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Matching hypotheses

  • H015Able Danger identified Atta's cell before 9/11 and was blocked from warning the FBIScore
  • H020Specific pre-attack warnings (Odigo and similar) show that some non-plot actors knew the morning's targetingScore

Matching claims

  • verifiedCLM-001

    Omar al-Bayoumi provided housing and banking assistance to Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar in San Diego in February 2000.

  • disputedCLM-002

    The 1 February 2000 restaurant meeting was a chance encounter.

  • 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.

  • verifiedCLM-011

    American Airlines Flight 11 struck World Trade Center 1 at 08:46:40 on 11 September 2001.

  • 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.

  • disputedCLM-036

    The Pentagon attack involved inside-the-building explosives before AA77's official impact.

  • 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.

  • verifiedCLM-040

    NTSB produced flight-path studies and ATC transcripts for the four hijacked flights and initially refused a public docket.

Evidence supporting

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EVD-132academic paper

Poteshman 2006: unusual put-option volume on airlines before 9/11

Allen M. Poteshman, 'Unusual Option Market Activity and the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001,' Journal of Business 79(4) (2006) · 2006-07-01

A peer-reviewed study found statistically unusual pre-attack put-option activity in airline stocks.

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EVD-230academic paper

Paul Zarembka — Insider trading before 9/11 re-examined (Toronto Report ch.6)

The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11

A 2012 hearing paper surveys three academic option-market studies and argues the combined pre-attack activity is not plausibly random, while treating UAL/AMR themselves as weak because of hedging.

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EVD-114intelligence cable

Phoenix memo, 10 July 2001: bin Laden students at U.S. aviation schools

FBI Phoenix Electronic Communication, 10 July 2001 (Kenneth Williams) · 2001-07-10

An FBI agent documented a bin Laden–flight-school hypothesis in July 2001 that was not actioned nationally before the attacks.

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EVD-317intelligence cable

Predator over Afghanistan, autumn 2000: likely UBL, no shoot capability

The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2004-03-19

CIA notes in the 2012 File say an unarmed Predator twice observed a person most likely to be bin Laden in autumn 2000 and could not act.

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EVD-136intelligence cable

Urban 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.

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EVD-229academic paper

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.

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Evidence contradicting

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EVD-125media report

Silverstein Properties later: 'pull it' meant withdraw firefighters

PBS — America Rebuilds: A Day with Larry Silverstein (2002) · 2005-01-01

Silverstein's office published a firefighter-withdrawal reading of 'pull it.'

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EVD-102government report

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.

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EVD-117engineering report

ASCE Pentagon building performance: 757-class impact damage

ASCE/SEI Pentagon Building Performance Report (2003) · 2003-01-01

An engineering team mapped interior damage consistent with a large-aircraft mass trajectory through the Pentagon.

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EVD-145academic paper

Bažant pancake model vs NIST initiation sequence

Bažant et al. — pancake / progressive-collapse papers on the WTC towers · 2002-01-01

Published official-adjacent models disagree on pancake vs bowing-column initiation of the tower collapses.

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EVD-131government report

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.

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EVD-223academic paper

Legge & Stutt — AA77 FDR analysis supports official Pentagon flight path (Jan 2011)

Journal of 9/11 Studies · 2011-01-01

A 2011 Journal of 9/11 Studies FDR analysis concludes the official AA77 path to Pentagon impact is supported.

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EVD-137document

PNAC 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.

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EVD-029flight record

AA77 hijacked; Hazmi and Mihdhar aboard; Pentagon impact

9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22

The two men assisted in San Diego in 2000 were AA77 hijackers on 11 September 2001.

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EVD-328transcript

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.

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EVD-331web archive

Veterans History Project — Iraq War box; loc.gov 403

SHSU Library — U.S. History: Primary Source Collections Online (9/11 page) · 2026-09-03

The guide's Iraq-war Veterans History Project link did not yield files at ingest.

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EVD-100government report

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.

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EVD-205academic paper

Natalie Schilling — Linguistic analysis of AA11 transmissions purported to be Mohamed Atta (Apr 2026)

Natalie Schilling, Linguistic Analysis of AA11 transmissions purported to be Mohamed Atta (April 2026) and addendum (August 2026) · 2026-04-01

A 2026 linguistic report on AA11 audio attributed to Atta was published under IC911 Reports, authored by Natalie Schilling, Ph.D.

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Contemporary reports

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EVD-137document

PNAC 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.

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EVD-029flight record

AA77 hijacked; Hazmi and Mihdhar aboard; Pentagon impact

9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22

The two men assisted in San Diego in 2000 were AA77 hijackers on 11 September 2001.

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EVD-100government report

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.

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EVD-114intelligence cable

Phoenix memo, 10 July 2001: bin Laden students at U.S. aviation schools

FBI Phoenix Electronic Communication, 10 July 2001 (Kenneth Williams) · 2001-07-10

An FBI agent documented a bin Laden–flight-school hypothesis in July 2001 that was not actioned nationally before the attacks.

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EVD-313photograph

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.

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EVD-317intelligence cable

Predator over Afghanistan, autumn 2000: likely UBL, no shoot capability

The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2004-03-19

CIA notes in the 2012 File say an unarmed Predator twice observed a person most likely to be bin Laden in autumn 2000 and could not act.

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Later recollections / analysis

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EVD-132academic paper

Poteshman 2006: unusual put-option volume on airlines before 9/11

Allen M. Poteshman, 'Unusual Option Market Activity and the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001,' Journal of Business 79(4) (2006) · 2006-07-01

A peer-reviewed study found statistically unusual pre-attack put-option activity in airline stocks.

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EVD-328transcript

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.

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EVD-230academic paper

Paul Zarembka — Insider trading before 9/11 re-examined (Toronto Report ch.6)

The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11

A 2012 hearing paper surveys three academic option-market studies and argues the combined pre-attack activity is not plausibly random, while treating UAL/AMR themselves as weak because of hedging.

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EVD-331web archive

Veterans History Project — Iraq War box; loc.gov 403

SHSU Library — U.S. History: Primary Source Collections Online (9/11 page) · 2026-09-03

The guide's Iraq-war Veterans History Project link did not yield files at ingest.

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EVD-205academic paper

Natalie Schilling — Linguistic analysis of AA11 transmissions purported to be Mohamed Atta (Apr 2026)

Natalie Schilling, Linguistic Analysis of AA11 transmissions purported to be Mohamed Atta (April 2026) and addendum (August 2026) · 2026-04-01

A 2026 linguistic report on AA11 audio attributed to Atta was published under IC911 Reports, authored by Natalie Schilling, Ph.D.

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EVD-206academic paper

Natalie Schilling — Addendum covering AA11 and UA93 audio (Aug 2026)

Natalie Schilling, Linguistic Analysis of AA11 transmissions purported to be Mohamed Atta (April 2026) and addendum (August 2026) · 2026-08-01

An August 2026 addendum expands the Schilling linguistic work from AA11 to UA93 audio.

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Official documents

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EVD-029flight record

AA77 hijacked; Hazmi and Mihdhar aboard; Pentagon impact

9/11 Commission Report · 2004-07-22

The two men assisted in San Diego in 2000 were AA77 hijackers on 11 September 2001.

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EVD-100government report

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.

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EVD-114intelligence cable

Phoenix memo, 10 July 2001: bin Laden students at U.S. aviation schools

FBI Phoenix Electronic Communication, 10 July 2001 (Kenneth Williams) · 2001-07-10

An FBI agent documented a bin Laden–flight-school hypothesis in July 2001 that was not actioned nationally before the attacks.

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EVD-317intelligence cable

Predator over Afghanistan, autumn 2000: likely UBL, no shoot capability

The Central Intelligence Agency's 9/11 File (NSAEBB 381) · 2004-03-19

CIA notes in the 2012 File say an unarmed Predator twice observed a person most likely to be bin Laden in autumn 2000 and could not act.

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EVD-136intelligence cable

Urban 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.

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EVD-112witness statement

FDNY oral histories: multiple firefighters report explosions

New York Fire Department oral histories (released 2005 after lawsuit) · 2005-08-12

Multiple trained first responders independently described explosion-like events at the WTC site on 11 September 2001.

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Independent / media

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EVD-137document

PNAC 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.

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EVD-230academic paper

Paul Zarembka — Insider trading before 9/11 re-examined (Toronto Report ch.6)

The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11

A 2012 hearing paper surveys three academic option-market studies and argues the combined pre-attack activity is not plausibly random, while treating UAL/AMR themselves as weak because of hedging.

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EVD-125media report

Silverstein Properties later: 'pull it' meant withdraw firefighters

PBS — America Rebuilds: A Day with Larry Silverstein (2002) · 2005-01-01

Silverstein's office published a firefighter-withdrawal reading of 'pull it.'

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EVD-229academic paper

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.

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EVD-233academic paper

Gage, Roberts, Dreger — Advanced pyrotechnic/explosive material in WTC dust (Toronto Report ch.12)

The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11

Toronto ch.12 restates the 2009 Harrit red/gray-chip paper as forensic evidence against the official destruction account.

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EVD-200web archive

IC911 Data Archive — links inactive at ingest

International Center for 9/11 Justice · 2026-09-02

As of 2 September 2026 the IC911 data-archive page states that archive links are inactive and that a large archive of videos, photographs, and documents is being built.

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Unresolved contradictions

  • CTR-001Bayoumi's intelligence role: Commission 2004 vs FBI 2017
  • CTR-002Thumairy assistance: Commission vs FBI 2021
  • CTR-0031 February mosque visit: Bayoumi vs Bin Don
  • CTR-004Bayoumi first interview vs later account
  • CTR-005Chance meeting vs planned meeting
  • CTR-006FBI access representation vs later material
  • CTR-007WTC7 mechanism: NIST fire vs Hulsey not-fire
  • CTR-008WTC dust chips: thermite vs primer paint
  • CTR-009Silverstein 'pull it': demolition vs firefighter withdrawal
  • CTR-010Able Danger Atta identification
  • CTR-011Put options: unusual volume vs no plot-participant profits
  • CTR-012Hijacker identities: BBC still-alive vs Commission mistaken-identity
  • CTR-013Pentagon: AA77 vs no-Boeing
  • CTR-014UA93: passenger revolt vs shoot-down
  • CTR-015WTC7 free fall: NIST consistency vs demolition signature
  • CTR-016NORAD first story vs NORAD tapes
  • CTR-017WTC 7 Stage 1: NIST gradual vs Chandler instantaneous whole-roofline free fall
  • CTR-018Commission completeness vs Griffin omissions list
  • CTR-019IC911 journal vs IC911 journal on the Pentagon object
  • CTR-020CIA withholding: incompetence vs allowed-to-proceed
  • CTR-021CIA IG August 2001 praise vs 2004 CIA OIG / Commission on CTC
  • CTR-022NTSB public-docket refusal vs NSArchive FOIA release of the same path/ATC files

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