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Title: Military Officials Ignored Cheney’S 9/11 Shoot-Down Order
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RAWSTORY
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/ ... -cheneys-911-shoot-down-order/
Published: Sep 8, 2011
Author: Stephen C. Webster
Post Date: 2011-09-08 13:42:36 by Brian S
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Views: 2819
Comments: 4
Newly published audio this week reveals that Vice President Dick Cheney's infamous Sept. 11, 2001 order to shoot down rogue civilian aircraft was ignored by military officials, who instead ordered pilots to only identify suspect aircraft. That revelation is one of many in newly released audio recordings compiled by investigators for the 9/11 Commission, published this week by The Rutgers Law Review. Featuring voices from employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and American Airlines, the newly released multimedia provides a glimpse at the chaos that emerged as the attack progressed. Most striking of all is the revelation that an order by Vice President Dick Cheney was ignored by the military, which saw his order to shoot down aircraft as outside the chain of command. Instead of acknowledging the order to shoot down civilian aircraft and carrying it out, NORAD ordered fighters to confirm aircraft tail numbers first and report back for further instructions. Cheney's order was given at "about 10:15" a.m., according to the former VP's memoirs, but the 9/11 Commission Report shows United flight 93 going down at 10:06 a.m. Had the military followed Cheney's order, civilian aircraft scrambling to get out of the sky could have been shot down, exponentially amplifying the day's tragedy. Far from sending fighters to chase after the hijacked aircraft, as Bush administration officials have repeatedly said they did, the new audio tapes paint a picture of bedlam and unpreparedness. The situation was so chaotic, military officials received the exact location of one of the aircraft that hit the World Trade Center towers just nine minutes before impact. It even took a military official calling the FAA some 30 minutes after American Airlines Flight 77 went off course before the nation's defense apparatus began scrambling. Moments later the jet is said to have slammed into the Pentagon. Despite these latest disclosures, the vast majority of materials gathered during the investigation of 9/11 remains a secret, even over the wishes of the 9/11 commissioners. Among that information is a 30-page summary of the commission's interview with President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney; black box data; minutes from a secret, high-level "continuity of government" meeting; and information on America's overseas intelligence-gathering on al Qaeda. Withheld from the audio released by Rutgers was a high-level meeting held by top administration officials, where they discussed continuity of government measures to be implemented if the president were to be killed or a mass casualty event were to occur. In Cheney's memoir, he claims to have ordered a staffer to hang up on that meeting when a technical glitch caused a degradation in audio quality. Instead of going directly there to participate in discussions about how to sustain the government, Cheney decided to watch television news. 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean has said most of the investigation's materials are classified for no apparent reason, and urged that the National Archives release the 9/11 files to the public as soon as possible. He's also suggested that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) tried to impede the investigation when it turned towards al Qaeda intelligence gathering methods. As many as 92 tapes of terror war captives being tortured by CIA operatives were later destroyed. Officials suggested these recordings depicted torture sessions with terrorism suspects Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Nashiri. Along with the tapes, detailed records of the CIA's so-called "torture flights," showing the planes, destinations and even the passengers, were also destroyed. Attorney General Eric Holder announced in June that after a lengthy investigation, a probe of the CIA's interrogations during the Bush-era would not proceed. This video is from ABC News, broadcast Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. 
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Dumb Dumb and The Big Evil Dick lied and thousands have died...
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
“I am confident that there is conversation inside the Government as to ‘How do we deal with Sibel?’” contends Ellsberg. “The first line of defense is to ensure that she doesn’t get into the media. I think any outlet that thought of using her materials would go to to the government and they would be told ‘don’t touch this . . . .‘” Other Whistleblowers Being Silenced Edmonds also says that she has been contacted by two high-ranking military officers who would like to shed light on 9/11, but - due to their oaths of secrecy - can only do so if subpoenaed. No one in Washington wants to issue a subpoena. High-Level Military Intelligence Officer: No One In Washington Wants To Know mcgowanjm posted on 2011-09-09 9:45:10 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #2. To: All (#1) CBS News) NEW YORK - Before the attacks of 9/11, the Courtlandt Street subway stop was at the foot of the Twin Towers. This was where tens of thousands of New Yorkers got off the train to head into the World Trade Center. Joe Irizarry was the motorman who drove many of them to work. "I have no desire to come back," Irizarry tells CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod. Who could blame him? At 8:46 a.m. on the morning of September 11th, 2001, Irizarry had just pulled his train into the station. Seconds later, the first plane hit. "What gave you the feeling something had gone wrong," Axelrod asks. "It actually shook my train," Irizarry replies. AND THAT"S IMPOSSIBLE. The subway would NOT have been affected by the plane hitting FLR 79. mcgowanjm posted on 2011-09-09 9:50:54 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #3. To: All (#2) Here's What happened at 8:46 AM on 9/11 that the Subway Driver felt: # William Rodriguez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rodriguez - CachedSimilar You +1'd this publicly. Undo Jump to 9/11 attacks46;: Rodriguez said he usually clocked in at 8:00 a.m. and rode an ... On 9/11, Rodriguez told CNN that shortly before the plane hit the tower he was in the basement when: ... All of a sudden at 8:46… we hear 'BOOM! ... William Rodriguez www.william911.com/ - CachedSimilar On 9/11, Rodriguez initially rescued fifteen (15) persons from the WTC, and as ... North Tower impact at about 8:46 A.M., and is believed to be the last person to ... mcgowanjm posted on 2011-09-09 9:54:30 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #4. To: All (#3) Complete 911 Timeline: World Trade Center www.historycommons.org › ... › Afghanistan › Complete 911 Timeline - CachedSimilar You +1'd this publicly. Undo According to the New York Observer, “If the attack had happened just a little later, Mr. ... 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Hits the North Tower of the World Trade Center .... William Rodriguez has worked at the World Trade Center for 20 years, including the time ... We're talking about a 50 ton hydraulic press—gone! ... How many times will you hear of WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ & SIBEL EDMONDS & YSRAEL
Cheney NEVER gave that order. FROM THE STILL UN ID'ED NAVY OFFICER: "DO THE ORDERS STILL STAND, SIR?" "OF COURSE THE ORDERS STILL STAND. YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING DIFFERENT HAVE YOU?" 8D
ABLE DANGER. Richard Clark knew. Similarly, a high-level military intelligence officer says that his unit - tasked with tracking Bin Laden prior to 9/11 - was pulled off the task, and there warnings that the World Trade Center and Pentagon were being targeted were ignored. ONLY FISA ever rejected. The one to search MOUSSAOUI's Computer. Which had the same password as Nick Berg. Nick Berg beheaded in Iraq by fat white men w/ jewelry in Arab Costume.
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