Prole said:
I'm more than happy to read his research. I notice that he does not include nineeleven.co.uk as forum where he felt the views were entrenched.
Prole, here's one of my posts (on the Team8 board) from last September:
"I went to King's Cross and Luton this weekend. Here's what I found.
Firstly, considering whether the bombers could have taken the train that departed Luton at 7.42 and arrived at King's Cross at 8.39, I agree that this is pretty much impossible. It took me 6 minutes to get from the Thameslink platform to the Circle Line platform, and the journey to Edgware Rd was another 7 minutes. The corresponding eastbound journey half way between Liverpool St/Aldgate would, I presume, take even longer, as it is half a stop further. Note that I was NOT including time taken to wait for a train, or to purchase a ticket. So I think this 8.39 can be ruled out.
Now, according to the revised timetable supplied by the manager at Luton
from the FinancialOutrage site
the only other possible train is the one that departed Luton at 7.25 and arrived at King's Cross Thameslink 8.23. (this would fit the police's unreleased CCTV sighting of the bombers at King's Cross at 8.26).
I am bound to say that I am surprised at the Financial Outrage researchers' findings - that it took them 3 minutes 35 seconds to get from the station entrance (where the famous CCTV image was taken) to platform 1 or 3. I tried this myself and got down to platform 3 in 1 minute 15 seconds. Platform 1 is the furthest away, but nevertheless I managed it in 2 minutes. I wasn't walking particularly quickly.
I didn't stop to purchase a ticket; it's my speculation that they had already bought them. Perhaps by phone or email, or, (more likely in my opinion), Germaine Lindsey, living in Aylesbury, had bought the tickets for all 4 of them. He could have met with the 3 Leeds bombers in the car park, where I imagine them waiting in the car/s, keeping out of sight, until about 7.20, when they started walking to the platform.
So I am surprised that it is maintained that
"ON 7/7 IT WAS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
FOR THE 'SUPPOSED' LONDON BOMBERS
TO BE FILMED AT 7.22 AM AT LUTON STATION
AND ALSO CATCH A TRAIN WHICH ARRIVED
AT KINGS CROSS PRIOR TO BEING FILMED AT 8.26 AM".
From my own findings I would argue that it certainly was possible, if they had pre-purchased their tickets (and maybe even still possible if they had to purchase them on the way to the platform, particularly if it was platform 3, the closer of the 2).
Of course, this could all be cleared up, were the police to release the CCTV images of them at King's Cross, with timings, together with the documentation regarding the purchasing of the tickets - when, where and by whom? On the platforms at King's Cross Thameslink there are plenty of CCTV cameras, one every 20 yards approximately. (Also, as a matter of interest, I noticed there are at least 2 cameras above the McDonalds at King's Cross - no doubt as a result of the drug dealing that is/was such a problem there. This caught my eye, since it explained how the police were able to be certain that Hasib Hussein the bus bomber had gone to McDonalds after having failed to get on a tube train).
In my opinion, the idea that they never travelled to London in time for the bombings/never travelled to London at all is a red herring. (evidence: there is a CCTV image of them about to enter Luton station, the ringleader, Khan, recorded the 'al-Jazeera' video - and some of their DNA was found at the sites).
A more fruitful area of investigation, I would suggest, would focus on claims that a 5th man was seen, briefly, with the 4, at King's Cross. If this is true, why has the CCTV evidence not been released? Would it not have been helpful for members of the public to identify him? Or were the police already aware of his identity?
Similarly, I would suggest that the accounts of the 2 cars full of bombs/explosives, parked at at Luton/Leighton Buzzard, may, as there are some unanswered questions and oddities here, merit further investigation (then again, it may not)".
Subsequent to this, I understand that the police have said that Jermaine Lindsey was indeed waiting for the other 3 at the Luton station carpark. I believe had been there since 4AM? Anyway plenty of time to get tickets, if they had not already been bought beforehand.
The other thing to say about this debate concerning train times is: how do we know that the date-stamp on the CCTV was correct? It could have been 2 minutes out one way or the other...
Sorry, ed, this is a bit of an oversize cut n paste job