Nico Haupt

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'''Nico Haupt''' is a notoriously unhinged [[9/11 conspiracy theories|9/11 truther]] based in New York City.<ref>See Matt Taibbi's account of his run-in with Haupt in [http://books.google.com/books?id=ektD4t1U_psC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=Nico%20Haupt&f=false ''The Great Derangement'', pp. 176-181]</ref> If [[David Ray Griffin]] is the kindly old grandfather figure of the truther movement, Haupt is its crazy uncle.

==MIHOP, LIHOP, and No-Planers (oh my!)==
Haupt was one of the earliest to join the truther bandwagon and coined the acronyms MIHOP ("Made It Happen On Purpose") and LIHOP ("Let It Happen On Purpose").<ref name="noplaners">[http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/2008/06/meet-no-planers.html Meet the No Planers], Screw Loose Change</ref> MIHOP theories propose that the events of [[9/11]] were deliberately planned and carried out by the [[George Bush|Bush administration]], usually involving schemes such as explosives being planted in the Twin Towers or a cruise missile being fired at the Pentagon building. LIHOP, on the other hand, proposes that the Bush administration had prior knowledge of the attacks but, obviously, let them happen to ensure support for the War on Terror.

Haupt is not only a hardcore MIHOPer, but a "No-Planer." While MIHOPers generally assert that planes ''did'' hit the towers and Pentagon, they argue that explosives were what ultimately brought them down. No-Planers go one step further in the crazy department, claiming that holographic images were projected into the sky and/or that all the crash videos were faked to hide a missile striking the World Trade Center (Haupt calls the latter "9/11 TV fakery").<ref name="noplaners"/><ref>See also Screw Loose Change's [http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/search/label/No-Planers category for No-Planers] for more lunacy.</ref> (Although there are [[9/11 conspiracy theories#Space beams!|even more out there theories]].)

==Haupt versus the truthers==
Haupt's belligerence and penchant for the [[crank]]iest forms of 9/11 conspiracy theories have made him incredibly unpopular even within the truther movement. More "serious" truthers have accused him of being part of an attempt to hijack the movement and gone out of their way to debunk no-planer theories.<ref>Eric Salter. [http://www.journalof911studies.com/volume/200610/Salter.pdf A Critical Review of WTC 'No-Plane' Theories.] ''[[Journal of 9/11 Studies]]'', vol. 4, Oct. 2006. (Yes, even the ''[[Journal of 9/11 Studies]]'' doesn't like him.)</ref> After he harassed members of [[We Are Change]], another conspiracy group, he was widely accused of being an [[agent provocateur|agent]] for a COINTELPRO operation.<ref>[http://www.infowars.com/?p=1968 Is Nico Haupt a COINTELPRO Operative?] [[Infowars]]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmIQY2tDWlI Nico Haupt is a high paid Cointelpro: "Where's the Check"], WebFairy and Paula Gloria</ref> He also had a brief run-in with [[Dylan Avery]].<ref name="noplaners"/> He has intentionally marked out his territory as an internal dissident within the 9/11 "truth" movement, [[persecution complex|accusing the conspiracy theorists of conspiring against him]].<ref>[http://www.911blogger.com/node/5972 Researcher Nico Haupt Caught Committing Hate Crime Against Church in NYC], 9/11 Blogger</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfFKsLKMDAA Nico Haupt Endures a Planehugger Smugtard in the Bar]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Cognitive infiltration]]

==External links==
*[http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/search/label/Nico%20Haupt Screw Loose Change's category for Haupt]

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