017
- CTR-002Thumairy assistance: Commission vs FBI 2021
- CTR-012Hijacker identities: BBC still-alive vs Commission mistaken-identity
- CTR-018Commission completeness vs Griffin omissions list
- CTR-021CIA IG August 2001 praise vs 2004 CIA OIG / Commission on CTC