Fast and loose

Internet film claims to find a U.S. conspiracy behind 9/11 | John Dawson

Never dismiss the allure of a good conspiracy theory. According to a recent Scripps Howard survey, 36 percent of Americans think the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were an inside job aided or perpetrated by the federal government. Maybe that's why the so-called documentary Loose Change—an 82-minute internet-based film that lays out an alternative narrative to the well-researched 9/11 Report—has gained a following.

Loose Change asserts that a cruise missile, not American Airlines Flight 77, blew a hole in the Pentagon. The film also charges the government exercised a controlled demolition of the World Trade Center towers. Flight 93? It didn't crash in Pennsylvania. Instead, the filmmakers say it was mysteriously rerouted to Cleveland and its passengers haven't been heard from since.