As the National Security Advisor, that didn't rise to a level of concern. Who would have thought, she said, of flying an airplane into a building.

Condoleeza Rice is either incompetent or a liar or both:

Knowledge that planes might be used as missiles:

A. 1993 book mentioned possibility of suicide air bombings.

B. 1993 DOD brainstorming session raised possibility of suicide hijackings.

C. 1994. Terrorism expert raised possibility of suicide bombings.

D. 1994. Federal Express employee attempted to hijack DC-10 and fly it into company headquarters.

E. In April of 1994, a disgruntled Federal Express employee attempted to hijack a DC-10 and fly the plane into a Federal Express building in Memphis, Tennessee. (Wald 10-3-2001; Martin 1-16-2002)

F. 1994. Terrorists intended to crash a hijacked airliner into Eiffel tower.

G. February 19, 1995. Congresspersons warned of a terrorist attack using airplanes.

H. 1995. Project Bojinka: plans were uncovered by Philippine authorities to crash hijacked plane into CIA headquarters.

I. 1996. U.S. officials considered possibility of terrorists hijacking a commercial airliner and slamming it into the Olympic games in Atlanta.

J. September 1999. A report commissioned by government mentioned possibility that terrorists could hijack commercial jets, load them with explosives and crash them into the Pentagon, CIA, or White House.

K. August 2000. Italian intelligence intercepted communications indicating that al Qaeda was preparing for a large-scale attack involving airports or airplanes, possibly in the U.S.

L. Security officials for 2000 Olympic games in Sydney considered possibility of terrorists crashing a hijacked jet into the opening ceremony.

M. Summer, 2001. U.S. officials were concerned that terrorists might crash a commercial airliner into Genoa Summit.

N. August 2001. U.S. intelligence learned of plot against U.S. Embassy in Nairobi involving aircraft.

O. Dates unknown. "Prior to 9-11" NORAD had considered the possibility that hijackers might crash a jet into a target on American soil.

P. Buried within some 350,000 pages of documents handed over by the CIA to the Congressional 9-11 investigation, were “Reports discussing the possibility of suicide bombings, plots to fly planes into buildings and strikes against the Pentagon, World Trade Center and other high-profile targets.” (cited in Diamond 6-3-2002)