Submitted by casseia on Tue, 2008-05-13 20:30.

Dropped into a string of comments at commondreams.org, then picked up for the Swedish 9/11 Truth site and from there seeded to 911blogger, this anonymous item should be carefully considered by folks with an interest in the "discourse management" side of 9/11. I think it is no less than a trial balloon for what an attempt to integrate the obvious fact that the buildings blew the f_ up with some kind of limited hangout.

(Note that Larry S. is mentioned, if in passing and with the "blame" firmly allocated to the Bush regime -- as if his complete absence might be a tip-off.) It is being roundly dismissed at 911blogger as bullshit -- which it almost certainly is, but it is potentially bullshit of great importance. Ask yourself: where would 9/11 truth be if we had to cede "controlled (explosive) demolition" to incompetence hawkers, LIHOP-enthusiasts, or MIHOPPERs of the "Bush did it" flavor? That is, if the fact of CD was acknowledged and either "justified" or spun as an example of incompetence because the terrorists were able to use "Project Godzilla" against us? I won't specify *where* I think we would be, but I'm pretty sure we don't have paddles.

Did FEMA's Project Godzilla bring the WTC down on 9/11?

"The result was a secret program called Godzilla. This program is in part a secret building code by the terms of which structures deemed of concern must submit a plan for demolition that FEMA keeps on file. Planned buildings over a certain height must submit a demolition plan along with a construction plan and the construction plan must include facilities and features within the structure and machinery for the potential installation of demolition explosives."

The correct charge for the prosecution of George W. Bush, et al, would in fact be mass murder, not just murder. While the scope of events surrounding the Iraq War does indeed boggle the moral sensibilities and mind, but acknowledging the â€œcrackpot realismâ€ of the neo-cons behind the Project for a New American Century and their surrogate president is just the tip of the iceberg. The plan envisualized the future through the prism of the struggle for resources throughout the world and the need for America to project military presence anywhere, and indeed everywhere at once in the world if need be, to maintain control over those resources. The essential resource needed for America to meet this vision was oil and so a large and permanent presence in the Persian Gulf was the central point of the entire undertaking. To enlist the support of the American public in this task, the neo-cons opted for the cover rhetoric of spreading democracy in the Middle East. Rather than looking to the solution of a unified, secular, democratic Palestine, however (which would be the obvious choice for a beacon by example, if one were really contemplated), PNAC considered the potential for overthrowing the governments of Iran, Syria, and Iraq, finally selecting the last as being the most achievable.

They were well aware that the American public would not support this effort, however, absent the catalyst of â€œa new Pearl Harbor.â€ When PNAC drafted its proposal, the American military presence in the Persian Gulf was established in Saudi Arabia, and it was that presence which motivated the 9/11 hijackers, most of whom were from Saudi Arabia. The American troops were perceived by the Arab people as an adjunct to the secret police of the Saud family (a role played, paradoxically, by the fundamentalist Wahhabi sect), and seen by other Muslim fundamentalists as an intolerable defilement of the holy land. Our troops in Saudi Arabia were withdrawn at the commencement of the current war in Iraq, but the contemplated permanent station of American troops within the embassy compound in Baghdad is likely to have the same effect.

(This scheme is supported by all the aspiring presidential candidates, except for Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul, virtually guaranteeing more blowback terror in the future.) Coming into office with the announced intention of waging war on Iraq, but needing â€œa new Pearl Harborâ€ to achieve that, the Bush administration was in the position of a person who has published a manifesto proclaiming that he has discovered a means of benefitting from a car accident. If such a person subsequently has a car accident, nobody would infer that it was really an accident since all that is needed to have it is to close oneâ€™s eyes. Despite warnings from the departing Clinton administration that terrorism was the greatest threat facing the nation, the Bush administration dismissed the idea insisting that â€œdrugsâ€ was the greatest problem. Questions about terrorism from the press were routinely referred to Vice President Cheney, who did not hold his first meeting on the subject until September 4, 2001. Apparently the only outcome of that meeting was to appoint Michael Brown to the assistant directorship of FEMA; he took office two days later, displacing an experienced PhD from the previous administration. Elevating the nature of the attack from criminal terrorism to full-fledged act of war, the WTC buildings were indeed collapsed by controlled demolition, as inferred by both Dan Rather and Ted Koppel, but it was not necessarily accomplished as a bit of stagecraft requiring specific foreknowledge of the attack. It was conducted under the auspices of a secret FEMA program called Godzilla that affects other buildings in the US and throughout the world.

The Godzilla story begins in January 1995 with the Kobe earthquake tragedy. The damage inflicted upon the city was unprecedented in its severity. Many buildings slumped precipitously, threatening surrounding property. Some buildings had been uprooted from their foundations and thrown down intact into intersections. Insurance companies took a bath and the extent of damages triggered payouts from international reinsurance carriers. The risk became a matter of serious concern to globalized insurance corporations. Actuaries calculated scenarios in which a similar quake could hit a major city, toppling its tallest structures onto surrounding property â€“ property more valuable than the skyscraper itself. Buildings could also sag, looming over more valuable properties, and collapse before any action could be taken to protect surrounding property from collateral damage. Terrorism of course could also create these conditions as had been attempted on the World Trade Center in 1993.

The large insurance companies presented these concerns to FEMA, who spent about a year studying the matter and searching for solutions. The result was a secret program called Godzilla. This program is in part a secret building code by the terms of which structures deemed of concern must submit a plan for demolition that FEMA keeps on file. Planned buildings over a certain height must submit a demolition plan along with a construction plan and the construction plan must include facilities and features within the structure and machinery for the potential installation of demolition explosives. Within the demolition option widely known to the emergency worker sector under FEMA, there is a more secret designation for demolition on demand based on a rating system comparing risk and surrounding property values. Of course, the World Trade Center towers topped the list for the demolition on demand rating and its â€œchargedâ€ status was installed. Intelligence work in terrorist cells have identified other targets that are likely to have received this designation: Coit Tower in San Francisco and Sears Tower in Chicago, for instance, however, most major cities have landmark structures that are likely to have received this rating. Buildings with this designation have demolition explosives already situated inside them.

Other buildings are still of concern, of course, and to deal with these under emergency conditions, the various FEMA headquarters nationwide maintain stockpiles of demolition explosive that can be deployed within hours. Installing the Godzilla emergency system and protocol was fairly expensive, but the bulk of its cost was in 1997 when it went on-line. Much of the expense, the drafting of demolition plans, was borne by building owners. Continuing costs arise for FEMA in the quality testing of stockpiled demolition explosives and the off-line check and recycling of installed demolition devices in the high risk structures. Successful implementation and demonstration within the US created pressure for other nations to follow suit, especially as urged by the global reinsurance industry. The penalty for non-compliance would come in the form of dramatically increased insurance rates because although Kobe and 9/11 events are rare, they are very costly when they occur.

Of course when the Clinton administration installed Godzilla, it was universally conceived as a tool to be used to promote public safety. No one imagined that it would be used for the blatantly partisan ploy of creating â€œa new Pearl Harbor,â€ as it was by the Bush administration. Demolition of the towers could have taken place that afternoon or the next day and none would have questioned the wisdom of the action since the extent of damages exceeded the values of the structures. Both towers were razed, however, just as the smoke issuing from them changed from black to white, indicating that the fires were burning themselves out and the window of opportunity to cast the blame for their collapse onto the impacts was closing. That this decision negatively impacted public safety was no concern of the decision makers.

FEMA headquarters for the World Trade Center complex was in the Salomon Brothers building, WTC 7, which was demolished later that day after the materials had been brought to the site and distributed inside. This prevented discovery of documents and receipts relating to Godzilla and the installation of demolition devices inside the WTC towers. Three secret service agents died in the collapse of WTC 7 protecting the security of communications equipment and files of the CIA, the FBI and FEMA.

The Godzilla protocol cannot be implemented by just any fire chief, however, FEMA executive authority is required and their authority must be issued under a variety of emergency scenarios by the President and the White House. On September 11, President Bush, once he finally decided to respond to the crisis, issued a blanket approval to Vice President Cheney in the situation room at the undisclosed location. The decision to implement Godzilla at the time when it was done was a joint decision involving Vice President Cheney, acting with the authority of President Bush, then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, then National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, then acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers, then director of FEMA Joseph Allbaugh, then assistant director of FEMA Michael Brown, the director of FEMA Region II (name unknown), New York Governor George Pataki, then mayor of New York City Rudy Guiliani, the director of the New York Port Authority (name unknown) owner of record, and the then current lease holder, Larry Silverstein.

Because FEMA already knew the cause of the collapse of the buildings, it only called for a volunteer forensics team â€“ and then brushed aside the objections of its engineers to issue a cursory, speculative report on the cause: a complete abdication of its responsiblities towards architectural engineering and the public. It did, however, have secret investigators posing as medical teams combing the building dÃ©bris for unexploded devices to report on the success of this emergency management measure.