Marvin P. Bush
Marvin P. Bush, the president’s younger brother, was a principal in a company called Securacom
that provided security for the World Trade Center, United Airlines, and Dulles International Airport.
The company, Burns noted, was backed by KuwAm, a Kuwaiti-American investment firm on whose board Marvin Burns
also served. [Utne]
According to its present CEO, Barry McDaniel,
the company had an ongoing contract to handle security at the World Trade Center “up to the day the buildings
fell down.”
The company lists as government clients “the
U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S Air force, and the Department of Justice,” in projects that “often require
state-of-the-art security solutions for classified or high-risk government sites.”
Stratesec (Securacom) differs from other security companies which separate the function of
consultant from that of service provider. The company defines itself as a “single-source” provider of
“end-to-end” security services, including everything from diagnosis of existing systems to hiring
subcontractors to installing video and electronic equipment. It also provides armored vehicles and security
guards.
The Dulles Internation contract is another matter.
Dulles is regarded as “absolutely a sensitive airport,” according to security consultant Wayne Black, head of
a Florida-based security firm, due to its location, size, and the number of international carriers it serves.
Black has not heard of Stratesec, but responds that for one company to handle security for both airports
and airlines is somewhat unusual. It is also delicate for a security firm serving international facilities to
be so interlinked with a foreign-owned company: “Somebody knew somebody,” he suggested, or the contract would
have been more closely scrutinized.
As Black points out, “when you [a company] have a security
contract, you know the inner workings of everything.” And if another company is linked with the security
company, then “What’s on your computer is on their computer.” [American Reporter]
Heightened WTC Security Alert Had Just Been Lifted
The World Trade Center was destroyed just days after a heightened security alert was lifted at
the landmark 110-story towers, security personnel said yesterday [September 11]. Daria Coard, 37, a guard at
Tower One, said the security detail had been working 12-hour shifts for the past two weeks because of numerous
phone threats. But on Thursday [September 6], bomb-sniffing dogs were abruptly removed.
[NY NewsDay]
Pre-9/11 World Trade Center Power-Down
On the weekend of 9/8, 9/9 there was a ‘power down’ condition in WTC tower 2,
the south tower. This power down condition meant there was no electrical supply for approx 36 hrs from floor
50 up… “Of course without power there were no security cameras, no security locks on doors and many,
many ‘engineers’ coming in and out of the tower.” [WingTV]
Marvin Bush was
in New York on 9/11
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