DDoS attacks?
So tell me, what's the difference between pork and ham?
But a distraction like this would keep the populace from knowing about arrest being made until too late in the game.
Planes did hit the building.
Use logic, anon.
If your going to do some thing huge, like take down the trade towers, your going to want the WHOLE world to see it.
Planes got the attention of the world, after they saw news about it from various parts of the globe, they detonated the explosives and thermite to bring the buildings down while the WHOLE world watched.