A Day of Infamy: 9/11 and the Erasure of Financial Crimes
By Pope Lenny Belardo
History is written by the victors, but it is often erased by the architects of catastrophe. September 11, 2001, is remembered as a day of terror, an assault on the free world, a moment that changed everything. But behind the flames, the falling towers, and the endless calls for war, there lies another narrative—one buried beneath the rubble, hidden in the fine print of vanished financial records, and silenced by the chaos that followed.
The Crime Before the Crime
In the weeks leading up to 9/11, strange financial movements were reported. Billions of dollars in suspicious transactions. Unusual short selling of airline stocks. And most damning of all—the missing trillions.
On September 10, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld stood before the press and made a shocking admission: the Pentagon could not account for $2.3 trillion in transactions. The news, under normal circumstances, should have sent shockwaves through the financial and political world. But within 24 hours, the world had a new crisis—one that would render any previous scandals irrelevant.
The Smoking Gun: Building 7
If 9/11 was simply a terrorist attack, how do we explain the fall of World Trade Center 7? A building untouched by the planes, yet collapsing in freefall, housing SEC records related to high-level financial crimes, including investigations into Enron and WorldCom—both massive scandals tied to corporate fraud.
Who benefited from its destruction? Who needed those records to disappear?
War as the Ultimate Diversion
In the wake of 9/11, a new doctrine was born—the War on Terror. America was no longer looking at its books, its financial crimes, or its missing trillions. It was looking to Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond. The Patriot Act erased freedoms, while no one asked where the money went. War became the ultimate cover-up, with the defense industry reaping the benefits, and the masterminds behind financial fraud walking free.
Conclusion: Who Profits From Tragedy?
9/11 was more than a terrorist attack. It was a strategic event—one that served multiple interests beyond mere geopolitics. A new era of war, surveillance, and financial manipulation began. And as always, the ones who asked the real questions were dismissed as conspiracy theorists.
But history has a way of revealing the truth. The day of infamy was not just a day of terror—it was a reset, a smokescreen, and an erasure of financial crimes that remain buried to this day.
- Pope Lenny Belardo
