Posted on 11/02/2001 6:52:56 AM PST by CommiesOut
| Twin towers treasure trove a lure for looters: Secret vaults Gold, arms and seized drugs in huge basement The Guardian - United Kingdom; Nov 2, 2001 BY AUDREY GILLAN IN NEW YORK
The vaults below the complex that was the World Trade Centre were a vast and secret place. Not only did they hold some of the world's largest gold depositories, but they were home to stashes belonging to the CIA and secret service. Seventy feet below ground is an array of goods that includes bricks of cocaine, fake taxi cabs used for covert operations, bomb-proof state cars and security files meant for the eyes of the CIA only - nice booty for potential looters. As Brink's-Mat security vans brought out Dollars 200m (pounds 137m) of gold from a safety store below 4 World Trade Centre, which was on the east side of the ruined complex, it emerged that someone had tried to get into the vaults, no doubt with robbery in mind. Two weeks ago a security guard spotted scorch marks on a basement doorway which had not been noticed by a patrol team a few hours before. Behind the door were thousands of tonnes of gold and silver. It looked like someone had used a blowtorch and a crowbar and it prompted concerns that they may try to do so again. Video surveillance systems have now been installed. As they dig amid the rubble, recovery workers are uncover ing corridors and gangways that lead to the cavernous vaults below. The 16-acre basement has enough square footage to fill a building of greater proportion than the Empire State building. Engineers and recovery officials say that large parts of the underground storage rooms are undamaged. Since September 11 very little has been said about the treasures that lie below what has become a mass grave. But down there are piles of old furniture, a mountain of Godiva chocolates, stacks of illegal assault weapons, as well as jewels and more gold and silver. Beneath the customs house - 6 World Trade Centre - was a fleet of government vehicles, including dozens owned by the secret service. The cars were kept in a sealed-off area, part of which was a garage which housed a single armoured limousine used to carry heads of state and dignitaries visiting the city. The building also housed an office of the CIA containing drugs, weapons and contraband seized by customs officers. The bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms also lost two evidence vaults, according to a spokesman. "There could be several hundred weapons - somewhere between 200 and 400, ranging from small-calibre semi-automatic pistols to assault rifles," he told the New York Times. He said agents plan to be on the scene when the remains of the building are demolished some time in the next two weeks. "After that, we'll be working at the landfill to search for any missing items."
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Those vile little murdering MOTHER F&C#ERS!!!!
”Seventy feet below ground is an array of goods that includes bricks of cocaine, fake taxi cabs used for covert operations, bomb-proof state cars and security files meant for the eyes of the CIA only - nice booty for potential looters.”
”The building also housed an office of the CIA containing drugs, weapons and contraband seized by customs officers. The bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms also lost two evidence vaults, according to a spokesman. “
Any of you guys got a bump list I can bum?
Vince Foster's photos.
Ron Brown's autopsy.
TWA 800's missile fragments . . .
Good idea.
CIA could finally announce: "We cought a real gangster".
Try here:
I hope they pocketed couple of golden bricks too instead of waiting for the Red Cross.
Now there's an idea as to what to do with incompetent bureaucratic deadwood.
They can pick through trash at landfills; we'll even issue them tin beaks so they can compete with the gulls!
The only reason this government goes after drug dealers is to destroy any competition.
And also consider this -- last year the Drug Thugs arrested 700,000 people for drugs -- over 400,000 of which was for simple possession of marijuana. Most of the rest sold marijuana.
These facts speak for themselves. Those using other drugs are not arrested in nearly the proportion to their use. Since this is a FACT, one could easily conclude that since the average citizen could grow their own marijuana, our murdering government has a stake in seeing to it that ONLY those who use marijuana be sought out. The other drugs are where these commies get their money.
This is a VERY interesting site.
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