James W. Walter, an eccentric millionaire from Santa Barbara, Calif., who over the years has financed programs promoting voter registration in low-income neighborhoods and prison reform, has recently taken a growing interest in the investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks. In fact, Walter is so interested he opened his wallet to the tune of $3 million in order to finance a national ad campaign pressing for the reopening of the investigation by the independent Sept. 11 commission.
Speaking with a NY Tines reporter, Walter said, “It just isn’t possible that 19 screw-ups with box cutters pulled this whole thing off.”
