Willravel

Well I was careful to say "the government at large", but I do see what you mean. Think fo this, though. The war on Iraq was supported by many people in the beginning, and only really started to lose it's core support when it was clear we wern't going to win. After all that is when the inforamtion about their being no links to 9/11 and the al Queda, and no WMDs came to light. Pressure from the public forced the information to the surface. I don't see that happening on the same scale with 9/11. Even if I am wrong about a possible larger conspiracy, there were still massive mistakes that lead to 9/11, and the 9/11 Commission was a fucking joke. People deserve to know the whole truth, and they deserve closure. The only real pressure right now on the government for 9/11 truth is from guys like me; conspiracy theorists. The government, instead of simply answering the questions, has taken it upon themselves to simply call us all nuts and be done with it. Independant organizations have tried to point out flaws, like NIST, but they themselves have screwed up on their explainations (I'll get to them when I get home, and I have access to my notes).

Getting back to the point: I don't know who is responsible. It's obviously not going to be the whole government. It could be small and specific areas. Underwriters Labs, the ones who did the actual research for the NIST report, have a vested interest in pleasing the government who gives grants and contracts out to organizations that do them favors.