Reply #39: some things that convince me that this was LI/MI-HOP

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apart from the excellent LIHOP/MIHOP research


1. BFEE types are the only ones who say "nine one one" instead of "nine eleven". To me, this highlights the sense that the date was chosen for brand-name recognition. Like Andy Card said,
"you don't roll out a new product in July"

2."a reading program that works"
What the f#ck kind of awkwardass thing to say is that?
He's still reading off his marketing bullet points in face of one our darkest days?

3. OBL was in the NY Times a few days before. Prominent photo and feature story. Like a PR campaign was being launched

4. It took like 2 minutes to find all them "How To" videos and manuals in glove boxes of rental cars
Not for nothing but if your plan was that precise, I don't think you'd need to bring your cheat-sheet along.

5.Remember on the day before the press was shut out? There were interview after interview with flight school people who talked about all these weird cash-only students. Every one said they had called the FBI but w/o response

7. A few months earlier I was working in a building on Park Avenue in the 30's. It was around 4pm when the whole area was locked down for a bomb alert.
If you aren't familiar with NYC, this was one of the busiest, most central traffic areas in the city. Just down from Grand Central, just a few blocks from Empire State bld.
This was intense stuff; bomb squad, streets cordoned off for blocks and blocks during rush hour.
Nobody could leave the building.
Cops/ambulances galore.
NO news crew. NO press. NO mention on the news or in the paper. WTF? And it was the second time in a few weeks. Another drill like they were to have on 9/11?

Sorry for the rant but wow - amazing how little a scratch to the surface it takes to get us rolling, huh?