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In reply to the discussion: Listening to msnbc 9/11 coverage, something really bothering me [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)84. Do you think that things are done differently after 9/11? nt
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Listening to msnbc 9/11 coverage, something really bothering me [View all]
madaboutharry
Sep 2012
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...and we STILL haven't seen the unedited TAPES (like more than 10) of the pentagon hit....
uponit7771
Sep 2012
#3
I never understood why those damn "emergency alert" tests we suffered through for years
Happyhippychick
Sep 2012
#4
Remember that when they finally got the planes scrambled, they were NOT armed. They were
Pirate Smile
Sep 2012
#6
If it is all "conspiracy theory" than why did the PNAC have their plans all written up already?
rwsanders
Sep 2012
#30
And right out of their playbook "The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today"
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#69
but when a small plane breached the airspace near the Pres. O in Seattle, the fighters were there
progressivebydesign
Sep 2012
#26
Air traffic controllers have "the authority" to recognize planes in the wrong airspace.
Atman
Sep 2012
#27
Random. You're funny. PNAC even stated in their docs they wanted another Pearl Harbor.
valerief
Sep 2012
#31
I translate your post, Whiskeytide: Our military leadership was incompetent and lacked the
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#36
Thanks. I hope that planes have now been equipped so that this kind of even cannot occur.
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#105
Radar can see aircraft with transponders off. Mainly, the transponders are for exact indentificatio
ladjf
Sep 2012
#37
I believe that your statement that "controllers do not see actual radar return" is not true.
ladjf
Sep 2012
#68
So nice during a time of war the enemy is honorable enough to leave their transponder on
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#73
The FAA notifies the military when a plane veers off course or shut off a transponder
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#79
the military has no RADAR capable of watching the skies within the country?
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#80
What I noticed was the broadcaster's total lack of showing empathy toward the horror
Auntie Bush
Sep 2012
#17
With over an hour of warning, the Republican Pentagon could not muster even a pop gun
Berlum
Sep 2012
#19
we are expected to believe Rumsfeld had no idea of the attacks until a plane hit the pentagon 1 hour
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#77
I never ever understood WHY box cutters and BIG knives were ever allowed in the cabin anyway.
SoapBox
Sep 2012
#21
The events on that day are arguably the greatest watershed moment in our history.
panader0
Sep 2012
#28
It's a real stretch to think our $600BB/year Pentagon couldn't protect itself.
Old and In the Way
Sep 2012
#49
they expect us to believe that the RADAR was looking outward,military has no RADAR within country
RepublicansRZombies
Sep 2012
#81
yes--standing orders are to scramble instantly on a threat, someone high up must tell them
librechik
Sep 2012
#55
If we're capable of asking these questions, why didn't Congress? Are they stupid, or what????
patrice
Sep 2012
#57
they were underfunded, given a vicious deadline and get this NO subpoena power
librechik
Sep 2012
#102
Four hijacked airliners are a lower priority than one golfer in a tiny plane n/t
arcane1
Sep 2012
#59