An Open Question about Nanothermite

[Peter Lemkin]

Thanks, Peter. Setting aside the not-so-subtle putdown at the beginning of your response, let me assure you I have read the original article, and just re-read it. So let me rephrase the question this way:

Assuming the provenance of samples' sources and transfer with affidavit is valid, where and how are these now (today) maintained? Under whose custody* and with what annotation and security? In other words, can these same samples be retrieved and re-tested, or its results replicated by independent study? I am assuming the answer is yes. (*I don't wish to be specific or to place such material and documentation in jeopardy.)

Sorry, if it sounded like a put-down. Not meant to as you apparently took it. It only seemed to indicate you had followed it less than you apparently have.......

As I understand it, of those [many] different samples used by the chemists and physicists in their analyses - which became a series of papers, both the original sender and the scientist have secured samples. Additionally, there are MANY other New Yorkers who collected the same dust for 'sentimental' or 'historical' reasons. The EPA collected much and mis-analyzed it for its 'toxicity'....they did nothing with nanothermite...of course. NIST has some. Others do, as well....some might not be willing to let their sample be tested, but I'd hazard the guess that many hundreds to a thousand separate samples exist that ARE AVAILABLE - if someone were to make the effort to find and secure them. Some samples are hidden in crevices of near buildings [like the bones of victims found only two years ago on a roof] The government likely has a few tons...but they won't help out...quite the opposite....but it doesn't matter. P.L.

I think we are on the same page... If these samples exist in sufficient quantities to allow for the replication of the research by a quasi-judicial-scientiifc process, then there is prima facie open-and-shut cause (and evidence) for an investigation.

I ask this -- aside from general interest in the topic -- as I await a call from the coordinator of the local process for a ballot initiative to determine how I can best invest my time in assistance to that effort. Debate and controversy and attempts at dis- and misinformation fade quickly in the face of absolute assurance that evidence has been safely secured. This makes the futile and covert attempts at shipping the WTC steel to offshore smelters an exercise in futility as well as criminal cover-up.

So, I think the answer is they [or most of them] are safe and even reproducible...and others stand available for similar analysis - HOWEVER the oppressive mechanism will allow only SO much truth before it reacts......