September 22, 2006

Brigham Young U. Puts Physicist on Leave Over Statements About 9/11

By JANE R. PORTER

Brigham Young University has placed Steven E. Jones, a senior professor of physics, on paid leave because of concerns over his involvement in Scholars for 9/11 Truth, a group that says the U.S. government permitted and may have even orchestrated the destruction of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.

A university spokeswoman, Carri P. Jenkins, said the decision was based on the "increasingly speculative and accusatory nature of statements being made by Dr. Jones