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Originally posted by Griff
I said he has a very big vested interest. If not, why is he not releasing his structural documentation and would only do so to NIST under subpoena?
Originally posted by Seymour Butz
3-If I'm correct, why are you pursueing this line of questioning yet AGAIN when you already have the answer?
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Originally posted by Seymour Butz
1- What vested interest could Robertson have by lying whether or not he did the plane calcs at 180 mph or at 600 mph?
A white paper on the structure of the Twin Towers carried out by the firm of Worthington, Skilling, Helle & Jackson contained eleven numbered points, including:
3. The buildings have been investigated and found to be safe in an assumed collision with a large jet airliner (Boeing 707-DC 8) traveling at 600 miles per hour. Analysis indicates that such collision would result in only local damage which could not cause collapse or substantial damage to the building and would not endanger the lives and safety of occupants not in the immediate area of impact.
--City in the Sky, p 131
Originally posted by bsbray11
Robertson's firm did not do those calculations. It was another engineering firm that was working on the towers, and they even published their results in the 1960's as the towers were being constructed.
Originally posted by Griff
I could be wrong, but I've asked you to prove what you say before and I still haven't seen a law quoted where it states that when a building collapses, the owner and/or architect/engineer can claim personal property on documents.
Originally posted by Seymour Butz
My question to Griff was what would ROBERTSON have to gain by lying about whether he did the 180 mph calc or the 600 mph calc because he was implying that Robertson has something to hide (vested interest) by when he says that he only did the 180 mph calc.
Originally posted by Seymour Butz
What's the diff between buying a car from Toyota, or some plans from your firm?
There's none. Once they're paid for, they are the personal property of the person doing the paying. If you're not sure about your 5th Amendment rights, I suggest you look into it at this time, before you ask any more stupid questions.
We've also agreed that the plans being personal property doesn't mean that the PA/Silverstein can refuse to give up custody of said docs. To do so would be contempt, IMHO. They did in fact give up those docs though.
Originally posted by Griff
First, don't put words in my mouth. I never said he was lying.
I said he has a vested interest in making it known it wasn't his firm that did that study.
Or why would he "snap" back that it wasn't his firm?
Originally posted by Griff
If those plans are useful in any type of investigation, they don't even need to be bought. Especially if the public owns (through the governor that thry elected) those plans.
Stupid questions eh?
Under subpoena.
Originally posted by Seymour Butz
3- Prove it. How do you know whether or not they gave up the plans willingly to NIST? We're in agreement that they MUST give them up under a subpeona order, but do you have any facts that it actually went this far?
Under the National Construction Safety Team Act, NIST was granted subpoena authority. NIST’s experience during the investigation was that it was able to obtain all essential documentary and visual evidence without the need to invoke subpoena authority. The existence of subpoena authority was helpful to NIST in getting access to data.