It's really strange how the people that tell us we are all stupid to trust mainstream media, and not ask questions, are often the same people who ask no questions at all about nonsense they find on the internet. I think this story is one of the least convincing of all conspiracy theories. This is why:
Qui bono?
A question that is always asked about these events is ‘qui bono’ – who benefits? In most cases there are a wide and totally incompatible set of alternatives offered, depending on your own prejudice or political loyalty. This alone should tell you that the supposed motivations aren’t worth much.
One of the people who always benefits is Alex Jones, source of this latest conspiracy theory. This is his JOB. He is a PROFESSIONAL conspiracy theorist. He will ALWAYS say it’s a conspiracy at every single terrorist incident. In the case of Boston, he began making up theories immediately the story broke, before he knew a thing about it. This is making him WEALTHY.
As it stands, the Boston bomb doesn’t lead to any obvious policy change for anyone. It doesn’t provide an excuse to attack another country. It doesn’t have anything to do with gun control. Islam already has a negative image in this respect so it doesn’t make a material difference to that either. As a false flag op, it doesn’t go anywhere.
Who were the security personnel?
It is said that the pictures of guys wearing hats with a skull work for Craft International, a private security firm. This has been debunked repeatedly in the media but persists. Craft is a
training company with only a few trainers on the payroll. It does not provide security personnel to anyone. At the end of the course you get a free hat which people continue to wear afterwards because they think it looks ‘cool’.
Want to be part of the next conspiracy? Just order your own genuine Craft international hat now at
http://co-store.com/craftgear. You don’t even have to do the course.
Unnamed whistle blower
The first thing to say here is of course that this is worthless. Anyone can post an anonymous claim like this and say anything. Why waste time posting this? With regard to the specific claim – it’s not even correct. He says there was to be one bomber, but there were two. The details of what they discovered don’t tally. Plainly, this post was invented by someone who thought this would turn out to be a patriot plot, before the Muslim link was discovered, and that the objective was a limitation on firearms. This flatly contradicts what Alex Jones is saying, who you also quote as if he’s for real.
Sandy Hook connection
This claims to be a screengrab of an interview with Dawn Hocksprung, the deceased Principal of Sandy Hook school. Plainly it is the same photograph on either side so I’m not sure what it tells us, apart from someone is using photoshop or it’s a newsroom mistake.
The successor to Dawn at Sandy Hook is a lady called Donna Page. Notice that the name in the picture is also Donna. It’s possible that they mixed up the old picture with the new person.
If this really was the conspiracy it’s supposed to be, they would not be so breath-takingly stupid as to allow one of their Sandy Hook fake victims to be interviewed on tv.
Parents say the bombers were good kids
I’m sorry, but this counts for nothing. They wouldn’t be the first parents in the world that refused to accept their kids had committed a crime.
Stella Tremblay
Her claim is wrong already. The second suspect is not dead, he is in custody and talking (or writing, as he was injured in the neck). So it didn’t happen ‘just as Alex Jones said’.
Perhaps you didn’t read the rest of the Huffington Post link – they obviously think Stella Tremblay is a nutjob:
“Last October, Tremblay sent an email to the other 399 state House members with a doctored video she claimed depicted President Barack Obama saying that he was not born in the United States. She said the video was sufficient proof to open an investigation into Obama's citizenship. In February, Tremblay told a legislative committee that former President Woodrow Wilson agree with Adolf Hitler, even though Wilson died before Hitler rose to power”.
Boston Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Reportedly Unarmed When Arrested In Boat, Officials Say
Congratulations, this actually seems to be correct and it’s part of the official account now. One shot was fired and that set everybody else off for an hour. So what?
Conspiracy theories in general
Unfortunately, conspiracy theories are now part of our lives and there will never be another major incident without this kind of rubbish. According to these theories, there has never been a major terrorist incident in the States. Ever. They’re all fake.
With each new incident it becomes more and more incredible that anyone could pull this off without getting caught. Maybe you might just think it’s possible once or twice, but not for all of them.
The real difference in recent years is 24 hour live media. It’s in the nature of this media that they will make any number of mistakes and false leads along the way. They have to find something new to say
all day long. They also make mistakes about other non controversial incidents, but nobody’s interested in those so they don’t get mentioned.
The other difference is where we’re talking now – the internet. The internet has brought us many wonderful things. Unfortunately, it has also brought us Alex Jones.
