Uncle Fetzer: I Am Not a Holocaust Denier

But he is. Fetzer on a forum:

As for your question about popular conspiracy theories, I didn't think you were being serious. But now that I grasp your advanced state of mental deterioration, let me say, for the record, that I do not believe there are lizard people among us (though you may be the exception), I believe Elvis is dead, I am not a Holocaust denier (even though I'm inclined to believe the numbers killed have been exaggerated)...

Bolding added for emphasis. Of course, denying the numbers killed is a central element to Holocaust Denial.

As a reminder, Fetzer himself noted Holocaust Denial's similarity to 9-11 Truth at the Chandler conference back in 2007:



Hat Tip: Lenbrazil at JREF.

Uncle Fetzer Joins the Anti-Zionists

Discussed at an education forum:

Lifton seems to be upset that I have endorsed a book, STRANGER THAN FICTION, which traces the history of Zionism from the late 1800s to the present day and advances evidence, not only of the history of terrorism practiced by those who wanted to create the State of Israel, but of Israeli involvement in the events of 9/11. I had independently concluded Israel was involved in 9/11 before I discovered this book. I must admit that I had no clear concept of Zionism until relatively recently, when I began inviting experts on the subject onto my radio program, "The Real Deal", including Stephen Lendman (13 March 2010), Barry Chamish (30 March 2010), and Elias Davidsson (10 July 2010). I found the book to be extremely compact, insightful, and illuminating, and read 6-8 chapters on the air STRANGER THAN FICTION (26 April 2010). I interviewed the author, Albert Pastore, Ph.D., which is a pseudonym, on Friday, 28 May 2010, and had it rebroadcast Monday, 31 May 2010, which was Memorial Day. All of these programs either are or will be archived on http://radiofetzer.blogspot.com.

You can read the book Fetzer recommends online here. It's a presentation of the usual anti-semitic trash that gets wheeled out by the 9-11 Troofers: the dancing Jews, Odigo warnings, Zim American Shipping, etc., with a historical section on the Lavon Affair, the USS Liberty, the King David Hotel, etc. The author relies on anti-semites like Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh for quotes.

Fetzer also recommends Rediscover 9-11, a site dedicated to Israel-bashing.

Op-Ed News Sidelines Troofers

I had not seen this before, but apparently Rob Kall has gotten tired of the annoying and pesky "Truther" contingent at his site and is putting them into their own little portion of the sandbox, called "Edges". He explains (quoted in one of the comments):

Most progressive sites refuse to cover 911 truth and more exotic topics, like UFOs, NWO and conspiracy theories. OEN has covered them and it has brought some problems, particularly a crew of unpleasant, negative commenters who attack just about every article published, particularly ones by higher visibility writers. We've decided to clean things up, so we're cracking down on this crew, holding firmer to rules aganst spamming articles and personal attacks and name calling. The goal is to maintain our open forum for discourse-- a forum that this small group has effectively intimidated and turned off.

(Snip)

We plan to continue publishing solid, well documented and supported articles on all subjects. If the focus is on edgy topics like 911 Truth, UFOs, NWO, JFK or other conspiracy theories, the articles, upon passing the test of new material and documented claims, will be posted to our EDGES hot page.

Kall's site is apparently pretty successful (he mentions a write-up in the New York Times), and so it's not surprising that he's realizing the downside of allowing the Troofers unrestricted access to the site, just as Arianna Huffington, Democratic Underground and Kos learned years ago.

And before anybody moans that I'm approving censorship, let's remember that SLC is the only site dedicated to covering the "Truth" movement that allows virtually every comment posted here to stand on its own merits. And while we're on that topic, check out Michael Morrissey's post on OpEd News about how he got banned from the Scholars for 9-11 Truth and Justice, its forum, and his comments got put on moderation:

Shortly after I published my article "9/11 Aletheia" on OpEdNews, I was removed from the membership list of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, shortly after that from their forum, and on May 20 I was put on "probation" (the "moderation queue") at 911Blogger.com. I offer myself, therefore, as Exhibit A in my case against the closed-mindedness I criticized in my article.

I have been a member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice (STJ911.org) since its founding in 2006, when it split off from the original Scholars for 9/11 Truth (911scholars.org) founded by Jim Fetzer. I remained a member of both organizations, because I saw no reason not to. Both, it seemed to me, had their merits. I joined 911Blogger.com at about the same time, and since September 2006 I have made 62 postings to that site.

This history is important, because I am not a "no planer" or proponent of theories of video fakery or exotic weaponry, and I can prove it. My only, cardinal sin is this one recent article where I dared to defend the principle of free discussion.

Morrissey's original piece was inane, but it does point out the hypocrisy of the Troofers bitching about gatekeepers when they are gatekeeping themselves.

Uncle Fetzer Signs On With Holocaust Deniers?

Note the question mark at the end there. Fetzer's name is included as among the signers of a letter posted at Indy Media protesting the proposed deportation from England of Dr Fredrick Tobin, an Austrian Holocaust denier, to Germany to face charges over his nuttery.

Now you know how it is; I personally don't think kooks should face charges over their fruitcake theories. But the letter goes well beyond that, praising Tobin and other no-Holocaust nutjobs. Consider this part:

Rev. Ted Pike, a major American pro-First Amendment activist, states in “Toben Grabbed: International Hate Laws Bite Down”1 that “Every American, especially Christians, should protest this outrageous attack on freedom of speech. Although most Americans do not think like Dr. Toben, his arrest is just a taste of what will come—for Americans like you and your family—if we do not defend freedom now.”

Reverend Ted Pike? Yeah, he's a major American pro-First Amendment activist. He's also an anti-Semitic nutjob. I won't link his site, but among the useful bits of information he provides are these nuggets:

23 Oct 08 - Pedophilia: Thriving in Judaism's Right
ACLU Top Heavy with Jews
The Jews Behind Da Vinci Code

Note that he's not even hiding behind the usual "I'm talking about Zionists, not Jews" formulation that most anti-Semites use.

The letter also touts Toben's support for Captain Eric May's particular brand of lunacy:

Dr. Toben is a free thinker who has fearlessly explored other important issues besides Holocaust revisionism. He ran one of the first web sites to archive works by Capt. Eric May that exposed 9/11 as a likely CIA-Mossad inside job. May also suggested that petro-chemical explosions in the greater Houston area could be part of a dress rehearsal pattern for a repeated “9/11” terror event designed to justify war against Iran and domestic martial law.

May is crazy even by the standards of the Troofers; check out this bit of his numerology:

"A Beautiful Mind" was filmed before 911, in early 2001, but it was released after 911 - did the Hollywood Jews who made the movie know about 911 in advance, then brainwash us out of figuring it out? Come to think of it, was the whole attack a number game, in which the feds had spent years preparing us to call Big Brother in a national "911 call" in response to a "911 attack?” Is Hollywood part of a psychological operation?

The film was released on a very special date (and we've already seen how well dates can code): December 21st 2001. OK, try the number-code tricks I taught you above (see link, ed) and find the numeric sequence 12/21/21! The "Jewish" number 12, then 12 reversed - twice! It's all 12 permutations! Well, it's plenty tricky, but this has been a tricky infowar - at least to those of us (like Ghost Troop) with beautiful minds!

Or this:

Ninth paragraph:

"Since Nov. 1, wildfires have consumed more than 380,000 acres, destroyed 220 homes and businesses and killed two people."

This decodes to 111, then 11, then 22, then 2. Connect 22 with 2 and get 222; then reduce the 222 to 111. Now connect the date 111 with the acres 11 with the (modified) destroyed homes/people 111 to get 11111111.

11111111!

More from the letter:

The latest news on Dr. Toben’s case can be found at Lady Michele Renouf’s web site. Another hearing will likely be held Nov. 11. This gives us additional time to mobilize global protest against this international outrage.

Lady Michele Renouf? Yep, yet another Holocaust Denier:

Renouf has become increasingly known in recent years for her support of prominent Holocaust deniers. Her interest in World War II and the Holocaust began in 2000, when she read a newspaper article on David Irving's libel case against historian Deborah Lipstadt. She attended the hearing and became impressed with Irving's case, saying "I found on Irving's side of the courtroom a solitary person representing himself, backed up by enormous forensic research and tremendously capable debate based on substance and fact... On the other side of the courtroom I saw 21-25 people with laptops connected it seems to the Israeli government."

Troofer Wars

Jim Fetzer, now firmly in the no planer camp takes on Kevin "Hang 'em all" Barrett, who ironically shares a paranoid radio show with him. I am reminded of the famous Kissinger quote regarding the Iran-Iraq war, "Too bad they can't both lose".

Madison, WI (OpEdNews) July 30, 2008 – A recent dispute between the prominent 9/11 activist, Kevin Barrett, and me, the founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, has led to the presentation of what I take to be five of the strongest, if not the strongest, arguments for video fakery on 9/11. Indeed, having spent 35 years teaching logic, critical thinking and scientific reasoning, I would describe them as "decisive" in establishing the complicity of the media in misleading the American people about the events of that day. It is a sad commentary on the state of freedom of the press that we now have overwhelming evidence that the mass media – television, in particular – was crucial to the deception.

Barrett, who is running for Congress in Wisconsin's 3rd District as an Independent Libertarian, challenged me to offer stronger and more formal support for my views on video fakery, which have evolved during the past year and a half from skepticism to acceptance. During that time, I conducted more than fifteen interviews with students of video fakery and became convinced by the evidence they produced that there is no reasonable alternative explanation. Ironically, Kevin and I jointly host a radio program, "The Dynamic Duo," on gcnlive.com, where Barrett hosts Mondays and Fridays and I host the rest of the week. The five arguments that I consider to be the most compelling were published in Barrett's Truth Jihad News (July 16, 2008) as follows:

Yeah, he spent 35 years teaching logic and critical thinking, and didn't learn a thing.

Scholar Schism Make-up?

I got this from an e-mail group, forwarded from Kevin "hang 'em high" Barrett. Apparently Steven Jones and Jim Fetzer, who had a rather public falling out which led them to split their "Scholars" group, are kissing and making up:

Jim Fetzer writes: "I have tremendous admiration for Steve's recent paper 'Fourteen Points of Agreement with Official Government Reports on the World Trade Center Destruction,' co-authored by Frank M. Legge, Kevin R. Ryan, Anthony F. Szamboti, and James R. Gourley: http://www.911blogger.com/node/15081 I think it is brilliant the way the authors made their points by 'agreeing' with NIST and FEMA. While I remain convinced that conventional explosives alone cannot account for the nature and extent of the damage to the World Trade Center, I also welcome Steve's ongoing research on thermite and thermate residues. Thermate and thermite may well have contributed to the destruction of the Twin Towers and even been used to bring down WTC-7. I have invited Steve to return to my show for another interview, assuring him that I will let Steve get in a word or two now and then. I would like to do whatever I can to acquire a united front for 9/11 research, including urging us to support those rarest of animals, 9/11 truth candidates who are running for office. Someone like Kevin could make a huge difference."

9/11 truth guru David Ray Griffin even chimes in, endorsing the work of Fetzer, and paranoid anti-semitic numerologist and former Army Reserve officer Eric May:

Here is David Ray Griffin's take, written in response to someone who had harshly criticized Jim Fetzer:

"Jim Fetzer has done a lot of good work and did much to build up the scholarly component of the 9/11 truth movement. "It is true that I ultimately dropped out of his organization (Scholars for 9/11 Truth) and instead, along with many others, joined Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, which is associated with Steven Jones. But my leaving involved issues of style rather than substantive matters (although it's also true that Jim had used his position as head of Scholars inappropriately, I thought, to promote some controversial theories, rather than remaining publicly neutral while allowing Scholars to be a place where these theories could be debated in a scholarly manner; but these are matters of judgment, on which sincere people can
disagree).

"Part of the good work Jim has done is the article he co-authored with Captain May and two other military men."

An Oldie but a Goodie

We don't hear much about Jim Fetzer anymore, in fact this video of him is from last September, but I kind of miss the crazy old bat and he is rather entertaining. Don't miss Justin Martell's fawning introduction of him towards the beginning, but for pure head-shaking bizarreness the part that stood out was 54 minutes in when he proclaimed the airlines were on the verge of exposing the plot.

If the airlines are forced into court, I submit to you they are going to speak the truth, they will confirm that none of those hijackers are on those planes, possibly that none of those flights even took place.

Yeah, because most corporations have no problem participating in the cover-up of the murder of thousands of people, including dozens of their own employees, and the destruction of hundreds of millions of dollars of their own property, not to mention the decimation of their industry, but don't hit them with a subpoena, because they will sing like a bird.

Update: The embed doesn't seem to be working, but here is the link.

Super Bowl Attack Imminent

Crazy Jim Fetzer writes another one of those press releases about himself. This one is beyond bizarre:

An analysis now making its way across the internet is being attributed to Sio Bibble, who concludes, “A communications disruption can mean only one thing—invasion.” On his scenario, American military radio chatter during the game could provide cover for other communications taking place. “03:00 and the troops are up, file into the mess to get a cup of coffee, sandwich and watch the game,” Bibble writes. “Meanwhile, an Israeli sub in the Gulf goes to Battle Station alert. The game starts, the troops go wild, they get pumped with adrenalin and into combative psychic. 10 minutes into the game, a micro-nuke goes off in the stadium. The aforementioned sub commander gets the signal and launches his surface to surface missiles at various Iranian sites and several American ships.”

“The sailors on the ships are stunned by what they see on the TV screen,” he continues, “then the Claxton horn goes off as American ships start taking hits. The ships go live, the Iranians go live. American sources declare a surprise Iranian attack as three American ships sink in the Gulf. The smoldering Super Bowl is blamed on Iran, Mom and Apple Pie need to be defended.” According to Fetzer, no matter how fantastic this might sound to those who have never studied 9/11, it is an appealing alternative for an administration that has run out of options and whose leader is widely regarded by the American public as the worst president in history. It could reverse his standing at a single masterstroke.

Hey, how can you not trust someone named Sio Bibble? And what is with their fascination with micro-nukes? Can't anyone just use a plain old nuke anymore?

Barrett and Fetzer even have some rather kind words for Eric May, a new development in the troofer alliances.

Fetzer has featured Captain May as his guest on “The Dynamic Duo” several times and takes his analyses seriously. “I wish I could tell you that he’s wrong, but the evidence we have discovered about 9/11 suggests that this administration has no scruples when it comes to sacrificing innocent lives to advance its political agenda.” This is not the first time that students of 9/11 have suspected a reprise might be in the works, probably one involving the use of nuclear weapons. On August 26, 2007, Webster Griffin Tarpley issued ‘The Kennebunkport Warning’ that there were signs the administration planned to conduct another ‘false flag’ operation and suspend the Constitution. Captain May has previously sounded alarms about a possible attack near Portland, Oregon, late last year. An attack on the Super Bowl and retaliation against Iran would dwarf these attempts.

Barrett, who has closely followed May’s research, also believes that these signs have to be taken seriously. “In the Texas City, Texas, case, even the mainstream media reported indications that strange events were in the works, including unmarked black trucks and sport utility vehicles bearing government license plates near crews setting up what appeared to be satellite or radar gear on the beach, and the crews were wearing shirts that said, ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team.’ We may have been very lucky that Captain May sounded the alarm,” Barrett said. “My impression is that Eric May is one of the bravest and most eloquent intelligence analysts in the United States today. It is regrettable his state of health has deteriorated to the point that we are not going to be able to count on his research much longer.” Barrett, like Fetzer, takes the extreme improbability of multiple cable cuts as a sign that something serious is afoot.

H/T to Welshman in the comments.

It Is All About Ego

There has been much discussion as to what motivates truthers. Many say money, and there is that aspect, but ego must also be considered. Jim Fetzer, on today's radio show typifies this:

Fetzer: Coincidently that evening, I would go on Air America with a guest host by the name of Lee Rayburn and talk for an hour about 9/11, which to the best of my knowledge is the broadest exposure that the 9/11 issue has ever received through the mass media. And yet all of this was completely superseded, overwhelmed by the collapse over I-35, which has many peculiar features and which very well may have been a contrived event.

Yeah Jim, it is all about you.

The Passengers are Alive Too

I know, even most of the troofers don't like Uncle Fetzer anymore, they claim he is a shill (although I never see him around the NWO lunch room anymore). Occasionally though he says something so ridiculous it has to be chronicled. Well, we have all heard the stupid and repeatedly debunked claim that the hijackers are still alive, now Fetzer is claiming that the passengers are still alive, at 24 minutes in:

Fetzer: But if you look at the Social Security Death Index for example for the 19 passengers who were alledged to have made cell phones... cell phone calls, only 1 one of them has a name that appears on the Social Security Death Index and as far as collecting by the survivors of those 19 not one of those families collected for those survivors.

Host: Where are these people?

Caller: That's what I want to know.

Fetzer: That is a good question. Some of them, I will tell you. There is a guy who is doing a lot of research on this, and he is discovering evidence that a lot of those that are on that list, that list of alleged casualties are alive and well in the United States.

Pat as already covered the SSDI thing. The rest is just... idiotic.

Although that is certainly the most offensive it may not even be the stupidest thing he said, a few minutes later he claims that members of the Saudi Royal family and the Bin Laden family were flown out on special charter flights on the afternoon of 9/11.

No 757 Hit the Pentagon!

We haven't heard much from Uncle Fetzer lately, what with the fact that 911 Blogger spends more time attacking him than we do (shills, all of them) so I was amused to read this "press release" from him supporting the "Pilots for 9/11 Truth".

Don't be taken in by photos showing damage to the second floor or those taken after the upper floors collapsed, which happened 20-30 minutes later," Fetzer said. "In fact, debris begins to show up on the completely clean lawn in short order, which might have been dropped from a C-130 that was circling above the Pentagon or placed there by men in suits who were photographed carrying debris with them." The most striking is a piece from the fuselage of a commercial airliner, which is frequently adduced as evidence.

James Hanson, a newspaper reporter who earned his law degree from the University of Michigan College of Law, has traced that debris to an American Airlines 757 that crashed in a rain forest above Cali, Columbia in 1995. "It was the kind of slow-speed crash that would have torn off paneling in this fashion, with no fires, leaving them largely intact." Fetzer has been so impressed with his research he has invited Hanson to submit his study to Scholars for consideration for publication on its web site, 911scholars.org.

The Pentagon has become a kind of litmus test for rationality in the study of 9/11," Fetzer said. "Those who persist in maintaining that a Boeing 757 hit the building are either unfamiliar with the evidence or cognitively impaired. Unless," he added, "they want to mislead the American people. The evidence is beyond clear and compelling. It places this issue 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. No Boeing 757 hit the Pentagon."

Has Uncle Fetzer Become the Least Popular Man In 9-11 Denial?

What a difference a year makes. When James and I came upon the scene, Uncle Fetzer was a force to be reckoned with in 9-11 Denial. Now he finds himself on the outs even with the no-planers and ExoW crowd:

Jim Fetzer states that frauds and truth are the same when you have an agenda. He states that inserting lies into a documentary is “artistic license”. This guy wants to claim the government has fabricated evidence and covered up their crimes along with mass media control. He has the nerve to prove it with fabricated evidence and claims its “the best we (911Truth) have”. But when caught fabricating fake evidence Fetzer and Sophia now want to claim “artistic license”. We can’t tell if Sophia is the puppet or Fetzer.

I've always wondered about the Sofia/Hufschmid connection myself; I think Fetzer is supporting 9-11 Mysteries because it is generally considered the best film of the real conspiracy films. But the amusing thing is that Fetzer, who's pretty much been cast out of the mainstream now finds himself cast out of the eddy pool as well. And yet he's probably still one of the major public faces of the movement.

Jones and Fetzer Spar

Maybe this is why Steven Jones never got around to answering my questions, he is too busy trading insults with Jim Fetzer. Most of this exchange, posted on 911 Blogger is pretty pointless. Who do you cheer for, they are both dishonest pseudoscientists? Fetzer gets in a good line about "peer review" though, although he is hardly the one to speak about the scientific method:

Before Chandler, it was there; after Chandler, it was removed. Precisely when did you take it out? By removing a fake photo, did that qualify as one more "peer review"? The papers by you and Kevin Ryan have been posted on Scholars for 9/11 Truth web site since you contributed them. I cannot for the life of me imagine any reason for wanting them to be removed other than perhaps to conceal changes in your research across time. Everyone else who I know takes great pride in having their work posted on other sites; and, in view of history of the society, removing them would be highly improper.

Fetzer, Roberts & Wieck III

Starts with WTC 7 which of course is one of my favorite topics. Gravy gets off a devastating bit about "bombs and explosions".

Overall, Fetzer managed to dodge a lot of obvious problem punches. He got away with dominating the conversation. Fetzer does have some skills at debating conspiracy theories and compared to the Loosers and Les Jamieson, he acquits himself well.

I want to emphasize that is largely due to Fetzer's slipperyness, not to any superiority of fact. Mark Roberts didn't fatten his average against Uncle Fetzer because you cannot improve on 1.000. Once again Roberts surprised me with his breadth of knowledge, as did Ron.

Fetzer, Roberts & Wieck: Round II

Can be seen here. I'll add comments as I watch the video.

Update: Some very nice bits in there. I love it when Fetzer (18:30) was claiming that the bodies still strapped into their seats was a "nice story" and Mark corrected him saying it was a horrible story, and it happened to real people.

Lyte Trip will be pleased to hear that Uncle Fetzer has witnesses (22:25) who reported seeing the plane fly over the building.

Gravy Versus Fetzer: Round One

It took place in Brooklyn, so I suppose we could call it the Flatbush Flattening? Round one to Mark Roberts. Now we understand what he meant when he said he felt like an altar boy after the debate! Kudos also to Ron Wieck, the host, who cuts to the chase quite effectively.

Fetzer Gets In Some Decent Points

James pointed the other day to this hilarious argument between Mark Dice and Jim Fetzer. As others have mentioned, the part where Jim discusses Dice's nutty "Resistance for Christ" group and their belief in "Luciferians" is quite amusing. But the part that I found interesting was the bit where Uncle Fetzer claimed that Jim Hoffman and Webster Tarpley had brought up "Directed Energy Weapons". Sure enough, I was able to pull it up from Synthetic Terror (Page 225 of the PDF):



And a paragraph later



This certainly shows how annoying it is to read Tarpley; he tells us not once, but twice on the same page that the power cord would be rather large. And Tarpley gets into real science fiction territory here (Page 245):



So Fetzer has a valid point; why is Webster Tarpley considered credible in the 9-11 Denial Movement and Judy Wood a kook? Of course, Fetzer's arguing they're both credible, while I would maintain they're both nutbars....

Mark Dice Vs. Jim Fetzer

I came across this radio interview of Jim "Space Beam" Fetzer by Mark "The idiot formerly known as John Conner" Dice. I have never been so conflicted in my life as to whose side to take. How freaking insane do you have to be when someone who calls himself John Conner and films himself running into traffic screaming about 9/11 truth, comes off as the relatively logical and grounded one?

Update: I was in a bit of a hurry when I typed this originally, but I should point out that this interview is actually rather entertaining. OK, it is a bit Jerry Springer to have two complete nuts hurling accusations back and forth at each other, but if you follow these truthers, it is well worth listening to.

Don't Buy This Book

I mentioned earlier I was thinking of how to get Uncle Fetzer's new 9/11 book to review, without having to shell out $14.95 for it. Don't bother. I came across it at the local Barnes & Noble today, and it is nothing but rehashed essays from the Internet from Fetzer and his crackpot buddies. You can get wisdom from Judy Wood, a no-plane manifesto from Morgan Reynolds and Rick Rajter, or that brilliant paper where Joseph Firmage claimed the Pentagon was defended with anti-aircraft gun batteries.

Once again they are preying on the stupid and gullible to buy their crap.

After the Circus

The previously hidden author of the "Flying Elephants" paper at the Journal of 9/11 Studies, has gone public in a letter to the same. He is now revealing his side of the story regarding how this horrible piece of research came to be:

The "Flying Elephant" was not a creature of "malicious intent" but rather a product of discussion originating on a thread in the old st911 forum. Several member/researchers were at the time seeking visual evidence to support the supposition of remote guidance and/or aerial war games (assuming the hits on
CD=prepped towers would not be left to chance).

I am not aware of anyone accusing him of "malicious intent", we just thought he was an idiot. This is what happens when you assume a theory, and desperately search for evidence to back it up, no matter how ridiculous, and are in a link-minded echo chamber of people who will do nothing but encourage you.

He continues later:

In a defensive reflex I resigned from st911 and asked for the paper to be removed from the Journal. Judy Wood, then co-editor of the Journal emailed me requesting to be allowed to keep it as "property of st911", to which I naively agreed. Without consultation, in what I still regard as a well-meaning protective gesture, Jim Fetzer quickly issued his "press release", magnifying the error.

First of all, how the heck does Fetzer get from "My paper sucks, I resign" to "People are sending me death threats over my paper"?

Secondly why should he resign? This paper underwent a review by hundreds of "experts" in the Scholars' forum, and then underwent a "peer review" process at the esteemed "Journal for 9/11 Studies". It is not like this was some obscure subject that was open to interpretation, the debunkers spotted the problems within a matter of minutes. If anyone should resign it should be the editors of the Journal, like Steven Jones, who organized such a lame review that this paper was considered for publication in the first place!

So I want to a lead a call for the reinstatement of Reynolds Dixon! Fire Steven Jones instead.

BTW, on a related note, even after complaining that I didn't notify him of problems with his photo earlier, Jones refuses to reply to my previous "open letter", not even to say whether he will comment on it. I know he is getting my e-mails though, because he replied to another on a different subject. Why does this not surprise me?