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Annapolis Shooting Drill and the Alex Jones Problem
from The Coming Collapse · #103
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
6 minNews
They look up news details about an active shooter drill near Annapolis before the actual shooting, debating how much weight to give the coincidence, and discussing how Alex Jones has poisoned legitimate inquiry into government cover-ups.
- 22:57Active shooter drill at St. Mary's High School in Annapolis, followed a week later by a shooting at a news office.
- 23:43Tim notes the shooting was June 28th, a day after a live shooter drill in the same area.
- 24:11The drill was held at a high school to improve communications between departments.
- 25:11Omar Mateen worked for a defense contractor, raising questions about shooter backgrounds in these scenarios.
- 25:27Alex Jones has tainted legitimate inquiry into government activities with Sandy Hook conspiracy claims.
- 25:41The FBI may be lying about incidents not to cover up staged attacks, but to hide their use of informants.
- 26:15Alex Jones has co-opted investigative journalism into government, which used to be respectable work like Watergate.
- 26:55Vigilant Guardian exercises at 9/11 and Boston bombing cases raise questions about timing and coincidence.
- 27:25Multiple scenarios show questionable things happening uncomfortably close in time to mass tragedies.
- 27:58Alex Jones and his followers online spread baseless claims immediately after incidents without research or understanding of normal police procedures.
Alex JonesFederal Bureau of InvestigationBoston bombingOmar MateenDonald TrumpWatergate