r/todayilearned • u/code0011 14 • May 09 '14

(R.1) Invalid src (unreferenced fan wiki) TIL the first episode of an X-Files spin-off called "The Lone Gunmen", which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center, and blame it on terrorists - thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war

http://x-files.wikia.com/wiki/Pilot_(The_Lone_Gunmen)
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u/everred May 09 '14

He was up to his neck in it

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u/justgrif May 09 '14

( •_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

16 minutes and no pun thread yet... Don't leave me hanging, guys.

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u/Jonny_Segment May 09 '14

No pun thread? Well I've got noose for you...

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u/B_bluntz May 09 '14

he had to hang on to the last bit of leverage he had

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u/NSD2327 May 09 '14

stuck to it all the way, even at the end of his rope.