Vindication again

S — 7/11/2004 8:04:37 PM (archived)

From the beginning, it has been my contention that the Air Force should have been able to intercept all four suicide jets on 9/11, and stop their evil mission.

Now, air defense chief General Ralph Eberhart has told the 911 Commission much the same thing:

Air Force Gen. Ralph Eberhart, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, told the commission that the military has evaluated scenarios since the attacks and determined that it could have intercepted and shot down all four planes if the "FAA told us as soon as they knew" the planes had been hijacked.

9/11 communication failures still baffle FAA, Defense officials

However, FAA and DoD officials say they "are still trying to understand how communications broke down between them on the day of the attacks."

Yes, but then, that's the $64,000,000,000 question, isn't it?
S

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Vindication again - S - 7/11/2004 8:04:37 PM
- Interesting news - Buck Galaxy - 7/12/2004 7:19:13 AM
- You base this scenario on what previous response to a hijacking? - RobVG - 7/12/2004 1:12:45 AM
- An amazing thought - FrankC - 7/11/2004 11:53:14 PM
  - These scenarios bring up the scariest possibility and perhaps our greatest vulnerability - m - 7/12/2004 1:21:02 AM
    - re: These scenarios bring up the scariest possibility and perhaps our greatest vulnerability - Larry J - 7/12/2004 6:41:41 PM
    - Actually, that scenario used to be considered much more likely than what actually happened. - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2004 5:02:45 AM
    - I think S would suggest the use of SAMs at public events. (n/t) - RobVG - 7/12/2004 1:39:55 AM

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