[ml/nj]

How do you know that any such person would necessarily know the normal flight altitude of passenger airliners at a given place?

Because I don't think these people are nearly as stupid as you apparently do. If you intend to shot down a plane it's sort of advisable to be somewhere near the route of the plane. There's a reason someone wanting to down a Europe bound JFK departure wouldn't wait in New Haven or Nantucket, and it's the same reason they wouldn't wait near the Hamptons.

ML/NJ

[coloradan]

Interesting. You think I think the terrorists are stupid, although they might have been misinformed and/or lucky, and yet you don't think Clarke knew what the altitude the plane was actually at, despite being the White House point of contact in the most expensive aircraft aviation disaster investigation in history.

I don't think Clarke is as forgetful, stupid, or misinformed as you apparently do.