University embarrassed by Bush economist

Distances itself from retired professor claiming 9-11 conspiracy

Texas A&M is distancing itself from a professor emeritus, and former Bush economist, who calls the official story of the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9-11 "bogus."

As WorldNetDaily reported, Morgan Reynolds, who served as chief economist for the Department of Labor during President Bush's first term, says it's more likely that a controlled demolition destroyed the two skyscrapers and adjacent Building No. 7.


Texas A&M President Robert M. Gates said in a statement that Reynolds' views are in his capacity as a private citizen and do no reflect the views of the university.

"The American people know what they saw with their own eyes on September 11, 2001," Gates said. "To suggest any kind of government conspiracy in the events of that day goes beyond the pale."


Ground-level view of the Twin Towers prior to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Gates pointed out that Reynolds is retired and holds the title of professor emeritus, "an honorary title bestowed upon select tenured faculty who have retired with 10 or more years of service."

Countering some news reports, Gates said that while some faculty emeriti have office space on the campus, Reynolds does not.

Reynolds, who also served as director of the Criminal Justice Center at the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas told UPI: "If demolition destroyed three steel skyscrapers at the World Trade Center on 9-11, then the case for an 'inside job' and a government attack on America would be compelling."

Reynolds added, "It is hard to exaggerate the importance of a scientific debate over the cause of the collapse of the twin towers and building 7. If the official wisdom on the collapses is wrong, as I believe it is, then policy based on such erroneous engineering analysis is not likely to be correct either. The government's collapse theory is highly vulnerable on its own terms. Only professional demolition appears to account for the full range of facts associated with the collapse of the three buildings."