[tbeatty]

Looks like it was Union pressure of the Air Traffic Controllers that forced the destruction. Great.

[Petronski]

They should fire him immediately.


In a few weeks, they should rehire him, then promptly fire him all over again.

[rebel_yell2]

LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL!

[Texas_Jarhead]

Effin bureaucrats suck!

[Psycho_Bunny]

It this the smoking-gun that liberal lunatics are looking for where Bush cuts in and guides the planes to the tower personally?

[DoughtyOne]

And this is the mind of a person responsible for directling air traffic, or supervising such endeavors? I guess it's time to ask, was he a citizen or like most other airport employees at that time, an illegal alien? Don't laugh.

[dandi]

The tinfoil-hat crowd will be out in full force on this one. Cue the "X-Files" intro music.

[ChefKeith]

union pressure or not, there is NO EXCUSE for this to have been done!

This stinks of cover-up!

Heads need to roll...

[Jaysun]

Disagree with an FAA directive?
To hell with them! Destroy the evidence beyond repair.

Disagree with your State law against gay marriage?
To hell with them! Crank out as many queer marriages as you can - as fast as possible.

Don't like Federal drug laws?
To hell with them! Start passing out pot for medical use.

Sickening.

[fire_eye]

The manager said he waited several months to destroy the tape because he promised the local controllers' union vice president

Oh, yeah?

That's very interesting. This guy was more "Scared" (is that it?) of some union thug than he was of destroying evidence in the worst act of terrorism ever committed within the U.S.???

That is VERY interesting... There is clearly more here than meets the eye. Imagine this - you've got a piece of evidence in your hand, which you *know* may be of considerable interest to law enforcement agents who are not to be trifled with on this issue - and you destroy it?

It wouldn't matter to *me*, WHAT I had promised some Union goon - even if I cared nothing for the security of the United States, I'd be *far* more worried about the consequences for my sorry ass of the FBI finding out I'd destroyed evidence like that, than I would be about violating a confidence with some union thug.

Unless, of course, there's something going on here that we don't know about...

[snopercod]

Mead said his office referred the case to federal prosecutors in New York, but they declined to prosecute because of lack of criminal intent.

Dang! Martha Stewart should have thought of that defense!

[ladyinred]

WOW!

[bvw]

A man who made a moral judgement. We need more of them.

[BSunday]

The quality assurance manager said he destroyed the tape because he felt it violated FAA policy calling for written statements from controllers who have handled a plane involved in an accident or other serious incident. He also said he felt the controllers were not in the right frame of mind to have consented to the taping, the report said. is a fascist lib democrat.

[PushinTin]

TRANSLATION!!!!!!!

The tapes referred to here were tapes of an interview with the controllers after 9/11. This is not a normal accident investigation procedure. This DOES NOT refer to the actual pilot/controller voice recordings during 9/11. All radar data and audio is saved for a minimum of 5 years unless there is some kind of litigation, which on this one will be a boatload!! The controllers are also required to fill out a written statement after the occurrence. This is also retain for the same time frame as the above mentioned. CASE CLOSED!!!!!!