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Here's a germane excerpt from that head spinner:

"Either the jets were ordered to stand down (get your tinfoil hats on!) or the military was asleep at the switch and thus criminally negligent."

"I heard parts of the hearing on C-SPAN yesterday. It turns out there was a NORAD exercise the morning of 9/11. I suspect initial reports of what was going on that morning were discounted as being part of the exercise."

"But that raises the question: how were the terrorists able to learn and take advantage of the timing of that exercise? Just as we've had to wonder how they later that morning showed knowledge of White House codes and communication procedures."

Given the duplicitous arab-american translators the FBI had working for us is it any wonder?

I think the answer is fairly simple:

By the time it was confirmed that the planes were, indeed, taken (remember, this ia an information stream that has to travel from air control to the FAA to higher gov't authorities who then have to confer on the nature of hijacking #1, while hijacking #2 is in progress unbeknownst to the ground. In all probability, the planes are not being used as missiles. Some intelligence sources may argue to NSA otherwise, but without precedent, who's going to order the shootdown of a jetliner without hearing demands (or proof of target)? The President's sitting in a classroom, Cheney was disposed of -- who's going to give that order? Plane #1 hits the tower. Confusion, uncertainty of details from Logan Airport, and horror followed by indecision, reports of further hijackings, mobilization requirements, FAA grounding orders, etc. -- all within a space of twenty minutes regarding a type of event that had never been confronted in our history...

This wasn't a conspiracy. We got sucker-punched and it was extremely well-timed... if the second plane at Logan hadn't been delayed, the strikes would have been near-simultaneous and the lucky folks who had time to leave Tower 2 while Tower 1 was burning may not be here today...

>>But that raises the question: how were the terrorists able to learn and take advantage of the timing of that exercise? Just as we've had to wonder how they later that morning showed knowledge of White House codes and communication procedures."

1. An FBI agent. ( Arab FBI agent who refused to tape AlArian, assigned to Saudi Arabia as a counterterror liasion, now on leave/suspension - no reason given.
Msg recvd at WH - Angel is next. Angel = AF1 (Woodward's Bush at War.

2. The PTECH connection; software that is customised when installed.. Therefore one has to know the decision points, info flow, and other processes. Software sold to various govt agencies including military ones.

3. Above caused them to piggyback their attacks on top of an official exercise.