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World Trade Center (WTC) security company Stratesec has been a topic of considerable discussion among independent 9/11 investigators.  One topic discussed has been the possible familial relationship between Stratesec’s CEO, Wirt Dexter Walker III, and its director Marvin Bush, whose brother was President of the United States on 9/11.  Although Wirt and Marvin are distant relatives, these ties are inconsequential relative to each man’s family connections to old drug money, deep state operatives, and the wealthy, powerful people who have controlled such money and operatives over the last two centuries.[1]

Stratesec was a company that provided security services for several facilities that were central to the crimes of 9/11.  In the years leading up to 9/11, the company had security contracts with the organization that managed Dulles Airport, where Flight 77 took off that day, and with United Airlines, which owned two of the other three hijacked planes.[2] Stratesec had also run security for Los Alamos National Laboratories, where, at the time, scientists were developing super-thermite explosives of the type that have been found in the WTC dust. footnote">[3],[4]  Stratesec worked at the WTC and was developing the security system for the buildings in the period leading up to, and including, the day of 9/11.  These connections are important considering the substantial evidence that insiders were involved in the 9/11 attacks.

Investigation into this company has revealed that the Chief Operating Officer, Barry McDaniel, came to Stratesec from a subsidiary of The Carlyle Group called BDM International, which specialized in “black projects.” edn" href="#_edn5" name="_ednref" title="">[5]   The Carlyle Group was managed by several Bush cabal insiders including James Baker and former deputy director of the CIA, Frank Carluccci.  Carlyle was funded by investors that included the bin Laden family. edn" href="#_edn6" name="_ednref" title="">[6]  Prior to working for BDM, McDaniel had worked as a military ordnance distributor at Fort Belvoir, a facility with many links to 9/11 including the terrorist tracking program Able Danger and the terrorist trainer Ali Mohammed. footnote">[7]  

McDaniel was not the only former Carlyle Group employee at Stratesec, as the company’s director of information technology was also formerly with BDM. footnote">[8]  Additionally, the vice president of finance at Stratesec came there from Anadac Molybdenum Corporation, a company where the chairman, Roger Taylor, was also the president of Zapata Granby, a subsidiary of Zapata Corporation.  This is the same Zapata Corporation that was founded by George H.W. Bush in the 1950s.  George H.W. Bush’s son, Marvin, was a director at Stratesec from 1993 to 2000. 

Probably the most interesting person associated with Stratesec was Wirt Dexter Walker III.   Despite the “III”, Wirt is actually the fourth Wirt Dexter Walker in the same line.  To keep the notations clear, however, in this article we will refer to the Stratesec CEO, Wirt Dexter Walker III, as “Wirt Three.”  Given the remarkable connections between Wirt Three and the facilities and aircraft compromised on 9/11, a review of all the Wirts, and where they came from, is worthwhile. 

Solomon Walker

Wirt Three’s great-great-great grandfather, Solomon Walker, appeared in Claremont, New Hampshire in the early 1800s.  Exactly where he came from, no one knows.  The first reports of Solomon were that he was a selectman in Claremont and was married to an heiress named Charity Stevens.  Charity was the granddaughter of Elihu Stevens, a justice of the peace who shared in large land grants given to certain people in New Hampshire by the King of England.[9]  Charity’s cousin, Paran Stevens, later became a famous hotel mogul in New York City and throughout New England.[10]

Nearly one hundred years after Solomon appeared in Claremont, people were still searching for answers as to his parentage and origination.[11]  It is unclear how he came to Claremont and, even today, Solomon’s descendants have not been able to determine where their forefather originated. footnote">[12] 

Much evidence suggests, however, that Solomon Walker of Claremont was the son of Solomon Walker and Sylvia Delano, of Maine.  The recorded history of their youngest son, Solomon, is vague and suggests that he married twice to women much older than him.  His second marriage was said to be to Sophia Delano (16 years older), whom he supposedly married a day after his 82-year old father had married her.[13]  Although Charity Stevens was 15 years older than Solomon, she was not his stepmother.

For a number of other reasons, it is likely that Solomon “Delano” Walker and/or his father, also named Solomon Walker, made the short journey from Maine to Claremont.  Solomon’s father’s hometown was Berwick, ME, which is one hundred miles straight east of Claremont.  Berwick is very near Kennebunkport, the long-time home of the Walker side of the Bush family.  Coincidentally, Dick Cheney’s great-grandfather, Samuel Fletcher Cheney, was born at about the same time, halfway between Berwick and Claremont, in Boscawen, NH.

Sylvia Delano, Solomon’s mother, was a cousin of Warren Delano, who was a partner of Russell & Company, a China trading firm whose leaders made fortunes through the opium trade. yes">  Warren Delano was also the grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 

Another reason to believe that Solomon Walker was the son of a Delano is that his wife’s cousin, Mathilda Stevens, married the son of Mary Delano.  Mary's dad, Abisha Delano, was also a first cousin of Warren Delano.  Abisha and Mary were among the many Delanos who lived in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, where Claremont is located. edn" href="#_edn14" name="_ednref" title="">[14]  Banker and railroad executive, Francis R. Delano (1842 to 1892), attended Kimball Union Academy in Sullivan County.  yes"> 

The clearest indication that Solomon Walker was a Delano is that one of his sons was treated very generously by Warren Delano and his colleagues.  When their son, James Monroe Walker, was a boy, Solomon and Charity moved from Claremont to Oakland County, Michigan.  James went to college at Oberlin College initially, before moving to the University of Michigan to study law.  After that, James’ fortunes grew exponentially.

James Monroe Walker

Solomon Walker’s son, James Monroe Walker, was an attorney who was President and Solicitor for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (C,B&Q) Railroad, the Michigan Central Railroad, the Wilmington Coal Company, the Kansas City Stockyards, and the Union Stockyard and Transit Company.[15]  James M. Walker ran these businesses for the opium traders at Russell & Company, who invested their money in these railroads and other major infrastructure in the US during the mid-1800s.[16] 

Russell & Company was started in 1818 by Samuel Russell, cousin of the founder of the “secret society” called Skull & Bones at Yale University, William Huntington Russell.  Samuel had gotten his start through merchant companies like Whittlesley & Alsop of Boston, MA.  The Alsops were also major investors in the businesses run by James Monroe Walker, and Russell & Company partner John N. Alsop Griswold was a director of the C,B&Q as well as president of the Illinois Central railroad.  Many years later, in the 1960s, Washington Post columnist Joe Alsop, a descendant of the Whittlesley & Alsop owners, convinced President Johnson to create the Warren Commission, which was a cover-up for the assassination of President Kennedy. footnote">[17]

In 1828, Russell & Company merged with another drug smuggling syndicate run by John Perkins Cushing.[18]  Cushing brought in his cousins, Robert Bennet Forbes and John Murray Forbes. yes"> Robert Bennet Forbes was Senator John F. Kerry's great-grandfather.  John Murray Forbes attended school at Phillips Academy in Andover, the alma mater of George H.W. Bush, and his sons Jeb and George W.

John Murray Forbes coordinated much of the US investment of the Russell & Company partners, and he was the one who hired James Monroe Walker.[19]  Walker was first hired as Solicitor for the Michigan Central, and later as Solicitor and President of the C,B&Q.  While running these railroads, Walker worked with Nathaniel Thayer Jr, a distant relative of George W. Bush, who was general counsel for the C,B&Q and other Russell & Company businesses that Walker was involved in. yes"> Walker worked closely with Sidney Bartlett as well, who was another legal representative for the C,B&Q.

At the same time, Bartlett and Thayer were legal representatives for the railroads owned by Edward H. Harriman, including the Union Pacific. footnote">[20]  Harriman was a director of the Illinois Central, along with Russell & Co partner John N. Alsop Griswold.  Harriman is well known for being the father of William Averell Harriman and Roland Harriman, two Skull & Bones members who founded the Brown Brothers Harriman, whose employees included George Herbert Walker and his son-in-law, Prescott Bush. yes">  Eugene Delano and his son, Moreau Delano, were partners in Brown Brothers Harriman as well.

The fortunes that Russell & Company invested in US railroads and other infrastructure were the spoils from The Opium Wars, among the most inhumane and socially devastating events in human history.  These wars, which occurred between 1839 and 1858, were brought upon the Chinese people by the British government acting on behalf of merchants like Russell & Company, who intended to defy the Chinese government’s ban on opium trading. yes">  It was Russell & Company’s business partner, William Jardine of Jardine Matheson, who successfully persuaded the British Foreign Minister, Lord Palmerston, to wage war on China.[21] 

 As a result of these devastating attacks, the British merchants were able to force Turkish opium upon China, thereby making enormous fortunes paid in silver.  By 1906, after several generations of this forced drug trade, opium victims in China were estimated to number 100 million.[22]  

China ceded Hong Kong to the British in 1842 as part of an early defeat.  Jardine Matheson was one of the opium trading companies that survived for much longer in Hong Kong, being taken over by Chinese tycoon Li Ka-shing in 1980.  Li Ka-shing later invested in firms owned by Winston Partners, and has also employed Winston Partners cofounder Marvin Bush's brother, Neil Bush, as a consultant. edn" href="#_edn23" name="_ednref" title="">[23]

As opium traders before, during and after the Opium Wars, Russell & Company were agents of merchant banks like Baring Brothers and N.M. Rothschild. footnote">[24],[25]  Initially, the merchant banks funded the purchase of the opium, and Russell & Company sailed to make the purchase and subsequently smuggled the drugs into China, making tremendous fees for their work as operatives in the drug trade. yes">  The company’s biggest client, Baring Brothers, was agent for the US government between 1843 and 1871, and actually sold the Louisiana Purchase to the US.  Baring Brothers was later agent for the British government and had a close relationship with the British monarchy from 1891 to 1995. 

The names of the partners of Russell & Company are well known in the history of US power circles.  Partner Abiel Abbot Low fathered a mayor of New York City, Seth Low, who was also president of Columbia University. yes">  The descendents of the Forbes brothers, Robert Bennet and John Murray, are US powerbrokers to this day, and include the owners of Forbes magazine as well as Senator John Forbes Kerry. yes">  The Delanos fathered many powerful people including President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt’s grandfather, Warren Delano, was the head of Russell & Company from 1840 to 1842, after which time Russell Sturgis, another relative of John Perkins Cushing, became a partner.  Sturgis later became the head of Baring Brothers.  Warren's son, Frederic Adrian Delano, eventually took James Monroe Walker’s position as president of the C,B&Q, and was there  for twenty years.  Frederic was also the first vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank.

It was at the time that James Monroe Walker was president of the C,B&Q, in the 1870s, that these drug dealing investors began to create a vast railroad network that controlled the transport of goods throughout the United States.  Controlling the delivery of goods was the same as controlling the price of goods.  Additional power over the country was gained through control of the stockyards that fed the masses, and the coal that drove the trains and heated homes.  James Monroe Walker was right in the middle of this massive power grab, and served as a trusted operative for these merchant investors from the east.[26] 

James Monroe Walker married Elia A. Marsh, of Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Elia came from an old New England family as well, as a child of Ransoms and Fletchers and Meigs.  Her cousin Betsey Ransom married Claghorn Robinson, who is a member of the Lathrop side of the Bush family.  Elia’s brother, Wells Ransom Marsh, was a member of the secret society called Alpha Delta Phi. edn" href="#_edn27" name="_ednref" title="">[27], [28]

James and Elia had a son named James Ransom Walker, and a daughter named Mary Louise Walker.  Mary died shortly after her marriage to John Wellborn Root, a noted architect of the time.  Root’s uncle was Elihu Root, attorney for prominent Skull & Bones member William Collins Whitney, and early employer of Bonesman Henry Stimson, who later became Secretary of War (twice) and Secretary of State.

The first child born to James and Elia was the original Wirt Dexter Walker, named for James’ law partner Wirt Dexter, the grandson of US Secretary of the Treasury, Samuel Dexter.  Since the original Wirt Dexter Walker was not the “first”, in this article we will call him Wirt Zero. 

Wirt Zero

It’s fair to say that Wirt Zero’s family was well-connected.   That’s a good reason why Wirt went to Yale and was a member of the University’s second oldest secret society, Scroll & Key.  Other notable Scroll & Key members have included the famous statesman Dean Acheson, who in 1969, as one of his final acts, passed along his sophisticated knowledge of Washington and his expertise on American policy to Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle. footnote">[29]  Scroll & Key members also included a number of famous CIA agents and the founder of WTC impact zone tenant Marsh & McLennan, Donald R. McLennan.  President Bush’s relative, Joseph Walker Wear, was Scroll & Key in 1899.

Moreover, Wirt Zero was a member of the Yale fraternity called Delta Kappa Epsilon (DeKEs), like George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, New York City Governor George Pataki, and former President Gerald Ford (of the Michigan Omicron chapter).  When George W. Bush was president of the DeKEs, he defended the fraternity's practice of branding its pledges with a red-hot coat hanger.[30]

Delano family connections with Yale are strong. [31]  Yale graduates among the Delanos include Eugene Delano Jr., William Adams Delano (Scroll & Key 1895), and Moreau Delano (Scroll & Key 1898).

When Wirt Zero was only 21 years old, and had just graduated from Yale, his father died.  Young Wirt was made the executor of the estate and he suddenly became a very rich man.  Wirt Zero then attended the Union College of Law in Chicago (now Northwestern), became a lawyer in 1883, and joined his father’s partner’s law firm.  He worked in Chicago and belonged to the Union League Club, and the Chicago Club.  Wirt appears to have most enjoyed traveling to the area from where his mother’s family hailed, the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, and he built an estate there called Blythewood Farms.

Wirt began having trouble with his eyesight around 1887.  During this time, he and his brother James Ransom Walker had the distinction of having financed the first steel-framed “skyscraper” in history, the 14-story Tacoma Building in Chicago.  But by 1890, Wirt was totally blind and had to abandon much if his work. yes">  He then spent a number of years traveling to specialists in the east and in Europe. footnote">[32]

Despite being blind, Wirt married Marie Winston in December, 1894.  Marie was the daughter of General Frederick Winston, an attorney and founder of the Chicago law firm Winston and Strawn.  Coincidentally, this law firm is now run by 9/11 Commission member James R. Thompson, and, in a further coincidence Winston & Strawn represented Underwriters Laboratories in its recent legal battle with the author of this article. [33]

Two of Wirt Zero’s bothers-in-law were members of Yale’s Skull & Bones society.  Both Dudley Winston and Frederick Seymour Winston were Bonesman.  Dudley Winston became a banker and also served as secretary to his father when his father was US Minister to Persia.  Frederick Seymour Winston and his father were both lawyers for the C,B&Q railroad and, along with Marie, they are listed as American descendants of the “Magna Charta Barons.”[34]

Wirt Zero died at New York City’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel on April 24, 1899, at the age of 39.  He was preparing for another trip to Europe when he contracted a sudden pneumonia while traveling from Chicago to New York. yes">   

Wirt Zero’s will, drawn up at the time of his marriage in 1894, became something of a national story. yes">  That’s partly because Wirt was totally blind as of 1890 and, more importantly, because his fortune was to be distributed based on Marie’s willingness to remain unmarried after his death. yes">  If she chose to marry again, the will said that the majority of Wirt’s estate, minus a small annual allowance for Marie, would go to the creation of an art foundation in Chicago.  Marie did decide to remarry a few years later, after newspaper stories decried her financial loss, and the Wirt Walker Gallery was born.[35]

Wirt Zero fathered a child that was never again mentioned other than in early discussions over his controversial will and testament.[36]  The child was almost certainly Wirt Dexter Walker I (Wirt One), and we must assume the mother was Marie Winston Walker. 

The commonly accepted history, however, suggests that Wirt One was the son of Wirt Zero’s brother, James Ransom Walker.  Apart from the never again mentioned child of Wirt Zero, there are several other reasons to believe that Wirt One was the son of Wirt Zero.  First, in family documents created four years after his birth, Wirt One was not listed as one of the sons of James and Louise.[37]  Secondly, the other sons of James and Louise were given the middle name “Meeker” but Wirt One was named precisely after James’ brother, Wirt Dexter Walker. yes">   Additionally, Wirt One was born eleven days before the sudden and unexpected death of Wirt Zero, and it seems unlikely that James would give his son the exact name of his living brother. 

Wirt One

In any case, Wirt Dexter Walker I (Wirt One) was born on April 13, 1899, eleven days before the sudden and unexpected death of Wirt Zero.  Born into in a very affluent, “high society” environment that included regular travels between Chicago and the Berkshires, he was raised by Wirt Zero’s brother, James Ransom Walker, and his wife Louise (Meeker) Walker. yes">  Wirt One was a boy tennis champion in the Berkshires and also played baseball with James and Louise’s other sons, James Meeker Walker and Arthur Meeker Walker. 

Like his brothers (or cousins), Wirt One attended Williams College.[38]  Graduates of Williams College have included some of the most prominent CIA employees in history, including Director of the CIA, Richard Helms (1935), who later specifically recruited Williams graduates for the agency. footnote">[39]  Another famous CIA veteran from Williams was former Bush advisor and Iran-Contra conspirator Donald Gregg (1951).  CIA legend Russell Jack Smith taught at Williams until the attack on Pearl Harbor, after which he joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and began a lengthy career in intelligence.

Williams College connections to the Bush family include Lucy Woodruff Walker, daughter of Williams graduate and trustee, William Perrin Walker.  Lucy was the wife of Judge David Davis, who was the cousin and benefactor of David Davis Walker, George H.W. Bush’s great-grandfather.   Another Williams College alumnus, and close associate of George H.W. Bush, is Carlyle Group advisor and former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (from 1993 to 2001), Arthur Levitt.

Brown Brothers Harriman executive, Eugene Delano, graduated from Williams College in 1866.  Delano was also a trustee of Williams College, for twenty-five years, and died two years after Wirt One entered the college.

Wirt One left Williams College to join the Army in the summer of 1918, and was located temporarily at Camp Custer.  He served in “Base 14” as a private and returned in April 1919. footnote">[40]  It’s not clear if he ever returned to graduate from Williams, but soon after his return he married Susan Cramer Stephenson, whose guardian was her uncle Ambrose Cramer of Lake Forest, IL.[41]  Susan and Wirt lived for the first two years of their marriage in Buffalo, New York and then moved back to Chicago permanently.  Susan and Wirt had one son together, Wirt Dexter Walker II, before Susan sued for divorce in 1924 on grounds of “cruelty.”

In 1929, Wirt One married again, this time to Gertrude Reich.  While married to Wirt, Gertrude was sued for stealing the affections of another woman’s husband, in a well-publicized scandal.  Wirt later sued Gertrude too, for divorce, based on the claim that she deserted him.[42]

Wirt married a third time, in 1937, to Mildred Walker.  They were married for twelve years until Mildred sued for divorce, accusing Wirt of cruelty again, and also of nonsupport.[43]  At the time, Mildred claimed that Wirt had an income of over $100,000 per year in 1949.[44]

Aside from the ladies, Wirt One’s endeavors included working for the Arcady Farms Milling company, at first as an employee of his uncle, Arthur Meeker, and eventually as president and chairman of the company.  Arcady Farms Milling was a manufacturer of feedstock for turkeys and other livestock.

In 1943, Wirt One was attacked by six men after a dinner party attended by political leaders.  The motive for the attack was unclear and Wirt was taken to the hospital with a broken nose, a fractured jaw, and internal injuries.  No clues to the identity of the attackers were found. footnote">[45] 

Like his father, Wirt One was a member of the Chicago Club which was, since its inception in 1869, a highly selective and secretive group of Chicago powerbrokers.  In fact, the Chicago Tribune dubbed it the “center of power in Chicago.” footnote">[46]  Wirt One appears to simply have been a lucky, rich kid amongst a membership list that at one time or another included the likes of Marshall Field, George Pullman and Abraham Lincoln.  But perhaps there was more to Wirt than we know.

Immediately after his divorce from Mildred, in April 1949, Wirt One married Rosalie Cohen, “former model and secretary.” footnote">[47]  Rosalie was twenty years younger than Wirt.

Wirt One died August 8, 1953, the week of the CIA’s famous coup in Iran.  His obituary lists private services and no report of how he died.

Wirt Two

Wirt Dexter Walker II (Wirt Two) was born to Wirt One and his first wife, Susan Cramer Stephenson during the two years that they lived in Buffalo.

Like his father, Wirt Two went to Williams College.  He graduated and then immediately joined the Army Air Corps during World War II and became a pilot.[48]  Just before leaving for duty in 1942, Wirt Two married Margaret Elizabeth Ross, of North Adams, MA.[49]  They eventually had three children:  Wirt Dexter Walker III (Wirt Three), Wendy Margaret Walker, and William Ross Walker.   Both Wendy and William, along with their brother Wirt Three, were shareholders in Stratesec.[50]

In 1954, Wirt Two was in a legal battle with three of his father’s four wives, over his father’s substantial estate. edn" href="#_edn51" name="_ednref" title="">[51]   His daughter Wendy later remarked on Wirt One’s exploits, suggesting that her grandfather’s work at Arcady Farms was only one of several of his “ventures.”[52] 

Wirt Two became a career officer in the Army Air Corps and then the US Air Force, serving until 1962. yes">  He flew combat missions with the Eighth Air Force while stationed in England during the war, and was later stationed in Germany.  After the war he was assigned to “various government agencies involved in reconnaissance intelligence.” footnote">[53]  The Lockheed-made U2 reconnaissance aircraft was assigned to the Eighth Air Force, a part of Strategic Air Command, where U2 operations started in 1956 and involved flights over the Soviet Union and the Middle East. footnote">[54]  In May 1960, while Wirt Two was working on reconnaissance intelligence, an American U2 was shot down by the Soviets, initiating a worldwide controversy over espionage.

Wirt Two is also listed as an ex-employee of the National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), an agency of the CIA that analyzed aerial spy photographs. footnote">[55]   The significance of the NPIC to major intelligence activities during the twentieth century cannot be overstated.  NPIC was the agency that was responsible for the intelligence that originated the Cuban missile crisis.[56]  NPIC was also central to the analysis of the photographic evidence related to the Kennedy assassination, including the Zapruder film.  Whether or not Wirt Two participated in these historic activities is not publicly known.

In his obituary, Wirt Two is listed as having been an employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), for which it is said he worked until 1977.  He died of leukemia in 1997.

Wirt Three

Wirt Three lives in McLean, Virginia, home of the CIA.  He graduated from Lafayette College in 1968 and in 1971 he married Sally Gregg White, a Washington DC debutante.  Sally is a descendant of architectural ironwork magnate George White, whose son “Doc” White was a World Series winning pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.  “Doc” was actually a dentist but his brother, Charles Stanley White, was a famous Washington DC surgeon and grandfather to Sally.  Sally’s father, Charles White Stanley Jr, was a surgeon too and, like Wirt Two, he was an officer in the Army Air Corps. [57] 

Wirt was fortunate to land a position, right out of college, as a broker for an “investment” firm called Glore Forgan. edn" href="#_edn58" name="_ednref" title="">[58]  Originally a company called Field Glore, financed by Marshall Field III, Glore Forgan was renamed in 1937 for its new partner, James “Russ” Forgan.  Russ was one of the most influential men in the history of US intelligence, having led the European division of the CIA’s predecessor organization, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). yes">  In the OSS, Forgan focused on infiltrating the German intelligence apparatus with the help of William J. yes">  Casey.  Casey later became SEC chairman under Nixon and the director of CIA under Reagan.  Before going back to work in the “investment” business, Forgan helped to write the documents that created the CIA.

While Wirt Three worked there, William Casey was House Counsel for Glore Forgan.  It was at this time that the firm was at the center of a near collapse of Wall Street.  In 1970, it began to be clear that Glore Forgan had somehow sold many millions of dollars more in securities than what its customers thought they owned.   As a result, the company was expected to fail and, due to a cascading effect, its failure was projected to take down dozens of other firms causing a panic and huge losses on Wall Street. [59]  These projections compelled President Nixon to ask Ross Perot, through Treasury Secretary John Connally, to intervene and save Glore Forgan.  Perot suffered dramatic losses in an attempt to save the company (the only business loss of his career) and Glore Forgan went bankrupt anyway.  The US government created the Securities Investor Protection Corp (SIPC) in response. edn" href="#_edn60" name="_ednref" title="">[60]

A few years later, Wirt Three went from being a broker at Glore Forgan to running a series of other companies that went bankrupt.  Yet somehow, Wirt Three always had cash flow.   That could have been due to the fact that, by 1982, Wirt Three was a director of the Kuwaiti-American Company (or Kuwam).  

Stratesec started off in 1987 as Burns & Roe Securacom, founded by Nelson Rockefeller assistant, Sebastian Cassetta.  yes"> The company changed its name to Securacom when it was taken over by Kuwam in 1992, at which time Wirt Three became CEO.  When Wirt Three was sued by the president of an existing company with an identical name, Wirt became abusive and told the other businessman that he “would bury him financially and take everything he had “ by “filing a barrage of frivolous arguments...in multiple jurisdictions." edn" href="#_edn61" name="_ednref" title="">[61]   Wirt lost the case and had to change his company’s name to Stratesec, but this incident suggested that Wirt Three was not only abusive, but that he had the kind of deep pockets that allowed for frivolous lawsuits.

Kuwam also owned two companies called Commander Aircraft and Aviation General, both of which had Wirt Three as CEO, and both of which went bankrupt shortly after 9/11. 

As CEO of Stratesec, Wirt Three did business with some shady characters.  For example, Stratesec owed money to a company called Bankest Capital, which appeared to be a money-laundering operation or similar fraud. yes"> Wirt Three transferred seven million dollars in shares of his Stratesec stock to Bankest as a way to reduce that debt ($1.75 MM).[62]  Bankest ‘s owners, brothers Eduardo and Hector Orlansky, were later convicted of conspiracy and bank fraud when $185 million went missing due to "hug overadvances." edn" href="#_edn63" name="_ednref" title="">[63]  Apparently $2 billion was "flowed through the Orlansky's two businesses from 1998 to 2003 to create the appearance they were healthy and growing."[64]

A company called Hanifen Imhoff was the underwriter for Wirt’s company, Commander Aircraft. footnote">[65]  This gives further evidence that the companies Wirt Three was running were not only bound for bankruptcy, but were probably CIA fronts all along.  Hanifen Imhoff was "nailed for Correspondent's fraud" in December 2000.[66]  Hanifen Imhoff also happens to be a division of Stifel Nicolaus & Company, whose long term chairman was George W. Bush’s first cousin, Yale Skull & Bones member George Herbert Walker III.[67],[68]

In any case, Wirt Three has a tendency to show up when airplanes crash into tall buildings.  The only other such occurrence since 9/11 led to Wirt Three being interviewed because the plane that crashed was related to his company, Aviation General. [69]

Conclusion

It appears that Wirt Three manages CIA front companies and that Stratesec was one of them.  There are many ways to see this, including Wirt’s shady business dealings and his tendency to run companies into bankruptcy while still maintaining cash flow.  Wirt is, at a minimum, a child of the CIA (and the DIA), but he also worked with William Casey for Russ Forgan’s company, making him an associate of some of the most influential deep state operatives of the last sixty years. yes"> 

Wirt’s family has been connected to drug money and Yale’s secret societies for over 150 years, and these connections include many links to the Bush family.  Of course, George H.W. Bush was a CIA director and other Bush family members were operatives, like Louis Walker (Skull & Bones 1936).  Another institution with many links to prominent CIA veterans is William College, where two of the Wirts went to school.

Wirt Three is also a distant relative of the Bush family, through the intermarriage of Ransom and Robinson family members and through the Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke, who is an ancestor of both the Delanos and the Bush clan.  Such distant relations are not of importance to most people today, although they are quite important for the Bush family as indicated by how that family chooses its relationships, including its business partners. yes">  For example, George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara are distant cousins along four different lines. yes"> 

Marvin Bush is but one of several Bush family links to Stratesec, in that several of Stratesec’s directors and employees came from Bush-connected companies, and at least one of Wirt Three’s ventures was underwritten by George Herbert Walker III’s company. yes">  Add to this the fact that the COO of Stratesec , Barry McDaniel, came from a subsidiary of The Carlyle Group that conducted “black projects,” and Stratesec seems worthy of a detailed investigation. 

After 9/11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recommended that Stratesec be investigated for insider trading related to the crimes of that day.  Oddly enough, the FBI and SEC never followed through with the investigation, claiming it was unnecessary because the officers of Stratesec had no “ties to terrorism or other negative information.” footnote">[70]  That assessment does not appear to be valid for many reasons, including that The Carlyle Group was financed in part by Osama bin Laden’s family and that Stratesec director James Abrahamson was the business partner of Mansoor Ijaz, who claimed on several occasions to be able to contact Osama bin Laden. footnote">[71] 

Maybe the investigation didn’t happen because no one wanted to embarrass the President, who was busy making tremendous political and personal profit from 9/11, and whose family was deeply connected to The Carlyle Group, and whose brother was a Stratesec director. yes">  But it’s likely that Stratesec was not investigated simply because it would have resulted in discoveries that no one in a position of power wanted to make.  

Ultimately though, we know that Stratesec was a security contractor for several of the facilities that were compromised on 9/11, including the WTC buildings, Dulles airport where Flight 77 took off, and also United Airlines which owned two of the ill-fated planes.  We also know that the CEO of Stratesec came from a background of deep-state connected, opium-funded wealth, and that the many Wirt Dexter Walkers were thereafter steeped in a culture of power and secrecy that has ruled the United States for many years.

footnote">[1] Peter Dale Scott, in The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America (University of California Press, 2007)  defines the “deep state” as the covert part of government that responds to wealthy private influences as those influences shape government policy outside of normal democratic processes.

footnote">[2] Margie Burns, Bush-Linked Company Handled Security for the WTC, Dulles and United, Prince George's Journal (Maryland), February 4, 2003, http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0204-06.htm

footnote">[3] Super-thermites are known as “nanothermites”. yes">  See W.C. Danen et al, " normal">Los Alamos Nanoenergetic Metastable Intermolecular Composite (Super Thermite) Program," 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2001.

footnote">[4] Niels H. Harrit, et al, Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe, The Open Chemical Physics Journal, Volume 2, http://www.bentham-open.org/pages/content.php?TOCPJ/2009/00000002/00000001/7TOCPJ.SGM

footnote">[5] Dan Briody, The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of The Carlyle Group, Wiley publishers, 2003, p35

footnote">[6] History Commons, Complete 911 Timeline, Bin Laden Family, http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?financing_of_al-qaeda:_a_more_detailed_look=binladenFamily&timeline=complete_911_timeline

footnote">[7] Peter Dale Scott, 9/11, JFK, and War: Recurring Patterns in America’s Deep Events, Journal of 9/11 Studies, http://www.journalof911studies.com/volume/2007/ProfScottJFK,911,andWar.pdf

footnote">[8] STRATESEC Incorporated Appoints Dr. Amos Lu To Head Information/Network Security Business, Business Wire, March 29, 2000, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_March_29/ai_60865231/

footnote">[9] Otis Frederick Reed Waite, The early history of Claremont, New Hampshire: A paper read before the New Hampshire Historical Society, September 29, 1891

footnote">[10] New York Times, Mrs. Paran Stevens Dead, April 4, 1895

footnote">[11] The Washington Herald, Genealogical Department, December 23, 1906, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1906-12-23/ed-1/seq-7/;words=HERALD+Washington

footnote">[12] DAWSON-L Archives, Rootsweb, Dawson DNA testing, October 23, 2004, http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/DAWSON/2004-10/1098549985

footnote">[13] Dave Utzinger's Database, Entry for Solomon Walker (2nd of three), http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michelotti&id=I504940 

footnote">[14] Genealogy Trails History Group, DELANO FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH, http://genealogytrails.com/newham/sullivan/bios_delano.html

footnote">[15] Josiah Seymour Currey, Chicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth, Volume 5, The S,J, Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1912

footnote">[16] Ed. By Ernest R. May and John King Fairbank, America's China trade in historical perspective: the Chinese and American Performance, President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1986

footnote">[17] Mary Ferrell Foundation, LBJ Phone Calls, http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/LBJ_Phone_Calls

footnote">[18] William P. Litynski, An Illustrated History of The China Trade & The Opium Wars

footnote">[19] John N. Ingham, Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders, Greenwood Press, 1983

footnote">[20] New York Times, Funeral of Sidney Bartlett, March 9, 1889

footnote">[21] Wikipedia page for William Jardine, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jardine_(1784%E2%80%931843)

footnote">[22] New York Times, China Decrees death to the Use of Opium, December 30, 1906

footnote">[23] National Corruption Index webpage for Li Ka-Shing, http://www.nationalcorruptionindex.org/pages/profile.php?profile_id=16

footnote">[24] William C. Hunter, The 'fan kwae' at Canton before treaty days, 1825-1844, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1882

footnote">[25] Robert B. Forbes's autobiography, Personal Reminiscences(1882), http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg35515.html

footnote">[26] Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Record book of trust mortgages and agreements; also, leases, conveyances, contracts, agreements, and articles of consolidation, A. Mudge & son, printers, 1882

footnote">[27] The Peninsular Chapter History, Peninsular Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi, http://peninsular.alphadeltaphi.org/Default.aspx?tabid=952 

footnote">[28] Wikipedia page for Alpha Delta Phi, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Delta_Phi

footnote">[29] James Mann, Rise of the Vulcans, Viking Penguin, 2004, p 31

footnote">[30] Yale Daily News, reproduced at DailyKos, Dec 10, 2005, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/10/233039/84

footnote">[31] Yale University. Class of 1908, History of the class of 1908, Yale College, Volume 1

footnote">[32] Chicago Daily Tribune, Wirt D. Walker’s Death, April 26, 1899

footnote">[33] Website for Winston & Strawn, page for James R. Thompson, Partner and Senior Chairman, http://www.winston.com/index.cfm?contentid=24&itemid=10873

footnote">[34] Charles H. Browning, The Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, 1969

footnote">[35] Bevier-Elting Family Association, The $15,000 Misunderstanding, http://www.b-efa.org/elting/misunderstanding.htm

footnote">[36] Chicago Daily Tribune, To Found Art Gallery: Will of Wirt Dexter Walker Plans a Public Collection, June 13, 1899

footnote">[37] Wyllys Cadwell Ransom, Historical outline of the Ransom family of America, The Richmond & Backus Company, 1903

footnote">[38] Williams College, Catalogue 1917-1918, Williamstown, MA

footnote">[39] Jack Davis, Improving Intelligence Analysis at CIA: Dick Heuer's Contribution to Intelligence Analysis, Central Intelligence Agancy, https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/psychology-of-intelligence-analysis/art3.html

footnote">[40] Chicago Daily Tribune, Many Chicagoans Who Served In Base 14 Return, April 21, 1919

footnote">[41] Chicago Daily Tribune, Marriage Announcement 1, May 56, 1918

footnote">[42] Chicago Daily Tribune, Wirt D. Walker Sues to Divorce Gertrude Reich, March 19, 1935

footnote">[43] Chicago Daily Tribune, Wife Sues W.D. Walker, Miller, For Separation, February 18, 1949

footnote">[44] Chicago Daily Tribune, Asks $3,500 a Month Temporary Alimony from Milling Head, February 24, 1949

footnote">[45] Chicago Daily Tribune, Firm President Slugged By Six At Club’s Door, December 30, 1943

footnote">[46] Wikipedia page for The Chicago Club, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Club

footnote">[47] Chicago Daily Tribune, Wirt D. Walker, Head of Milling Company, Married Fourth Time, April 9, 1949

footnote">[48] Chicago Daily Tribune, 89 Illinois Men Awarded Wings As Army Pilots, July 4, 1942

footnote">[49] Chicago Daily Tribune, Lieut. Wirt D. Walker Jr. Weds Eastern Girl Today, July 4, 1942

footnote">[50] Securities and Exchange Commission, FORM S-3 filing for Stratesec Incorporated, June 12, 2000, http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?FetchFilingHTML1?ID=1091163&SessionID=Md2THqRGPhOZT77

footnote">[51] Chicago Daily Tribune, Flyer’s Share of Fortune to Hinge on Court, May 17, 1954

footnote">[52] Wendy Walker, Re: Wirt Dexter of Chicago History Fame, GenForum presented by Genelogy.com, October 9, 2001, http://genforum.genealogy.com/dexter/messages/444.html

footnote">[53] The Washington Post, obituary for WIRT D. WALKER - Intelligence Analyst, June 15, 1997

footnote">[54] The Citizen’s Compendium, U-2 Dragon Lady, http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/U-2_Dragon_Lady

footnote">[55] NPIC Reunions Database, List of Deceased NPIC Employees, http://npicreunions.blogspot.com/

footnote">[56] Wikipedia page for Arthur C. Lundahl, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Lundahl

footnote">[57] The Washington Post, Times Herald, Dr. C.S. White Jr., 48, Surgeon, Chief of Staff, April 13, 1964

footnote">[58] The Washington Post, Times Herald, White-Walker wedding announcement, April 29, 1971

footnote">[59] Alec Benn, The Unseen Wall Street, of 1969 to 1975: And Its Significance for Today, Quorum Books, 2000

footnote">[60] Donald Morrison, Ambush on Wall Street, Texas Monthly, April 1974

footnote">[61] Securacomm Consulting Inc. v. Securacom Incorporated, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, January 20, 1999, 49 U.S.P.Q.2d 1444; 166 F.3d 182, http://altlaw.org/v1/cases/1099498

footnote">[62] SEC filing for Bankest Capital, SC 13D, March 13, 2003, http://www.secinfo.com/dV5Ff.244f.htm

footnote">[63] Reuters, Former exec to pay $165 million in fraud case, Aug 28, 2007, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2829063820070828

footnote">[64] Peter Zalewski, The Accounting: Indictments, receiver’s report on Bankest Capital present picture of a $170 million mystery, Daily Business Review, November 22, 2004, http://lbfmiami.com/pdfs/press_accounting_indictments.pdf

footnote">[65] SEC News Digest, Issue 93-47, March 12, 1993, http://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1993/dig031293.pdf

footnote">[66] Dan Jamieson, Hanifen Imhoff/Fiserv Nailed for Correspondent's Fraud, Registered Rep., Dec 1, 2000, http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_hanifen_imhofffiserv_nailed/

footnote">[67] St. Louis Business Journal, Webster U. names business school for Bert Walker, April 22, 2010, http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2010/04/19/daily52.html

footnote">[68] Bloomberg Businessweek, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated Hanifen Imhoff Division, http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=20865

footnote">[69] UK Mail Online, Plane crashes into Milan tower, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-110475/Plane-crashes-Milan-tower.html

footnote">[70] FBI Memorandum released by 9/11 Commission, “FBI Briefing on Trading”, Prepared by: Doug Greenburg, 8/18/03, http://media.nara.gov/9-11/MFR/t-0148-911MFR-00269.pdf

footnote">[71] Sourcewatch webpage for Mansoor Ijaz/Sudan, http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mansoor_Ijaz/Sudan

And we should thank those 19 Muslim daredevils and Bin Laden for suspending the laws of physics and bringing down WTC 1 & 2 so neatly straight down in a pile and for turning much of the mass into dust so that there wasn't as much debris to pick up.

Had the 110-story Twin Towers fallen over sideways, they would have caused massive destruction in lower Manhattan, destroying dozens of other buildings and killing tens of thousands of people.

Those guys had it out for Larry Silverstein. They destroyed all of his properties on the morning of 9/11 except one, building 7, but finally got it to collapse around 5:20 that afternoon.

Bin Laden had to have been cussing and fussing most of the day about Flight 93 getting shot down. You know, the plane that was supposed to have hit building 7, the Grand Finale, the trifecta.

But just as luck would have it, all it really took was a few fires, no plane needed, and building 7 just fell into its footprint and at near free fall speed. I can hear Bin Laden as he watched the event on his big screen TV in his cave saying; "Whew ... about time."


I like this new video (below) from BuildingWhat. They've taken out the sound so there's no distraction from the visuals and you can focus on the collapse.

But I'm still confused. Every television news and talk radio show these days says "the Muslims did 9/11" and "remember the twin towers" but they never mention building 7. You would think that in these Islamophobia times they would be screaming about this also. We should send this video to every talking head in the country and demand that they cover this little known travesty as yet another warning.

Why, if the Muslims can cause this unbelievable occurrence there's no telling what else they can pull off ... or "pull it" as Lucky Larry would say.

VENUES

**********EAST**********

PASSING CLOUDS, 1 Richmond Road, E8 4AA, 020 7241 4889
2-7pm: Talks and films curated by Reinvestigate 9/11 featuring authors Ian Henshall and Nafeez Ahmed FREE ENTRY
7pm-5am: live performances, MC and DJ sessions featuring artists including Aruba Red, Peyoti For President, 12 Tone, Muntu Valdo, Zena Edwards, MC Angel, MC Logic +++ £8 in advance from www.eventsbot.com

VIBE BAR, 91 Brick Lane, E1 6QL, 020 7247 3479
3pm (Vibe Bar): Talk by Charlie Vietch of the LOVE POLICE
2-8pm (Vibe Live): Screenings of Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup, Elephant In The Room and Blue Print for Truth
Information point hosted by We Are Change UK
FREE ENTRY

OFF BROADWAY 63-65 Broadway Market, E8 4PH, 020 7241 2786
3pm: Talk by best selling author Dr Nafeez Ahmed on the need for a reinvestigation of 9/11 plus signing of his new book 'A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilisation and How to Use It'. Special price £15.00 (usually £19.99)
4pm: Screening of 9/11: Press For Truth hosted by London Truth Action (www.londontruthaction.org)
FREE ENTRY

ARCOLA THEATRE, 27 Arcola Street, E8 2JD, 020 7503 1646
Spoken word and acoustic performances from Yap and Cornelius
9/11 Information point hosted by Reinvestigate 9/11 (www.reinvestigate911.org)
FREE ENTRY

THE OLD BOY'S CLUB, 47 King Henry's Walk, N1 4NH
7pm: Screening of 9/11 Blueprint for Truth, Richard Gage, 120 mins
9pm: Talk by Charlie Veitch of the Love Police
FREE ENTRY

RIO CINEMA, 103-107 Kingsland High Street, E8 2PB, 020 7241 9410
9/11 Artwork by Solo One
Information point hosted by We Are Change UK
FREE ENTRY TO THE FOYER

JUNO BAR, 134 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JE, 020 7729 2660
Screening of Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup + discussion led by We Are Change UK
FREE ENTRY

ZIGFRIED VON UNDERBELLY, 11 Hoxton Square, N1 6NU, 020 7613 1988
9/11 artwork by Solo One
Information point hosted by Reinvestigate 9/11
FREE ENTRY

JUNCTION ROOMS, 578 Kingsland Road, Dalston N16 8JG
Screening of Elephant in the Room, 2008, dir Dean Pucket, 92 mins
Information point hosted by London Truth Action – www.londontruthaction.org
FREE ENTRY

CAFE 1001, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL, 020 7247 9679
Information point hosted by London Truth Action

VISIONS VIDEO BAR, 558 Kingsland Road, E8 4AH, 020 7275 7520
8pm Screening of film 9:11 Press For Truth, dir Ray Nowosielski, 2006, 124 mins
Information point hosted by The Zeitgeist Movement UK

THE POGO CAFE, 76 Clarence Road, Hackney, London, E5 8HB,
020 8533 1214
Information point hosted by London Truth Action

512 BAR, 512 Kingsland Road, Dalston E8 4AE,
9/11 art exhibition by Solo One
Information point hosted by 911 Truth Bristol

THE PATTERN CUTTERS, 242-248 Kingsland Road, Dalston E8 4DG, thepatterncutters@gmail.com
8pm Screening of Loose Change 9/11: The Director's Cut Dir: Dylan Avery, 99 mins, 2010 + discussion led by Jake Sabiq from The Pattern Cutters

THREE BLIND MICE, 5 Ravey Street, Shoreditch EC2A 4QW, 020 7739 0092
9/11 art exhibition by Solo One
Information point hosted by We Are Change UK

CORDY HOUSE, 87-95 Curtain Rd, Shoreditch EC2A 3BS
7pm: Screening of Elephant in the Room, dir Dean Puckett, 2008, 132mins + discussion led by Reinvestigate 9/11
Live mural graffiti show by Solo One
Information point hosted by London Truth Action – www.londontruthaction.org

CHILD OF THE JAGO, 10 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch EC2A 3NT, 020 7377 8694
9/11 information point and art by The Daily Terror

THE GEORGE, 171, Glyn Rd, Hackney E5 0JT Clapton
9pm Screening of the film Loose Change: An American Coup
11pm: Live music jam hostsed by Ewan Bleech
FREE ENTRY

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NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB, 19-21 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ, 020 7460 4459
4-6pm Screening of Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup
6-8pm Rough Trade Records party featuring Embed and MC Wildeye Live + DJ session
9/11 information point hosted by Reinvestigate 9/11
FREE ENTRY

AKLAM PLAY CENTER, West Way, Notting Hill
911 Truth Graffitti wall by Solo One.
Commissioned by the Portabello Film Festival

COFFEE PLANT, 180 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, W11 2EB - 020 7221 8137
6pm: Screening of Zero: An Investigation into 9/11, dir Franco Fracassi, 2008, 104 mins
+ discussion session led by Reinvestigate 9/11
Information point hosted by Reinvestigate 9/11
FREE ENTRY

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BRIXTON JAMM, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH, 020 7274 5537
8pm: Pete Doherty live solo performance + DJs
Information point hosted by London Truth Action
£20 in advance only

HOOTENANY 95 Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF, 020 773 772 73
9pm – 3am: Live music hosted by Stranger Than Paradise featuring Top Shelf Jazz and Coda Luna
Information point hosted by We Are Change UK
FREE ENTRY

THE BIRD'S NEST, 32 Deptford Church Street, SE8 4RZ, 020 8692 1928
8pm: Screening of Loose Change 9/11: the Director's Cut + discussion hosted by The Bird's Nest
10pm – 1am: Performances by Thearmed909, The KADT and The Flight Symphony 9/11.
Information point run by Reinvestigate 9/11 UK
FREE ENTRY

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INSPIRAL LOUNGE, 250 Camden High Street, NW1 8QS, 020 7428 5875
Live acoustic performances from …...
Information point from We Are Change UK
FREE ENTRY

TINA WE SALUTE YOU, 47 King Henry's Walk, Islington N1 4HN, 020 7207530
5pm: Screening of Spoken word and acoustic performances by Liam Bailey and Dean Atta
Information point hosted by Zeitgeist Movement UK
FREE ENTRY

TROLLEY GALLERY, 73A Redchurch Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 7DJ, 020 7729 6591
Information point and art work by SOLO ONE.

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Take Action Every Eleventh of the Month

Dear Friends,

BuildingWhat.org is up and running! A few weeks from now, thousands of New Yorkers - maybe even millions - will visit BuildingWhat.org to learn about Building 7 for the first time. Please take a look, and while you're there, please consider donating to help put the "BuildingWhat?" ad on every TV screen in New York.

We’ve raised $25,000 more since the ad premiered last Thursday, bringing us to a total of $39,765, and it has been viewed over 100,000 times on YouTube. Thank you for making the first week of the ad’s existence a huge success.

Two Important Action Items!

1) Can you forward the URL http://BuildingWhat.org to at least 10 friends so that another 100,000 people learn about the “BuildingWhat?” campaign?

2) Can you submit the letter below to the editor of your local newspaper? This fantastic idea was suggested by Robert McGee. He and Ted Walter worked together to write two versions, one for newspapers with word limits of 300 words, and one for word limits of 200 words. We are aiming for 100 letters to be sent, so please participate in this important effort and email us at info@buildingwhat.org with “Sent LTE” in the subject line to let us know that you sent one.

Thank you!

Very truly yours,

Manny Badillo, Nephew of Thomas Joseph Sgroi
David Chandler, International Center of 9/11 Studies
Richard Gage, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
David Ray Griffin, Religious Leaders for 9/11 Truth
Niels Harrit, Coauthor of the WTC Nanothermite Study
Karen Johnson, Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth
Erik Lawyer, Firefighters for 9/11 Truth
Bob McIlvaine, Father of Bobby McIlvaine
JF Ranger, World for 9/11 Truth
Atmoh, ReOpen911.info
Kevin Ryan, Coeditor of the Journal of 9/11 Studies
Ted Tilton Jr. and Justin Keogh, 911Blogger.com
William Veale, Lawyers for 9/11 Truth
Ted Walter, NYC CAN

Letter to the Editor – 269 words

This letter is written in honor of those who died on September 11, 2001, and in support of their family members who are still seeking the truth about that day, including Bob McIlvaine, who lost his 26-year old son, Bobby.

On March 1, 2010 Mr. McIlvaine delivered a petition to each of the 50 members of the New York City Council on behalf of 1,000 architects and engineers. The petition called upon the City Council to open an investigation into the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper that was not hit by a plane, which nevertheless fell into its own footprint at 5:20 in the afternoon of September 11th. The federal government says that fire brought down Building 7, however, 1,250 architects and engineers provide us with overwhelming evidence that Building 7 was brought down with explosives, and that the government deliberately lied to us.

The government's report on Building 7 included collapse models that in no way resemble the actual collapse. Even today, the government refuses to provide the public with detailed information on these models, saying releasing the information “may jeopardize public safety.” The government’s models show deformations, walls folding inwards and an asymmetrical collapse, instead of the smooth, symmetrical free fall drop that Building 7 actually underwent. Google "Building 7" to see footage. 

As we mark the 9th anniversary of 9/11, it is time to get the truth about what happened, starting with Building 7. To quote Bob McIlvaine: "Please join our coordinated effort to bring justice to my son and the thousands that were murdered on September 11th." Go to BuildingWhat.org to learn more.

Letter to the Editor – 196 words

This letter is written in honor of those who died on September 11, 2001, and in support of their family members who are still seeking the truth, including Bob McIlvaine, who lost his 26-year old son, Bobby.

On March 1, 2010 Mr. McIlvaine delivered a petition to each of the 50 members of the New York City Council on behalf of 1,000 architects and engineers. The petition called upon the City Council to open an investigation into the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper that was not hit by a plane, which nevertheless fell into its own footprint at 5:20 in the afternoon of September 11th. The federal government says that fire brought down Building 7, however, 1,250 architects and engineers provide us with overwhelming evidence that Building 7 was brought down with explosives, and that the government deliberately lied to us.

As we mark the 9th anniversary of 9/11, it is time to get the truth about what happened, starting with Building 7. To quote Bob McIlvaine: "Please join our coordinated effort to bring justice to my son and the thousands that were murdered on September 11th." Go to BuildingWhat.org to learn more.

David Ray Griffin suggested in his "Building What?" speech that we all do what we can to ensure no one ever responds like Judge Lehner when Building 7 is mentioned.

Here's a new video that is a big step in that direction:

Join us this Fall with serious actions.  In this informal 15 minute video clip, Richard Gage, AIA  runs through a quick overview for each of our 6 Action Alerts:

Action #3 - We are asking all of our AE911Truth supporters to meet with your Congressional representatives in your community – their home turf – by early October.

Action #4 - Help us on Capitol Hill to deliver the AE911Truth petition, with all 1,000 A/E names, our brochure, and our DVD, 9/11: Blueprint for Truth, into the offices of all Congressional representatives on Sept 7 and 8.

Action #5 - Reach 1,000’s in your community by putting “9/11: Blueprint for Truth” on the air with your local public access TV.

Action #6 - Roll-out of AE911Truth Action Groups. Join one or start your own. We already have several in the SF Bay Area. Help the AE911Truth mission succeed in your local area.

Please Join us in the Action that you are personally called to.

The grateful volunteers of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth

Part 2

Laurie Manwell

Listen to Community Currency Radio Show on Thursday, September 2, 2010, 5 pm- 6 pm EST - to learn more about State Crimes Against Democracy with Laurie Manwell.

State Crimes Against Democracy (SCADs) are actions undertaken in direct violation of sworn oaths of office to circumvent, exploit, or otherwise undermine or subvert laws and institutions to advance personal or political gain and/or to silence or otherwise suppress public foreknowledge and awareness. Laurie Manwell helped coin the term SCAD when she published an article in the American Behavioral Scientist entitled In Denial of Democracy: Social Psychological Implications for Public Discourse on State Crimes Against Democracy Post-9/11. The abstract says:

Protecting democracy requires that the general public be educated on how people can be manipulated by
government and media into forfeiting their civil liberties and duties. This article reviews research on cognitive constructs that can prevent people from processing information that challenges preexisting assumptions about
government, dissent, and public discourse in democratic societies. Terror management theory and system justification theory are used to explain how preexisting beliefs can interfere with people’s examination of evidence for state crimes against democracy (SCADs), specifically in relation to the events of September 11, 2001, and the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq. Reform strategies are proposed to motivate citizens toward increased social responsibility in a post-9/11 culture of propagandized fear, imperialism, and war.

Laurie Manwell has a BSc in Biology and Psychology, an MSc in Biology (cellular/molecular/developmental), and is
currently a PhD candidate in Behavioral Neuroscience and Toxicology at the University of Guelph. She has published
research on the effects of drugs on learning, memory, and behavior (Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior),
information processing (Psychonomic Bulletin and Review), self-esteem, emotion, and motivation (Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology), political psychology and democracy (American Behavioral Scientist), and
cellular and molecular biology (Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology).

With the support of NSERC's Michael Smith Foreign Study Award, she studied factors that modulate neural stem cell
production during transient illness and limb regeneration at the University of Florida.

She has also authored
Faulty Towers of Belief: Part I. Demolishing the Iconic Psychological Barriers to 9/11 Truth and
Faulty Towers of Belief: Part II. Rebuilding the Road to Freedom of Reason at the
Journal of 9/11 Studies. She will be speaking with Buddhist scholar Graeme MacQueen September 4th, at 7 p.m. in the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre in Bloomington, Indiana on the topic of
Peace through Truth: 9/11 and State Crimes Against
Democracy.

Community Currency Radio Show is hosted by Carol Brouillet and archived online, and available as itune podcasts.

Awareness of SCADs should help the Truth Movement gain greater support and public acceptance. Please sign the State Crimes Against Democracy Testament and Proclamation http://www.petitiononline.com/WTPvSCAD/.

*Please submit the following letter to your local newspaper on behalf of Bob McIlvaine and other family members who demand 9/11 truth and justice. Select one of the two versions below depending on the word limit requirements of your paper's public forum. (If 300 words, use the first letter--- if 200 words, use the second letter). NOTHING to write. Just mail this LTE along with your contact information or submit online at your newspaper's website. Let's set a goal of 100 submissions. They will ALL be read by newspaper editors and many will be published. Together we can reach millions of readers while promoting Building 7 awareness and activism. Do it for Bob!

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This letter is written in honor of those who died on September 11, 2001, and in support of their families who are still seeking the truth about that day, including Bob McIlvaine, who lost his 26-year old son, Bobby.

On March 1, 2010 Mr. McIlvaine delivered a petition to each of the 50 members of the New York City Council on behalf of 1,000 architects and engineers. The petition called upon the City Council to open an investigation into the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper that was not hit by a plane, which nevertheless fell into its own footprint at 5:20 in the afternoon of September 11th. The federal government says that fire brought down Building 7, however, 1,250 architects and engineers provide us with overwhelming evidence that Building 7 was brought down with explosives, and that the government deliberately lied to us.

The government's report on Building 7 included collapse models that in no way resemble the actual collapse. Even today, the government refuses to provide the public with detailed information on these models, saying releasing the information “may jeopardize public safety.” The government’s models show deformations, walls folding inwards and an asymmetrical collapse, instead of the smooth, symmetrical free fall drop that Building 7 actually underwent. Google "Building 7" to see footage.
As we mark the 9th anniversary of 9/11, it is time to get the truth about what happened, starting with Building 7. To quote Bob McIlvaine: "Please join our coordinated effort to bring justice to my son and the thousands that were murdered on September 11th." Go to BuildingWhat.org to learn more.

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This letter is written in honor of those who died on September 11, 2001, and in support of their families who are still seeking the truth, including Bob McIlvaine, who lost his 26-year old son, Bobby.
On March 1, 2010 Mr. McIlvaine delivered a petition to each of the 50 members of the New York City Council on behalf of 1,000 architects and engineers. The petition called upon the City Council to open an investigation into the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper that was not hit by a plane, which nevertheless fell into its own footprint at 5:20 in the afternoon of September 11th. The federal government says that fire brought down Building 7, however, 1,250 architects and engineers provide us with overwhelming evidence that Building 7 was brought down with explosives, and that the government deliberately lied to us.
As we mark the 9th anniversary of 9/11, it is time to get the truth about what happened, starting with Building 7. To quote Bob McIlvaine: "Please join our coordinated effort to bring justice to my son and the thousands that were murdered on September 11th." Go to BuildingWhat.org to learn more.

The International Center for 9/11 Studies has secured the release of hundreds of hours of video footage and tens of thousands of photographs used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for its investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers and Building 7. This material is being released to the Center under the Freedom of Information Act, in response to a lawsuit the Center filed against NIST.

The Center filed a FOIA Request with NIST on January 26, 2009, seeking production of “all of the photographs and videos collected, reviewed, cited or in any other way used by NIST during its investigation of the World Trade Center building collapses.” Following several unsuccessful attempts to get NIST to even acknowledge receipt of the Request, the Center was forced to file a lawsuit on May 28, 2009. Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, the Request was assigned a reference number, and NIST began periodically releasing batches of responsive records. To date, the Center has received over 300 DVDs and several external hard disk drives that contain responsive records - more than 4 terabytes of data so far – and NIST has indicated that additional records will be released in the future.

We are currently looking at the best ways to distribute these materials to interested researchers and journalists around the world. It has taken NIST more than 8 months so far to produce a partial archive of photographs and videos in their possession, but we hope to be more efficient in our efforts. Because of the huge volume of data, we are working on a wiki-style website to facilitate review and discussion of any interesting items that are discovered by researchers.

Justin Keogh, our Chief Technical Officer, is preparing the website and materials for release. The first batch of materials we are releasing is a group of video clips sent to us on an external hard disk drive labeled “NIST WTC Investigation Cumulus Video Clips.” We believe NIST entered these clips into a searchable database called the Cumulus database, and used them as the basis for the investigation and reports. Researchers may be interested to see which video clips NIST determined were important to its investigation, and compare these clips to the raw footage we release at a later date. Justin will be posting more details about the data release in the next week or two. Any questions about the FOIA Request, lawsuit, or data release should be submitted via the Contact Us page at the Center’s website: http://www.ic911studies.org/Contact_Us.html

Although the Center has extremely limited resources with which it can review this mountain of data, several interesting items have already been discovered. Below are five items the Center has uncovered so far. The items below have not been altered from the original provided by NIST, except in three cases where a short section of footage was extracted from a much longer video. Otherwise, no alterations have been made to the video or audio. For the best viewing experience, you should watch all of the videos below in the highest resolution available. We will supplement the list below in the coming days and weeks.

1. Video Footage of Explosion Before Collapse

In the video below, at about the 0:59 mark, a high-pressure explosion occurs in one of the Twin Towers, below the impact zone, while the building is still standing.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Ne1FJBVkh4s

In the final report on the collapse of the Twin Towers issued by NIST, it appears to attempt an explanation for this explosion by suggesting it is a smoke puff resulting from a pressure pulse inside the building, perhaps from a collapsing wall or ceiling, or sudden opening of a door. (See NCSTAR1-5A, p. 52) However, as can be seen from the screen capture below, it isn’t merely smoke and dust being ejected. There appears to be a massive object being ejected along with the explosion.

2. Audio Evidence of Explosions During Collapse

Several videos released to the Center have clear audio tracks that contain distinct sounds of explosions occurring at the World Trade Center. These audio tracks provide support to the many eyewitness statements referring to explosions occurring when the buildings collapsed. Explosions can be heard at the initiation of the South Tower collapse in the following two videos. The explosions are clear enough at normal volumes, but turning your speaker volume up a bit can help provide a full appreciation of the sound.

http://www.youtube.com/v/b0a3Iz6Z0tg

http://www.youtube.com/v/F-8kmnnEjr0

The video below contains distinct sounds of explosions occurring throughout the collapse of the North Tower. The native audio track is at very low volume, so your speakers should be turned up enough to hear the explosions. (Please be careful to turn your volume back down after watching this video.)

http://www.youtube.com/v/4e6KTRh92wM

In the next video, a loud, low-frequency boom can be heard just before the east penthouse of WTC 7 falls.

http://www.youtube.com/v/XrnmbUDeHus

David Chandler will soon be publishing a video that contains a more in depth analysis of this footage, including audio enhancements of the explosion.

3. Visual Evidence of Explosions During Collapse

Several videos also have clear visible explosions that occur above the airplane impact/collapse zone in the South Tower. In the video below, the collapse begins at about the 3:45 mark. If you watch the corner of the South Tower nearest the camera, at a point about halfway between the airplane impact zone and the top of the building, you will see puffs of smoke and a flash at about the 3:49-3:50 mark. The corner of the building also appears to lose structural support (or “kink”) at this same location. These are the obvious result of explosive charges severing the steel structure at the near corner.

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZMlMqGwGwGc

In the next video, a similar phenomenon can be seen, but from a different angle and not quite as clearly.

http://www.youtube.com/v/170XJFF2KTQ

The video below is raw footage from a news outlet of the South Tower exploding. Explosions can be seen ahead of the collapse front. The newscaster even calls it a “huge explosion.”

http://www.youtube.com/v/IE7fWV2qUVU

4. Missing and Altered Video

Several clips from the Cumulus database show signs of manipulation or alteration. In the two video clips below, the collapse of the penthouse of World Trade Center 7 is cut out of the video. These videos happen to have been filmed from close to WTC 7, and have a high quality soundtrack that would have picked up explosion sounds from the charges that severed the columns supporting the penthouse, especially the explosion heard in the last video clip presented in item 2 above.

http://www.youtube.com/v/XH_Lv_sevwY

http://www.youtube.com/v/VyhMTOdRnRo

Another clip from the Cumulus database (below) begins after initiation of the WTC 7 collapse. Also, the soundtrack is curiously silent during the entire collapse, only to turn on after the collapse has already finished.

http://www.youtube.com/v/XT3ea4AC2K8

In the next video, the camera catches the South Tower collapse from very close to the building. The quality of the video and the soundtrack show signs of manipulation. Also, the initiation of the collapse is missing and appears to have been cut from the original.

http://www.youtube.com/v/2YoQb4_awRA

The video clip below also begins after collapse initiation.

http://www.youtube.com/v/L3vX2kmLpXw

There are many video clips in the Cumulus database that do not show collapse initiation – the only event even purportedly explained in the final report from NIST on the Twin Towers.

5. Footage of WTC 7 Before Collapse

The video below is a series of clips taken near World Trade Center 7 after at least one of the Twin Towers has collapsed. This video shows Michael Hess yelling for help from the 8th floor window, beginning at about the 1:09 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZduP7HTM3cg

Shortly after taking office on January 20, 2009 President Obama appointed Harvard law professor (and personal friend) Cass Sunstein to the post of administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. In June 2009 Sunstein published an essay in The Journal of Political Philosophy entitled "Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures," in which he provided an "analysis" of conspiracy theories, viewing them, as his title indicated, as "caused" by psychological conditions and requiring "cures", i.e., elimination. The article led to an outcry by civil libertarians of all political stripes, who especially singled out for protest Sunstein's call for covert "cognitive infiltration" by government agents of organizations the government deems "conspiracist".

Because Sunstein explicitly states that "9/11 conspiracy theories" are his main focus, virtually all interpreters have agreed that Sunstein's call for what is essentially another Cointelpro Operation is directed specifically against the 9/11 truth movement. (Cointelpro, or "Counter Intelligence Program", was the FBI's name for its high-priority operations to infiltrate, provoke, undermine and disable civil rights, socialist, antiwar, black power and Native American movements during the late 1950s and the 1960s.) The fantastic picture Sunstein paints of the 9/11 truth movement as "harmful," "dangerous," and likely to resort to "terrorism" suggests that he is serving a function similar to Philip Zelikow's during the Bush/Cheney years; in his own way, Sunstein too is a "myth-maker."

In his new book COGNITIVE INFILTRATION David Ray Griffin has provided the first truly adequate response to Sunstein's deeply-flawed and legally-questionable arguments. Griffin penetrates the obfuscation and phony scholarship employed by Sunstein to create the illusion of a rational critique of the 9/11 truth movement's alternative account of the events of September 11, 2001. Griffin presents a series of ten theses put forward by Sunstein, and shows that each is fundamentally flawed. Further, he demonstrates that Sunstein is unable to avoid numerous self-contradictions, either explicit or implied, that together amount to an internal, hidden counter-argument to his own position, which Griffin, in a novel and entertaining approach, brings out as an ironic "esoteric" meaning of Sunstein's essay.

Griffin demonstrates that Sunstein is completely unable to refute the major positions of the 9/11 truth movement, and doesn't actually even try to do so. Instead, Sunstein has produced a pseudo-scholarly fake "analysis" as a basis for a call for the government to infiltrate and neutralize the movement through activities which create "cognitive dissonance," clearly not the least bit different from the FBI's Cointelpro operations. But in so doing Sunstein has provided Griffin the means to demonstrate yet again that defenders of the official account of 9/11 actually cannot proceed by using reason and fact. They are forced to resort to disinformation, suppression of evidence, lies, illogic, threats and intimidation, always with the same result: failure. The more people study the events of 9/11 the more certain they become that the government and its media outlets are lying.

Sunstein's essay appears to reveal that the government response to its ongoing failure will be to resort to illegal activities directed against people who are speaking out about the highest crimes carried out in the corridors of power. The remarkably inept manner in which he makes his case suggests, however, that providing a rationale for such a future policy may not have been his real intention. Rather, it seems plausible that his purpose is to suggest that such actions have not even been considered before, let alone implemented, when in fact such operations have been ongoing since 9/11.

Griffin's COGNITIVE INFILTRATION is a lucid and compelling exposure of the contempt held by the official defenders the 9/11 myth for dissenters who have seen through their Big Lie. These officials expect that no one will be able to penetrate the murk of Sunstein's latest defense of the pretext for the US wars of aggression in Afghanistan and Iraq, now covertly expanding into many other countries. But with David Ray Griffin's book, everyone who is concerned with bringing their carnage and criminality to a stop, as well as to reverse the rapid erosion of civil liberties in this country, will have no difficulty remaining clear-headed in the face of the "cognitive infiltration" carried out by the holders of high office and their agents.

http://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Infiltration-Appointees-Undermine-Conspi...

7/7: Seeds of Deconstruction is a brand new, independent feature-length documentary exploring many of the questions and conspiracy theories about 7/7, the 7th July 2005 London Bombings.

The film places the debate about 7/7 firmly in the context of the history of Western-backed covert operations.  The first half of the film examines three periods from the 20th century: Central America in the 1950s and 1960s(CIA coups in Guatemala and Cuba); Italy during the Cold War (NATO's Operation Gladio); Afghanistan and the Balkans in the 1980s and 1990s (Operation Cyclone and the wars in the former Yugoslavia).  

Though the movie does not explore 9/11 in detail, it functions as a detailed account of false flag terrorism in general, and so speaks to the debate about 9/11 as much as it does to the debate about 7/7.  The second half of the film examines 7/7 in details, and concludes with a lengthy discussion on intelligence and security policy that includes the stories of several probable double agents, including the American Junaid Babar.  

The film can be watched in full on stagevu and VeeHD, and in sections via youtube.  It can also be watched and downloaded via blip.tv.   

Sharing this film is encouraged, and feedback is appreciated.

Enjoy!

ACTION ALERT: AE911Truth Washington DC Press Conference and Debate

From AE911Truth.org

A. Press Conference and Mock Debate - Washington DC, National Press Club.
B. Concurrent Press Conferences Hosted by You All Around the World

On September 9, 2010 AE911Truth will hold a major press conference and debate at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Join them in the early afternoon in DC for these events.

They need your help to organize this complex event. Media publicity and outreach to like-minded organizations will be key. Contact them now at CongressionalOutreach@ae911truth.org to get connected as a team member.

More important, please consider organizing a concurrent press conference outside the local office of your Senator or Representative. This September we can show even broader support than at last February’s amazing press conference. We have twice as much lead time this round as we did this past February when you held 4 dozen concurrent press conferences. AE911Truth also have more exciting news to announce on many different action fronts. Soon they will outline the specifics for you. Let them know if you are willing to build on the action that the groups across the world last February accomplished so that we can have over a hundred concurrent press conferences this time on September 9.

1. Email AE911Truth at CongressionalOutreach@ae911truth.org to let them know that you are interested in making the five-minute press conference happen in your area. They need your name, phone number, email, and the exact address of your press conference location.

2. You don’t have to be an architect or engineer to organize the press conference, although that would be great. They will help you to find a local architect or engineer petition signer to read the statement – if one is available.

3. Please make extraordinary efforts to get the press to attend your press conference. AE911Truth will provide a brief Media Alert / Press Advisory a week before the event. You should email/fax/deliver/mail this document to every radio/TV/newspaper in your local area. Start gathering contact information for them now.

4. Be prepared to receive the final press release from AE911Truth shortly before the press conference. You will simply be reading it outside the office of your Congressmember and then taking questions – if you feel comfortable doing so.

5. Be sure to have an AE911Truth vinyl banner, which is available from the AE911Truth store. (You can also download the artwork at no cost and print the banner locally.)

6. Be sure to have photos and videos taken at your event and email them at CongressionalOutreach@ae911truth.org. It is best to have an experienced, dedicated person to do this work.

7. Please also consider assisting AE911Truth as a regional volunteer to help coordinate this important nationwide project.

Thank you once again for your dedication and courage in bringing the evidence forward in the face of the possible denial and judgment that we have all experienced. The rewards of success are worth those risks. These times call for all true patriots to step forward. Join us!

Review by John Bursill

This absolutely brilliant interview by Bonnie Faulkner of Guns and Butter brings out a new depth in the Bowman story. This enlightening discussion with Bowman and Faulkner does more to explain the military situation of a fascist American oligarchy than any before! Bowman reiterating many times that it is the "pinnacle event" of 9/11 that still provides the only justification for the current political reality and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq it ignited.

Titled "Vietnam, Star Wars and 9/11" with Dr. Robert Bowman."
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Dr Robert M. Bowman

From the show notes: Dr. Bowman discusses his US Air Force experiences in Vietnam in 1968-69; as Director of Advanced Space Programs Development in the Ford and Carter administrations; the 1982 Defense Guidance Document; his public opposition to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) better know as Star Wars during the Ronald Reagan administration; his take on the events of September 11, 2001; and wars of aggression. -END-

Faulkner delves deep into Bowman's tour in Vietnam and his feelings during his service as a career military officer in the US Air Force. We discover through Bowman's personal struggle with what he had done during his military service has led to him becoming the most powerful spokesman for the "9/11 Truth for Peace" argument today. Dr Robert M. Bowman is possibly the only person "talking truth to power" that can put all the geopolitical pieces together in such clear context, and so well articulate why an end to the Neo-Con "War on Terrorism" is required immediately!

Bonnie Faulkner

Dr Robert Bowman is currently on Tour across America and details of his appearances are found here: The Patriots (Bob's Schedule)

Out of all the Peace Activists in action today Bob Bowman and Cindy Sheehan stand out as simply exemplary examples to follow. This is because of their honesty, their dedication to truth and most of all there clarity of purpose! Bowman has done more for the 9/11 Truth Movement in the Peace Movement circles than possible any other individual and in historical terms will be possibly the greatest American Patriot of his era.

Recently Visibility911.com did another excellent interview with Bowman which can be found here: Dr Robert M. Bowman Talks "9/11 Truth To Power" on Visibility 9-11
In this interview Bowman goes into more detail of his views about the 9/11 Truth Movement and his wish for us to keep it simple and focus on things we can prove like the demolition of Building 7. Bob Bowman is not a supporter of "conspiracy theories" or "speculation", he is a supporter of exposing evidence that demonstrates a criminal cabal at work in America today and doing all that is required to put them out of business.

By Bowman letting us see deep inside his military experience and admitting finding military combat and war somewhat "addictive" allows a much clearer understanding of the difficulty we face as peace activists. This interview makes clear that 9/11 Truth will have more to do with a new conciousness of the American soldier that any other signal issue. If we are to win their hearts and minds and encourage them to keep their solemn oath to object to illegal orders and fighting illegal "wars of aggression", we must enlighten them to the truth of the pretext to war, 9/11.

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Tune in to the Barry Shainbaum radio show on September 12, 2010 at 12:30pm EDT, for interviews with former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds and professor Graeme MacQueen.

To listen to the show, or to download the podcast, visit www.barryshainbaum.com/radio.html, or tune in to Faith FM, 94.3, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

The interview will be podcast Sept. 13, www.barryshainbaum.com/radio.html, and in the iTunes store.

INSIDE JOB Official Trailer in HD! SonyPicturesClassics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyW3M-UTIWM&feature=player_embedded

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From Academy Award® nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson ("No End In Sight"), comes INSIDE JOB, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

Narrated by Academy Award® winner Matt Damon, INSIDE JOB was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.

Source: 9/11 Truth News

A new report released by a think tank called Demos warns of the hazardous effects of conspiracy theories on society and recommends strategies for governments to mitigate these effects, including the infiltration of websites.

The report, called The Power of Unreason: Conspiracy Theories, Extremism and Counterterrorism, says "most notoriously and influentially, the ‘9/11 truth movement’ has questioned the official accounts of 9/11 and has become a large and growing political force."

The report notes that the 9/11 truth movement is "peaceful", but makes no distinction between the legitimate questioning of the official account of 9/11 and any number of unrelated, and often racist, conspiracy theories.

The report acknowledges that "some conspiracies have turned out to be true. Our institutions and governments have deceived the population to advance hidden and unstated interests", and goes on to cite Operations Northwoods, the Joint Chief of Staff's unimplemented plan to stage a false flag Cuban terror attack in 1963, as well as the CIA's involvement in the Chilean coup of 1973.

But the report is only concerned with limiting the effects of conspiracy theories on operations of the state, not with justice or the accuracy of the historical record. It states:

More broadly, conspiracy theories drive a wedge of distrust between governments and particular communities. Conspiracy theories - such as those that claim 7/7 or 9/11 were ‘inside jobs’ - demolish the mutuality and trust that people have in institutions of government, with social and political ramifications that we still don't fully understand. This can especially hinder community-level efforts to fight violent extremism.

The report cites the writings of Cass Sunstein, an Obama appointee who recently called for the "cognitive infiltration" of 9/11 truth groups. The Demos paper in turn calls for government agents to "openly infiltrate" websites and chatrooms in order offer "alternative information" and "plant seeds of doubt".

Demos makes a number of recommendations for governments to combat conspiracy theories, including a call for more government openness.

The Demos report can be downloaded here.

9/11 Truth News

Back in May of 2009, Truth Action Ottawa interviewed 9/11 eyewitness and survivor Mr. David Long, who was in downtown Manhattan the morning of September 11, 2001. Mr. Long recounts everything he saw and heard that morning, including multiple streams of molten metal pouring from the buildings before they fell, and the sounds of multiple explosions as the buildings came down.

We have now uploaded that interview to Vimeo so that it is easier to share and embed on other websites. It can be viewed here: http://vimeo.com/14513454 or below:

The Italian produced film ZERO: An Investigation into 9/11 (English with Japanese subtitles) will be screening from Sept 11th, 2010 to the 24th in Tokyo, Japan.

We are happy to announce that this will be the first 911 film to be shown at a regular mainstream theater in Japan.

The English website can be seen here:

http://zero.globalpeace.jp/english/index.htm

The official Japanese site is:

http://zero.9-11.jp

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Hypothesis – a documentary film about Professor Steven E. Jones, directed by Brett Smith, 2010, 48 minutes. The World Premiere will be at the 6th Annual 9/11 Film Festival September 9th – 12th. The film maker will be on hand to introduce the film and available for Questions and Answers. The film is a glimpse into the pivotal life of Professor Steven E. Jones by a young filmmaker, over the course of the years when Professor Jones’s criticism of the official explanation for the destruction of the World Trade Center drew national attention to him and Brigham Young University.

Professor Jones had been teaching at Brigham Young University for over twenty years, and he loved his students and his career. He was attending a lecture in 2005 when the subject of 9/11 came up. The lecturer hinted that something was deeply amiss in the official story and half the room agreed with her. Professor Jones fell into the other half of the room's shocked surprise at the idea. Afterwards he did some research on the Internet, discovered Jim Hoffman’s WTC 7 site, and learned for the first time about building 7, not struck by a plane, which came down in the exact manner of a controlled demolition. His research into the destruction of the uildings began.

Professor Jones wrote his first paper on the subject, “Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Completely Collapse?”, and presented a seminar on the same topic at BYU, both of which drew the local press and created quite a stir.

The film contains some priceless exchanges and interviews with random students and the administration officials at BYU, which are enlightening, frightening, and humorous. Most impressive are the interviews with Dr. Jones’s scientific collaborator Dr. Jeffrey Farrer, as well as views of the lab and their experiments. There is an excellent clip documenting the circumstances of the gathering of the first dust sample that Dr. Jones and Dr. Farrer examined together.

The most dramatic, surprising, and damning interview, however, was with the man, C. Martin Hinckley, who first threatened Jones and then tried to bribe him to stop his research on the evidence of explosives. His threats in fact materialize later in the media attacks and the administrative leave that ended Professor Jones’s teaching career at BYU.

As we see his wife, son, and grandchild in the film and we become aware of his gentle, friendly, and caring nature, it becomes clear that it hurt him deeply to be forced to stop teaching. When he speaks clearly about his “pursuit of truth,” I can see in him the spiritual resolve of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., both of whom practiced “satyagraha,” “satya” meaning “truth” and “agraha” meaning “pursuit of.” Satyagraha was the term created to describe the non-violent movement that Gandhi led, which also began on a September 11th, in 1906. Professor Jones may laugh when he is nervous or frightened, but he clearly has courage, born out of a great love for his family, his community, his country, and the world.

Although Professor Jones has been attacked academically as well as by the media, it is clear that his research is logical, holds up to close scrutiny, and follows the scientific method. The documentary is a rare, honest gem of a film which provides an inspiring example of what Orwell meant when he wrote, “In a time of universal deceit to tell the truth is a revolutionary act.”

The film is short, and ends symbolically with a view of the door closing as Professor Jones leaves his office at BYU to continue his 9/11 research on his own.

Director Brett Smith will introduce his film and be available for questions and answers at the upcoming world premiere. Fortunately for film enthusiasts, when one door closes, another opens: the film festival premiering Hypothesis will also include The Hard Evidence Tour, Professor Jones’s November 2009 talk in Sydney, Australia which sheds more light on 9/11 truth developments since 2006 and the growing numbers of scientists, architects, and engineers who have joined Professor Jones in his pursuit of truth.

The Trailer is posted at youtube.com/watch?v=_bi5UX3u3W8%20.

Brett Smith will also be interviewed on the Community Currency Radio Show Thursday, August 26th, from 2-3 pm Pacific Time, on the Progressive Radio Network, by local activist Carol Brouillet. The shows are archived here.

The first Community Currency radio show was with Richard Gage, AIA, Founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, and Physicist Steven Jones, Founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, and Co-Editor of the Journal of 9/11 Studies on February 18, 2010 and is archived Here.