The Tucker Carlson Show – Episode Summary

Title: Kristin Breitweiser: 9-11 Cover-Ups, Building 7, and the Billion-Dollar Scam to Steal From Victims

Date: November 21, 2025
Guests: Kristin Breitweiser (9/11 widow, lawyer, activist)
Host: Tucker Carlson

Overview

This episode features an extensive, candid interview with Kristin Breitweiser—a lawyer, 9/11 widow, and prominent advocate for 9/11 families—on the ongoing mysteries, institutional failures, government cover-ups, lack of accountability, and the financial exploitation surrounding the aftermath of September 11th. Breitweiser details her 25-year pursuit of answers, her doubts about the official narrative, and exposes shocking facts about the victim compensation funds. The conversation is deeply skeptical of the government’s transparency, and forcefully advocates for a new, real investigation of 9/11.

Main Themes

• The unresolved truth about 9/11: Systemic failures, lack of transparency, and cover-ups still prevent a full accounting.
• Complicity, cover-up, and “beneficiaries”: Both U.S. and foreign governments potentially benefiting from suppression of facts.
• Failures of Justice for Victims: 9/11 victims’ families denied justice and fair compensation; legal system subverted.
• Financial exploitation: The anti-terrorism victim compensation system is manipulated by hedge funds, lawyers, and political interests, with victims sidelined.

Structured Breakdown

1. Unanswered Questions & Lack of Closure

Tucker opens by praising Kristin's doggedness; the official story remains unsatisfying.

• [00:31–02:00] Kristin: “25 years out, there's absolutely no complete understanding of what really happened. … It's a stain on the country.”
• Families never gained full access to the legal system.
• The 9/11 Commission "was a whitewash. I think it told a story, not the truth." ([02:00])

Notable quote:

“We live in the United States of America. And to think that 3,000 people were massacred … and that there's not been a full accounting … I just think it's a stain on the country.” – Kristin Breitweiser ([00:31])

2. Atmosphere of Fear, War, and Suppression of Dissent

Post-9/11 climate silenced questions, facilitating war and stifling investigation.

• The post-9/11 years: Fear used to shut down debate (anthrax attacks, war in Iraq).
• “Anyone who questioned … the attacks … you were silenced. … It was unpatriotic.” ([02:00])
• Suggestion that 9/11 was leveraged for preemptive wars, especially Iraq.
• “I do wonder if the attacks were to serve as the premise to allow for preemptive war.” ([04:42])

3. Intelligence Agency Failures and Cover-Up

History of ignoring actionable intelligence and holding no one accountable.

• CIA’s failure to shut down the Alhada (Yemen) switchboard despite repeated attacks — embassy bombings, USS Cole, then 9/11 ([05:54–08:19]).
• CIA, FBI, NSA had ample information to prevent the attacks ([10:27]).
• “You took the same director of the CIA [George Tenet] that had so utterly failed before 9/11, and you relied on him to give … intelligence for the WMD in Iraq … turned out to be a lie.” – Kristin ([10:03])
• Systematic lack of accountability for intelligence and policy failures.
• "Who benefited, right? … I think now, 24 years out, it's not that hard to figure out who benefited." ([10:27])

4. Institutional Reluctance to Address Real Accountability

Why is this “open secret” in D.C. still taboo?

• Many officials share Kristin's view privately, but “there's an institutional block in saying it out loud.” ([13:46])
• Focus shifted to Saudi Arabia as a “convenient” culprit, distracting from US and possibly Israel’s roles ([14:36], [29:20]).
• “If no one did anything wrong … why is that information not offered to the American public…? Instead … pretty much a cover up.” ([14:36])
• Lack of substantive investigation into Israel’s possible foreknowledge ([14:36–21:19]).

Notable quote:

"There's an institutional block in saying it out loud. I think it's exceedingly uncomfortable to think that there's blood on the hands of the United States government and its intelligence community." – Kristin ([13:46])

5. Need for Declassification—Demands for Transparency

Enumerates the unreleased files and calls for a true investigation.

• Documents needing full declassification include:
  • Richard Clarke’s “look-back” review
  • Millennium After Action Report (possibly destroyed by Sandy Berger)
  • NSA, FBI, CIA Inspector General reports
  • 28 redacted “Joint Inquiry” pages
  • 9/11 Commission source files ([23:53–27:20]).
• “I think those types of IG reports need to come out. … It's now 25 years later. … There’s no need to protect national security.” ([25:57])

6. Shielding Multiple Governments and Intelligence Agencies

Discussion of whom the government is actually protecting.

• Tucker reveals he was told by a US official, “it’s not Saudi we’re protecting.” ([31:39])
• Kristin critiques the scapegoating of Saudi Arabia, noting other possible state actors—including Israel—and lack of motive for the Saudis to participate in 9/11 for Iraq war aims ([29:54–31:02]).
• US attorneys/prosecutors failed to pursue any serious criminal accountability; bereaved families forced into civil suits—but blocked from suing US Government or certain foreign actors ([37:28]).

7. Victims' Justice: The Compensation Fund and Legal Hamstringing

Explosive exposé of systemic legal and financial injustice following the attacks.

• Victims forced into a compensation fund with retroactive liability caps for airlines, New York City, Boeing; “You’re not going to be able to sue because there’s not enough money.” ([39:17])
• “I was like, wait a minute, you're not allowed to take away someone's right to sue after the murder. Like, that's not how it works.” – Kristin ([38:09])
• The fund was presented as “no fault,” excluding trials, investigation, or discovery ([40:06]).
• Only “co-conspirators” could be sued in civil court—lawyers refused to sue US government or certain countries, actively discouraged families ([37:28], [40:59–41:33]).
• When discussing Building 7 and rumors about “couches”, Kristin alludes to unpursued lines of inquiry, and “hard questions” that have never been addressed ([65:17–66:36]).

8. Day-of-Attack Failures: Air Defense and Emergency Response

Exposes baffling, unexplained failures on September 11 itself.

• Evacuation orders in WTC lacking or backwards; many deaths could have been prevented by proper instruction ([42:09]).
• Misleading EPA/Christy Todd Whitman assurances about air quality worsened health outcomes ([44:26]).
• NORAD/F-16s failed to scramble in time, despite standing protocol; basic air defense breached for over an hour ([45:21–47:57]).
• “How is that possible? … Why didn't heads roll? … How was our entire legal system failed?” ([58:03–65:08])
• “If you're the president and your Pentagon just got attacked, like, wouldn't you be, like, where the **** were you guys?” ([56:37])

9. Specific Anomalies: Flight 77, Shanksville, Building 7

Casts doubts on official crash explanations and forensic evidence.

• No clear radar track or plausible explanation for Flight 77 from Ohio/Kentucky border to Pentagon, “no visible sign of a plane anywhere” at Shanksville ([50:10–54:49]).
• Pentagon missile defenses did not react; destruction pattern inconsistent with a 757 impact ([54:49–56:37]).
• Building 7 collapse—Kristin reaffirms it “is a total anomaly … I think that we should get some answers.” Mysterious references to “couches” potentially containing bombs, received as “intel” over the years ([65:17–67:02]).

10. Systemic, Ongoing Cover-Up

Both speakers forcefully describe the coverup as “systemic” and effective even now.

• "Systemic cover up." – Kristin ([70:26])
• Excuses given for withholding information — “national security,” etc. — are not credible ([70:48]).
• “There should be prosecutions 100%. … A truth commission is a great idea … people should go to jail.” ([71:21])
• Suggests a special prosecutor, grand jury, immunity for whistleblowers, full digital disclosure ([71:21–72:04]).

11. The Compensation Fund: A Scam Benefiting Hedge Funds and Lawyers

Shocking details about the actual mechanics and exploitation of the victims’ compensation system.

• DOJ-run fund was supposed to be funded via sanctions on entities dealing with Iran, yet enormous portions diverted to non-victims, most egregiously to hedge funds and “successors in interest” ([76:12–86:23]).
• Outlines how victims’ legal claims against Iran (despite no real evidence of Iranian orchestration of 9/11) were purchased for cents on the dollar by hedge funds, which then profited from government payouts ([83:13–86:50]).
• “The widows and kids aren't allowed into the fund because, quote, unquote, there's just too many of you and you'll take all the money.” – Kristin ([86:06])
• $3 billion in US taxpayer money paid out to cover hedge funds’ guaranteed profits via legislation written by Sen. Bob Menendez (now in prison), with bipartisan support ([86:50–89:54]).
• Lawyers have made $2 billion in fees off these funds: "It's kind of unseemly in a terror victim fund that’s supposed to be for victims" ([99:35]).
• Despite billions flowing through the fund, 9/11 families, the largest and most direct group, receive up to 66 times less than certain hedge-fund-backed claimants ([91:51], [99:27]).

12. Hijacking of Anti-Terrorism Laws by “Cabal” of Lawyers

How anti-terrorism laws were rewritten for profit and obfuscation, not justice.

• Laws expanded who could file suit, “watering down the rights” of the most direct victims, log-jamming suits ([100:50–104:00]).
• “The laws are always billed after 9/11 is for the 9/11 families. But what's weird is the 9/11 families never benefit or get anything out of these laws.” ([94:51])
• New legislative pushes, including ADL-written bills, are exporting special compensation rights to non-US victims (e.g., October 7 victims in Israel), often harming 9/11 widows and children’s interests ([96:27–98:52]).

13. A Call for a New 9/11 Commission

Concludes with a repeated urgent call for an honest, open inquiry.

• The original 9/11 Commission was “a fraud. It was fake. Its conclusions were written before the investigation.” – Tucker ([106:26])
• Central, unanswered questions must be addressed: foreknowledge, domestic and foreign culpability, intelligence failures, true beneficiaries, and the mechanics of the attack.
• Listeners are asked to sign a petition (NewCommissionNow.com) for an honest commission.

Notable Quotes & Key Segments

• On the persistent secrecy:

  "It’s the biggest open secret in Washington, D.C.... a lot of members of Congress know, I feel like certainly the intel committees know." – Kristin ([27:55])

• On blame scapegoating:

  "It was all Saudi, all the time. ... But realistically, what did they get out of it?" – Kristin ([29:20–30:22])

• On the fund scandal:

  "You’re literally profiting from murder and terrorism and you’re using a Department of justice government fund that is being billed … as a victims fund ... and it’s being exploited as a profit model for hedge funds." ([90:57])

• On accountability:

  “There should be prosecutions. People should go to jail and the families deserve answers.” – Kristin ([71:21])

• On the purpose of the show:

  "The truth is really important. Everywhere, all the time. But when 3,000 people are murdered…We’re owed an investigation." – Kristin ([74:53])

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening: Kristin’s mission & dissatisfaction — [00:31–02:00]
• Commission as “whitewash” — [02:00–05:00]
• Alhada Switchboard / CIA failures — [05:54–10:26]
• Intelligence community non-accountability — [10:27–13:05]
• Scapegoating Saudis/Israel, broader complicity — [14:36–21:19]
• Unreleased key documents — [23:53–27:20]
• Accountability for foreign allies — [27:55–29:54]
• Legal blockades to justice — [37:28–41:33]
• Building 7 anomalies — [65:17–67:02]
• Air defense and 9/11 day-of failures — [42:09–65:08]
• Financial fund exposure / Menendez’s role — [76:12–94:12]
• Lawyers & hedge funds’ billions — [99:35–100:08]
• ADL, foreign victims legislation — [96:27–98:52]
• Call for new Commission — [106:01–108:19]

Tone

• Persistent, skeptical, and urgent: Both host and guest are unapologetically critical of official narratives and government inertia.
• Informed, yet personal: Kristin blends lawyerly analysis with the personal perspective of a widow and advocate.
• Combative against institutional secrecy and greed: Both take aim at government, Wall Street, and the legal industry.

For Further Reference

Listeners are directed to NewCommissionNow.com to support a new 9/11 investigation.

This summary is intended for those seeking a substantive understanding of the episode’s arguments, revelations, and advocacy—without the need to listen to the entire conversation.