| Backing my claims about 9/11 questions |
| East Valley Tribune |
| May 3, 2008 |
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| A recent letter to the editor asked for evidence of my claims regarding
the tragedy of 9/11. Below I present some points that are presently
known. I won’t be able to convince anyone who doesn’t
want to be convinced, but for those who are willing to deal with factual
evidence, consider the following: |
- 37 different people reported explosions in the basement of the
World Trade Center Towers before the first plane hit, and seismic
equipment recorded both the explosions and the impacts. In addition,
people were injured by the explosions in the basement, providing
well-documented evidence. Yet this evidence is ignored.
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- The media and government have promoted the “pancake theory”
as the cause of the collapse of the Twin Towers — that is,
fire weakened the steel support beams, causing the upper floors
to collapse. Then the weight of the collapsing floors above caused
the floors below to collapse. This theory is not consistent with
scientific principles or the facts. Frank Legge, who has a doctorate
in chemistry, and Tony Szamboti, a mechanical engineer, reported
in December in the Journal of 9/11 Studies: “It appears
therefore that the official concept of a free-fall collapse of
the upper portion through the initiation story, due to heat effects
from fire, is a fantasy. If the temperature did become high enough
for collapse to occur” — and everyone agrees that
it did not — “it could not have happened in the observed
manner. In particular it could not have been sudden and thus could
not have produced the velocity, and hence the momentum and kinetic
energy, upon which the official story depends for the second stage
of collapse.”
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- The theory that the buildings collapsed due to controlled-demolition
explosives, however, is consistent with scientific principles
and the facts. The “demolition” theory, in fact, is
the only one which scientists have been able to corroborate. That
is, “… all observations are in accord with the use
of explosives in a time sequence.” (Legge and Szamboti,
December, Journal of 9/11 Studies.)
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- Peer-reviewed reports indicate that the masses of dust particles
created by the disaster contained tiny pieces of metal that had
been exposed to both extreme temperatures (higher than could have
been produced by a burning office or burning airplane fuel) and
extreme pressure (such as an explosion) that would fragment material
into minute particles. Official reports ignore this.
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- In December, physicist Steven Jones announced the discovery
of thermite chips in World Trade Center dust samples. The chemical
composition of these chips are an exact match to known thermite
samples used in controlled demolitions — further corroboration
that explosive devices were involved.
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- Steel support beams recovered from the site of the World Trade
Center exhibit cut edges that are characteristic of thermite used
to slice steel support beams in building demolitions but are not
characteristic of steel beams that have been burned in a fire.
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| When the 9/11 Commission Report was finally released, it was woefully
inadequate. It never even addressed the collapse of Building 7, for
example. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh has stated that there are
inaccuracies in the report and unanswered questions. Even the two
chairmen of the 9/11 Commission — Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton
— have accused the CIA of “obstructing” the commission,
and one commissioner, U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, resigned, stating that
the commission was “compromised.” |
| Private individuals with specialized knowledge — scientists,
engineers, architects, demolitions experts, and the firefighters and
police officers who were on the scene on Sept. 11, 2001, have tested
theories, constructed models, provided testimony, and dug for the
truth about what really happened on 9/11. They have been ignored by
media and the government. |
| The mainstream media parrot the less-than-credible conclusions
of the 9/11 Commission without giving any thought to the many omissions
and inconsistencies. In a truly free country, the press would ask
hard questions and do real investigating, but this is not happening.
Only the alternative media, such as Internet news sites, have done
any solid investigating. |
| The events of 9/11 led immediately to the creation of the Department
of Homeland Security and passage of the Patriot Act (what doublespeak),
both of which deprive us of Constitutional rights and have brought
us to the brink of becoming a police state. Homeland Security is currently
trying to force a national ID card down our throats, although some
governors have politely (or not so politely) told Secretary Michael
Chertoff where he can go. |
| If we’re going to sacrifice our freedom, there ought to be
a very good reason, and we have a right to know what that is. It isn’t
enough for government to say, “Trust me.” It’s way
past time for Congress to authorize an independent investigation of
9/11 that will consider the mass of new evidence that has been gathered
in the past seven years. The longer they stall, the more suspicions
grow. |
