Some things that I was not aware of before:
- Just before the attacks, there were an unusually large amount of both American Airline and United Airline puts (security derivaties that basically place a bet that the stock price will go down in the near future) bought, but no other airline experienced any abnormal pattern of puts and/or calls bought before the attacks.
- Before the attacks Larry Silverstein placed insurance - specifically against terrorist attacks - on the WTC.
- Bin Ladin received medical attention at Dubai (in the U.S.) within a relatively short time before the attacks...during which time he was "wanted" by the US.
- Presidential approval is not needed for fighter planes to be released to follow hijacked planes. We should have been following those hijacked planes right when we found out they were hijacked, but it took 75 minutes befores they took any action.
- The Bush family has had ties with the Bin Laden family, tracing back to G. W. Bush's grandfather
2006-07-29
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