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(The survey did not tally the popularity of other nuggets of Truther lore, such as the idea that 7 WTC was purposely demolished, that Flight 93 was shot down, that Mohammed Atta was a patsy, or that no planes hit the twin towers.) A handful of celebrities-Rosie O'Donnell, Charlie Sheen, Willie Nelsonhave recited parts of the Truther catechism. After getting his hands on her MacGuffin, Flynn gets tangled in a web of deception and cartoonish characters, such as Luther, a cravat-wearing, Muhammadpraising baddie who sounds like a B-movie Nazi: "Vat shall ve talk about?" Able Danger tips its tinfoil trucker's cap to The Maltese Fakon, but its other inspiration appears to be Enemy of the State, the 1998 thriller in which Will Smith is stalked by an all-seeing National Security Agency.
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The Truth Is Out There
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, I've received a steady, unsolicited stream of books and DVDs that purport to reveal What Really Happened on September 11. None of them have come close to convincing me that George W. Bush and his neocon cronies were either evil or, more important, smart enough to have orchestrated the terrorist attacks on the United States. Perhaps that's because I'm one of the media gatekeepers that the "9/11 truth movement" is fon...
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