This is an edited compilation of examples of these contradictions put forward by the good folk at the James Randi Educational Foundation Forum's 9/11 Conspiracy Theories sub-forum, in a thread entitled "9/11 Conspiracy Contradictions and Inconsistencies":
NORAD stood down; Flight 93 was shot down.
Damning evidence of there being charges inside the towers is the numerous reports of explosions; Thermite (a non-explosive) reactions were used to weaken the steel beams.
The towers fell neatly within their own footprints, indicating controlled demolition; Heavy steel columns from the towers landed as far away as 600 feet, indicating controlled demolition.
9/11 enabled the US to invade Afghanistan so they could build a pipeline; Al Qaeda and the Taliban are puppets of the CIA/ISI (why the need to invade?).
The fact of controlled demolition is obvious from watching videos; The collapse was designed to not look like controlled demolition.
The announcement to tenants of WTC 2 that it was safe to remain in or go back to their offices was intended to maximize casualties; The fact that the first building was hit before 9:00 AM was intended to minimize casualties.
Firefighters and police officers were given a gag order not to talk about what they experienced in the towers on 9-11; Many firefighters and police officers have conducted interviews about what they went through.
Flight attendant Betty Ong should not be believed because she sounded too calm in her telephone call; Flight attendant Madeline Sweeney should not be believed because she did not sound calm enough in her telephone call.
Firefighters should be believed when they say that they heard explosions in the twin towers; Firefighters should not be believed when they say that they saw massive damage and fires on multiple floors in WTC7.
It wouldn't be difficult for the government to keep a massive conspiracy like this completely secret; Conspiracy theorists have discovered the truth.
Damning evidence of there being charges inside the towers is the numerous reports of explosions; Thermite (a non-explosive) reactions were used to weaken the steel beams.
The towers fell neatly within their own footprints, indicating controlled demolition; Heavy steel columns from the towers landed as far away as 600 feet, indicating controlled demolition.
9/11 enabled the US to invade Afghanistan so they could build a pipeline; Al Qaeda and the Taliban are puppets of the CIA/ISI (why the need to invade?).
The fact of controlled demolition is obvious from watching videos; The collapse was designed to not look like controlled demolition.
The announcement to tenants of WTC 2 that it was safe to remain in or go back to their offices was intended to maximize casualties; The fact that the first building was hit before 9:00 AM was intended to minimize casualties.
Firefighters and police officers were given a gag order not to talk about what they experienced in the towers on 9-11; Many firefighters and police officers have conducted interviews about what they went through.
Flight attendant Betty Ong should not be believed because she sounded too calm in her telephone call; Flight attendant Madeline Sweeney should not be believed because she did not sound calm enough in her telephone call.
Firefighters should be believed when they say that they heard explosions in the twin towers; Firefighters should not be believed when they say that they saw massive damage and fires on multiple floors in WTC7.
It wouldn't be difficult for the government to keep a massive conspiracy like this completely secret; Conspiracy theorists have discovered the truth.
The conspirators were evil geniuses and faked
the phone calls; The conspirators faked phone calls that were impossible at the
time.
The Flight Data Recorders (FDRs) from the WTC
were never found, the FBI made them disappear; The FDRs from the Pentagon and
Shanksville, were found, the FBI planted them.
The east penthouse of WTC7 collapsed 8 seconds
before the rest of the building, and this is a sign of controlled demolition;
All of the supports failed at the same time, and this is a sign of controlled
demolition.
The Pentagon FDR indicated a flyover; The
Pentagon FDR was faked.
Steven Jones - credible when talking about
thermite; Not credible, when talking about Pentagon (he believes a plane hit
it).
Bush - credible when talking about New World Order stuff; Not credible when talking about 9/11.
Osama Bin Laden - credible when denying the attacks; Not credible when claiming responsibility of the attacks.
Eyewitness – credible when saying they saw no plane parts; Not credible when they say they saw a plane hit the Pentagon.
Bush - credible when talking about New World Order stuff; Not credible when talking about 9/11.
Osama Bin Laden - credible when denying the attacks; Not credible when claiming responsibility of the attacks.
Eyewitness – credible when saying they saw no plane parts; Not credible when they say they saw a plane hit the Pentagon.
Flight 11 being caught on film is suspicious;
Flight 77 not being caught on film is suspicious.
The evidence was whisked away before anyone
could perform any investigation; Steven Jones has taken samples which
show evidence of nanothermite.
The FDNY predicting 7's collapse is suspicious;
The FDNY was not in on it.
The mainstream media (MSM) were in on it (e.g.
the BBC reporting the WTC 7 collapse 20 minutes early and "blowing the
script”); The MSM reported some of the hijackers were still alive after 9/11
(the BBC again).
Bin Laden worked for the CIA; The CIA used a
“fake” Bin Laden in the video.
Everybody’s asleep; Everybody’s waking up.
The debunkers disrespect the victims’ families, but the families who said they spoke to their loved ones on the planes are too stupid to recognise faked voices.
The government-funded investigations were corrupt; We need a new government-funded investigation.
Cheney ordered that the Pentagon plane not be shot down; There was no Pentagon plane.
Hani Hanjour couldn’t have made the difficult manoeuvres in the Pentagon plane; There was no Pentagon plane.
Silverstein told an FDNY official to “pull it”; Silverstein never spoke to an FDNY official.
A firefighter said WTC 7’s going to "blow" so he had advance knowledge of the inside job; The firefighters weren’t part of the inside job.
Everybody’s asleep; Everybody’s waking up.
The debunkers disrespect the victims’ families, but the families who said they spoke to their loved ones on the planes are too stupid to recognise faked voices.
The government-funded investigations were corrupt; We need a new government-funded investigation.
Cheney ordered that the Pentagon plane not be shot down; There was no Pentagon plane.
Hani Hanjour couldn’t have made the difficult manoeuvres in the Pentagon plane; There was no Pentagon plane.
Silverstein told an FDNY official to “pull it”; Silverstein never spoke to an FDNY official.
A firefighter said WTC 7’s going to "blow" so he had advance knowledge of the inside job; The firefighters weren’t part of the inside job.
WTC 7 must have been a controlled demolition because it wasn't hit by a plane; WTC1 & WTC2 were hit by planes and were controlled demolitions.
Thermite/thermate/nanotherm*te was used in order to disguise the demolitions by avoiding the sound of explosives; People heard explosives.
Thermite/thermate/nanotherm*te was used in order to disguise the demolitions by avoiding the sound of explosives; People heard explosives.
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The last words go to Poetry Hound, who contributed the most
examples of contradictions:
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