Reply #113: Also see NYT article: NYC and Wash DC were UNPROTECTED on 9/11 - LINK:

[Nothing Without Hope]

More lies gradually being exposed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/03/us/03norad.html?_r=1&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=print
August 3, 2006

New Tapes Disclose Confusion Within the Military on Sept. 11

By PHILIP SHENON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 — Newly disclosed tapes offer evidence of the widespread confusion within the military as the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were being carried out, further undermining claims by the Pentagon that it moved quickly to try to intercept and shoot down one or more of the hijacked jets.

When matched with the timeline of the attacks, the tapes make clear that information about the hijackings was slow to reach the military on Sept. 11 and that much of the information that did reach Air Force commanders was faulty.

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The tapes demonstrate that for most of the morning of Sept. 11, the airspace over New York and Washington was essentially undefended, and that jet fighters scrambled to intercept the hijacked planes were involved in a fruitless chase for planes that had already crashed.

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Members of the {9/11} commission said the tapes demonstrated that the Pentagon’s initial account of its actions on Sept. 11 was wrong and that some military officers might have intentionally provided false statements to the commission.

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At what point will the American people begin to wake up to what really happened on 9/11? These events could not have happened without deliberate witholding of air defense, which would have required orders from high levels indeed. WHEN will this be questioned? It certainly wasn't questioned by the 9/11 Commission.