“…there were only thirty-three air marshals system-wide on 9/11, and they were assigned to international flights. The number of air marshals had been phased down from several hundred in the 1970s because of the perceived success of checkpoint screening and the higher priority accorded other FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] initiatives.” – John Farmer, The Ground […]
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9/11/2001
On September 11, 2001, “By 1:15 p.m., just four hours after the attacks, Michael Ledeen, the neocon operative who had won notoriety in the Iran-contra scandal, filed a dispatch on the National Review‘s website attacking the remaining realists in the [Bush] administration and urging someone to remind Bush that ‘we are still living with the […]
9/11/2001
Then-President George W. Bush recalled a televised statement he made from an elementary school in Florida on the morning of September 11, 2001, after hearing of the first attacks of the morning. ” ‘Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. …Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent […]
9/11/2001
On the morning of September 11, 2001, “Confusion reached such a high level that the FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] admitted to the White House officials who wanted to bring the President [Bush] back to Washington that the agency could not account for seven planes. In fact, four of those planes turned out to be the […]
9/11/2001
“At 8:46 a.m. [on September 11, 2001], before the F-15s from Otis Air Force Base [in Massachusetts] were even airborne, Flight 11 smashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The fighters took off at 8:53 a.m. on a preassigned vector, per standard operating procedure. In this case, they were sent to military […]
9/11/2001
On September 11, 2001, speaking from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, President Bush recorded his second video statement of the day. ” ‘Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward,’ said Bush, who appeared tense.” – Der Spiegel, Inside 9-11, Pages 148-149 […]
9/11/2001
The 9/11 Commission report from June 17, 2004 detailed America’s air defense: “The U.S. military–the last line of defense [on September 11, 2001] against the hijacked aircraft–had nine minutes’ notice that American Airlines Flight 11 had been hijacked, two minutes’ notice that an unidentified aircraft, American 77, was headed toward Washington, and no notice at […]
9/11/2001
“Within hours of the terror attacks on Sept. 11 [2001], law enforcement officials say, F.B.I. agents intercepted telephone calls in which suspected associates of Al Qaeda in the United States were overheard celebrating the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.” – Neil A. Lewis and David Johnston, “Jubilant Calls on Sept. 11 […]
9/11/2001
Just after 9 a.m. on September 11, 2001, “a manager from the [Federal Aviation Administration’s] New York Center, on the phone with the [Air Traffic Control] Command Center in Hernon [Virginia], stated: ‘We have several situations going on here. It’s escalating big, big time. We need to get the military involved with us. …We’re…involved with […]
9/11/2001
According to a Washington Post article on March 2, 2002, on the morning of September 11, 2001, “nine of the 19 hijackers were selected for ‘special security screenings’ before they boarded their flights, including two who were singled out because of irregularities in their IDs.” – Peter Lance, Cover Up, Page 166 […]