9/11
The Crime and Cover-up of the Ages
September 11, 2026, marks the 25th anniversary of a reprehensible event we must never forget.
After a quarter century, most Americans have long forgotten it or don’t care enough, and are too distracted and too busy to take the time to do their research and double-check the integrity of the so-called ‘official’ story of the 9/11 event.
Today we entirely ignore that 9/11 was indisputably the most fateful tragedy of our time. It was an event from which enormous consequences—almost entirely negative—have flowed.
I still remember where I was when I saw the twin towers fall in New York City. And with my background in engineering and construction methods, I was certain a sophisticated, controlled demolition brought down both towers.
As it turned out, I was witnessing a heinous event destined to result in massive death, destruction, wars, and grand manipulation by those in control.
In February 2026, as part of my ever-expanding series of ‘Brief Books,’ I published “9/11 — The Crime and Cover-up of the Ages.” I wrote that book to help ‘Shake You Awake.’
In this article, I’m providing some excerpts from that book. You can find the book on Amazon by searching “Books by Stephen Geist.”
So, let’s begin with….
The perverse reasons for 9/11
In 1997, a neoconservative think tank called the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was established. Its goal was to project American global dominance into the 21st century.
“Rebuilding America’s Defenses” was a white paper produced by this group in September 2000. Among its many objectives, the document described an American global leadership seeking a permanent role in the Persian Gulf region for security reasons.
The document stated: “The process of transformation, even if it brings about a revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbor.”
The planned attacks on September 11, 2001, gave the neoconservatives within the George W. Bush administration the ‘New Pearl Harbor’ they said was necessary to launch their military invasions of Muslim countries.
The Bush Administration used 9/11 as a ‘false flag event’ to promote the fake “war on terror” and many other nefarious policies it enacted. Check out my Brief Book on Amazon titled, “The Business of War — Deadly, Cruel and Very Profitable.”
The U.S. Government’s ‘official’ story regarding 9/11
The 9/11 Commission investigating the attacks was 100% biased and government-orchestrated. The Commission did not investigate; it merely sat down and wrote the story the government told it.
The truth of the matter: Contrary to the drumbeat we have heard repeatedly about 9/11 for the last 25 years, the Bush/Cheney White House version of 9/11, as presented in the ‘official report,’ is provably false.
A mountain of evidence, facts, documents, witnesses, videos, etc., completely contradicts the big lie of the government’s official story about 9/11. But because of careful media spinning combined with the bizarre and unfounded notion of ‘American exceptionalism’ — along with overwhelming ignorance and gullibility — most Americans still believe Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda were responsible for bringing down the towers on 9/11.
Suspicious activities before and during 9/11
There were countless suspicious events/activities before and during 9/11. I present many of them in my book. But for this article I will offer four:
1. In July 2001, a consortium of investors led by Silverstein Properties — which already owned World Trade Center building 7 — signed a ninety-nine-year lease for the Twin Towers (buildings 1 and 2) plus buildings 4 and 5. This gave Larry Silverstein and his associates incredible insurability and complete access to every inch of the WTC complex at the time.
2. George W. Bush’s cousin (Wint D. Walker, III) and brother (Marvin P. Bush) were acting Chairman and Director of Stratesec Inc. This multinational security company oversaw the World Trade Center, United Airlines, and Dulles International Airport. All three of these “secure” locations were breached on 9/11.
3. In the weeks leading up to the 9/11 event, bomb-sniffing dogs were removed from the Twin Towers. Electrical power went out a few times on some floors and was out the weekend before 9/11.
4. In the year 2000, NORAD scrambled fighter jets 129 times, and in 2001, 67 times. These calls for fighter jets were in response to “unknowns” because pilots had not filed or had diverted from filed flight plans, used the wrong frequency, or for some other abnormality. During the 9/11 event, all four hijacked airliners had turned off their transponders and flew way off course and over the most sensitive airspace in the country for more than 90 minutes. None of these four airplanes were intercepted by fighter jets.
Two significant developments after 9/11
Two significant developments emerged in the early years after 9/11. One was the “9/11 Commission Report” published in 2004. But rather than confronting the mountain of evidence that proved government complicity, the Commission simply presupposed the truth of the government’s theory — a fallacious story that 9/11 was the result of a conspiracy involving Osama bin Laden and other militant Arab Muslims.
One of the most notable omissions in the Commission’s report in 2004 was its failure to address or even mention the collapse of the third building at the World Trade Center on 9/11, known as WTC 7.
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The second significant development after 9/11 was the publication in 2005 of the official report on the destruction of the Twin Towers by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Many scientists pointed out that NIST's explanation of the Twin Towers' collapse ignored several types of evidence and even violated various laws of physics (points I address in my book). NIST’s report also failed to explain the collapse of WTC 7.
The absurdity that fires brought down the Towers
On 9/11, American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower. United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower. Both towers were redundant steel buildings — and both were penetrated by hollow aluminum airplanes.
The ‘official’ story of 9/11 claims that fires from the crashing aircraft deformed the steel on a few floors, causing two 110-story buildings to collapse symmetrically and vertically at virtually free-fall speed into piles of rubble only a few stories high.
Experts opposing the ‘official’ story pointed out that burning airplane jet fuel (kerosene) was not hot enough to melt or distort the integrity of the steel beams and columns — which were the main part of the skeleton of the WTC Twin Towers. Yet, shortly after the plane strikes, both mammoth structures came down in seconds.
In over 100 years of steel-framed buildings, only three have fully collapsed due to fires. All three were part of the World Trade Center complex leased by the same man — and all three collapsed on the same day in 2001.
Evidence that ‘controlled demolition’ brought down the Towers
Only a sophisticated, controlled demolition could achieve what occurred with the collapse of the Twin Towers and WTC 7. It would require carefully placed and timed explosions within the interiors of these three buildings, thereby eliminating the natural resisting effect of the structural framing’s colossal mass. This would then allow the buildings to collapse into free fall — which all three buildings did.
To prepare for such a controlled demolition, you would need the building blueprints and full access to all locations where the detonation charges would be placed weeks or even months in advance.
It’s also interesting to note that jet fuel and office fires burn at a maximum of 1,800° F. But to melt steel, you need temperatures of more than 2,700° F. So, what melted the steel?
Thermite produces heat of about 4,500° F within two seconds. Thermite combined with sulfur creates thermate. Thermate is a high-tech incendiary cutting charge used by the military to cut through steel like a hot knife through butter.
An international panel of scientists reported that ‘reacted’ and ‘unreacted’ nano-thermite was discovered in the debris of the World Trade Center. They offered samples to government agencies and scientists for confirmation. No authorities agreed to examine the evidence.
Mysteries regarding what struck the Pentagon
To this day, no firm conclusion can be drawn from eyewitness testimony regarding what struck the Pentagon on 9/11. The testimony was too diverse, contradictory, illegitimate, and problematic to support the claim that a 757 aircraft hit the Pentagon.
Considering all the obstacles in its flight path, it was inconceivable that a big commercial aircraft the size of a 757 could have come in at the speed and the trajectory described in the government’s official report.
Even with an experienced commercial pilot, a 757 could not have flown the spiraling downward path allegedly taken by Flight 77 and miss hitting a helipad control tower, and highway signage — and then quickly reduce altitude to level out to hit five light posts and strike the lowest level of the Pentagon building while not touching the ground anywhere in the process.
It’s also important to note that the Pentagon had more than eighty surveillance cameras around the premises. But no videos have ever been shown to the public except for one. It showed a few frames where you first see the front of a fuzzy white object. Then, after a few missing frames, you see a couple of frames of an explosion at the building.
The incongruities regarding the alleged hijackers
Within hours of the Twin Towers being pulverized to dust, mainstream media was already reporting that culprits had been identified, accused, and condemned for 9/11. Suddenly, there were pictures on every news outlet of 19 young Saudi Arabian men and Osama bin Laden. But the ‘official’ government story regarding the hijackers on 9/11 melts away upon examination. Three examples:
FBI’s Final List: At least ten of the alleged 19 hijackers on the FBI’s original list were still alive in the Middle East after 9/11. And so, the FBI simply replaced those men with different men.
The Pilots didn’t Squawk: If four planes had been taken over by men breaking into the cockpits, it would seem at least one of the eight pilots of the four flights would have used the standard method for alerting ground control by entering the code (7500) into their transponders to “squawk” a hijack emergency. None of the eight pilots did so.
Flight Training: The alleged hijackers supposedly trained on Cessna 172 airplanes. And apparently, their performance was so poor that even their best individual couldn’t rent a single-engine Cessna because he couldn’t control it at sixty-five knots. A person with limited training and experience could never have flown a large commercial airliner.
The aftermath of 9/11
A month after 9/11, an Act of Congress called the USA Patriot Act was signed into law by George W. Bush. The Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act were already awaiting implementation before 9/11 and were signed into law soon after.
The power play for global influence and control was set up by 9/11 — a new Pearl Harbor. This event made the public hate Islam and think of all Muslims as terrorists. This, in turn, allowed the pursuit of a never-ending war on terrorism, giving rise to organizations like ISIS and similar radical groups.
Why does America have such a difficult time accepting the truth about 9/11?
To continue to ignore the truths about 9/11 uncovered by the many thoughtful, intelligent, and courageous voices worldwide and to continue to believe the absurd ‘official’ story — when there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary — is to sheepishly go along with the corrupt agenda of shadowy, exploitative, psychopathic people who are the true ‘Puppet Masters’ behind the curtain.
The term ‘American Exceptionalism’ relates to our faith in the essential goodness of America and its leaders. It’s the faith that although they may be incompetent, corrupt, and frequently lie, our government leaders would never deliberately commit a horrendous act, especially against their own citizens.
So, one way the Bush administration discouraged the public from ever questioning the official story of 9/11 was to present it as a sacred story. This made questioning it seem unpatriotic and sacrilegious.
The idea that the Bush administration could have orchestrated — or even consciously allowed — the 9/11 attacks was, and still is, so absurd to the gullible American public as to be quickly ruled out. Because of this thinking, no examination of relevant, legitimate evidence was ever considered necessary.
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This article presents only a few of the insidious details of 9/11. I cover many other topics about the events before, during, and after 9/11 in my book. I hope you will consider purchasing it on Amazon, either as a paperback or an E-book.
