Over the past three years, I have spent most of my available 'free' time looking into and researching the events surrounding 9/11. Though I have a 'normal' job that also requires my focus and attention, an enormous amount of energy has been put into the writing and researching of this paper and website. And in the interest of giving some weight to my ability to do that research and sort through source material, forgive me one brief biographical note. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA and highest honors from the History Department at the University of San Francisco in the early 1990s. I also hold two separate graduate degrees.