Reply #27: Why no air cover over Washington?

[Old and In the Way]

Our $400BB/year military can't protect thePentagon? Sorry, can not buy that one. Based on that flight path of 77, it looks like it was on some kind of delayed holding pattern...maybe waiting for 93 to catch up from its 20 minute unscheduled delay on thetarmac? I would think that the only chance a bunch of alledged terrorists with boxcutters would have of success would be immediate surprise and a direct route to their targets. That wasn't the case on 9/11.

BTW, I recall, right after theattacks, that there was quite a bit of speculation about ground support, that there were people who had security clearances who smuggled the weapons on the planes....I'm not aware that any ground crew has been arrested at any of the airports on the planes that flew on 9/11.