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27. X files spin off show 'the lone gunmen''

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 01:32 PM

Mar 2015

The X-Files spinoff series, 'The Lone Gunmen,' had its pilot episode concerned with a federally-sanctioned/terrorist plot to fly an airplane by remote-control into the World Trade Center! The pilot was written by Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz.

the central conspiracy in the episode involved high-tech electronic hijacking of a commercial airliner with the intent of crashing it into the WTC. Although the episode was conceived and shot in 2000 and aired 6 months before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the eerie coincidence sent shockwaves through cast and producers.'

"The pilot progrm, which first aired on March 4, 2001, concerned a government plot by a radio control jetliner to crash an airplane into the World Trade Center and make it appear as a terrorist plot in order to justify more defense spending."

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I keep seeing this term, "False Flag," and not just from far-right nutcases. [View all] Archae Mar 2015 OP

Anything intellectually inconvenient is a false flag. Get with the times. nt Dreamer Tatum Mar 2015 #1

Hahaha MrBig Mar 2015 #14

There was one documented on DU just today. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #2

Here's the link to the thread that reports the incident in GA: leveymg Mar 2015 #6

One that was proposed was: "operation northwoods"... PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #3

You should do a little research on "Operation Northwoods" villager Mar 2015 #4

Lots of kooky ideas are ginned up in the DoD jberryhill Mar 2015 #9

And of course, we can trust the MIC to *never act on any of them!*" villager Mar 2015 #10

It certainly be nice if there was actually any evidence that they did act on some of them. hack89 Mar 2015 #12

Because of course such things would be thoroughly, vigorously investigated by corporate media! villager Mar 2015 #15

You have built the perfect self licking ice cream cone hack89 Mar 2015 #19

So to be clear: In your world, we have the complete, absolute truth about everything our miliary villager Mar 2015 #25

No. But I will provide actual evidence if I was ever to allege such a thing hack89 Mar 2015 #33

You should take on some of the specific examples posted downthread villager Mar 2015 #36

Gulf of Tonkin did not happen like the government said. It was also not a false flag hack89 Mar 2015 #40

And thank you for making mine. False Flags actually happen. villager Mar 2015 #41

I never said they didn't hack89 Mar 2015 #43

That's fine. But the fact that they *do* happen -- on our side -- is very problematic villager Mar 2015 #44

Raising a dismissed plan, among the many they have, does not advance your argument jberryhill Mar 2015 #28

You are free to think that an organization that conceived of "Northwoods" entirely reformed itself villager Mar 2015 #29

What do you mean by "did... again"? jberryhill Mar 2015 #32

The point being -- we don't even know the full extent of contemporaneous plans during *that* era villager Mar 2015 #38

I'm not a conspiracy theory fan. But the Gulf of Tonkin incident may qualify. stevenleser Mar 2015 #5

Yep, that is one of the best examples I can think of. nt Rex Mar 2015 #21

How was it a false flag? hack89 Mar 2015 #42

That's the first one that came to mind. old guy Mar 2015 #56

Several False Flag operations have been documented. Actually, 9-11 is a sort of example. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #7

Taking political advantage of an unanticipated event is nowhere close to being a false flag hack89 Mar 2015 #16

Except that we don't really know what happened on that day. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #22

And the unpublished scuttlebutt was the Jews were warned to leave their offices in the WTC hack89 Mar 2015 #24

So you want to be like that? Sheesh. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #26

I just have little patience with Truthers or Birthers. hack89 Mar 2015 #30

"What does that have to do with ... ?". Nothing. But worshippers of only officially government GoneFishin Mar 2015 #58

just happened to tell you yesterday? snooper2 Mar 2015 #31

Yes. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #35

A known fact? SheilaT Mar 2015 #47

Not sure about "11 planes", but records clear that 2 planes had passengers unwilling to leave. LINK: NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #59

If you realize that some humans in the world will lie, cheat, steal, kill, and commit others crimes GoneFishin Mar 2015 #8

And GoneFishin wins the internet today! closeupready Mar 2015 #11

You hit on what is really the underlying point which is that dishonest people can concoct extremely GoneFishin Mar 2015 #48

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #54

Here you go. Orsino Mar 2015 #13

Oh just a little thing called 9-11 Capt. Obvious Mar 2015 #17

The Bay of Pigs. Rex Mar 2015 #18

9/11 was a false flag operation. nt ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2015 #20

The CIA planted bombs in Iran in the 1950s and blamed them on communists muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #23

X files spin off show 'the lone gunmen'' Ichingcarpenter Mar 2015 #27

Probably. DU has an entire group dedicated to discussing MineralMan Mar 2015 #34

Oh, you coy thang, you! Thinking there ain't no sech animal as a false flag. valerief Mar 2015 #37

Some say the sinking of the Maine was a false flag arcane1 Mar 2015 #39

Well it is interesting we went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan WDIM Mar 2015 #45

Brooks Brother riot, with Republican staffers posing as irate Florida voters suffragette Mar 2015 #46

It's a sign of low trust in govt and media daredtowork Mar 2015 #49

I do agree the term gets thrown around way too much Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #50

Definitely HassleCat Mar 2015 #51

Funny you should mention the X-Files lapfog_1 Mar 2015 #52

False Flag Origin... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #53

Ah yes, the eternal heretic hunt... whatchamacallit Mar 2015 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author Th1onein Mar 2015 #57

More recently, the sarin gas attacks in Syria were determined to be a false flag operation Maedhros Mar 2015 #60