Was the U.S. a Victim of an Economic 9/11 in 2008?

PJ Tatler Exclusive: Was the U.S. a victim of an economic 9/11 in 2008?

Bill Gertz has an article running in this morning’s Washington Times, “Financial terrorism suspected in ’08 economic crash,” on a report prepared by the Department of Defense in June 2009. In the report, financial analyst Kevin Freeman argues that the 2008 economic crisis was assisted by outside forces. What the study (which we are providing a copy of exclusively here at PJ Tatler at the conclusion of this post) investigates is how outside forces could have helped things along by manipulating oil prices, naked short selling of U.S. financial firms (e.g. Bear Stearns), and attacking the U.S. dollar. Gertz reports:

PJ Tatler Exclusive: Was the U.S. a Victim of an Economic 9/11 in 2008?