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Originally posted by usmc0311
So My question/theory is this; Is it possible that building 7 and other goverment buildings are pre-rigged with explosives to begin with? It almost would make sense to have them wired in case of an emergency where they had to pull out fast and did not have time to steralize sensitive material. I wouldn't put it past the gov. to put such precautions in place. If this were true then how many buildings are there out there that are laden with explosives?
Anyway just a thought that has been rolling through my head. Any Ideas?
Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by usmc0311
In so far as sensitive materials, I am not aware of any explosive materials that could ensure that everything you want to protect would be destroyed beyond all possible recovery.
If you were going to spend weeks and weeks, then why plant explosives? Just spend the same time and effort moving or destroying the sensitive material.
Thermite mixed with c4 comes to mind when I think of this.
I mean would they plant them initially upon building or occupying the structure for a just in case type scenario.
Sort of in the same manner that we used to keep thremite grenades strapped to our radios in our vehicles in the military in case we had to abandon them.
Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by usmc0311
These buildings were constructed by super secret government ninjas, they were built by every day working people who would throw a fit if they found out that they were working in a building that was loaded with explosives. Not to mention a million other reasons.
Do you think that a builder could really ask questions about what type of filler goes in what cavities?
If you were constructing a building with normal works would you have an explosives expert ninja from the gov doing after the works been finished or just grab a construction worker and hand him a few hundred kilos of C4 to place randomly?
come on
If you were constructing a building with normal works would you have an explosives expert ninja from the gov doing after the works been finished or just grab a construction worker and hand him a few hundred kilos of C4 to place randomly?
Report: CIA Lost Office In WTC
A secret office operated by the CIA was destroyed in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, seriously disrupting intelligence operations.
The undercover station was in 7 World Trade Center, a smaller office tower that fell several hours after the collapse of the twin towers on Sept. 11, a U.S. government official said.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that immediately after the attack, a special CIA team scoured the rubble in search of secret documents and intelligence reports stored in the station, either on paper or in computers. It was not known whether the efforts were successful.
A CIA spokesman declined to comment on the existence of the office, which was first reported in Sunday's editions of The New York Times.
The New York station was behind the false front of another federal organization, which the Times did not identify. The station was a base of operations to spy on and recruit foreign diplomats stationed at the United Nations, while debriefing selected American business executives and others willing to talk to the CIA after returning from overseas.
The agency's officers in New York often work undercover, posing as diplomats and business executives, among other things. They have been deeply involved in counter-terrorism efforts in the New York area, working jointly with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies.
The CIA's main New York office was unaffected by the attacks, but agents have been sharing space at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and have borrowed other federal government offices in the city.
The agency is prohibited from conducting domestic espionage operations against Americans, but it maintains stations in a number of major United States cities, where CIA case officers try to meet and recruit students and other foreigners to return to their countries and spy for the United States.
The New York station was believed to have been the largest and most important CIA domestic station outside the Washington area.