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#73. NORAD used to have their own radars looking over the U.S. as well as outward from the U.S.. They used to have lots of people in the identification sections of each sector randomly interrogating individual tracks over the
U.S. as well as outward from the U.S.. They did not have to wait for F.A.A. back then to provide them information.
They had enough people monitoring the scopes not having to rely on F.A.A. input. They used to have specialised interceptors which could react in minimum time.

First, what is your source for the claim that NORAD used to have radar looking at US airspace and that Clinton was responsible for cutting it?

NORAD's own website clearly says - "Until the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, NORAD's focus was almost exclusively fixed on threats coming toward the Canadian and American borders, not terrorism in our domestic airspace. Because of that day, NORAD's focus has increased to include domestic airspace. NORAD's mission is truly global."

Second, if NORAD did have inward looking radar that would have cut out the delay in getting info from the FAA, but they still did not have authorization to shoot those planes down.

Here's what Gen. Arnold said in the recent hearings - "To my knowledge, I did not have the authority to shoot it down at that time," he said. Of Flight 77, he said, "Even if we were there, I don't think we would have shot it down."

Maybe you know more about NORAD than he does?