By Greg Szymanski

A former U.S. Army corporal and Department of Defense (DOD) operative has 

received a number of death threats after releasing information his military unit 

in 1976 was commissioned by Congress to create the perfect terrorist plan to 

level the WTC with airplanes and box cutters.

Timothy McNiven, under contract with the DOD, claims the threats were 

transmitted by email and snail mail from unknown origins in what he calls on ongoing 

harassment campaign to keep him quiet about the government sponsored "perfect 

terrorist plan," almost identical to what happened on 9/11.

McNiven, however, disregarded the threats, telling his story to the AFP. His 

account first appeared in last week's edition.

Besides personal threats, he also claims other members of his 1976 unit, 

including one named Sgt. Riggs, were also threatened. Sgt. Riggs and more than 100 

of McNiven's unit members have not come forward or spoken publicly about his 

accusations.

"I am just one of the enlisted men who took part, but I can confirm it took 

place and our plan was just like what went down on 9/11," said McNiven. "There 

were about 100 people from my unit involved and I am actively seeking help to 

find them.

 "Sgt. Riggs told me one day that he and others had their wives and children 

threatened by the U.S. Government with retaliatory acts if they were to 

release their information to the media. But he said if I could break the censorship 

and get to the media first, he then would come forward and tell what he knows."

The study, commissioned to C-Battery 2/81st Field Artillery, U.S. Army, 

stationed in Strasbourg, Germany in 1976, specifically devised the scenario of the 

Twin Towers being leveled by Middle Eastern terrorists using commercial 

airliners and even plastic box cutters to bypass security. 

McNiven first went public with the hidden purpose behind the Congressional 

study in an affidavit included in a 9/11-related federal conspiracy (RICO) 

lawsuit filed against Bush and others in 2004. 

The publicized version of the study, commissioned by Congress, was to 

identify security lapses and submit corrective measures to lawmakers. However, 

McNiven claims the real purpose of the study was to brainstorm how to pull off the 

perfect terrorist attack using the exact same 9/11 scenario.

To back up his story, he passed a credible lie detector test, testified in a 

sworn affidavit contained in a federal 2004 RICO lawsuit file against Bush and 

provided the names of the men in his 1976 unit.

McNiven claims to have lost contact with the members of his unit, but he 

especially is interested in finding Lt. Michael Teague, the officer in charge of 

the unit who gave the specific orders to devise the mock 9/11 plan. 

"I remember Lt. Teague changed the scenario of the supposed study from a 100 

story building to the Twin Towers," said McNiven, emphasizing that Lt. Teague 

was acting on specific orders from unknown superiors.

"He then said he thought it was very strange to be asked to devise a plan to 

blow up your own home town. But as I watched the Twin Towers really collapse 

on the morning of September 11th, I realized I was watching the very same thing 

we devised in the 1976." 

McNiven said he was originally told by Lt. Teague "never to go public" about 

the contents of the details and findings of the mock terrorist plan. But later 

for unknown reasons Lt. Teague changed his mind, perhaps due to guilt 

feelings, giving him direct orders to go public if anything like 9/11 ever occurred 

in the future.

"I was given the direct order, which I feel I am still under, that if the 

Twin Towers were ever attacked the way we discussed in the 1976 study, I was to 

do everything in my power to bring the similarities to the attention of the 

American people," said McNiven.. 

"I have no idea why they changed their minds, but I was then emphatically 

told that this order was never to be rescinded - never - because those who would 

rescind it, would be the very same people who turned against the American 

people."

Besides Lt. Teague and Sgt. Riggs, he is hoping others in his unit will come 

forward with more details in order to verify his story. 

"I am willing to take additional polygraph exams to prove I am telling the 

truth until other participants in the study come forward," added McNiven.

Some of the other members of his unit, names provided by McNiven, include 

Col. Robert Morrison, Maj. Joe Dipiero, Sgt Maj. McKay, Sgt Middleton, Sgt 

Arroyo, Sgt Murray, Sgt Edwards, Sgt Broder, Sgt Steadman, Sgt Wolford, Sgt Jackson, 

Sgt Garza, Sgt Meralas, Sgt Taraza, Sgt Spears, 1st Sgt Ray, Sgt Terry 

Henderson, Sgt Barber, Cpl Picket, Cpl Wisner, Richard Seanz, Berni Domoski, George 

Cinch, Harry Waldren, Tom Kimber, Rick Lyons, Michael Hubbert, Dan Henderson, 

Martian Seals, Jake Asuit, Bruce Levine, Thomas Gumbs, Rick Bruns, Dennis 

Montoya, Phlash Richardson, Fetch, Bob Bender, Johnson, Drew Cousins and Terry 

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Greg Szymanski