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Sophia, 9/11 Mysteries Fabrications and Disinfo

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Submitted by rick on Sun, 2007-01-28 00:06.

Since I had first seen this DVD I found it disturbing for its’ cover showing a WTC building (not WTC1 2 or 7) completely engulfed in flames, supporting the official story that the hot fires caused the collapse of the towers. The building shown did not collapse and was not "demolished" but the title “Demolition” is featured over this background.

When viewing it at minute 3:22 a man in a Harley Davidson Motor Cycle hat and t-shirt, he is portrayed as an eyewitness and featured describing, at the scene for reporters, what would later become the official storyline. "I witnessed both towers collapse, one first and then the second, mostly due to structural failure because the fire was just too intense." Here was an obvious planted disinfo witness used to reinforce the official story. Not identified as such and Sophia glides just like a Harley Davidson over it into the film.

But that, at least for me, is not the real problem. The real problem is in what this AKA Monica Smallstorm, AKA Sophia; whose real name is Sofia Shafquat along with Brad Waddell, have done to my 911 Eyewitness footage. The woman has seriously altered and mutilated my original footage and she inappropriately placed parts, edited and mutilated within her disinfo piece without asking permission, paying a royalty or using her normal paperwork she used for rights with other creators. I had no control and she took advantage creating this travesty.

I have not gone through the whole film, as it was not my intention of debunking her work. For that you may go to Screw 9/11 Mysteries

My intention was to see what she had used of my original footage without permission and how it was used. What I found was a nightmare. Following is a list of time codes to find these errors, omissions, distortions, and wideo with altered and overdubbed audio, which twisted the story being told. Instead of telling the truth and let science do the work Sophia has taken my works and twisted them to present a totally different image than what was originally there.

33:50
Shows the first of Rick Siegel’s footage of the North tower
"This video was shot from New Jersey. Smoke rises from the base of the building as an explosion is heard” (Basically this is OK and with original sound from DVD)

34:08
Second time around the same footage but the sound is replaced! Just after the dark filter effect we see the north tower collapse but the sound has been replaced with something completely different. A siren can be heard to distinguish that this is not the original sound. MAJOR DISINFO #1

35:07
Hoboken postage stamp effect "Across the Hudson River Richard Siegel was filming an astonishing day"
35:30
"Here is the south tower record" (shows South tower)
35:33 "Then the building came down" (North tower shown!!!)

This misrepresents the North tower as if it was actually the South tower and the list of pre-collapse explosions caused the building to fall. This clip lists "WTC2 pre-collapse explosions". WTC2
has just previously fallen to the ground and now only WTC1 remains. It will not fall for another 30 minutes, however, the next picture and comment indicate that happened immediately following the pre-collapse explosions listed.
. MAJOR DISINFO #2

35:33 "Then the building came down" the narrator tells us. Meanwhile the North tower segment from a completely different timeframe in the original program, is incorrectly inserted here.

Disinfo:
1. This misrepresents the north tower WTC1, to be the south tower, WTC2.
2. This misrepresents the list of WTC2 pre-collapse explosions as directly responsible for the collapse of WTC1.
3. This misrepresents the time at which the WTC1 collapse occurred because WTC2 time-codes were visible onscreen only seconds earlier.

39:57
US geological survey website Pyroclastic flow segment shows Sophia editing and removed the dissolve between the volcano and the north tower debris chimney, which was designed to emphasize the similarity. Sections were deleted that contained significant evidence.

Thermite section
45:34

"Watch this very bright substance pouring from the south tower" (This is right after the impact occurred not at the time of collapse)

45:39
Filter shot again of smoke between buildings' this time it's used in the thermite section.

"And white smoke appeared at the base of the building. (North tower moments before collapse) Would this be aluminum oxide, the byproduct of a thermite reaction?”

Two problems, she shows the south tower at the 80th floor right after impact and then the north tower right before collapse and edits them back to back with narration that sounds like they are the same building at the same point in time. MAJOR DISINFO #3

1. The south tower's 80th floor impact zone, at approximately 9:00 am, is followed directly by the north tower at approximately 10:30 a.m. showing smoke rising.
2. The narration "and" connects the two with a
continuous line of thought.
3. Continuity with the first time this clip is viewed at 33:50 is destroyed because the rising smoke is attributed to a large explosion in the original content.
4. This creates confusion in the mind of the viewer.
5. The combination of confusion and conflict will make understanding this event very difficult and could be categorized in psychological terms as "disinformation".
6. Usage without approval in a negative way is
unacceptable.

50:50
North tower sequence with multi-screen numbering the explosions

Problem, she cuts it out in the middle and doesn't let it run through.

51:30
Rick Siegel’s footage audio from the north collapse is used underneath various montage shots of different pictures but none from 911 Eyewitness.

This gives the validity to other video with the original sound explosions that would be superimposed in a haphazard manner over those other videos. Sophia proceeded with no knowledge of time code or effort at making a legitimate documentation of the explosions; it was done to make a Hollywood effect to further an agenda of more explosions than were.

All in all these 3 major errors with the additional omissions, edits and misrepresentations by Sophia and 911 Mysteries are misinformation at best and are most likely, considering the need for physical editing of the sound over the destruction sequences, on purpose and therefore disinformation. Worse is this is just what I see as I look at what Sophia has done to my original footage. What about the rest of the hour plus of other peoples footage she has done this too?

The reason I want control of my work is to keep such trash from happening. To be placed in this disinformation video in such a way twists the meaning of the original work and now it has been corrupted, changed, and mutilated where it is no longer representative of that day. I can’t imagine what this “fertile mind” in Sophia has done to other evidence as she edits, over dubs and twists the content to as she said on “The Edge AM” radio recently “911 Mysteries takes the myth by its tail and swings it around right next, to make it fit right next to the science". Whatever twists, swings or smashing it needs apparently.

Since October I have told Sophia to cease and desist and she continues to manufacture and sell these distortions of my work. I asked her to stop, pull my stuff and she has hired a lawyer to keep her stolen, mutilated disinfo piece in tact. Money means too much to her even after aledgedly making almost half a million on this mutilation.

The story will continue as will the obvious need for a full debunking of this disinfo piece.

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andrew lowe watson's picture

Copyright infringement is a serious matter.

You should be pursuing this with the same vigor as the Naudets did after Loose Change did the same thing.

There seem to be two issues here; the unauthorized use of your material and its distortion and misrepresentation. Both are covered by International Copyright Law in those countries which are party to the Berne Convention.

You have the full weight of International agreement on your side. Also relevant is the Geneva Copyright treaty of 1996. A good lawyer is what you need.

rick's picture

Exposing Disinfo More Important

The publisher has been notified and the rights people. They will take care of it I am sure. But it is more concerning that this has so much disinfo and may be cointelpro.

The slick way Sophie talks with the greasy new age snake oil seller topped onto the synchronization and sampling distortions makes a tawdry picture.

When I saw the explosions on the tower cut out and a siren replaced I freaked. Why? Then she puts the explosions from my audio onto other videos? The part where she insinuates the South Tower pre explosions relate by quick cut to the demise of the Nouth tower is horrifying in its misrepresentations.

The whole thing makes a debunker heaven and she did it to my video! You bet I am pissed.

Fred's picture

Fake Harley T-Shirt Eyewitness

Hi Rick,

FWIW I think I saw some version on the Net where she introduces Mr "Harley T-Shirt Structural-Damage" by saying "A myth was born" or something like that. I took it as her calling out the eye-witness in a low-key fashion.

Cutting and pasting the audio is highly uncool.

When I watched it I wasn't in "critical" mode but it seemed to make a solid case for the towers having been blown up. It's too bad they did it in a way that it can be legitimately attacked.

Fred

Coffinman's picture

That's the whole point!

Coffinman
They want to make it look like the towers were blown up- with conventional explosives!
This part of the disinfo campaign is supposed to bury any talk of black ops involvement, and allow the intended fall guys to take their places on stage.
And then everyone will say to us:
"forget about it, it's all been sorted out already" and the plan that S11 was a part of will continue.

Coffinman's picture

Definitely cointelpro

Coffinman
How could this possibly be a mistake, or bad editing?
No, we are looking at a genuine misrepresentation of evidence in order to confuse people, and trash what genuine evidence exists, by re-mixing things until nobody knows which version is real any more.
Only those who have been involved previously and have seen these alterations take place can really see what has been done.
Everybody else would have to check the provenance of each separate piece of video they see.
They are basically throwing mud into the water so that nobody can see clearly.

rick's picture

Video Editors Agree 9/11 Mysteries is Disinfo

You can see people who know video editing understand there can be no "error" or "mistake" in the major errors I found just on Sophia's presentation of MY work. When you move or change a sound track on a video you KNOW you did it. Moving the sounds of the explosions is criminal.

Definition of misinfo is mistakenly given bad info. Definition of disinfo is purposely made bad info. As video editors we understand this was a terrible travesty and falls into disinfo.

The question is only the motive but the fact that the film has self immolated itself with disinfo is evident

Tripp's picture

Moving forward More Important

I don't see the errors as deliberate. I saw other mistakes in the film as well, but they too did not see deliberate. I have watched it numerous times (within 3 months) as I translated it. Wasn't there two people behind 9/11 Mysteries? Not a lot. Loose change also had mistakes (first version even more) and I don't see those videos "conintelpro" either.

"When viewing it at minute 3:22 a man in a Harley Davidson Motor Cycle hat and t-shirt, he is portrayed as an eyewitness and featured describing, at the scene for reporters, what would later become the official storyline. "I witnessed both towers collapse, one first and then the second, mostly due to structural failure because the fire was just too intense." Here was an obvious planted disinfo witness used to reinforce the official story. Not identified as such and Sophia glides just like a Harley Davidson over it into the film."

OBVIOUS planted disinfo? They were presenting the official fairytale, so that fits into it just fine. And how could they know if the man was genuine or not? That's not a reasonable conclusion to say "obvious". DISINFO #1 (=conclusion)

You also said Sophia has a "slick voice" on one of your comments here. I mean.. come on. No need to get personal, that'll show your true motives. DISTRACTION #1

rick's picture

Ignore the Lies - Fetzer Style?

"I don't" Tripp

Point of view Tripp - Yours and obviously careless. Let's hope others are not so careless and without the ability to discern.

You think you are moving forward by covering up lies, you are the same as those some of us seek to expose - you just "think" you are different. Misinformation that is continued to be passed knowingly - is disinfo. When the shoe fits wear it.

They still sell stolen mutilated footage without permission and the footage tells a lie. Sorry, facts Tripp. Sofia sent a lawyer (hired gun) to shut me up, and until I can get some money to take her to task I have to put up with bootstrap lifters and Fetzers like you defending a thief and someone who distorted information in a horrible way to a "truth" movement. They are in fact defecating on truth. So, this IS movin on bro.

cynic's picture

Yet another rick seagull saga

Shit (b)rick, wherever you go you blow things right out of proportion... Did you give Sophia an outrageous rate for showing your footage? I bet you wanted a percentage of her profits too, it wouldnt surprise me one bit.

Whereas normal/rational people would state that they have a difference of opinion with each other, you have to go full on and accuse people left, right & centre of cointelpro. But then this isn't about the truth, it's about money..

rick's picture

OK

So for you it is okay to lie and distort evidence. That is clear from your other post to Fred too.

Your understanding of "rational beings" is so myopic you probably have problems finding the bathroom. That explains why you cannot relieve yourself and live what you cannot expel. Sofia and Brad Waddell are disinfo. 911Mysteries is disinfo. The evidence is right above. You cannot cut a video clip without its audio. You must purposely and manually edit it out and insert another. Once "purpose" is established disinfo is the tag. Wear it proud sisters.

When you arrived here 10 minutes ago and entered a completely asinine post I knew we had a troll. Here you prove the point without mercy on yourself.

Generalizing bizarre accusations with no basis in fact, and ranting like some idiot who cannot see a tree in the forest is a sight to behold, yet not one to allow unbridled use here. You do not even know who you are much less me, so where do these absurd statements get their roots? Did you get your ideas from a CoIntelPro book or from 911truthies? They are the same family tree. Is this another “starve the freedom fighters to prove their worth” or a “dunk the witch to see if they breathe without air” kind of thing you are doing? Hard to see which “logic” you follow. Or are you a “Sofia Truthie” hugging Jones and Co and pissed that the apple cart is turned on their disinfo piece?

Since Sofia and Brad Waddell never asked me, nor got permission, royalty was never even broached. There were no conversations or “differences” there was theft, alteration, mutilation and an abject rejection of morals in hiring a lawyer rather than communicate on Waddell, Sofia and Avatar Productions. The only expenditures are theirs in hiring a lawyer who said to me “come and get me if you can”. This might be considered a transaction. My demand was to cease and desist with the lies 911 Mysteries portrays.

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