9/11. A horrific event by any stretch of the imagination. But what if our own government was responsible? Yes, responsible. Responsible for the deaths of 2,752 people in New York. For over 2,800 (and counting) military deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq. For almost 5,000 civilian deaths in Afghanistan, and almost 40,000 civilian deaths in Iraq. And all for what? The economy is shit, so it can't be that. Security? If you believe DHS, we're constantly under a 'significant risk of terrorist attacks'. (Yellow - around the holidays they usually bump it up to Orange for that warm fuzzy feeling) So that's out. Civil rights? PATRIOT Act, anyone? Yeah, I didn't think so. What's it for, then? In my opinion, it ultimately boils down to control, with things like money (and lots of it) and personal projects taking sidelines. But control is the root of all of it. Control of U.S. Citizens, control of foreign countries, control of corporations... control. After all...

WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

-1984, Chapter I

But anyway, enough of the sidetracks. Our government perpetrated one of the largest terrorist attacks in recent history, and got away with it? Preposterous. Or is it? Loose Change doesn't think so. Here's Wikipedia's write-up of it, Google Video's copy of the video in it's entirety, and finally, a torrent of the DVD (Xvid), compliments of Mininova. What's a torrent? I turn again to m'verygoodfriends at Wikipedia for a most excellent description. Mine came down at around 200KBPS, so let's keep seeding, shall we? I should also point out that the producers encourage sharing the movie, so don't have any qualms about downloading it.

All I (and the producers of the film) ask is that you watch it with an open mind. Forget any pre-conceived notions you may harbor about conspiracy theories, government cover-ups, and the like. Just watch, think, and discuss. That is all.

On a side note, should anyone be desirous of a copy of this film, but for some reason (*cough*dial-up*cough*) is unable to view it, I will be more than happy to send you a CD. It's viewable on a computer, [modded] Xbox, and some very lucky DVD players. Alternatively, if I care enough about you, I can convert it to DVD standard and burn it proper.