May 07, 2004

FAA official destroys 9/11 tape with his own hands. In a fit of simian rage, I've destroyed a couple CDs (don't try it, unless you like plastic slivers and a shower of silvery dust), but this sounds odd. Haven't they heard of shredders?
posted by Flagpole 20 years ago
  • Just in case anyone smells conspiracy... The tape had been made under an agreement with the union that it would be destroyed after it was superseded by written statements from the controllers.
  • homun... you are some sort of living RSS feed. it's a compliment.
  • Why not just wipe the tape? Maybe he was trying out tape destruction.
  • ...you should now be hearing a garbled mess I do, I do. very small joke
  • Although the conservative thinker's retort to this would be: 'the information was transcribed under the proper procedures anyway, therefore, no story' - something about this really doesn't ring true. We all know that there was something very odd going on on 9-11, and it wasn't the inherent oddness of a bunch of half-trained crazy ragheads executing the greatest intelligence coup in the history of the modern West. I don't believe in conspiracies, but I do believe in human greed, and the lust for power. 9-11 was probably allowed to happen, and I think a lot of people are coming to the same conclusion. Too much shit is being hidden.
  • The conservative thinker's retort would be, "We'd be in possession of this tape if some stupid union representative wouldn't have had it destroyed."