Hi Janice,
Quite a mess, isn't it. I am aware of most of it. I don't know if you have read Richard Clark's "Against All Enemies" yet, but if not, do so. I know that Andy Card told Dubya of the second plane while he was in the classroom trying to read. He did nothing. He went back to reading with the kids. That was his script and his puppetiers always insist he follow the script. He didn't have a clue of what to do. The thinking is done by Cheney. According to Clark's book, Bush finally did take off on the run, not knowing where or what to do. It was Clark who ordered the fighter jets to accompany him and he was ordered to go to the bunker in Nebraska.
As for NORAD, they had the info and failed to act. I don't know of a single person associated with this bungle who was ever even reprimanded no less fired for this tragic comedy of errors. The lowly FAA guy, first day on the new job had the guts to order all planes grounded immediately.
Two questions beg to be asked. Why did Ashcroft refuse to fly commercially after the August 9th PDB and why was the Bin Laden family flown to Virginia on Sept 12 and then whisked immediately out of the country by private jet before they could be questioned about their dear relative, Osama by the FBI. This was during a ban of all flights in the US. This one will outlast the Kennedy Conspiracy theories by a lot. I wonder tonight how that dimwit Bush will enlighten us on why we are dying in Iraq when most of the hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, where Poppy does business.
