[Congressman Billybob]

It's not worth the time to take this article apart brick by brick. Let's just hit the high spots.

The panel reached its conclusion after "deliberating for 72 straight hours." Any panel on anything that deliberated for 72 straight hours would agree to anything to get out of the room and get some sleep. -- that Bill Clinton is an honest man, that O.J. Simpson didn't do it, that Britanny Spears is a good actress, whatever.

Regarding the comment that the hijackers "could not have become familiar with IFR operations in 45 minutes," they didn't use the instruments. They flew down the coast by looking at the waterline. In New York, they found their targets by sight. In D.C. they missed their target (apparently the White House), because it is short and hidden by trees when seen from the air, and so diverted to the Pentagon.

Only two capacities were necessary to fly these planes: 1) turn the plane, and 2) use the throttle to slow down and drop to target altitude. All of the hundreds of other guages and controls on these planes were irrelevant to the hijackers.

Or, the short version of my comments on this article: God, I love the smell of tin foil in the morning.

Congressman Billybob

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[AppyPappy]

Don't forget that the 72 hours was probably paid for with Arab money.

[DrLiberty]

Congressman Billybob: "The panel reached its conclusion after "deliberating for 72 straight hours." Any panel on anything that deliberated for 72 straight hours would agree to anything to get out of the room and get some sleep. -- that Bill Clinton is an honest man, that O.J. Simpson didn't do it, that Britanny Spears is a good actress, whatever."

Very funny. Your point proves nothing.

Congressman Billybob: "Regarding the comment that the hijackers "could not have become familiar with IFR operations in 45 minutes," they didn't use the instruments. They flew down the coast by looking at the waterline. In New York, they found their targets by sight. In D.C. they missed their target (apparently the White House), because it is short and hidden by trees when seen from the air, and so diverted to the Pentagon."

You obviously haven't seen the flightlines. You're just assuming what they did, like everyone else here does all the time. They flew straight down across New York State, not the coast.

If that's the best you can do Billy, we better get you back up to congress to help all the other nitwits. Or how about The CIA or FBI. They can't see the forest for the trees either.