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In reply to the discussion: The Great Thermite Debate... [View all]Ace Acme
(1,464 posts)The "toxic tenant" theory was proposed by a Swiss professor of engineering some years ago, Dr. Hugo Bachmann. Someone could have rented offices, moved in explosives hidden in buckets of paint and copy machines, and sneaked out at night to work in the elevator shafts. If this is what happened, it would be highly embarrassing to a security company owned by friends of the Bushes--so it's no surprise that the very notion would be unthinkable to the authorities.
The reason to use the airplanes is because they were far more effective as a means of terrorism than bombs alone. People all over the country see airplanes every day and remember 9/11. People don't see men moving suspicious-looking packages into buildings every day.
Also, connecting the incident to airliners permitted the Homeland Theater of airport searches, gropings, naked scannings as a constant reminder and to desensitize people and make them complicit in the loss of liberties. How many millions of people made their peace with obtrusive searches saying, "yeah, it's a pain in the ass, but when I get on the plane I'm glad they're doing it"?
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