Criminal investigation

Who Knew What When? The New York City Cover-Up…

After the WTC opened in 1973, it took less than twenty years for the owners – the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) – to realize that for the sake of the safety of everyone in the area, by 2007 the WTC would need to be dismantled. The decision to “privatize” the WTC – i.e. to convey that cost and risk to others – was made in 1998. It is highly unlikely that any responsible purchaser – much less an original builder – Larry Silverstein – would be unaware of the fact that the buildings had been condemned. Just over six months before 9/11 a bid was awarded to Vornado, which appears to have overbid by $600 million; their conditional bid with demands was rescinded, and the WTC was sold to Larry Silverstein on 26 April 2001, closing on 24 July 2001. It is beyond the realm of possibility to contemplate that everything that needed to be done to bring down all three buildings on 9/11 2001 was done in forty-seven (47) days.

An operation the size of 9/11 could only have occurred after years of planning, therefore a genuine investigation must start at the beginning.  The WTC was conceived in the euphoria of the post-World War II years, with negotiations beginning during the “Camelot” period of the Kennedy administration; a time of growth and optimism.  Nonetheless, the project was fiercely fought by local businesses and residents.  International trade organizations already had well-established infrastructure and international trade accounted for only a small percentage of the Gross Domestic Product anyway, making it a tough sell to convince the City of New York it needed a new World Trade Center, and the legal fight dragged on for years.