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After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, there were many questions asked. Who had done this? What did we do to deserve this? What will we do to respond? Will there be more attacks? Fear and uncertainty controlled the minds of the country. The people of America turned to the government to answer these questions. However, as time went on, the people didn't ask the government questions, but instead began to question the government. These new set of questions became: did the government know about the attacks before hand? Why hadn't they tried to prevent them? Did they actually help plan and execute them? Many people began to form conspiracy theories, saying the attacks were all part of a scheme by the Bush administration to turn a profit, gain support, and build a case for war. Obviously accusations like this weren't taken lightly, or widely accepted. One man however sought to dig deeper than just the basic theories. In 2004, filmmaker Michael Moore released the controversial documentary, Fahrenheit 911, aimed at exposing the secrets of the Bush administration, and an overall look to how America's political and economic systems and influenced by foreign powers.

Before I saw this movie, I myself had wondered greatly about these attacks. Granted I was only in 7th grade when they happened, I still felt something didn't fit. America is supposed to have the best defense in the world. We can shoot down a nuclear missile launched from half way round the world within minutes, or have a satellite read a license plate, but we let known terrorists hijack American planes? It would later be released that President Bush and his advisers knew that Osama Bin Laden and the Al-Qaida terrorist network were planning to conduct terrorist attacks against America, possibly using hijacked planes (Presidential Daily Brief, August 6th 2001). If you have reliable intelligence from the FBI stating a hijacking was likely, why would you not implement some type of security measures? This type of behavior suggests they wanted the attack to occur. Perhaps the administration wanted the attacks to occur in order to gain greater public support. In the months just before the attacks Bush's approval rating among the American public reached as low as 50%, but just after the attacks it reached as high as 90% (Four phases of post 9/11 world, September 2004). By vowing to defend our country, President Bush was able to gain support of an angry and frightened nation. This would help the government

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