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Re:Document 17 Declassified – 9/11 attackers may have had li... by eterm on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:15AM (#11548846)
That rule would be the first rule in the guidelines:

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. [...] If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Document 17 Declassified – 9/11 attackers may have had li... by Raphmedia on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:28AM (#11548950)
> unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.

I think this article fits the description.

Re:Document 17 Declassified – 9/11 attackers may have had li... by xyience on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:26AM (#11548928)
That fight was lost a long time ago.
Re:Document 17 Declassified – 9/11 attackers may have had li... by drivebyops on Friday April 22, 2016 @09:25AM (#11548925)
Pretty much ever since this place got a large influx of users it hasn't been as good with the content posted