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

The U.S. government's actions following the 9/11 attacks, including suppressing evidence and avoiding a thorough investigation, created an environment ripe for conspiracy theories, many of which raise legitimate questions about official narratives.

• Official explanations for WTC 7's collapse are widely questioned, with evidence suggesting controlled demolition.

• Critical debris from the attack sites was rapidly removed and shipped overseas, impeding forensic investigation.

• Significant financial market activity and foreign intelligence foreknowledge of 9/11 raise unanswered questions about the official narrative.

Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. government's response, characterized by the suppression of video evidence, rapid removal of rubble, and a lack of transparency, fueled numerous unanswered questions and conspiracy theories. The official narrative, particularly regarding the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 and foreknowledge of the attacks, is challenged by significant inconsistencies and a perceived unwillingness of investigative bodies to address critical evidence and witness accounts. This has led to calls for a new, independent commission to re-examine the events.

The WTC 7 Collapse Mystery

• 00:01:47 World Trade Center Building No. 7, a 47-story steel-frame high-rise, collapsed at 5:20 p.m. on 9/11, yet its collapse is almost entirely unaddressed in the 577-page 9/11 Commission Report. The official explanation from NIST attributes the collapse to thermal expansion of steel beams due to uncontrolled fires, leading to a progressive collapse; however, video evidence shows a symmetrical freefall, and numerous similar steel-frame buildings have withstood far more extensive fires without collapsing. An independent study by Professor Leroy Hulsey concluded that office fires could not have caused such a collapse, suggesting controlled demolition as the only plausible explanation, despite challenges to the 'all at once' video footage and NIST's counter-arguments regarding thermite and blast noises.

Missing Rubble & Evidence

• 00:04:56 Immediately after the attacks, debris from the World Trade Center was rapidly removed and shipped overseas, primarily to Asia, making it nearly impossible for engineers to thoroughly investigate why and how the buildings collapsed. A New York Times article reported that an 'unknown number of steel columns' were sent to mills without examination, hindering efforts to answer monumental questions about the buildings' failure. Investigations by FEMA and NIST, which relied on volunteers and congressional funding respectively, faced limitations due to the lack of intact debris, with some samples later found to contain highly energetic thermitic material, suggesting the presence of explosive compounds, though NIST discounted thermite as a plausible demolition agent.

Suspicious Stock Trades

• 00:15:38 The 9/11 Commission Report buried a footnote revealing a surge in put options against United Airlines on September 6th and American Airlines on September 10th, indicating foreknowledge of the attacks. A single U.S.-based institutional investor made 95% of the trades against United Airlines, whose identity the U.S. government refuses to disclose, despite the FBI deeming the trades 'innocuous.' Researchers have since found these trading volumes to be statistically significant, along with surges in put options against British Airways, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch, as well as gold and oil call options, raising questions about who knew the attacks were coming besides Al-Qaeda operatives.

Foreknowledge & NSA Secrecy

• 00:17:09 Significant evidence suggests that foreign intelligence agencies, including those of France, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, likely had detailed prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. The NSA, despite being the largest American intelligence agency and responsible for monitoring Al-Qaeda communications, withheld raw signals intelligence from the CIA, while reportedly sharing it with foreign governments. This lack of transparency, combined with the 9/11 Commission's limited investigation into the NSA's files, raises serious concerns about what information was intentionally concealed. Furthermore, a group of Israeli nationals were seen celebrating the WTC attacks and were later found to have box cutters, multiple passports, cash, and photos of themselves with the burning towers, and some Israeli 'art students' were strategically located near future hijackers.