The Shadow Government: 9-11 and State Terror

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Summary: Interesting preliminary analysis of the 9-11 events
Review: Bracken, an unconventional conspiracy author who seems inspired by Robert Anton Wilson at times has thrown his hat into the ring of anti-establishment theories surrounding the 9-11 attack. This is not at all an exhaustive or definitive look at the events on the day and surrounding the attacks. Bracken's theories are logical - far more so than the U.S. Administration's theories that are full of internal contradiction and lacking in evidence other than hearsay or planted items. Evidence that would confirm the government story is conspicuously lacking - either non-existent (like black boxes which would be present after an actual jet crash), destroyed, or kept secret (like the surveillance cam focused on the Pentagon which likely revealed that the plane hitting the target was actually a holographic projection cloaking a missile). More and more people who objectively examine the evidence and information available have concluded that 9-11 was an inside job. Those who refuse to even consider this possibility have earned a cruise along "d" Nile. Bracken is a talented writer, although his style is not ideally suited to a straight historical research book. This is a solid book, but there are better books available detailing the information surrounding the September 11 saga.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting preliminary analysis of the 9-11 events
Review: Bracken, an unconventional conspiracy author who seems inspired by Robert Anton Wilson at times has thrown his hat into the ring of anti-establishment theories surrounding the 9-11 attack. This is not at all an exhaustive or definitive look at the events on the day and surrounding the attacks. Bracken's theories are logical - far more so than the U.S. Administration's theories that are full of internal contradiction and lacking in evidence other than hearsay or planted items. Evidence that would confirm the government story is conspicuously lacking - either non-existent (like black boxes which would be present after an actual jet crash), destroyed, or kept secret (like the surveillance cam focused on the Pentagon which likely revealed that the plane hitting the target was actually a holographic projection cloaking a missile). More and more people who objectively examine the evidence and information available have concluded that 9-11 was an inside job. Those who refuse to even consider this possibility have earned a cruise along "d" Nile. Bracken is a talented writer, although his style is not ideally suited to a straight historical research book. This is a solid book, but there are better books available detailing the information surrounding the September 11 saga.

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Summary: Michael Moore Should Have Read This First
Review: The Shadow Government: 9-11 and State Terror Book

Review by Jaye Beldo [e-mail]

In The Shadow Government: 9-11 and State Terror recently published by Adventures Unlimited Press we are given ample opportunity to study the sordid and manifold intrigues of various terrorist states as embodied not only in the ersatz Bush administration, but in Caesar's Rome, Churchill's England and elsewhere. Len Bracken and Andrew Smith, conjoin their talents, with obvious political sophistication, to remind us that not all acts of terrorism originate from marginal realms as the global media Moloch would like us to believe. The authors provide an impressive historical overview of state sponsored terrorism, backing up their Machiavellian claims that violence on a grand scale is often used to further preserve/promote the bottom line agendas of the ruling class. Citing incidences such as the sinking of the Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, the Oklahoma City Bombing(s) and of course the premiere act of terrorism of recent times: 9-11, it is most encouraging that these conspiracy researchers are dedicated to exposing the ongoing, high level transgressions perpetrated by the state. Such a command of historical facts as well as a facile talent for weaving cohesive, potentially indicting arguments together makes this book a worthwhile read indeed. I'll be amazed if the publisher isn't ordered by the feds to shred all existing copies of The Shadow Government because of the ultimately incriminating data within. Just imagine members of the Supreme Court being handed copies of this potentially incendiary book by some courageous renegade lawyer and watch how much trouble the almighty nine have glossing over administrative crimes with their glib rhetoric. The knees of the media giant itself if not the government it lies for may start buckling if The Shadow Government starts to get the mainstream scrutiny it deserves.

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Summary: Not bunkum when your head's out of the sand
Review: With even such highly respected social critics as Christopher Hitchens justifying a pro-war stance by opining falsely about "the frantic and discredited few who think or suggest that George W. Bush fixed up the attacks", this book is a must-read for students of the truth. The Shadow Government is a compendium of information about important real-life events that have yet to be investigated or explained concerning the state terror thesis with regard to 9/11. This research has not been "discredited", but simply dropped and/or not yet completely pursued by parapolitical researchers. Some of these situations will never be fully examined, making the fact that this is an early contribution to conspiracy literature on the topic all the more important to a broader audience likely to be swept up in mainstream efforts to rewrite the facts after the coming war.