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What is so hard about accepting the reality of the world we live in today? The fact is we live in a world where dangerous men hate us just for being us and they are willing to kill massive numbers of innocent strangers for selfish, irrational reasons. Does that automatically exclude any US Government involvement? No, but the operation of our government in general and the realities of our current society in particular does rule out government complicity.

Many conspiracy buffs think the Bush administration is too secretive. They accuse the president of working covert machinations to benefit Haliburton, Big Oil and his Texas buddies. If only that were possible. I could find out which companies were associated with Bush or Cheney and clean up. The sad truth is the current administration can't actually keep a secret. Two words: Valerie Plame.

Not everyone working in the government under a given president is loyal to the boss. In bygone days, government employees took their oath of secrecy seriously. They would never leak sensitive information to the press. If they did, they'd likely be prosecuted. Today there are many bureaucrats fiercely loyal to the Democratic party (just as there were loyal Republicans serving under Clinton). Some are actively trying to expose any secrets they can in order to embarrass or damage the Bush Administration. So how could they (the Bush Administration) plan, execute and cover up such a major complex operation without some minor functionary leaking an email to the press? Surely a memo would have been smuggled out by somebody. Certainly the press will rush to post anything secret for all the world to see, especially if it hurts the government. Remember the scene of US Navy SEALs coming ashore in Mogadishu only to be met with the glare of a dozen media lights and cameras.

Additionally, there is no discernible benefit to the nation or its corporations to plotting the murder of thousands of citizens. Perhaps you can make the argument that the Roosevelt Administration hid or ignored warnings of a coming Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in order to bring the US into the World War, united in support of Britain. There was a benefit to the nation compared to the cost of a few thousand lives. Knocking down the towers did not and could not have ever yielded any beneficial results.

Taken together: the lack of information security, lack of loyalty and the fact that necessary employees might be more loyal to their political party than the good of the nation, you are forced to conclude that the modern American government is incapable of carrying out any sort of large scale covert operation. Even small scale ops are vulnerable. In the event they did carry it off, there is no way to keep it secret.

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