[millerph]

Just for sake of argument let’s assume it was shot down, which I actually think is what occurred. If it had been reported & confirmed have you ever thought about what would have happened? It would have been worse than 9/11, a complete shutdown of the aeronautics industry. Who would fly if they knew a missile could bring another one down? At least with 9/11 they had time to prepare people & make them think security was better. This may be one of those things that was determined to disruptive for the public to know so it was kept secret.

[JoeA]

And the public knowledge of the terrorism would have prompted a response, and perhaps prevented 9/11, and the Aghan and Iraqi wars.

That would have been terrible, huh?

[ALASKA]

That is exactly what I have been saying for years. Who would fly if the truth was known, and it only makes sense that the government would not want it known. I’ve always thought that one of the worse things terrorists could do would be to take out airliners on both coasts at the same time with shoulder-fired missiles. It would paralyze the country......

[GingisK]

This may be one of those things that was determined to disruptive for the public to know so it was kept secret.

Though this is obviously the government's rational from tiny little brains, it is foolish. It would be equivalent to failing to tell the public about U-Boats in the Atlantic during the two world wars.

It is simply a coverup for the ineptness displayed by the agencies that are soaking up taxpayer dollars to "protect us".

[Iwo Jima]

Oh, the old "you can't handle the truth" defense.

And yet we're supposed to be in charge of the government.