There are so many 9/11 conspiracies out there that it is impossible to keep track of them all. I have read everything from the administration hired the hijackers to there was C4 planted inside of the World Trade Towers.

I am not one that prescribes to these theories. I do believe that the administration had more knowledge of what was about to happen then they let on to and had a seriously flawed response, but these ideas that people planted explosives to take down the towers are absurd (and I do not need people making a big ordeal over what C4 can do. I have actually handled C4 and am trained in explosive ordinance disposal).

Now having said all that. Even if the administration hired hijackers and planted C4 inside the WTC, we will never know. These are the kind of things the government will make sure the American people never know because of the ramifications it holds. This country would erupt and we would be facing civil war like conditions if something like this ever came out.

So why bring this up? Well some of my fears about that day are looking more true. This is from today’s Washington Post:

Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon’s initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort to mislead the commission and the public rather than a reflection of the fog of events on that day, according to sources involved in the debate.

Suspicion of wrongdoing ran so deep that the 10-member commission, in a secret meeting at the end of its tenure in summer 2004, debated referring the matter to the Justice Department for criminal investigation, according to several commission sources. Staff members and some commissioners thought that e-mails and other evidence provided enough probable cause to believe that military and aviation officials violated the law by making false statements to Congress and to the commission, hoping to hide the bungled response to the hijackings, these sources said.

In the end, the panel agreed to a compromise, turning over the allegations to the inspectors general for the Defense and Transportation departments, who can make criminal referrals if they believe they are warranted, officials said.

“We to this day don’t know why NORAD [the North American Aerospace Command] told us what they told us,” said Thomas H. Kean, the former New Jersey Republican governor who led the commission. “It was just so far from the truth. . . . It’s one of those loose ends that never got tied.”

So why would the Pentagon lie about what happened? The reason I believe is egotistical. They were ashamed of how flawed their response was so they lied. This is also very dangerous.

The 9/11 commission was set up as a learning experience. It was meant to show us what did go wrong so that we could quickly right those wrongs incase we do ever suffer from another attack. As Bush says – we are living in a different world. So shouldn’t we fix what was broken and be able to respond with 100% effectiveness if there is ever another attack?

If people did lie to the 9/11 commission then they should be severely punished for it. Not only did they lie under oath, but they also threatened America by lying about it. They effected the outcome of a report that would make our nation more secure and better prepared. That has very deadly consequences and can not go unpunished. A full investigation is not only merited, but demanded by the security of America into these allegations.