Opinion and observation on a world gone crazy

Joe Gill, journalist and game inventor from Brighton, UK

Wednesday 23 June 2010

Too much information!

You know those crime stories where police investigate a suspicious death and discover that somebody very close to the deceased, usually a spouse, had taken out an insurance policy prior to the death. This usually leads to a police investigation and murder charges. The insurance claim is the focus of suspicion and a key piece of evidence in the case against the partner of the deceased.

Now Larry Silverstein took out an insurance policy one month before the World Trade Centre was hit by two planes and collapsed. To be exact, three buildings collapsed, of which only two were hit by planes. Building 7 or WTC 7 collapsed just as if it had been demolished in a controlled explosion. Silverstein was seen by a number of witnesses to have called his insurer on the morning of 9/11 to ask if he could authorise the demolition of the building because allegedly it was in danger of collapsing due to fire. This was widely reported. The building fell soon afterward. Why would he have asked such a question unless the building was already rigged to be demolished? It takes at least 8 days to lay charges for a demolition. And if it was rigged to be demolishedd, which the phone call would strongly suggest, why do mainstream media channels like Fox, which have reported Mr Silverstein's phone call, not ask him about this? Was WTC 7 rigged with explosives for demolition, Mr Silverstein? And if so, why?
It's nearly a decade since this all happened. All the most compelling questions around these events are unearthed by following the money. And we are talking about a great deal of money. Silverstein collected $4.5 billion insurance money on a lease of only $145 million (for which he was repaid - so effectively he made $4.5 billion on an investment of nothing)! Silverstein did not actually own the building. Imagine that! Since then Lucky Larry has made several subsequent insurance claims for damages caused by 9/11. The World Trade Centre is a honey pot that just keeps giving. Surely that alone is cause for investigation, since the claim was for an event that killed 3000 people.

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