in article 41721421.9431AA67@yahoo.co.jp, Eric Takabayashi at
etakajp@yahoo.co.jp wrote on 10/17/04 3:41 PM:

> Ernest Schaal wrote:
> 
>>> I'd like to make something clear to Ernest, though he does not seem to get
>>> it.
>>> I don't believe that the US orchestrated an attack on itself to get involved
>>> in Middle Eastern conflicts, or that they are covering up an Israeli attack.
>>> But the government is being less than forthcoming about what they do know,
>>> and
>>> making up a lot of things (like links to Saddam Hussein) they don't. What
>>> they
>>> should be pursuing, if they are not doing it secretly already, is any
>>> involvement with groups in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia, and going after them
>>> just
>>> as hard.
>> 
>> Do you really believe that the wreckage would have any indication of
>> involvement to Saddam Hussein, or any indication of lack of such
>> involvement?
> 
> No. So how are the Bush administration and 70% of Americans in survey so sure?

Eric,

I never heard a claim by the Administration that the wreckage provided proof
of a connection.
> 
>> If you how? (besides the conspiracy freak theory that they must
>> have something to hide because they are so security conscious)
> 
> How does it threaten the investigation or national security to show the public
> how the Pentagon was actually attacked?

Eric!

Releasing videos of the attack, especially after the attack, would show
physical areas of the Pentagon that the Pentagon deems a security risk. What
next? Are you going to bitch if the Pentagon doesn't supply the roster of
employees, their vacation schedules, and their home address?