A more accurate answer might be: This story began circulation about 2 weeks ago in a publication written, edited, and controlled by a 9/11 “Troofer” from California,who writes long, alarming stories every few days-backing them up by referring to other stories he has published in another online newspaper-which he controls.
As nearly as I can figure,one of his goals is to sell off a batch of surplus WWII-era Swiss carbines to militia wannabees,by convincing them the Day of Revolution is close at hand.
He lards his stories with just barely enough fact to make them look plausable; and, after 2 or 3 people begin circulating them (as in the example shown)a few folks start believing they are “getting the inside story”.
I wasn’t aware that “armytimes.com” (the original source for the story I provided) was a “troofer” site.
There may well be other versions of the story, but what evidence do you have that the version I provided was written by a 9/11 “troofer”?
I read the original story from the September 8, 2008 edition of the Army Times.