Commentary on Money Made Via the Stock Market From 9/11
Business as usual -- 9/11 and the fall of America - OnlineJournal.com
Under the guise of business as usual, consider the huge improprieties in the securities markets that went unnoticed before and immediately after 9/11/2001, contributing to the attacks’ awful success and America’s subsequent decline.
I’m talking about the insider trading behind the “put and call options†scandals that allowed certain individuals to pull in huge profits. Stated as simply as possible, put options were used on stocks that would be hurt by the attack, and call options were used on stocks that would benefit. In the put case you’re betting on a fall in the price of stocks; in the call case, you’re betting on a rise in the price of a stock.
Put options were made on the struck airlines, insurance companies and banks pre-and-through-9/11, as if someone had foreknowledge something bad was going to happen to bring down the price of the stocks. A 9-11 Research report on Insider Trading headlines the tale: “Pre-9/11 Put Options on Companies Hurt by Attack Indicates Foreknowledge.â€
There were huge surges in the purchase of put options on stocks of the two airlines, specifically United and American, used and abused in the attack. In fact, American and United Airlines, each with two planes that disappeared that day, as early as September 6, were experiencing dramatic spikes in put options on days when their stock prices were stable. Bloomberg News reported put options on the airlines soared to an unbelievable high, 285 times their average.
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Perhaps it’s no surprise, but Raytheon, maker of Patriot and Tomahawk missiles, watched its stock take off after the attacks. Purchases of call options contracts on Raytheon stock increased sixfold on September 10, 2001.The Raytheon option contracts made money, if shares were more than $25 each. The price zoomed up nearly 37 percent to $34.04 during the first week after post 9/11 trading.
Parenthetically, Raytheon had also been hit with millions of dollars in fines for padding costs of equipment it sold to the US military. Raytheon also has a hush-hush subsidiary, E-Systems, whose clients include the CIA and NSA, the latter about to make a hostile takeover of the other.
And speaking of winners, include the five-year US Treasury Notes. They were bought in unusually high volume before the attack. The buyers realized sizable increases in the Notes’ value after the attack. But this is business as usual again. Some things go up and some go down—with a little help from happenstance and its perpetrators. Not surprisingly, this generated suspicion then an inquiry. What it all meant was something else.
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The rest is history, the century’s biggest story, with business as usual doing its thing, including insider trading, money laundering, even terrorist funding as a way of life and death. And 9/11 triggering the fall of America from democracy into a theocratic police state manipulated by money managers and multi-national corporate honchos.
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Having gotten away with mass murder, it was just a hop, skip and a jump for our present Bush Boyz to Afghanistan, Iraq, and next stop, Iran, and then what? Your guess is as good as mine, but probably not as good as Ruppert’s, who’s telling folks these days to buy gold as a hedge against the dying dollar and head for a secure place in the hinterlands.
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For the rest of us, well, you get the picture. Monkey business as usual. It’s a killer. Perhaps something really unusual needs to happen to the usual and its monkeys to change it all. Somebody yell out, "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore," like the visionary newsman Howard Beale in Paddy Chayefsky’s great 1976 screenplay Network. Link to the whole monologue. It’ll fire you up.And who knows, you, yes you, out there in cyberspace, the next Tom Paine or Tom Jefferson, FDR, JFK, MLK, Mr. Anonymous, could be the spark of something new, to lead the justice brigade to knock on the doors of power and tell business as usual where to go.
Thanks Carol for the heads up!
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As members of the official
As members of the official version movement would say about the insider tradings: "It was all pure luck."
I still believe that the
I still believe that the reported $160B in gold kept in storage, underneath the twin towers, is a huge missing ingredient. No gold exchanges experienced any great influxes, or trading?
Or, perhaps, it just got redirected into Fort Knox?
All executives of both airlines must have been out of the loop. You had to have had full clearances in order to partake in the grand scheme. Don't you know it had a code name. We just haven't heard it yet.
Sigh, they stopped taking
Sigh, they stopped taking posts at the post. The post now approves what will be posted. How ironic, no posts at the post.
McNulty saves A.G. Gonzales
McNulty saves A.G. Gonzales from total moral collapse by resignation threat. At stake after this case are the big republican procecutions related to Sibel Edmonds state secrets case and 9/11http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Times_Gonzales_senior_officials_were_prepared_0526.html.
You can still post at the
You can still post at the Post. Your comment will be the first at the top.
"Loose Change" only talks
"Loose Change" only talks about the put options. In reading this article, it is my opinion that the call options on Raytheon stock are even more revealing than the put options. It's a pretty good bet that your average Arab terrorist isn't going to be contemplating the sudden rise in the stock price of the things that will soon be blowing him up. This just reeks of American investors with inside knowledge.
I've updated my powerpoint
I've updated my powerpoint about WTC 7. let me know what you guys think
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2529BB66266AF2EB
The 911 Comission says in
The 911 Comission says in it´s report that they investigated the put options, but "found no proof of any links between the investors and Al Qaida". Case closed.
How about links to people with knowledge of the (now conveniently destroyed) Able Danger -intel?
That is just ridiculous and again shows the partial mindset of the 911 Whitewash Comission.
I think many people would like to know who made the first pre-911 put options. I would presume (not being an businesseconomist) that there would have been alot of stockholders who just jumped on the bandwagon after they saw that people are starting to make these put options, and this "snowballed" into these huge figures, am I right?
Stone unveils 9-11 Movie at
Stone unveils 9-11 Movie at Cannes
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2006-05/26/content_601547.htm
"Sometimes history is shaped by the collective memory of people, men and women, and here was a great chance to work with these people," Stone told the Cannes audience.
"And they gave us what I hope one day will be seen as the truth. For the truth must exist in some way to confront power and extremism."
haha.. funny, coming from someone pushing the official line
The Zogby poll is now
The Zogby poll is now online!
http://www.zogby.com/features/features.dbm?ID=231
Truthers have completely
Truthers have completely owned the comments section of Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Here's my latest post.
Posted by Vesa at 5/27/06 4:16 a.m.
Personally, I don't think anyone who thinks open-mindedly and critically can believe that a 174-meter, 47-storey highrise can symmetrically drop to the ground as if only air resisted each collapsing floor. Here are some of the collapse videos again:
http://www.wtc7.net/videos.html
I used to say that even a child could see that WTC 7 was professionally brought down, and my nephew's recent statement confirmed this (see my earlier post). :-)
It is really quite simple. Unless the law of conservation of momentum is broken, every floor and all support structures of a building slow down a collapse. Even if a total collapse were possible in such cases (and it isn't, although NIST makes its best to make us believe that a "global" collapse is almost a universal consequence of even a single floor collapsing in a highrise), there is no way WTC 7 could have collapsed to the ground within a second of free fall speed.
Note that free fall means falling in a vacuum, i.e. without air resistance.
When one takes air resistance into account, one can say without much exaggeration that WTC 7 fell without any structural resistance.
That is just not possible except in a controlled demolition. My American friends, it really is time to wake up.
If the mainstream media have done their best to keep silent about WTC 7, they haven't tackled *any* contradictions in their writings about official explanations either.
Let me give an example. Minister of Transportation Norman Mineta told in his detailed testimony to the 9/11 Commission that Vice-President Cheney was in the White House command bunker at 9:25, talking with his subordinate about the plane approaching Washington. Cheney's presence there at that time is confirmed by other sources as well.
What did the 9/11 Commission do?
It completely ignored this evidence and said that Cheney arrived at the command bunker at 9:58 at the earliest and claimed that the strike against the Pentagon came as a surprise.
Mineta's testimony can be found in the transcript on the 9/11 Commission archives, yet the above-mentioned part has been strangely cut from its video archive.
What is going on here?
In the same way, the Commission did not mention that a third skyscraper collapsed that day as a result of the attack.
The commission didn't say why the two earlier official explanations for the lack of air defense response during the almost 2-hour hijacking drama had been held onto for years, although it came up with a third, their own, explanation, which was very different from either of its precedents.
All this is brilliantly discussed by professor David Ray Griffin in this article:
http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20051205150219651
And so on and on and on.
I happen to believe that it is the duty of the free Western media to *investigate* such contradictions. To do their best to find out what really happened. The U.S. mainstream media have exhibited *no* criticism *at all* vis-Ã -vis the official story, instead labelling anyone who asks any questions a "conspiracy theorist" (as if the official explanation were not a conspiracy theory in itself).
What is the matter with the U.S. media? Can it still reform itself before it loses its reputation beyond repair? I really hope so. Please do all you can to help it regain its journalistic integrity.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/soundoff/comment.asp?articleID=270284
Andy why don't you put in an
Andy why don't you put in an animation of the collapse? This is possible in powerpoint!
BTW I translated your work in Dutch, hope you don't mind.
http://www.klik2match.nl/World_Trade_Center_7_new.ppt
Hey all, went to a Loose
Hey all, went to a Loose Change viewing in Toronto last night, the place was PACKED and the movie was really well received. Jason and Dylan were there, Korey didn't make it.
Barrie Zwicker and Ian Woods were there as well and interviewed the guys, so hopefully there will be some footage of the interview soon.
You met Barrie? Really nice
You met Barrie? Really nice man.
Ian Woods is a nice guy to.
Ian Woods is a nice guy to.
Andy why don't you put in an
Andy why don't you put in an animation of the collapse? This is possible in powerpoint!
Bart | 05.27.06 - 8:10 am | #
Sure you can use an MPEG or a converted Animated GIF of the collapse:
here's a GIF:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/wtc-7_1_.gif
"Sometimes history is shaped
"Sometimes history is shaped by the collective memory of people, men and women, and here was a great chance to work with these people," Stone told the Cannes audience.
"And they gave us what I hope one day will be seen as the truth. For the truth must exist in some way to confront power and extremism."
haha.. funny, coming from someone pushing the official line
anonymous | 05.27.06 - 4:09 am | #
yeah, sadly, this movie is clearly not gonna be anything like JFK.
If actually investigated,
If actually investigated, the money trail would lead like cream rising to the top.
I'd like to see more attention brought to this money trail, this is as a clear an indicator as any that somebody on the inside knew what was going on.
Wasn't it just days before 9/11 that Rumsfeld claimed 2 trillion in defense spending went missing?
No investigations into this either?
Hey Jon, I didn't get to
Hey Jon, I didn't get to meet either of them. I ran into Jason during the viewing and he told me that Zwicker was there and had just interviewed him.
I was gonna go over and talk to him after the event, but I couldn't find him or any of the guys, I think they went in the back and did more interviews or something.
I did talk to Ian Woods when I got there, but I didn't know who he was at the time. He was selling copies of his Global Outlook magazines right by the entrance. Later on I found out who he was. Oh well, lost opportunities....
HA. Yeah, Barrie is worth
HA. Yeah, Barrie is worth the introduction. I've never met Ian before, but I've talked to him on the phone. He was a nice guy.
Wasn't it just days before
Wasn't it just days before 9/11 that Rumsfeld claimed 2 trillion in defense spending went missing?
No investigations into this either?
Cloak & Swagger | Homepage | 05.27.06 - 10:34 am | #
yep, and the Enron(Bush main campaign contributors) scandal broke right about the same time as well. how about that timing?
http://universalseed.org/
http://universalseed.org/
Osama Comes To Moussaoui's
Osama Comes To Moussaoui's Defense?
Shocking 9/11 Documentary Is Making Waves In The Mainstream Media
http://universalseed.org/ Chr
http://universalseed.org/
Chris | Homepage | 05.27.06 - 10:39 am | #
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Cool link Chris. I just found there that LC2E has been translate in many language, including french. I will send the google french version link to all my non-bilingual french canadian fellows.
The Scholars for 9/11 Truth
The Scholars for 9/11 Truth petition for release of evidence just reached their goal of 10,000.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/929981172?ltl=1141667399
The pre-9/11 trading
The pre-9/11 trading patterns always bothered me - mainly because they were never properly investigated. I work for a brokerage firm - these sorts of things have ENORMOUS paper trails - don't tell me they couldn't find anything of value. Someone bought those options, and those people/entities need to be revealed.
They always say, follow the money. Well, I can't think of a more obvious trail.
I've updated my powerpoint
I've updated my powerpoint about WTC 7. let me know what you guys think
http://www.yousendit.com/ transfe...529BB66266AF2EB
Andy White | Homepage | 05.27.06 - 2:47 am | #
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You left out any animation of wtc7 collapsing? You got to show the building collapsing at full speed.
Cool link Chris. I just
Cool link Chris. I just found there that LC2E has been translate in many language, including french. I will send the google french version link to all my non-bilingual french canadian fellows.
The Northern Frenchy | 05.27.06 - 11:20 am | #
yeah, i just found it today.hows Harper working out for ya up there?hahaha. he already seems to be dragging that great country to the right.how the hell did that assclown get elected anyway? i always assumed Canadians were better informed than Americans.
check out the new site for
check out the new site for the WTC demolition! Spread FAR and WIDE!!
oh the image is copyright
oh the image is copyright free so go ahead and make tshirts, mousepads, etc. and make yourself a million bucks
hahahaha, believable by:ages
hahahaha, believable by:ages 5 and down. HAHAHAHAHAHA. good shit TRUTH.
my humble thanks please
my humble thanks please spread it!
Yeah Chris, as you can see,
Yeah Chris, as you can see, people up here aren't so much better informed than Americans.
Take my co-workers for exemple, bunch of people hooked on "reality shows" (females) or "pro sports" (males) :).
But it shouldn't stop us from spreading the truth. I've got a lot of friends and relatives who begin to open there eyes.
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i love Canadas relaxed pot
i love Canadas relaxed pot laws too. i bet Harper will roll that back. hasnt he sort of already done that?
I've updated my powerpoint
I've updated my powerpoint about WTC 7. let me know what you guys think
http://www.yousendit.com/ transfe...529BB66266AF2EB
Andy White | Homepage | 05.27.06 - 2:47 am | #
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You left out any animation of wtc7 collapsing? You got to show the building collapsing at full speed.
Mike Jr. | 05.27.06 - 11:49 am |
I dont know what your talking about. the video is on the 6th slide titled collapse
your link doesn't work for
your link doesn't work for me just takes me to the yousendit homepage...
"your link doesn't work for
"your link doesn't work for me just takes me to the yousendit homepage..."
I have the same problem.
http://www.yousendit.com/
http://www.yousendit.com/ transfe...529BB66266AF2EB
woops. here this one
woops. here this one works
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2529BB66266AF2EB
Andy: very good. One
Andy: very good.
One comment:
"300 feet from the nearest wall of the North Tower"
In my understanding, it was located as far as 350 feet away from the North Tower.
I hadn't seen the bottom right picture on page 5 before. Could you tell me where I could download it?
"the video is on the 6th
"the video is on the 6th slide titled collapse"
I didn't see a video either, just static pictures.
I never understood the logic
I never understood the logic of the put options, etc. If the goal of 9/11 was to set into motion endless wars and martial law, why muck things up by trying to get rich on the tragedy as well? Wouldn't it just add to the suspicions? Could anyone be that greedy that they would jeopardize their NWO plans by throwing on a get rich quick scheme to boot?