9-11/disagreement

List of Questions

The following are questions on which there is considerable popular disagreement.

Answering these questions allows an individual's position on the subject to be quantified, which makes it easier to see exactly where people are disagreeing.

This list is still under construction, but the following two sections (especially the first) should give a pretty good idea of where someone stands.

General

A1. Is the official story essentially true and complete?

A2. Was the official investigation conducted in a reasonable way?

A3. Is any further (re-)investigation a waste of time?

A4. Have all the questions surrounding the events of 9/11 been answered satisfactorily?

A5. In the days prior to 9/11, did the Bush administration respond appropriately to any warnings they might have received?

A6. On the day of 9/11, were the Bush administration's actions reasonable, under the circumstances?

A7. On the day of 9/11, did the military act appropriately?

A7a. If not, was this an understandable lapse under the circumstances?

Larger Issues

B1. Is there any reason to distrust the accuracy and even-handedness of mainstream news reporting, as it has existed for the past decade or so?

B2. Is there any reason to distrust statements made by the Bush administration?

B3. If available evidence points strongly towards a particular set of circumstances in an event, is it reasonable to question any conclusion which states that those circumstances did not occur, or is it necessary to explain how those circumstances could have come to be?

B3a. If it is necessary to explain how the circumstances could have arisen, does that explanation need to be just as rigorous as the evidence pointing towards the circumstances, or can it be more speculative (i.e. is it sufficient to demonstrate that there are possible chains of events which could have led to these circumstances, therefore they are not impossible)? Yes, this question needs to be phrased better...