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I posted this rant at another thread, seems more relevant here on this thread though:

I just want to repeat something I have felt and mentioned since 9/11/01 with regards to the newly released "PDB". It seems everyone is looking to blame somebody for the attack, naturally. Though our intelligence apparatus could have performed better, they did manage to get some good intel prior to 9/11/01. So much intel that in June 2001 a warning was given to the FAA about AQ hijacking domestic flights. The info was passed on to the airline industry. And what did the airline industry do? Nothing. Prior to 9/11/01, alot of aircraft cockpits had what amounted to a shower curtain seperating the pilots from the passengers. I quit flying in 1999 because of security and mechanical problems the airline industry still has. I have stood in front of the curtain to the cockpit and looked in there to see what I could see. Back then I could hardly believe that the cockpit was so vulnerable. Gore even tried to get the airlines to tighten security but the airlines lobbied against it to the point where they had the suggested security improvements but which had no deadline for enforcement. All the airlines cared about was profit or lack there of. Upgrading security was to expensive for them back then. Your safety was/is not included in the cost of the ticket to fly, as an EL AL Exec. pointed out shortly after 9/11.

I blame the Airline Industry for 9/11/01 by not responding to the hijack warning given in June 2001. Of course Klintoon Admin could have declared war on AQ in 1996 and things might have been different.

Sorry about the rant. Thanks.