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New Thorn for 9/11 Families: Ground Zero Museum Delay

Rob Quinn — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:07:14 CDT

Families of 9/11 victims are dismayed that a financial dispute has indefinitely delayed completion of the museum at Ground Zero. The museum, a companion to the 9/11 memorial, was supposed to be finished by this year's 11th anniversary, but officials now say that's not possible. The holdup stems from a...

Gutted al-Qaeda Incapable of Another 9/11: Experts

Mark Russell — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:43:34 CDT

Al-Qaeda today is mostly a spent force, unable to carry out another 9/11-style attack, said US intelligence officials yesterday, reports Reuters . The mostly anonymous assessment—in a conference call led by Robert Cardillo, deputy director of US national intelligence—came one year after the killing of Osama bin Laden , with...

FBI, CIA Infighting Killed Chance to Gain 9/11 Intel

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:49:22 CDT

The FBI missed a big chance to gain intel—compliments of a tapped phone network in Afghanistan—before 9/11 because it was busy fighting with the CIA, according to testimony heard yesterday in Britain's House of Commons. Stay with us on this one: As the Guardian reports, the revelation was...

Whistleblower: We Asked to Bury 9/11 Remains at Sea

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:31:05 CST

The 9/11 remains that ended up in a landfill could have been buried at sea instead: That's the plan some officials at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary pushed for, but their superiors in the military rejected it. "We fought the fight, but I had zero clout back then," says...

NY Judge: Al-Qaeda Owes $9.3B

Mark Russell — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:29:48 CDT

Somebody tell al-Qaeda to get out its checkbook. A federal judge yesterday ruled that the terrorist organization owes $9.3 billion for the damage caused to businesses and properties in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, reports the AP . Several insurance companies started their suit in 2003 versus a variety of...

Chemical Reaction Brought Down Twin Towers: Scientist

Kevin Spak — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:36:05 CDT

The melting aluminum hulls of the jetliners that smashed into the twin towers may have combined with sprinkler water to set off the explosions that ultimately brought down the towers, according to a new report from a technology research group in Norway. “If my theory is correct, tons of aluminum...

10 Years Later, Last 9/11 Wrongful Death Suit Settled

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:29:39 CDT

At last year’s 9/11 anniversary, there was just one victim's family who still refused to settle their wrongful death lawsuit. But little more than one week after this year’s anniversary, the Bavis family has changed its mind. Family members of hockey scout Mark Bavis wanted to expose air safety weaknesses,...

Odd Twist in Tale of Would-Be 9/11 Kamikaze Pilot

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:23:05 CDT

A truly wild footnote to the story about Heather Penney, the F-16 pilot who was willing to give up her life, kamikaze-style , by flying her unarmed jet into United 93 to stop it on Sept. 11: She was potentially willing to sacrifice her father's life, too. The Washington Post reports...

Jon Stewart Rips 9/11 Exploitation

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:57:00 CDT

On Sunday, America remembered the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, but last night, Jon Stewart reminded us that there’s another important date to commemorate: September 13, 2001. After all, that was the day Jerry Falwell said that “the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and...