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INDEX
A
Abel, Jennifer, 73
Actors and Artists for 9/11 Truth, 260
Afghanistan war, xi, 7, 259
Al-Qaeda, xi, 3, 4, 5, 8, 255-56, 257, 259
Altman, Lawrence, 278n23
Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth,
5, 8, 259
Arterburn, Tom, 36
Astaneh-Asl, Abolhassan, 47-48, 50, 51,
199, 246, 247
Atta, Mohamed, 256, 257
Avery, Dylan, 86-87, 89, 91, 94-95, 97-
99, 102, 110, 168, 292-93n39, 293-
94n52, 295nn67, 71, 296n83
B
Babrauskas, Vytenis, 193, 20 I
Bachmann, Hugo, 122
Baker, Jeremy, 263-65
Banaciski, Richard, 77
Barnett, Jonathan, 47-50, 51. See also
WPI professors.
Barnett-Biederman-Sisson Appendix to
FEMA Report, 48-54
"Barry Jennings Uncut, " 87, 292n38
Bartmer, Craig, 83, 130
"BBC Charter Compliance, " 299n133
BBC's premature announcement of WTC
7's collapse, 115-16
BBC's prior 9/11 documentary, 115-16
(The ConspiracyFiles:9/11: xix, 299n133)
BBC's WTC 7 documentary: first version,
87, 95-99, 293n47 (The Conspiracy
Files: 9/11- The Third Tower.
284n79, 293n47); second version,
99-104, 296n84 (The Conspiracy
Files: 9/11-The Truth behind the
Third Tower. 99, 196n84); its treatment
of the Hess-Jennings testimony,
95-104; its timeline distortion, 95-
96, 99-100, 123, 254
Bement, Arden, 50, 139, 260
321
Biederman, Ronald, 46
Bin Laden, Osama, xi, 3, 8, 256
Broad, William, 14, 277n4
Brookman, Ron, 314n28
Brown, Aaron, 115
Bukhari, Adnan and Ameer, 257
Burger, Dr. Ronald, 37
Burke, Timothy, 78
Burnett, Deena, 256
Burns, Margie, 275n33
Bush (Bush-Cheney) administration, xi,
3; its distortions of science, 9-10; its
order to EPA to lie about Ground
Zero air, 10
Bush, Marvin, 9, 133, 275n33
Bush, President George H. W, 7
Bush, President George W., 7, 133, 259,
260
Bussey, John, 290n7
C
Cachia, Edward, 78
Cahill, Thomas, 55, 61, 284n88
Cantor, Irwin G., 216
Case B Variables, 194-96
Cell phone calls from airliners, 256
Chandler, David, 232-34, 235, 236,
237-41, 253, 317n91
Cheney, Vice President Dick, 7, 257-58.
See also Bush-Cheney administration.
Citicorp Tower, 133, 134
Clinton, President Bill, 11
Coburn, Davin, xix
Coefficient of linear (thermal) expansion,
218-19, 221, 314n28
Collapse of WTC 7: as Achilles' heel of
official 9/11 theory, xi-xii, xv, 259,
262; as caused by fire alone, xi-xii,
xvii, xix, 147-49, 213-22, 267; as
caused by thermal expansion, 24,
148-49, 151, 152, 153, 197-98,
209, 210, 211, 212-13, 217, 218,
220, 222, 223, 224; as mystery, xi-xx,
33, 45-46, 47, 50, 54, 241, 242,
245; as (not) involving free fall, 231-
41; as progressive, 148, 149, 150,
154, 228-32, 240-4I, 249, 254;as
unprecedented, xi-xii, 24, 29, 250;
compared with collapse of Twin
Towers, xi; compared with implosions,
xiv, 27-28; foreknowledge of,
111-21; kink in, 209, 210, 226,
315n60; media coverage of, xii, I 14-
16; most likely explanation for, xii,
xx, 20, 27-31, 125; resulted in
compact debris pile, 241-43; role of
debris damage in, xvi-xix, 143, 147-
48; role of diesel fuel in, xv, xvii-xix,
151; roofline: simulated vs. real, 225-
31, 254; why it was not symmetrical
(Sunder), 228. See also Global collapse.
Column 79: and east penthouse kink,
209, 210; as crucial, 126-27, 198;
buckling of, 154, 209, 210, 224, 225,
227; disconnected from girder, 153,
209, 210, 213, 222, 223; failure in
floor system near, 202, 209, 210; hot,
long-lasting fires near, 153, 188, 206,
209; rapid descent of, 154, 210, 224-
25, 248
Concrete: its coefficient of linear expansion,
218-19, 221; reinforced, 219
Cor1110ck, Adrian, 299nl33
Cook, Louis, 118
Cruthers, Chief Frank, 76, 77
Curran, James, 34-35
Currid, Michael, 114
D
David, Felipe, 82, 319n2
Deets, Dwain, 142
Demarco, Peter, 83, 127
Demolition squibs, 34-35
Dennett, Daniel, 278n22
Dobbs, Lou, 271 n8
Douglas, Eric, 16
Draft for Public Comment (Draft Report,
Draft version), xvi, xviii, xix, xxi, 25,
43, 51, 52, 53, 98, 129-31, 154-55,
180, 187, 190, 205, 214, 215, 220,
225, 229, 230, 231-34, 236, 237,
240, 248-49, 252, 267, 272n33,
309n13, 310n37, 318n7
Dry labbing, 16, 317n91
Dust cloud from North lower collapse,
107-08, 164, 262
E
Eagar, Thomas, 37, 193-94
E-4B airplane, 258
Empirical dimension of science, 17-18,
43, 49, 73
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
lied about Ground Zero air, 10; on
particles in Ground Zero air, 55-56,
61-62
Eutectic reaction, 46-47, 66, 283n66
Evans, Stephen, 291 n24
Everett, Matthew, 263, 265, 320n3
Explosions: Barry Jennings on, 88-93,
104, 132, 150, 169, 261, 262,
292nn34, 38, 39; Michael Hess on,
84-85, 100, 102, 132, 261, 262; in
Twin Towers, 75-82; testimonies
from witnesses outside the building,
83
Explosives, xx-xxi; as cause of all prior
collapses of steel-framed high-rises,
23-25, 29-30; NIST's implicit
acknowledgment of their use in Twin
lowers, 142-43; physical evidence
for, 33-74; ruled out by NIST, xvi,
xviii, xix, 30; testimonial evidence for,
75-124
F
Fabrication, 14-17, 25, 166, 189, 223,
239, 243, 244, 245, 246-49, 257
False-flag operation, xi
Falsification, 14-18, 111, 246-49
Faulkner, Bonnie, 117
FDNY (Fire Department of New York):
its alleged 7th floor fire observation,
165; its advance knowledge of WTC
7's collapse, 112-14, 123; its test
monies about explosions in Twin
Towers, 75-81; its testimonies about
WTC 7 safety zone, 112-14; when it
evacuated the building, 119
322
Fellini, Chief Frank, 113
FEMA-ASCE report on WTC, xv, 5-6;
appendix to, 48-54
Fetzer, James, 39
Final Report, final report, xviii, xx, xxi,
272n33; brief and long versions of, xxi
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), 194-95
Firefighters for 9/11 Truth, 259
Fire-induced progressive collapse, 148-50;
impossibility of, 30, 249
Fires: acknowledgment of possible late
origin by three NIST authors, 177-
78; all started at 10:28 (Sunder), 175;
beginning by 9:30AM, 168-70;
combustible material available for,
152, 180-85; duration "in anyone
location, " 201-06; durations of, 151-
52, 157-58, 170-80, 199-200;
ignition and spread of, 74, 140-51,
157-61; in Beijing's TVCC, 267-69;
in other steel-framed high-rises, 213,
267-69; early 7th and 8th floor
observations of, 161-67, 173; one
started at 12:30 PM, 174-75; role of
diesel fuel in spread of, xv, xvii-xix,
15; temperatures reached by, 151-52,
193-96
Floors 11, 12, & 13: durations of their
fires (simulations vs. evidence), 186-
93, 310n45; overestimated
combustibles on, 180-85
Frank, Alan Dodds, 262-63, 264
Fraud. See Scientific fraud.
Free fall, xiii, 25, 154, 231-41; and physical
principles, 236-37, 241, 255
Fuchek, Greg, 36, 55
Fulmer, Roger, 54
G
Gage, Richard, 72, 149
Gann, Richard, 106-07, 159, 162-65,
166, 173-77, 184-85, 308n3
Gearhart, Chester, xiii, xv
Geiger, Shane, 68-70, 282n49
Geyh, Dr. Alison, 37
Giambanco, Salvatore, 319n2
Girder connecting Columns 44 and 79:
disconnection of, 153, 210, 222; had
(no) shear studs, 153-54, 213-16, 267
Giuliani, Mayor Rudy, 86: his account of
Michael Hess's experience, 84-86; his
foreknowledge of collapse of Twin
Towers, 114; his Office of Emergency
Management, 84, 87, 102-03, 105,
114, 116, 123; on why Hess and
Jennings were trapped, 85, 90, 109,
123
Glanz, James, xii, 45-46, 48
Global collapse, 209-11, 224-44. See also
Collapse of WTC 7.
Goldbach, Ray, 112
Gourley, James, 52, 128-30, 131, 180-
81, 185, 187, 190, 252, 308n5,
309nn13, 21, 310n37
Greening, Frank, 160, 199-201, 224-25,
227-30, 253, 306n10, 314-15n46
Gregory, Stephen, 78
Griffin, David Ray, 278nn20, 22, 290n4,
298n127, 318n102
Gross, John, 38, 316n91
Grosshandler, William, 165, 166, 173-77
H
Hamilton, Lee, 6, 8, 275n29
Hanjour, Hani, 259
Harrit, Niels: on collapse of WTC 7, xiiixiv,
xv; on Draft Report, 181; on
gypsum and sulfur, 49; on Professor
Pileni's resignation, 186n 118; on redgray
chips and nanothermite, 62-66,
129, 285n97, 286nl18, 287n127,
287n 134, 289n162; on use of both
thermate and nanothermite, 136
Hess, Michael, 84-86, 88; interviewed by
BBC, 99-104, 293n42, 296n86;
interviewed by NIST, 293n40; interviewed
on 9/11 before noon, 84-86,
96, 167; on whether an explosion
occurred, 84-85, 100, 102, 158, 169,
261, 262, 292n34; trapped for hour
and a half, 84
Heylighen, Francis, 21
High-order damage, 28-29
Hoffman, Jim, 58, 133-34,
288nn136, 143, 302n20, 311n50
Hofnung, Daniel, xiii, xv
I
Implosions, xiii, 24, 243; seven features
of, xiv, 28, 33-34
Intelligence Officers for 9/11 Truth, 259
Interim Report on WTC 7, xvi, 299n65;
authorship of, 294n65, 297nl0l; on
beam shear studs, 313n23; on
burned-out floors, 187-89, 193,
252-53; on debris damage from
North Tower collapse, 143; on girder
shearstuds, 153-54, 215-16; its
contradictions of NIST's 2008 report,
313n19
Iron-rich particles, 41, 42-43, 44, 60,
282n47
J
Jeffrey, William Alan, 140
Jenkins, Dr. Cate, 10
Jennings, Barry, 82, 86-110; death of, 82,
86-110; interview by ABC News,
295-96n52; interview by BBC, 87;
interview by Dylan Avery (Loose
Change), 86-87, 89, 292n38, 294n52
(see also "Barry Jennings Uncut");
interview by NIST, 87, 293n40,
297n101; NIST's straw-man
argument about, 134; on destruction
of lobby, 90-92, 94, 97; on explosions,
88-93, 104, 132, 158, 169,
261, 262, 265, 319n2; on extensive
damage to 8th floor, 96, 110; rescue
of, 90, 92, 104-10, 294-95n67
Jennings, Peter, 114
Johannemann, Kenny, 319n2
Jones, Al, 270n8
Jones, Steven: knows former NIST
employee, 11; on demolition squibs,
34, 35, 279nn4, 5; on Draft Report,
181; on energetic materials in WTC
dust, 56-61; on impossibility of fire-induced
symmetrical collapse, 30; on
iron-rich spherules, 43; on long-lasting
fires and chemical emissions at
Ground Zero, 56, 60-62; on molten
metal, 37, 38-39; on red-gray chips,
62-65, 287n 127; on sulfur and
gypsum, 46, 72, 289n155; on
thermate reaction, 49-50
K
Kean, Thomas, 6, 8, 12, 275n29
Keane, Sue, 76
Keller, jack, 122
Killough-Miller, Joan, 46-47
Kleinberg, Mindy, 228
L
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories,
141
Laws of nature (laws of physics, physical
principles), 24, 25, 231, 236-37,
239, 241, 251, 299n133. See also
Miracles.
Lawson, Anthony, 271 n 17
Lawson-Gann rescue account, 105-07,
108-09, 163-65
Lawson, J. Randall, 92-93, 105-09, 162-
65, 293n40, 297nn101, 102
Lawyers for 9/11 Truth, 260
Legge, Frank, 270n7, 271 n 16
Levy, Matthys, 168-69, 261
Lewontin, Richard, 15, 16, 18, 275n35,
277n8
Lipton, Eric, 45-46, 48, 157
Lipton, Peter, 277n4
Loizeaux, Mark, 26, 243
Loizeaux, Stacey, 243
Loose Change Final Cut, 86-87, 97-98,
100, 271nI4, 280n16, 292n38,
293n39, 294n52, 301n151, 305n54
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup,
297n90
Lowers, Heather, 42
M
MacKinlay, Janette, 289n 155
MacQueen, Graham, 76
McAllister, Therese, 92, 111, 177,
294n65, 297n101
McCarthy, Chief Thomas, 113
McGovern, Kevin, 113
McGrattan, William, 165, 166, 173-77
McPadden, Kevin, 117-18
Medical Professionals for 9/1 1 Truth, 260
Meeker, Gregory, 42
Mineta, Norman, 257-58
Miracle: affirmed by NIST, xx, 25, 241,
251; not (Q be affirmed in scientific
reports, xx, 24-25
Molten metal (iron, steel), 36-39, 62, 66,
245, 280n16, 281n28, 299nl33
Molybdenum, 44-45, 48, 58, 60, 246
Monaghan, Aidan, 307n37
Moussaoui, Zacarias, 256
Muslim (al-Qaeda) hijackers (terrorists),
xi, 3, 4, 8, 255-56, 257, 258, 259,
270n3
Mystery: collapse of WTC 7 as, xi-xx, 33,
45-46, 47, 50, 54, 241, 242, 245;
"deepest, " 45-47, 50
N
Nanotechnology, 57-58, 64, 134,
303n34; NIST and, 138-42
Nanothermite(s), superthetmite(s), xii,
57-59, 60, 61, 62-66, 70-71, 74,
128-29, 132, 134, 136-38, 246,
250, 287n 127; as high explosive, 58,
137, 273n4; compared with ordinary
(macro-) thermite, 57-58, 63-64,
137-38, 273n40; compared with
RDX, 132, 137; NIST's knowledge
of, 138-42; sol-gel, 58-59, 60
National Fire Protection Association
(NPFA) Guide, 28-29, 73, 142,
278n3, 289n161
National Institute of Standards and
Technology. See NIST.
National Science Foundation (NSF), 14,
15, 16, 17, 139, 260
Newman, Michael, 73-74
New York University medical student, 83,
128, 130
Nigro, Chief Daniel, 112, 113
Nilsen, ala, 286nl27
9/11 attacks: official reports about, 3-8;
two main theories about, xi, 3
9/11 Commission Report, xiii, 6-8
9/11 Mysteries, 305n54
9/11 truth movement, xi, xiii, xv, 4-5, 9,
43, 68, 256, 259; its scientific and
professional organizations, 5
NIST (National Institute of Standards
and Technology), xvi; and National
Security Agency, 11, 252; and Office
of Management and Budget, 11, 252;
as agency of Bush-Cheney administration
(Commerce Department), 8-
12, 26, 27, 30, 31, 51, 149; as political,
not scientific, agency, 3-12, 13,
19, 26, 27, 30-31, 82, 121, 122,
149; avoided peer review, 25-26,
251-53; employs straw-man
arguments, 22, 29, 72, 125-44, 250;
failed (Q test for thermitic residue,
66-74; former employee of, 10-12,
19-20; ignores physical evidence for
explosives, 33-74; ignores question
about internal damage, 110-11;
ignores testimonial evidence for
explosives, 75-124; its "hired guns, "
11; its knowledge of nanotechnology,
138-42; its "mild overestimates, " 88-
89; its reports on Twin Towers, xv, 9,
12, 16, 24, 34, 37, 39, 42, 50, 55,
66-67, 75-82, 138, 148, 152, 180,
197, 206-07, 212, 295n68; on the
Hess-Jennings testimonies, 92-95,
123; on the rescue of Hess, Jennings,
and the security officer, 104-10;
rejects most likely hypothesis, xii, xx,
20, 25, 27-31, 71, 125, 249, 251. See
also Collapse of WTC 7; NIST's
WTC 7 report; "WTC 7 Technical
Briefing."
NIST's WTC 7 report: absurdity of, 39,
121, 135, 267-69; as based on sound
science (Sunder), xx, 18, 30-31, 70,
121, 241, 245; as false, xx, 28, 51-
52, 109, 127, 132, 155, 183-84,
211, 212, 216, 223, 231, 245, 253-
60, 262; as solving the WTC 7
mystery (Sunder), xix-xx, 50, 245; as
unscientific, xx, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23,
24, 25-26, 29, 30-31, 33, 38-39,
43, 49, 53, 54, 62, 66, 68, 70-71,
72, 73, 78, 79-81, 82, 120-21, 122,
129, 134-35, 149-50, 155, 189,
196, 201, 212, 216, 219-20, 234,
239, 241, 243, 245-53, 254, 261-
62, 270n7, 317n91; its theory of
progressive collapse, 148-50, 154.
228-32, 240-41, 254; scientific fraud
in, 15, 17, 43. 53, 78, 80, 153-54,
189, 216, 220-22, 237, 239, 245-
49, 252, 313n19, 317n91
O
Obama, President Barack, 13, 54, 259,
260
Obeid, Kamal, 30
Occam's razor, 21, 243, 250
Office of Emergency Management
(Giuliani's), 84, 87, 102-03, 105.
114, 116, 123
Official account (theory) of 9/11: xi, xv.
xvi, 3-5, 30, 34, 35, 37, 43, 46, 53-
54, 55, 86, 89, 91, 92, 95, 101, 102,
104, 119, 127.138, 142, 158-59.
168-69, 193, 231, 234, 241, 246,
254, 255, 256, 259, 260, 262, 264.
274n20, 299nl33
Olson, Barbara and Ted, 256-57
O'Toole, Joe, 36
P
Pauls, Jake, 110-11
Pecoraro, Mike, 76
Peer review, 25-26, 251-53
Pentagon, arrack on, 258. 274n20
Physical principles. See Laws of nature.
Pileni, Marie-Paule, 286n 118
Pilots for 9/11 Truth. 259
Pitts, William, 106, 107, 164, 165, 173
Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth, 259, 260
Polls (about 9/11). xiii, xv, 3-4
Popular Mechanics: on NIST's WTC 7
theory, xvii-xix, 143; on Silverstein's
statement, 119
Porter, Richard, I 15, 116
Proe, David, 218-21
Progressive collapse, 148-50, 154. 228-
32, 240-41, 254
Q
Quintiere, James. 251-52, 253
R
Rather, Dan, 121-22, 270
RDX explosives. 126-32. 134, 137-38,
250
Red-gray chips, 62-66, 71, 287n 127. See
also Nanothermite(s).
Religious Leaders for 9/11 Truth, 260
"Request for Correction, " 67-68, 79-81.
288n144
Rice, Condoleezza, 7, 8. 12, 300n143
RJ Lee Report, 40-42, 60-61,
281 nn33, 34, 282n45
Robertson, Leslie, 36
Rodriguez, William, 81-82, 261, 265.
319nn1, 2
Rogers, Kenneth, 78
Rove, Karl. 8
Rudin, Mike, 99-100, 101, 293n42,
296n84
Rumsfeld, Donald, 258
Ruvolo, Philip, 36
Ryan. Kevin: on beam shearstuds, 217-
18, 313n23; on "Bush science,"
313n 17; on demolition squibs, 34,
35; on Draft Report, 181; on
evidence for energetic nanocomposites,
57-61 ; on girder shear studs,
313n 19; on NIST advisory meeting,
312n80; on NIST and nanothermites,
302n32; on red-gray chips,
62-65; on steel temperatures, 200-
01; on sulfidation of steel, 49; on
thermal expansion, 217-18, 222-23;
on thermate reaction, 51
S
Saltalamacchia, Anthony, 319n2
Sanchez, Jose, 82, 319n2
Sarns, Chris, 216, 309nn24, 25, 29, 313n 19
Schneider, Jorg, 122
Scholars for 9/11 Truth, 259
Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice, 259
Science: Bush administration's distortion
of, 9-10, 13; restoring its integrity. 9,
13, 54, 260, 275nn35, 36, 277n2
Scientific fraud, 13-15; in strict sense,
14-18; in broader sense, 18-26;
committed by NIST, 15, 17, 43, 53,
78, 80, 153-54, 189, 216, 220-22,
237, 239, 245-49, 252, 313nI9,
317n91; dry labbing, 16, 317n91;
fabrication, 14-17; falsification, 14-
18; ignoring (omitting) evidence, 17;
plagiarism, 14, 15
Scientific method, 13-26; and extrascientific
considerations, 18-20, 27;
and implausible claims, xx, 22-23,
25, 250; and inference to the best
explanation, 17; and laws of nature
(physics), 24-25; and miracles, 24-
25, 251; and most likely hypothesis,
xx, 20, 27-31, 125; and peer review,
25-26, 251-53; and straw-man
arguments, 22, 29, 72, 125-44, 250;
and unprecedented causes, 23, 29,
147-50, 250; as rational empiricism,
17; empirical dimension of, 17-18,
43, 49, 73-74; Whitehead on, 18,
33, 62, 74
Scientific Panel Investigating Nine-
Eleven, 259
Scott, Howie, 78
Secret Service, 258
Securacom, 9, 133
Security officer: his rescue, 104-07; his
observation of a 7th floor fire (at
10:30 or 12:15), 162-66; interview
with, 163, 166, 307n30
Semerjian, Hratch, 139-40, 141
"Seven Is Exploding, " 117, 130
Shear studs: for beams, 153, 154; for
girders, 153-54, 212-16, 254, 267
Shenon, Philip, 6-8, 274n23
Silverstein, Larry, 118-21, 123, 264
Simulations: visual evidence not "model
input" for, 189, 193; of Floor 12 used
to model 11th & 13th floor fires,
183, 190. See also Fire Dynamics
Simulator.
Singh, Indira, 117
Sisson, Richard D., 46, 53
Skeptosis, 51-52, 283-84n78, 302n25
Smith, Guy, 299n 133
Smith, Michael, 130-31
Sohmer, Robert, 113
Sol-gel, 58-59, 64
Staelin, Earl, 132-33
Stand-down order, 257
Steel (structural): conductivity of, 200-
01, 31 In73; its coefficient of linear
(thermal) expansion, 219, 314n28;
melting point of, 37, 280n22; recovered
(from WTC 7), 46-50, 51, 199;
sulfidation of, 45-54; temperatures
reached by, 152, 197-207, 211-12;
vaporized, 47-48
Stein, Ben, 68-69
Steven Jones Group, 44-45. See also
Jones, Steven.
Straw-man arguments, 22, 29, 72, 125-
44, 250
Sulfur, 46, 48, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61, 67,
120; gypsum as possible source of,
48-49, 71-72
Sunder, Shyam, xvii, xviii, xix; and
textbook descriptions, 28-29; his
interaction with Shane Geiger, 68-
70; his "Opening Statement, "
273n37; on fire as cause of collapse,
148-49; on fire durations "in any
given location, " 203-06; on fire
temperatures, 310nn46, 47, 312n2;
on no evidence for explosives, 72; on
not interviewing Silverstein, 120-21;
on out-of-control fires, 150, 157-58;
on question about interior damage,
110- 11; on recovered sulfidized steel,
52-53; on red-gray chips, 69, 70-71;
on single point of fire ignition on
each floor, 175; on solving WTC 7
mystery, xix-xx, 40, 245; on soundness
of science behind WTC 7 report,
xx, 30-31, 70, 121, 241, 245; on
symmetrical appearance of collapse,
229
T
Terrorists: domestic, 55, 255, 259;
Muslim (al-Qaeda), xi, 3, 4, 8, 255-
56, 257, 258, 259, 270n3
Thermal expansion: as cause of WTC 7s
collapse, 24, 148-50, 153-54, 197,
198; differential, 218-21; problems
in NIST's theory of, 211-13
Thermal weakening, 197-98, 212
Thermate, 49-50, 51, 54, 61
Thermite(s), 36, 49-50; military forms
of, 61; NIST's failure to rest for, 66-
74. See also Nanothermite(s).
"This is an Orange, " xiv, 271, 278n2
Thomas, Ian, 218, 221
Tinsley, Nikki, 10
Tompkins, Philip, 230, 241, 316n64
Trimpe, Herb, 55
Tully, Peter, 36
Turner, James M., 140
U
Ucciardo, Frank, 84
Unger, Craig, 275n33
Union of Concerned Scientists, 9,
275nn35, 36
UPN 9 News, 84, 100, 102, 130
USGS (US Geological Survey) Report,
42-43, 44-45
US State Department, 120, 300n143
V
Van Auken, Lorie, 120, 121, 205-06
Veterans for 9/11 Truth, 259
Vettori, Robert, 105, 163
Visconti, Nick, 113-14
Von Essen, Commissioner Thomas, 114
W
Wade, Nicholas, 14, 277n4
Walker, Wirt, III, 9, 133
War on Terror, xii, 4, 259
Wedge 1 (Pentagon), 258
Whitehead, Alfred North, 18, 33, 62, 74,
277n15
Williams, Forman, 140
Williams, James, 36
Windows: blown-our, 35-36; broken,
126-28
Woodworth, Elizabeth, 309n 11, 31 On44,
316n78
WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute),
46; professors, 46-50, 51, 62, 71,
199; report, 46-47, 50-54, 199
Wright, Decosta, 112, 113
WTC rubble and dust: iron-rich panicles
in, 41, 42-43, 44, 60, 282n47;
molten metal in, 36-39, 62, 66, 245,
280n 16, 281 n28, 299n 133; molybdenum
in, 44-45, 48, 58, 60, 246;
sulfur and sulfidized steel in, 45-46,
48-49, 50, 52-54, 71, 81, 135-36,
199, 243, 246, 250; unreacted
nanothermite in, 62-66; (no) steel
recovered from, 46-50, 51, 199
WTC 7: also called Salomon Brothers
(and Salomon Smith Barney) building,
115, 163, 306n21; expert testimony
that explosives brought it
down, 121-22; expressed intentions
to bring it down, 117-21; gash down
front of, 263-64; how its fires started,
74, 150-51
WTC site (Ground Zero): emissions of
volatile organic chemicals at, 55-57,
61; toxic air at, 10; panicles suggestive
of explosives in air and dust at,
40-45, 60, 62, 66, 254
Wyndham, John, 30, 149
Y
Yli-Karjanmaa, Sami, 224n20
Z
Zachariah, Michael, 139, 141
Zelikow, Philip, 6-8, 274n26
Zogby polls, xiii, xv, 3-4