The complete 911 timeline, and separate outlines, are at  http://www.cooperativeresreach.org

Here's an excerpt (by the way, keep in mind that Mohomed Atta has ties with German Intelligence):


Last Updated: 8/3/2002



A The attacks could not have been carried out without state sponsorship
1 The attacks were too well organized to have been performed by a loosely connected network such as al Qaeda.
a Summary.

i Many intelligence experts agree that the attacks must have been in the planning from anywhere between one and five years. (Mueller III 4-19-2002; Diamond and Kiely 6-19-2002) Only a tight organization could have kept the operation a secret for so long.



b Expert(s) who more or less support the criticism

i Eckehardt Werthebach, former president of Germany’s domestic intelligence service (Bollyn 12-21-2001)



ii Horst Ehmke - formerly directed the German secret service.

(A) “Terrorists could not have carried out such an operation with four hijacked planes without the support of a secret service.” (cited in Bollyn 12-21-2001)



iii Andreas von Bülow, former head of the parliamentary commission that oversees the German secret services.

(A) “The planning of the attacks was technically and organizationally a master achievement—to hijack four huge airplanes within a few minutes and within one hour, to drive them into their targets, with complicated flight maneuvers. This is unthinkable, without years of support from state intelligence services.” (cited in Bollyn 12-21-2001; Gallagher 1-25-2002)



iv Brigadier General Dr, Mahmoud Khalaf, professor at Egypt’s Higher Military Academy, fellow of the British Royal Institute for Home Defense, and member of the Scientific Association of the U.S. Army. (Gallagher 1-25-2002)

(A) Speaking at a conference in Cairo, Egypt on January 5 2002, titled, “Who committed the September 11th attacks and Why?” he told his audience, “We are confronted with a technical operation of extremely great dimensions. We estimate that the planning organ for this operation must have consisted of at least 100 specialized technicians, who needed one year for planning. Each stage of this operation has many details, and every single technical detail needs measures, which are called, ‘deception,’ and camouflaging against around ten specialized organs in the United States which are called the ‘Intelligence Community.’ We will not say the CIA, but we will say the DIA, which is the Defense Intelligence Agency. The DIA has highly qualified technical capability . . . . I will not exaggerate and say it can monitor every single square meter of the planet audio-visually at any moment – [and] the agency called the National Security Agency [Profile] . . . . Yes, there was penetration of the security system and the U.S. Armed Forces.” (cited in Gallagher 1-25-2002)



v Stan Goff, former Green Beret (1970-1996) (Goff 10-2001a;b)



c Other evidence that supports the hypothesis that a state likely assisted the 9/11 terrorist plot.

i In late December it was revealed that the Congressional 9/11 investigation had concluded that a state government had possibly assisted the hijackers.

(A) Statements.

(1) Senator Bob Graham said on the December 11 edition of “Online News with Jim Lehre,” “I think there is very compelling evidence that at least some of the terrorists were assisted not just in financing -- although that was part of it -- by a sovereign foreign government and that we have been derelict in our duty to track that down, make the further case, or find the evidence that would indicate that that is not true and we can look for other reasons why the terrorists were able to function so effectively in the United States. It will become public at some point when it's turned over to the archives, but that's 20 or 30 years from now.” [PBS Online New 12/11/02]



2 High-placed U.S. officials must have been complicit in the attack.
a Expert’s who support this criticism.

i Andreas von Bülow, former head of the parliamentary commission that oversees the German secret services.

(A) “There are 26 intelligence services in the U.S.A. with a budget of $30 billion, which were not able to prevent the attacks.” (Bollyn 1-21-2002)

(B) On 9-11, four planes had been simultaneously hijacked – an unprecedented event in U.S. history - and “for more than 60 decisive minutes, the military and intelligence agencies kept the fighter planes on the ground.” (cited in Bollyn 1-21-2002; Mulgrew 2-23-2002)



ii Brigadier General Dr, Mahmoud Khalaf, professor at Egypt’s Higher Military Academy, fellow of the British Royal Institute for Home Defense, and member of the Scientific Association of the U.S. Army. (Gallagher 1-25-2002)

(A) See above comment.



iii Stan Goff, former Green Beret (1970-1996) (Goff 10-2001a;b)



B What little evidence that the U.S. has presented implicating Osama bin Laden in the 9-11 attacks is suspicious.
1 Despite the claim that the U.S. was totally in the dark before the attacks, in the 48 hours that followed, the FBI was able to come up with an extensive list of suspects.
a Problems with this.

i It is hard to believe that they could have produced a list of the alleged terrorists in such a short time if the FBI had not already known about these men. Identifying the terrorists involves much more work than just picking names from a passenger list. In order to verify that the alleged terrorists did not use aliases, an investigation – much longer than 48 hours – would have to have been undertaken.



b Implications.

i The U.S. may have been unconcerned about finding the true perpetrators. The real intention behind the so-called evidence may have been to blame certain individuals that would have implicated bin Laden as the mastermind behind the attacks and therefore give the U.S. a ‘valid’ excuse to start ‘a new kind of war’ that would last a ‘very long time.’



2 Much of the evidence that was immediately found seems almost too convenient.
a Mohammed Atta’s passport.

i Mohammed Atta’s passport was reportedly found at the WTC crash site conveniently located on top of the rubble where it could be found quickly unscathed amid a scene of total destruction that was so intense it supposedly destroyed the shock and fireproof black boxes. (Bollyn 1-21-2002)



b Problems with this.

i It almost appears to be planted evidence.

(A) Expert(s), who support this criticism.

(1) Andreas von Bülow, former head of the parliamentary commission that oversees the German secret services.

(a) “95 percent of the work of intelligence agencies around the world is deception and disinformation.” (cited in Bollyn 1-21-2002)

(b) The evidence that was allegedly left behind by the terrorists looks more like what would have been left by “a herd of stampeding elephants.” How is it that terrorists, who presumably kept the entire operation secret for who knows how long, could have been so foolish as to leave such obvious clues about who they were? (cited in Bollyn 1-21-2002)



ii Some of the evidence looks as if it were almost intentionally left behind.

(A) Examples.

(1) The alleged terrorists are purported to have used their own credit cards with their real names to purchase their plane tickets. (Bollyn 1-21-2002)

(2) They used their real names at the flight schools. (Bollyn 1-21-2002)

(3) They left a rental car containing a flight manual written in Arabic. (Bollyn 1-21-2002)



(B) Problems with this so-called ‘evidence’

(1) It seems almost too convenient. It is therefore, at the very least, worthy of an inquiry aimed at assessing its validity.



(C) Expert(s) who support this criticism.

(1) Andreas von Bülow, former head of the parliamentary commission that oversees the German secret services.

(a) He stated that the evidence resembled the German game, “Schnitzeljagd” where little pieces of paper are left as clues for the children. (Bollyn 1-21-2002)



3 The “smoking gun” videotape of Osama bin Laden is problematic.
c It could have been fabricated or doctored.

i Possible methods.

(A) Alteration.

(B) Fabrication.



ii Comments that have been made that acknowledge this possibility.

(A) Andreas von Bülow, former head of the parliamentary commission that oversees the German secret services.

(1) “When one is dealing with intelligence services, one can imagine manipulations of the highest quality. Holly wood could provide these techniques. I consider the videos inappropriate as evidence.” (cited in Bollyn 1-21-2002)



d It only showed that bin Laden had prior knowledge of the attacks. It does not prove that he was behind the planning of the attacks or that he financed them.



C The hijackers’ profiles are not consistent with the cited evidence.
1 Summary.
a Several skeptics of the official story have noted that the evidence that the US agencies used to ‘prove’ the guilt of the alleged hijackers does not match the profile of a Muslim fanatic.

2 Examples.
a Instructions for hijackers.

i Summary.

(A) One of the so-called pieces of evidence that the U.S. used to ‘prove’ the guilt of the suspected Muslim hijackers was a five-page document that the FBI claims was a set of instructions allegedly written by Mohammed Atta to the hijackers. It was supposedly found in Mohammed Atta’s baggage. According to some critics, the style of language used in the instructions do not match the profile of the suspected Muslim terrorists.



ii Sample quotations.

(A) “The time of fun and waste is gone” (cited in Fisk 9-29-2001)

(1) Criticism.

(a) “Lebanese and Palestinian suicide bombers have never been known to refer to ‘the time of fun and waste’ – because a true Muslim would not have ‘wasted’ his time and would regard pleasure as a reward of the after-life.” (Fisk 9-29-2001)

(B) “Be optimistic ... Check all your items – your bag, your clothes, your knives, your will, your IDs, your passport ... In the morning, try to pray the morning prayer with an open heart.” (cited in Fisk 9-29-2001)

(1) Criticism.

(a) “And what Muslim would urge his fellow believers to recite the morning prayer – and then go on to quote from it? A devout Muslim would not need to be reminded of his duty to say the first of the five prayers of the day – and would certainly not need to be reminded of the text. It is as if a Christian, urging his followers to recite the Lord's Prayer, felt it necessary to read the whole prayer in case they didn't remember it.” (Fisk 9-29-2001)

(b) “[T]he use of the word "optimistic'' with reference to the Prophet is a decidedly modern word.” (Fisk 9-29-2001)

(C) “In the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate ... In the name of God, of myself, and of my family.” (cited in Fisk 9-29-2001)

(1) Criticism.

(a) “The problem is that no Muslim – however ill-taught – would include his family in such a prayer. Indeed, he would mention the Prophet Mohamed immediately after he mentioned God in the first line.” (Fisk 9-29-2001)



i Possible explanations.

(A) It has been suggested that the oddity of language used in the letter might have been introduced by its translation. Robert Fisk noted that in the past the CIA had used Lebanese Maronite Christians to translate Muslim documents. It is therefore quite possible that the translators of the document were not Muslims and consequently did a poor job translating the instructions. (Fisk 9-29-2002)



b Ziad Jarrah, the alleged hijacker who piloted Flight 93, does not fit the profile of a suicide hijacker.

i Read Paul Thompson’s essay:
“The Two Ziad Jarrahs”
Ziad Jarrah is one of the best known of the 19 9/11 hijackers. What most people don't know, however, is that there were actually two Ziad Jarrahs: the one raised in Lebanon and who's picture has been widely circulated by the FBI, and the one that actually flew on Flight 93. The evidence of two is undeniable, and amazingly, we even have pictures of the second Jarrah. Read More . . .



E The alleged hijackers lacked the skill to execute the operation.
1 Summary.
a Several pilots have challenged the assumption that the alleged hijackers had the skill and training to fly the four planes into their targets.



2 Some statements.
a A group of U.S. military and commercial pilots challenged the official story.

i Summary.

(A) A anonymous Portuguese investigative journalist provided The News (Portugal) with a report summarizing a 72-hour panel discussion by military and civilian US pilots who argued that the alleged hijackers could not have executed the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The news story failed to report when and where the meeting took place. The News also failed to indicate whether or not it had independently verified that such a meeting had taken place. (The News 8-3-2002)



ii Some of the people in attendance.

(A) Colonel Donn de Grand. He chaired the discussion. (The News 8-3-2002)

(B) An anonymous US Air Force officer “who flew over 100 sorties during the Vietnam war.” (The News 8-3-2002)

(C) Retired Captain Kent Hill of the US Air Force. He was a friend of Chic Burlingame, the pilot of the plane that was flown into the Pentagon. (The News 8-3-2002)



iii Points made.

(A) The operation could only have been executed by highly skilled pilots.

(1) Summary.

(a) The alleged hijackers - many of whom had only been trained to fly small aircraft or whose only experience flying larger aircraft was with flight simulators - lacked the training to successfully carry out the 9-11 attacks. The pilots contended that the operation was of such a high level of sophistication that it required “the utmost professional military skill in command, communications and control,” adding, “It was flawless in timing, in the choice of selected aircraft to be used as guided missiles and in the coordinated delivery of those missiles to their pre-selected targets.” (The News 8-3-2002)

(2) Statements from individuals supporting this criticism.

(a) Colonel de Grand

(i) He said that it would have been impossible for the inadequately trained alleged hijackers to have perpetrated the attacks which he claimed required the highest degree of military precision. (The News 8-3-2002)

(B) The planes must have been flown using remote controlled system by highly skilled pilots.

(1) Summary.

(a) The group of pilots concluded that the cockpit controls of the four airliners must have been disabled and that the planes were most likely flown by remote control. (The News 8-3-2002)

(2) Evidence supporting this theory.

(a) The technology exists to fly planes by remote control.

(i) The News (8-3-2002) reported that, according to Captain Kent Hill, the “US had on several occasions flown an unmanned aircraft, similar in size to a Boeing 737, across the Pacific from Edwards Air Force base in California to South Australia. According to Hill it had flown on a pre programmed flight path under the control of a pilot in an outside station.”

(ii) Captain Kent Hill quoted former British Aviation boss Bob Ayling, who was interviewed by the Economist on September 20th, 2001. The News (8-3-2002) reported that Ayling had “admitted that it was now possible to control an aircraft in flight from either the ground or in the air.” The News added, “This was confirmed by expert witnesses at the inquiry who testified that airliners could be controlled by electro-magnetic pulse or radio frequency instrumentation from command and control platforms based either in the air or at ground level.” (The News 8-3-2002)

(iii) According to The News, Captain Kent Hill “maintained that the four airliners must have been choreographed by an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). This system can engage several aircraft simultaneously by knocking out their on-board flight controls. He said that all the evidence points to the fact that the pilots and their crews had not taken any evasive action to resist the supposed hijackers. They had not attempted any sudden changes in flight path or nose-dive procedures - which led him to believe that they had no control over their aircraft.” (The News 8-3-2002)

(b) The controls must have been disabled because none of the pilots attempted to alert air traffic controllers that their planes had been hijacked.

(i) The News reported, “A further question raised by the inquiry was why none of the pilots concerned had alerted ground control. It stated that all pilots are trained to punch a four-digit code into the flight control's transponder to warn ground control crews of a hijacking - but this did not happen.” (The News 8-3-2002)

(3) Individual statements made.

(a) The anonymous US Air Force officer.

(i) He stated, “Those birds (commercial airliners) either had a crack fighter pilot in the left seat, or they were being manoeuvred by remote control.” (cited in The News 8-3-2002)

(C) Critics of the conclusions made by this group.

(1) The News (8-3-2002) interviewed Captain Colin McHattie, a pilot for Cathay Pacific, who while agreeing with the independent commission's findings that “it is possible to fly a plane from the ground, the installation of the necessary equipment is a time-consuming process, and needs extensive planning.”

(D) Supporters of the group’s conclusions.

(1) Dr. Paul Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury, and presently Senior Research Fellow at Stanford University. (The News 8-3-2002)





E Conclusions.
a The information in this section came from just a few sources. Although the points raised are thought provoking, more discussion on the subjected is needed before any kind of strong conclusion can be made.