The 9/11 Files: From Cover-up to Conspiracy | Ep 4 (Part 4 of 5)

From the mysterious collapse of Tower 7 to reports of explosive residue in the rubble, the official 9/11 story leaves more questions than answers. Why did some reporters announce attacks before they happened? How did foreign governments know more than U.S. intelligence? And who profited from airline stock trades right before the attacks? We uncover the strange facts, hidden intelligence, and unanswered questions that demand a new investigation into 9/11.

We’ve centralized all the evidence, key players, and timeline into this Watch Companion: www.tuckercarlson.com/the-911-files-watch-companion-ep-4.
Aspects of the 9/11 attacks, such as foreign foreknowledge of the attacks and irregularities surrounding the collapse of WTC 7, have been neglected in official discussions of the attack. This neglect has allowed many conspiracy theories to gain traction. Episode 4 examines these subjects rationally, eschewing both conspiracy theories and official narratives to analyze what we truly know about them. Part four of our series, The 9/11 Files: From Cover-up to Conspiracy, outlines it all.

Key Figures to Reference
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Michael Scheuer
CIA officer, chief of the Bin Laden Unit (Alec Station, 1995–1999). In this episode, Scheuer discusses how the National Security Agency would intercept calls from Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and refuse to share the intelligence with his unit, while sharing the information with foreign countries such as Israel and Saudi Arabia.

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Barry Jennings
Deputy Director of the Emergency Services Department for NYC at the time of 9/11 and an eyewitness to the collapse of WTC 7. Jennings reported that he heard explosions during the collapse of the building.

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Benjamin Netanyahu
Longest serving Prime Minister of Israel (1996-1999, 2009-2021, 2022-Present). Netanyahu commented that the attack was “very good” the day after 9/11, as he believed that the attack would lead to greater U.S. sympathy for Israel. Netanyahu advocated for regime change in Iraq ahead of the Iraq War, and more recently took credit for the overthrow of Syria’s secular president, Bashar al-Assad, and the rise to power in Syria of a former leader of Al Qaeda, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in 2024. Netanyahu currently favors U.S. action against Iran.

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FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA conducted a study on the WTC 7 collapse, putting forward the theory that it was caused by fire. The report did acknowledge that there is “little, if any, record of fire-induced collapse of large fire-protected steel buildings.”

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NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology. This investigative agency wrote its own report on the WTC 7 collapse and attributed it to heat caused by a fire in the building.

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UAF Study
Study conducted by Ph.D. structural engineers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks into the collapse of WTC 7; established that an office fire could not have caused the collapse.

Timeline of Events
Sept 6–10, 2001
Surge in “put options” against airlines
In the days leading up to September 11th, many “put options,” which enable one to bet against a company in the stock market, were made against the airlines whose planes would be hijacked on 9/11. This indicates possible foreknowledge of attacks; while the FBI labels these trades as “innocuous,” they raise questions about insider activity.

Sept 11, 2001, 8:46 am
Plane Hits North Tower
American Airlines Flight 11 hits the North Tower, also known as WTC 1, between floors 93 and 99.

Sept 11, 2001, 9:03 am
Plane Hits South Tower
The second of the Twin Towers, WTC 2, is hit by United Airlines Flight 175, between floors 77 and 85.

Sept 11, 2001, 9:59 am
South Tower Collapses
The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

Sept 11, 2001,10:28 am
The North Tower Collapses
Debris from the collapse of the building damaged the surrounding buildings, including WTC 7, a building in the World Trade Center complex that was not adjacent to the Twin Towers.

Sept 11, 2001, 5:20 pm
Collapse of WTC 7
WTC 7 collapses, and eyewitnesses, including Barry Jennings, report hearing explosions and witnessing a symmetrical collapse of the building, contradicting the NIST’s later narrative of a progressive collapse.

Sept 11, 2001
Arrest of Israeli Nationals Celebrating Attacks
Israeli nationals are witnessed filming the attacks and appearing to celebrate. They are later detained by the FBI and deported after several months. FBI investigations reveal multiple passports and a large amount of cash, raising the question of whether foreign intelligence services had foreknowledge of the attacks.

Sept 12, 2001
Media Inquiries About Rubble
The public notices that debris is immediately shipped away from the site, including overseas, which limits the forensic investigation into the collapse of the towers.

Sept 12, 2001
Benjamin Netanyahu Comments
Current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially replies “It’s very good” when asked about the impact of 9/11 on U.S.-Israeli relations, and clarified that he believes it will create greater U.S. sympathy for Israel.

2009
Analysis of Dust and Debris Samples
Scientific testing finds “thermitic material,” suggesting explosives were present in WTC debris.

2020
University of Alaska Fairbanks Study
A team of Ph.D. structural engineers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks completes a study shedding doubt on the scientific possibility of the official narrative of the collapse of WTC 7.

Sources Cited
FEMA Report on the collapse of WTC 7 - The official FEMA report on the collapse of WTC 7, which admits the unusual circumstances of the collapse, stating that “prior to September 11, 2001, there was little, if any, record of fire-induced collapse of large fire-protected steel buildings.” The report also lists the tenants, including the offices of the CIA, the Department of Defense, the Office of Emergency Management, and the New York branch of the Secret Service.

New York Times article on disposal of steel - An article from 2002, which notes that an unknown number of steel columns from the Twin Towers had been taken away to mills as far as Asia without any forensic study being conducted, and that the steel examined by volunteers in a New Jersey scrapyard showed signs of melting, despite no fire in any of buildings having been believed to have been hot enough to melt steel outright.

NIST Report on the collapse of WTC 7 - The official report of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which put forward the theory that WTC 7 collapsed due to the thermal expansion of steel beams, caused by a fire in the office, followed by a progressive collapse of the building. However, this theory is contradicted by video evidence and by the temperatures at which an office fire would have heated the interior of the building.

UAF Report on the collapse of WTC 7 - A report published in 2020, by a team of Ph.D. structural engineers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which determined that an office fire could not have caused enough heat to cause WTC 7 to collapse, and evidence points to the near-simultaneous collapse of the columns in the building.

Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe - An academic paper published in 2009 about the presence of materials associated with explosives in dust from 9/11.

The 9/11 Commission Report - The government’s official account of the causes of 9/11, which admits that suspicious put options were made against American Airlines and United Airlines ahead of 9/11. The report notes that a “single U.S.-based institutional investor” made 95% of the puts against United Airlines.

CBS News Report into French Foreknowledge of 9/11 - A report which indicates that French intelligence knew of a hijacking plot targeting an American airliner as early as January of 2001, and notified the CIA of this.

New York Times report on the responses of Israeli leaders to 9/11 - This report, published the day after the 9/11 attacks, asked both Israeli and Palestinian leaders about the terror attack. Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Israeli Prime Minister, initially responded, “It’s very good,” when asked about the impact of 9/11 on U.S.-Israeli relations.

FBI Documents on the “Dancing Israelis” - An FBI Report looking into the Israeli nationals caught close to the attack who were filming and appearing to celebrate it. The arrested Israelis were carrying box cutters, multiple passports, thousands of dollars in cash, and photos of themselves smiling with the Twin Towers burning in the background. The FBI documents note that they were likely involved in “foreign counter-intelligence.”

Memorandum to the 9/11 Commission on Israeli Surveillance of the Future Hijackers - A memorandum written to the 9/11 Commission by international corporate lawyer Gerald Shea detailing the surveillance of the future hijackers by Israeli intelligence in the United States.

Forward report of Israeli Espionage Prior to 9/11 - An article in Forward, an American-Jewish publication, confirms surveillance of both the 9/11 attacks and of the hijackers in the lead-up to the attacks by Israeli intelligence.

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