Padilla Jurors Not Sure Who Directed 9/11 Attacks

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Sat May 5, 2007 at 8:43 am PDT • Views: 440

The Truther sickness is spreading, enabled by irresponsible media and cretinous public figures like Rosie O’Donnell; many potential jurors for the Jose Padilla Al Qaeda case have indicated that they aren’t sure who was behind 9/11.

MIAMI — Many potential jurors in the Jose Padilla terrorism-support case say they aren’t sure who directed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks because they don’t trust reporters or the federal government.

“There are too many ifs, too many things going on,” one male juror said. “I don’t know the whole story.” Others say they just don’t pay close enough attention to world events to be certain.

“I’m oblivious to that stuff,” one prospective female juror said during questioning this week. “I don’t watch the news much. I try to avoid it.”

The doubts were noted by a significant portion of the more than 160 people who have been questioned individually since jury selection in the case began April 16. …

Before they came to court, each of the jurors filled out a 115-question form asking about a wide range of legal, political and religious topics, particularly their views of Arabs, Muslims and Islamic radicals. On question No. 60, which asks for an opinion about responsibility for the Sept. 11 terror attacks, many people said they don’t know. …

A cottage industry of conspiracy theorists has sprung up among academics and others who claim such things as that the U.S. was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, or that explosives planted inside the World Trade Center towers brought the buildings down rather than the jetliners that crashed into them.

In the Padilla case, what’s notable is not so much conspiracy theories as the lack of any views at all.

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