Re: The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7: Why the
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Chapter Six
1 NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 693
2 Ibid., 709.
3 Ibid., 694
4 Ibid., 357.
5 This video can be seen at Daily Newscaster (www.dailynewscaster.com/2008/11/03/ newly-discovered-footage-of-building- seven-and-north-tower-collapse) and YouTube (www.youtube.coml watch?v=G5UM9q7 cj7I).
6 Demarco's statement is quoted in Chris Bull and Sam Erman, eds., At Ground Zero: Young Reporters Who were There Tell Their Stories (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002), 97.
7 This unnamed medical student can be seen making this statement in the film 911 Eyewitness (video.google.com/videosearch?q=911+ eyewitness&emb=0&aq=0&oq=911+eyew#), #2 of 3, at 31 :30.
8 NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 614.
9 James Gourley, "Public Comments on WTC 7 Draft Reports," September 15, 2008 (wtc.nist.gov/comments08/jamesGourleywtc7comments.pdf).
10 Bartmer's statement is quoted in Paul Joseph Watson, "NYPD Officer Heard Building 7 Bombs," Prison Planet, February 10, 2007 (www.prisonplanet.com/ articles/february2007/100207heardbombs.htm). Part of Bartmer's statement can be seen in the documentary Loose Change Final Cut.
11 This statement can be seen in the film 911 Eyewitness at 31:30.
12 "Seven Is Exploding" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=58h0LjdMry0).
13 NIST NCSTAR 1A: 28.
14 Letter to NIST from Michael Smith (wtc.nist.gov/comments08/michaelSmithwtc7comments.pdf).
15 Ibid. (quoting NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 615).
16 Ibid.
17 NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 694.
18 Ibid., 614-15.
19 Earl Staelin, Comments on NIST Draft Report on WTC 7, September 11, 2008 (wtc.nist.gov/comments08/earlStaelinwtc7comments.pdf).
20 This incident is pointed our by Jim Hoffman in "Frequently Asked Questions: Controlled Demolition," 9-11 Research (911 research.wtc7.net/ faq/demolition.html#ref1).
21 Ibid.
22 NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 614.
23 "Questions and Answers about the NIST WTC 7 Investigation," NIST, updated April 21, 2009 (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/ factsheet/wtc_qa_082108.html). Sunder had given a longer version of this argument in "WTC 7 Technical Briefing," NIST, August 26, 2008 (event.on 24.com/eventRegistration/ EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=118145), at 2:28.
24 "Complex Question" (www.lich-mc.com/vietnam/complexquestion.htm).
25 Skeptosis (pseudonym), Letter to NIST, September 15, 2008 (wtc.nist.gov/comments08/skeptosiswtc7comments.pdf). This comment can also be read in "Two Comments re: NIST's draft of NCSTAR 1A," which is posted at a blog by Skeptosis, "Missing Steel" (missingsteel.blogspot.com).
26 Ibid.
27 "Questions and Answers about the NIST WTC 7 Investigation," updated April 21, 2009.
28 "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," NIST, August 30, 2006 (wtc.nist.gov/pubs/ factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm).
29 Email letter, December 30, 2008.
30 Ibid.
31 See Jan A. Puszynski, Christopher J. Bulian, and Jacek J. Swiatkiewicz, "Processing and Ignition Characteristics of Aluminum-Bismuth Trioxide Nanothermite System," Journal of Propulsion and Power 23.4 (July-August 2007) (pdf.aiaa.org/jaPreview/JPP/2007/PVJA24915.pdf), the abstract for which says: "During the past few years, significant progress has been made in the development of new nanoenergetic materials consisting of mixtures of metal and oxidizer nanopowders. It has been found that such reacting mixtures release energy by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude faster than similar systems consisting of micron-size reactants. In some cases, combustion-front velocities reach hundreds of meters per second."
32 For this section, I am heavily indebted to Kevin Ryan, "The Top Ten Connections between NIST and Nano-Thermites," Journal of 9/11 Studies 22 (July 2008) (www.journalof911studies.com/volume/2008/ Ryan_NIST _and_Nano-l. pdf).
33 Battelle web page for Nanomaterials/Nanotechnology (under "Advanced Materials" under "Solutions") says: "Battelle specializes in nanocomposites solutions for every application-from electronics to health sciences, coatings to telecommunications, transportation to energy" (www.battelle.org/solutions/?Nav _Area=Solution&Nav _SectionID=1&Nav _C atID=1_NanomaterialsNanotechnology).
34 "Special Issue: Nanotechnology," Amptiac Quarterly 6.1 (2002) (www.p2pays.org/ref/15/14610.pdf). Amptiac is published by the DOD Information Analysis Center. The ten essays in this special issue were intended to provide "a snapshot of what the DOD is doing to utilize nanotechnology and nanomaterials in practical terms."
35 "Biography: Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.," National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/bement/bement_bio. jsp).
36 "Speech by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Technologies for the Warfighter and Industry," March 18, 2002 (www.nist.gov/speeches/bement_031802.htm).
37 A list of Michael Zachariah's scientific publications, including the papers co-authored with Hratch Semerjian, is available on the internet (www.enme umd.edu/facstaff/fac-profiles/zachariah.html).
38 "Hratch G. Semerjian, Chief Scientist," NIST, Office of the Director (www.nist.gov/director/bios/semerjian.htm).
39 See "Remarks by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, World Trade Center Investigation Report Press Briefing, June 23, 2005 (wtc.nist.gov/pubslsemerjian_remarks_62305.htm).
40 "The Journal Talks with NIST Director William Jeffrey," JOM: Journal of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society 57.10 (October 2005) (findarticles. com/p/articles/mi_qa5348/is_/ai_n21380892?tag=artBody;col1).
41 "William Jeffrey Leads Cutting-Edge Technologies at NIST, Garners ISA's Highest Honor," InTech, August 2006 (www.isa.org/ InTechTemplate.cfm?Section=article_index1&template=/ContentManagement/ ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=63200).
42 "Testimony of Dr. James M. Turner, Acting Director, NIST, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Innovation, United States Senate," March 11, 2008 (74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:JZTnjECdoAAJ:www.nist.gov/director/ocla/jt urner%2520senate%2520cst%2520subc%2520sti%2520nist%2520fy09.pdf+ James+Turner,+NIST&hl=en&er=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=safari).
43 "NIST's Investigation of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center Disaster," NIST and the World Trade Center Fact Sheet (wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets. faqs.htm).
44 See Alexander M. Telengator, Stephen B. Margolis, and Forman A. Williams, "Ignition Analysis of a Porous Energetic Material," Sandia National Laboratories, April 1998 (http://74.125.95.132/search?g=cache:xxvQUpXHPrwJ: www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/32 572 8-w2gJX0/webviewable/325728. pdf+Ignition+Analysis+of+a+Porous+Energetic+Material+- II.+Ignition+at+a+Closed+Heated+End,&hl=en &ct=clnk&cd= 1&gl=us&clien t=safari); S. B. Margolis and F. A. Williams, "Effect of Gas-phase Thermal Expansion on Stability of Deflagrations in Porous Energetic Materials," International Journal of Multiphase Flow 22 (1996): 69-91; Stephen B. Margolis and Forman A. Williams, "Structure and Stability of Deflagrations in Porous Energetic Materials," Sandia National Laboratories, March 1999 (www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/751 013-HygMT7/webviewable/751013.pdf).
45 T. M. Tillotson et al., "Sol-Gel Processing of Energetic Materials," Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 225.1 (1998), 358-63; preprint available at www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/65359 ... 653598.pdf (the acknowledgment says: "This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory"); A. E. Gash et al., "Making Nanostructured Pyrotechnics in a Beaker," Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), preprint, April 10, 2000 (nsdl.org/resource/2200/20061005073045187T); A. E. Gash et al., "Energetic Nanocomposites with Sol-Gel Chemistry: Synthesis, Safety, and Characterization," LLNL, June 5, 2002 (https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/244137.pdf).
46 T. M. Tillotson et al., "Nanostructure High Explosives Using Sol-gel Chemistry," Laboratory Directed Research and Development, Annual Report, LLNL, 1999 (https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/238334.pdf), 8-11 (meaning page 11 of section 8).
47 "Nanotechnology How To Guide from NIST and NASA Shows Technique for Measuring Carbon Nanotubes," Azonanotechology (www.azonano.com/News.asp?NewslD=6264O).
48 "Memorandum of Understanding between the National Institute of Standatds and Technology and the University of Maryland, College Park for the Development of a Cooperative Program in Nano-Metrology and Nano- Manufacturing," NIST, 2003 (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/ releases/univmdnanomou.htm).
49 Co-Laboratory for Nanoparticle Based Manufacturing and Metrology, between the University of Maryland, College Park, and NIST (www.nanowerk. com/nanotechnology/labs/Co- Laboratory _for_NanoParticle_Based_Manuf acturing_and_Metrology.html).
50 "Center for Nano Manufacturing and Metrology," University of Maryland, 2005 (www.enme.umd.edu/cnmm).
51 "Nano at NIST: Recent Nanotechnology Accomplishments," NIST, 2008 (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/n ... shment0708. htm).
52 NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (cnst.nist.gov).
53 "Introducing the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology" (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/C ... tsheet.htm ).
54 See "911 Eyewitness: Huge Steel Sections Ejected More than 600 Feet" (video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1807467434260776490) and the photo at www.reservoir.com/extra/wtc/wtc-small.1057.jpg. The images are also contained in 9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions and Loose Change Final Cut (www.loosechange911.com).
55 Stated at Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (www.ae911truth.org/profile.php?uid=998819).
56 Dunbar and Reagan, eds., Debunking 9/11 Myths, 53.
57 Interim Report on WTC 7: L-18.
58 NIST NCSTAR 1A: 16.
1 NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 693
2 Ibid., 709.
3 Ibid., 694
4 Ibid., 357.
5 This video can be seen at Daily Newscaster (www.dailynewscaster.com/2008/11/03/ newly-discovered-footage-of-building- seven-and-north-tower-collapse) and YouTube (www.youtube.coml watch?v=G5UM9q7 cj7I).
6 Demarco's statement is quoted in Chris Bull and Sam Erman, eds., At Ground Zero: Young Reporters Who were There Tell Their Stories (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002), 97.
7 This unnamed medical student can be seen making this statement in the film 911 Eyewitness (video.google.com/videosearch?q=911+ eyewitness&emb=0&aq=0&oq=911+eyew#), #2 of 3, at 31 :30.
8 NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 614.
9 James Gourley, "Public Comments on WTC 7 Draft Reports," September 15, 2008 (wtc.nist.gov/comments08/jamesGourleywtc7comments.pdf).
10 Bartmer's statement is quoted in Paul Joseph Watson, "NYPD Officer Heard Building 7 Bombs," Prison Planet, February 10, 2007 (www.prisonplanet.com/ articles/february2007/100207heardbombs.htm). Part of Bartmer's statement can be seen in the documentary Loose Change Final Cut.
11 This statement can be seen in the film 911 Eyewitness at 31:30.
12 "Seven Is Exploding" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=58h0LjdMry0).
13 NIST NCSTAR 1A: 28.
14 Letter to NIST from Michael Smith (wtc.nist.gov/comments08/michaelSmithwtc7comments.pdf).
15 Ibid. (quoting NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 615).
16 Ibid.
17 NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 694.
18 Ibid., 614-15.
19 Earl Staelin, Comments on NIST Draft Report on WTC 7, September 11, 2008 (wtc.nist.gov/comments08/earlStaelinwtc7comments.pdf).
20 This incident is pointed our by Jim Hoffman in "Frequently Asked Questions: Controlled Demolition," 9-11 Research (911 research.wtc7.net/ faq/demolition.html#ref1).
21 Ibid.
22 NIST NCSTAR 1-9: 614.
23 "Questions and Answers about the NIST WTC 7 Investigation," NIST, updated April 21, 2009 (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/ factsheet/wtc_qa_082108.html). Sunder had given a longer version of this argument in "WTC 7 Technical Briefing," NIST, August 26, 2008 (event.on 24.com/eventRegistration/ EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=118145), at 2:28.
24 "Complex Question" (www.lich-mc.com/vietnam/complexquestion.htm).
25 Skeptosis (pseudonym), Letter to NIST, September 15, 2008 (wtc.nist.gov/comments08/skeptosiswtc7comments.pdf). This comment can also be read in "Two Comments re: NIST's draft of NCSTAR 1A," which is posted at a blog by Skeptosis, "Missing Steel" (missingsteel.blogspot.com).
26 Ibid.
27 "Questions and Answers about the NIST WTC 7 Investigation," updated April 21, 2009.
28 "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions," NIST, August 30, 2006 (wtc.nist.gov/pubs/ factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm).
29 Email letter, December 30, 2008.
30 Ibid.
31 See Jan A. Puszynski, Christopher J. Bulian, and Jacek J. Swiatkiewicz, "Processing and Ignition Characteristics of Aluminum-Bismuth Trioxide Nanothermite System," Journal of Propulsion and Power 23.4 (July-August 2007) (pdf.aiaa.org/jaPreview/JPP/2007/PVJA24915.pdf), the abstract for which says: "During the past few years, significant progress has been made in the development of new nanoenergetic materials consisting of mixtures of metal and oxidizer nanopowders. It has been found that such reacting mixtures release energy by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude faster than similar systems consisting of micron-size reactants. In some cases, combustion-front velocities reach hundreds of meters per second."
32 For this section, I am heavily indebted to Kevin Ryan, "The Top Ten Connections between NIST and Nano-Thermites," Journal of 9/11 Studies 22 (July 2008) (www.journalof911studies.com/volume/2008/ Ryan_NIST _and_Nano-l. pdf).
33 Battelle web page for Nanomaterials/Nanotechnology (under "Advanced Materials" under "Solutions") says: "Battelle specializes in nanocomposites solutions for every application-from electronics to health sciences, coatings to telecommunications, transportation to energy" (www.battelle.org/solutions/?Nav _Area=Solution&Nav _SectionID=1&Nav _C atID=1_NanomaterialsNanotechnology).
34 "Special Issue: Nanotechnology," Amptiac Quarterly 6.1 (2002) (www.p2pays.org/ref/15/14610.pdf). Amptiac is published by the DOD Information Analysis Center. The ten essays in this special issue were intended to provide "a snapshot of what the DOD is doing to utilize nanotechnology and nanomaterials in practical terms."
35 "Biography: Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.," National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/bement/bement_bio. jsp).
36 "Speech by Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Technologies for the Warfighter and Industry," March 18, 2002 (www.nist.gov/speeches/bement_031802.htm).
37 A list of Michael Zachariah's scientific publications, including the papers co-authored with Hratch Semerjian, is available on the internet (www.enme umd.edu/facstaff/fac-profiles/zachariah.html).
38 "Hratch G. Semerjian, Chief Scientist," NIST, Office of the Director (www.nist.gov/director/bios/semerjian.htm).
39 See "Remarks by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, World Trade Center Investigation Report Press Briefing, June 23, 2005 (wtc.nist.gov/pubslsemerjian_remarks_62305.htm).
40 "The Journal Talks with NIST Director William Jeffrey," JOM: Journal of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society 57.10 (October 2005) (findarticles. com/p/articles/mi_qa5348/is_/ai_n21380892?tag=artBody;col1).
41 "William Jeffrey Leads Cutting-Edge Technologies at NIST, Garners ISA's Highest Honor," InTech, August 2006 (www.isa.org/ InTechTemplate.cfm?Section=article_index1&template=/ContentManagement/ ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=63200).
42 "Testimony of Dr. James M. Turner, Acting Director, NIST, Before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Innovation, United States Senate," March 11, 2008 (74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:JZTnjECdoAAJ:www.nist.gov/director/ocla/jt urner%2520senate%2520cst%2520subc%2520sti%2520nist%2520fy09.pdf+ James+Turner,+NIST&hl=en&er=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=safari).
43 "NIST's Investigation of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center Disaster," NIST and the World Trade Center Fact Sheet (wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets. faqs.htm).
44 See Alexander M. Telengator, Stephen B. Margolis, and Forman A. Williams, "Ignition Analysis of a Porous Energetic Material," Sandia National Laboratories, April 1998 (http://74.125.95.132/search?g=cache:xxvQUpXHPrwJ: www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/32 572 8-w2gJX0/webviewable/325728. pdf+Ignition+Analysis+of+a+Porous+Energetic+Material+- II.+Ignition+at+a+Closed+Heated+End,&hl=en &ct=clnk&cd= 1&gl=us&clien t=safari); S. B. Margolis and F. A. Williams, "Effect of Gas-phase Thermal Expansion on Stability of Deflagrations in Porous Energetic Materials," International Journal of Multiphase Flow 22 (1996): 69-91; Stephen B. Margolis and Forman A. Williams, "Structure and Stability of Deflagrations in Porous Energetic Materials," Sandia National Laboratories, March 1999 (www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/751 013-HygMT7/webviewable/751013.pdf).
45 T. M. Tillotson et al., "Sol-Gel Processing of Energetic Materials," Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 225.1 (1998), 358-63; preprint available at www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/65359 ... 653598.pdf (the acknowledgment says: "This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory"); A. E. Gash et al., "Making Nanostructured Pyrotechnics in a Beaker," Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), preprint, April 10, 2000 (nsdl.org/resource/2200/20061005073045187T); A. E. Gash et al., "Energetic Nanocomposites with Sol-Gel Chemistry: Synthesis, Safety, and Characterization," LLNL, June 5, 2002 (https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/244137.pdf).
46 T. M. Tillotson et al., "Nanostructure High Explosives Using Sol-gel Chemistry," Laboratory Directed Research and Development, Annual Report, LLNL, 1999 (https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/238334.pdf), 8-11 (meaning page 11 of section 8).
47 "Nanotechnology How To Guide from NIST and NASA Shows Technique for Measuring Carbon Nanotubes," Azonanotechology (www.azonano.com/News.asp?NewslD=6264O).
48 "Memorandum of Understanding between the National Institute of Standatds and Technology and the University of Maryland, College Park for the Development of a Cooperative Program in Nano-Metrology and Nano- Manufacturing," NIST, 2003 (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/ releases/univmdnanomou.htm).
49 Co-Laboratory for Nanoparticle Based Manufacturing and Metrology, between the University of Maryland, College Park, and NIST (www.nanowerk. com/nanotechnology/labs/Co- Laboratory _for_NanoParticle_Based_Manuf acturing_and_Metrology.html).
50 "Center for Nano Manufacturing and Metrology," University of Maryland, 2005 (www.enme.umd.edu/cnmm).
51 "Nano at NIST: Recent Nanotechnology Accomplishments," NIST, 2008 (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/n ... shment0708. htm).
52 NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (cnst.nist.gov).
53 "Introducing the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology" (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/C ... tsheet.htm ).
54 See "911 Eyewitness: Huge Steel Sections Ejected More than 600 Feet" (video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1807467434260776490) and the photo at www.reservoir.com/extra/wtc/wtc-small.1057.jpg. The images are also contained in 9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions and Loose Change Final Cut (www.loosechange911.com).
55 Stated at Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (www.ae911truth.org/profile.php?uid=998819).
56 Dunbar and Reagan, eds., Debunking 9/11 Myths, 53.
57 Interim Report on WTC 7: L-18.
58 NIST NCSTAR 1A: 16.