LS,
Yes. I've long been familiar with good old Smedley. He makes my point, once again. Big complicated conspiracies cannot be kept in the dark. There is always a Smedley who spills the beans. If one researches the archives from Smedley's days, one would see that he wasn't the only saying what he was saying. I myself have said repeatedly here and there that the US government - the CIA since the late '40s - is in the business of protecting US interests, which means big business doing business beyond US shores. Whether or not that is a good thing or a bad thing is a subject for debate. However, what Smedley describes is a far cry from attacking and killing 3,000 US citizens, in the US, and causing much physical and economic destruction. I propose that there is no way - I mean literally impossible - that such a conspiracy could remain in the dark.
My final comment - As far as all of the technical analysis of what caused WTC-7 to fall, etc. - neither you nor I have the technical knowledge - or even the full factual knowledge of the events - to soundly evaluate what various parties are presenting. Some of these parties are either lying or at least arriving at erroneous conclusions. The conspiracy theorists believe it is the government that is lying. I believe it is the conspiracy theorists. I believe that because I saw the airplanes crash (albeit on TV) and many others who testified saw them in person. I know something about how extremely challenging (like not possible) it would be to wire those buildings. The risk of being found out would be massive. I do not believe that military personnel would do that. A few of the neocons? Maybe, but not the guys who would actually do the dirty work. I do not see why it would be necessary given the airplanes. There were much simpler way of getting the US involved in Iraq, Syria, etc. The motive and opportunity for the conspiracy simply isn't there.