The 9/11 Files: From Cover-up to Conspiracy | Ep 4

Tucker Carlson

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Video Summary

This transcript delves into persistent questions and alleged inconsistencies surrounding the events of September 11, 2001, focusing primarily on the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 and the extent of foreknowledge held by various entities. It argues that actions taken by the U.S. government, such as suppressing evidence and avoiding public trials, fueled conspiracy theories. The analysis scrutinizes the collapse of Building 7, noting its absence of explanation in the 9/11 Commission Report and highlighting its tenants, including government agencies. The transcript questions the official explanation of Building 7's collapse, citing independent studies and comparing its fate to other steel-framed buildings that withstood fires. It further explores the suspicious surge in put options on airlines and financial institutions before the attacks, the withholding of signals intelligence by the NSA from its own CIA, and alleged prior knowledge held by foreign intelligence agencies, particularly Israel, evidenced by the behavior of Israeli nationals present at the scene. The narrative concludes by questioning the handling of evidence, the lack of thorough investigation into specific agencies, and the government's accountability for unanswered questions, suggesting that the aftermath of 9/11 fundamentally altered American society and freedoms. A particularly striking fact is that the FBI's most wanted poster for Osama bin Laden, updated in November 2001, omitted any mention of the 9/11 attacks

Short Highlights

The 9/11 Commission Report fails to explain the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, a 47-story steel-frame high-rise.
Independent studies suggest that office fires alone could not have caused the thermal expansion leading to Building 7's critical girder failure.
Suspicious trading activity, including a surge of put options against United Airlines and American Airlines, occurred days before the attacks.
The NSA collected signals intelligence related to al-Qaeda but withheld crucial raw data from its own CIA, while sharing information with foreign governments.
Five Israeli nationals were observed celebrating the initial World Trade Center explosions and were later found to be involved in espionage.
The FBI's most wanted poster for Osama bin Laden, updated in November 2001, did not mention the 9/11 attack

Key Details

The Premise of Suppressed Evidence and Conspiracy Theories [00:00]

Actions like suppressing video evidence, immediately shipping rubble overseas, labeling dissenters as criminals, and avoiding public trials were deliberately employed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
The government's role in facilitating the attacks and extreme incompetence allowed al-Qaeda to execute what are described as the most sophisticated terror attacks in history.
Some seemingly wild theories about 9/11 raise legitimate questions that warrant investigation using primary source documents and interviews.

It's possible that there are people who wanted conspiracy theories to thrive. The more far out, the better.

The Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 [01:45]

World Trade Center Building 7, a 47-story steel-frame high-rise, collapsed at 5:20 p.m. on 9/11, yet its collapse is not explained in the 577-page 9/11 Commission report.
Video evidence appears to show Building 7 falling symmetrically into its own footprint, with dust turning to dust before hitting the ground, contradicting the idea of a plane impact.
Structural engineers question how a steel building could collapse in such a manner due to events occurring hundreds of yards away.
Tenants in Building 7 included the New York City Office of Emergency Management, the U.S. Secret Service, and a secret CIA office, all of whose records were destroyed.
FEMA's explanation for Building 7's collapse involved falling debris damaging its facade and initiating fires, while NIST cited damaged water mains leading to sprinkler system failure and a decision not to fight the fires.
NIST's official explanation states thermal expansion of steel beams, not melting, caused a girder connection to fail, leading to a progressive collapse.
Skeptics question why video shows a symmetrical, freefall acceleration collapse, resembling a global collapse, rather than a progressive one.
Other steel-frame buildings of similar design globally that experienced fires did not collapse, such as the 38-story Meridian Plaza in Philadelphia (1991), the 62-story First Interstate Bank building in Los Angeles (1988), and the 24-story Grenfell Tower in London (2017).

Building 7 had a pretty amazing list of tenants. They included, ironically, the New York City Office of Emergency Management.

Independent Study on Building 7 and Thermite Evidence [09:07]

An independent study by Professor Leroy Hulsey of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, released in 2020, concluded that office fires of the type in Building 7 could not have produced enough thermal expansion to cause the critical girder to fail.
Hulsey's team found NIST's explanation insufficient to account for the observed simultaneous, total collapse of the building, suggesting controlled demolition was the trigger.
Analysis of dust and debris samples collected shortly after the attacks revealed distinctive red-gray chips containing highly energetic thermitic material, indicating the presence of explosive compounds.
NIST investigated blast scenarios but found them impractical due to detection risks and the need for extensive preparation. They noted thermite burns slowly and requires significant quantities to weaken steel.
NIST also stated that an explosion large enough to cause collapse would have been significantly louder than recorded noises, yet eyewitnesses reported hearing explosions.

Something else, therefore, must have triggered the downfall. There's only one thing that could have triggered a collapse like the one we saw in television, and that is a controlled demolition.

Media Reporting and Financial Trading Anomalies [15:01]

Some media outlets, including the BBC, reported the collapse of Building 7 before it actually occurred, raising questions about advanced knowledge.
A footnote in the 9/11 Commission Report on page 499 details a surge in put options against United Airlines and American Airlines in the days preceding the attacks, with a significant portion placed by a single U.S.-based institutional investor whose identity remains undisclosed.
Similar surges in put options were observed for British Airways and against financial institutions like Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, which had offices in the World Trade Center.
There were also notable surges in gold and oil call options in advance of the attacks.

On September 6th and then against American Airlines on September 10th. Incredibly, the report goes on to note that 95% of the trade against United Airlines was made by a single US-based institutional investor.

Foreign Foreknowledge and Intelligence Sharing Issues [17:07]

Foreign intelligence agencies, including those of allied nations, may have had detailed prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks.
As early as January 2001, France's Foreign Intelligence Service learned of al-Qaeda's hijacking plot involving a U.S. airline, but the extent of communication with the U.S. is unknown.
Michael Shyer, former head of the CIA's Bin Laden unit, suggested that Israeli and British intelligence likely possessed better information than the CIA.
The NSA, the largest U.S. intelligence agency, withheld raw signals intelligence (intercepted phone calls and radio communications) from the CIA but shared details with foreign governments, including Israel and Saudi Arabia.
A group of five Israeli nationals were reportedly seen celebrating the initial explosions at the World Trade Center, videotaped the event, and carried box cutters, multiple passports, cash, and photos of themselves with the burning towers.
FBI documents suggested these individuals engaged in deception and illegal foreign counter-intelligence, indicating they were spying in the U.S.
A memorandum submitted to the 9/11 Commission indicated that Israeli art students, who were intelligence assets, were strategically located near future hijackers' bases in Florida and New Jersey.

The Israeli government acknowledged the operation and apologized for not coordinating it with Washington.

Unanswered Questions and Government Accountability [25:45]

The American public deserves answers to questions ignored by the 9/11 Commission, including why debris was immediately shipped overseas, the role of the CIA office in Building 7, and the extent of NSA's signals intelligence sharing with foreign governments.
Questions remain about why the FBI's most wanted poster for Osama bin Laden omitted mention of the 9/11 attacks and why only two public videos of the Pentagon crash exist despite heavy surveillance.
The abrupt burial of Osama bin Laden at sea without releasing photos of his body and the lack of substantial wreckage from Flight 93, juxtaposed with the intact passports of hijackers found at the site, are also points of contention.
The transcript suggests that the government's response to 9/11, including measures that suspended constitutional protections and employed illegal warfare tactics, fundamentally altered American society and freedoms.
The series concludes by promising to reveal who profited from 9/11 in the next installment.

As Americans, we need Washington to create a new truly independent commission, one that does not lie and that instead investigates what happened on 9/11 and answers the questions we've posed in this episod