this author makes the point that 911 changed the empire dramatically enough to qualify for the version 2.0 label. we ain't the same country we were before that;
On September 11, 2001, my wife called and woke me up, screaming, “It’s the end of the world!” I was sleeping, after working the graveyard shift at the data center, which I did for many years. She urged me to turn on the TV. I saw then Mayor Rudy Giuliani walking through the dust covered streets of New York City. Was I dreaming?
It took me about two minutes, until I first saw video of the South Tower collapsing, to realize this was a giant psyop. The notion that 19 crazed Arabs, armed only with box cutters and plastic knives, had brought these wonders of modern engineering down, along with blowing a hole in the Pentagon, was something I immediately rejected. I’ve written about 9/11 several times before on Substack, and delved into it deeply in both Hidden History and American Memory Hole. Most of my readers are familiar with the monstrous holes in the official story. Building 7, hit by nothing, collapsing just like Buildings 1 and 2. Not to mention that the BBC reported live that Building 7 had collapsed, before it did. You can see it standing in the background behind the reporter. As USA Today helpfully explained, “BBC mistakenly reported that World Trade Center Building 7 had fallen before it happened.” Well, sure that’s understandable- to accidentally report events before they really take place, shortly afterwards.
All “conspiracy theorists” know about Building 7. But what about Building 6? Kurt Sonnenfeld, a videographer who worked for FEMA, took lots of videos, and claimed that the estimated $650 million worth of gold stored in Building 6 had already been emptied, by someone, prior to the 9/11 attacks. Sonnenfeld’s wife Nancy was shot and killed on December 31, 2001, and the authorities attempted to pin the murder on him. The murder charge was eventually dropped due to lack of evidence, but the prosecutor was still coming for him. Sonnenfeld fled the country, and was later granted asylum in Argentina. Sonnenfeld gave informed lectures on 9/11, talking about the mysterious power outages and evacuations in the weeks leading up to the events, and the fact that two close Bush family members controlled the company in charge of security at the World Trade Center. He charged that “hundreds of government personnel” were in New York City on September 10, preparing for one of those familiar “drills.”.........more...................