July 13 2017<\/span><\/p>\n 79-year-old retired CIA agent, Malcom Howard, has made a series of astonishing claims since being released from hospital in New Jersey on Friday and told he has weeks to live. Mr. Howard claims he was involved in the \u201ccontrolled demolition<\/em><\/a>\u201d of World Trade Center 7, the third building that was destroyed on 9\/11.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Mr. Howard, who worked for the CIA for 36 years as an operative, claims he was tapped by senior CIA agents to work on the project due to his engineering background, and early career in the demolition business.<\/span><\/p>\n Trained as a civil engineer, Mr. Howard became an explosives expert after being headhunted by the CIA in early 1980s. Mr. Howard says has extensive experience in planting explosives in items as small as cigarette lighters and as large as \u201c80 floor buildings.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The 79-year-old New Jersey native says he worked on the CIA operation they dubbed \u201cNew Century<\/em>\u201d between May 1997 and September 2001, during a time he says the CIA \u201cwas still taking orders from the top<\/em>.\u201d Mr. Howard says he was part of a cell of 4 operatives tasked with ensuring the demolition was successful.<\/span><\/p>\n