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Just found this article by Morgan Reynolds, a Texas A&M professor and economist in the first Bush administration, arguing that the World Trade Center towers collapsed from a controlled demolition (i.e., explosives planted in the building) rather than jet fuel melting the steel beams. Reynolds asks: why was the steel rapidly shipped to China and melted before engineers had had a chance to do "forensics" on it? (This January 2002 article from Fire Engineering magazine suggests it was because the Port Authority didn't want lingering evidence of shoddy construction or fireproofing--also, maybe they just wanted Silverstein, the owner, to get some fast $$$.) Why was all the concrete in the buildings pulverized into fine dust by the force of the collapse? (Reynolds says that only happens when explosive charges are used.) Can jet fuel really melt steel? (A German engineer says burning kerosene isn't hot enough.) And:

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