maybe this is an opportunity
paul *did* say it. but they're going to try to link it to 9/11 ct's. that's the risk, yes. but i see another possibility.
maybe this is another 'rudy moment'. paul says something politically incorrect, shocks people, grabs headlines, gets brought on tv to defend himself or apologize, and dazzles the masses with the Truth.
thus weakening further the public's trust in the government and the machinery of society in general. that's lots more votes for our man. and it'd cost very very few, on the other end of the spectrum on that issue.
i say paul should stand by his words, like he always does, and explain carefully that our government and all governments have staged news, events, attacks, etc, for thousands of years. even rome. and that this administration has shown itself to be reckless and uneven, knee-jerk and unfit - what's to say *anything* is off the table for them, what with preemptive NUKES being considered and all.
admittedly, jones owes at the least a clarification, de-linking paul from himself on the 9/11 stuff, and noting that 9/11 wasn't mentioned in the question in the first place - just the specific things we know are a matter of little-known public record, now.