On July 25, 2001, during InfoWars, Alex Jones warned that the U.S. government would stage a major terrorist attack, blame it on Osama bin Laden, and use it as a pretext for war. His claim wasn’t based on secret knowledge but on existing intelligence warnings, including the 1998 embassy bombings, the USS Cole attack (2000), and the August 6, 2001, presidential briefing (Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.). Multiple intelligence agencies had already warned of an imminent al-Qaeda attack, makin