Mike Ruppert, a former LAPD narcotics investigator who says he documented CIA drug trafficking in 1977, argues in this Portland State University lecture that the official account of the September 11th attacks does not hold up against government documents, official statements, and press reports. Speaking to a crowd of more than a thousand people on November 28, 2001, less than three months after the attacks, Ruppert lays out what he considers the gaps and contradictions in warnings the government received beforehand, sourcing every claim rather than speculating freely. The recording includes exclusive interview segments with Congressman Ron Paul, and Representatives Cynthia McKinney and Barbara Lee, giving the lecture some outside corroboration beyond Ruppert's own research. He frames his credibility around his LAPD record, describing an exit from the force despite strong performance reviews after he tried to expose corruption, and says he has faced threats over his reporting since. The lecture ends with a standing ovation, presented here as evidence of how the argument landed with its original audience.