Flight 77 - Cheney's one-way ticket to HELL
Not only did that bastard lie our nation into an unjust war in Iraq - he is, at the very least, responsible for allowing flight 77 to crash into the Pentagon on 9/11.
The following excerpts are from a statement by Mindy Kleinberg, whose husband died in the North Tower that day.
What happened on 9/11 is the biggest crime in US History - a crime whose momentum continues to kill people around the world almost 6 years on.
It is EVERY American's duty to find out what happened that fateful day.
Meanwhile, these questions and dozens more are a STARK reminder of what did NOT.
First public hearing of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United StatesStatement of Mindy Kleinberg to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States - March 31, 2003
My name is Mindy Kleinberg. My husband Alan Kleinberg, 39 yrs old, was killed in the WTC on September 11, 2001. As I testify here today about the 9/11 attacks, I will begin by saying that my thoughts are very much with the men and women who are involved in armed conflict overseas and their families who wait patiently for them to return.
* * * FAA and NORAD
Prior to 9/11, FAA and Department of Defense Manuals gave clear, comprehensive instructions on how to handle everything from minor emergencies to full blown hijackings.
These "protocols" were in place and were practiced regularly for a good reason--with heavily trafficked air space; airliners without radio and transponder contact are collisions and/or calamities waiting to happen.
Those protocols dictate that in the event of an emergency, the FAA is to notify NORAD. Once that notification takes place, it is then the responsibility of NORAD to scramble fighter-jets to intercept the errant plane(s). It is a matter of routine procedure for fighter-jets to "intercept" commercial airliners in order to regain contact with the pilot.
If that weren't protection enough, on September 11th, NEADS (or the North East Air Defense System dept of NORAD) was several days into a semiannual exercise known as "Vigilant Guardian".
This meant that our North East Air Defense system was fully staffed. In short, key officers were manning the operation battle center, "fighter jets were cocked, loaded, and carrying extra gas on board."
Lucky for the terrorists none of this mattered on the morning of September 11th.
Let me illustrate using just flight 11 as an example.
American Airline Flight 11 departed from Boston Logan Airport at 7:45 a.m. The last routine communication between ground control and the plane occurred at 8:13 a.m. Between 8:13 and 8:20 a.m. Flight 11 became unresponsive to ground control. Additionally, radar indicated that the plane had deviated from its assigned path of flight. Soon thereafter, transponder contact was lost - (although planes can still be seen on radar - even without their transponders).
Two Flight 11 airline attendants had separately called American Airlines reporting a hijacking, the presence of weapons, and the infliction of injuries on passengers and crew. At this point, it would seem abundantly clear that Flight 11 was an emergency.
Yet, according to NORAD's official timeline, NORAD was not contacted until 20 minutes later at 8:40 a.m. Tragically the fighter jets were not deployed until 8:52 a.m. -- a full 32 minutes after the loss of contact with flight 11.
Why was there a delay in the FAA notifying NORAD?
Why was there a delay in NORAD scrambling fighter jets?
How is this possible when NEADS was fully staffed with planes at the ready and monitoring our Northeast airspace?
Flight's 175, 77 and 93 all had this same repeat pattern of delays in notification and delays in scrambling fighter jets. Delays that are unimaginable considering a plane had, by this time, already hit the WTC
Even more baffling for us is the fact that the fighter jets were not scrambled from the closest air force bases.
For example, for the flight that hit the Pentagon, the jets were scrambled from Langley Air Force in Hampton, Virginia rather than Andrews Air Force Base right outside D.C. As a result, Washington skies remained wholly unprotected on the morning of September 11th.
At 9:41 a.m. one hour and 11 minutes after the first plane was hijack confirmed by NORAD, Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. The fighter jets were still miles away. WHY?
So the hijackers luck had continued. On September 11th both the FAA and NORAD deviated from standard emergency operating procedures. Who were the people that delayed the notification?
Have they been questioned?
In addition, the interceptor planes or fighter jets did not fly at their maximum speed.
Had the belatedly scrambled fighter jets flown at their maximum speed of engagement, MACH-12, they would have reached NYC and the Pentagon within moments of their deployment, intercepted the hijacked airliners before they could have hit their targets, and undoubtedly saved lives.
Mindy does not mention Dick Cheney in her statement. But, given what she does say, the fact that Dick Cheney was aware that flight 77 was steadily approaching the Pentagon yet did NOTHING to have it stopped is even more damning.
Leadership: Joint Chief Of Staff
The acting Joint Chief of staff on Sept 11th was on the morning of September 11th, he was having a routine meeting. Acting Joint Chief of staff Myers stated that he saw a TV. report about a plane hitting the WTC but thought it was a small plane or something like that. So, he went ahead with his meeting. "Meanwhile the second World Trade Center was hit by another jet. Nobody informed us of that," Myers said. By the time he came out of the meeting the Pentagon had been hit.
Whose responsibility was it to relay this emergency to the Joint Chief of Staff?
Have they been held accountable for their error?
Surely this represents a breakdown of protocol.
Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Defense, was at his desk doing paperwork when AA77 crashed into the Pentagon.
As reported, Secretary Rumsfeld felt the building shake, went outside, saw the damage and started helping the injured onto stretchers. After aiding the victims, the Secretary then went into the 'War Room'.
How is it possible that the National Military Command Center, located in the Pentagon and in contact with law enforcement and air traffic controllers from 8:46 a.m. did not communicate to the Secretary of Defense also at the Pentagon about the other hijacked planes especially the one headed to Washington?
How is that Secretary of Defense could have remained at this desk until the crash?
Whose responsibility is it to relay emergency situations to him?
* * * Was it luck or No Fault Government
Is it luck that aberrant stock trades were not monitored?
Is it luck when 15 visas are awarded based on incomplete forms?
Is it luck when Airline Security screenings allow hijackers to board planes with box cutters and pepper spray?
Is it luck when Emergency FAA and NORAD protocols are not followed?
Is it luck when a national emergency is not reported to top government officials on a timely basis?
To me luck is something that happens once.
When you have this repeated pattern of broken protocols, broken laws, broken communication, one cannot still call it luck.
If at some point we don't look to hold the individuals accountable for not doing their jobs properly then how can we ever expect for terrorists not to get lucky again?
And, that is why I am here with all of you today. Because, we must find the answers as to what happened that day so as to ensure that another September 11th can never happen again.
Commissioners, I implore you to answer our questions. You are the Generals in the terrorism fight on our shores. In answering our questions, you have the ability to make this nation a safer place and in turn, minimize the damage if there is another terrorist attack. And, if there is another attack, the next time, our systems will be in place and working and luck will not be an issue.
Let's send him where he belongs - out of office and straight to HELL!!!
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Thanks, Poseidon
You don't just go around shooting folks without a real good reason.
And if you are in charge of EVERY single unit resposable for protecting the USA and DON'T do something to stop the Highjacked aircraft with those units you are a SERIOUS criminal.
Dick Cheney is this criminal. Allways will be too.
4 Fricking FALCONS and and an hour and a half to scope out those 4 massif radar targets and Nothing Happend to prevent them from being used in this way?? Just how stupid do they think we are?
The APG-68 or better radar units in the F-16 Fighting falcon could do the job EASLY so why were those 4 Aircraft ALLOWED to hit there targets Mr Cheney?
Because that was the plan. Right Dick? Your Plan eh Richard? Well just because Dick is a Killer does not preven him going to jail for his crimes against all Humans on this planet.
Kick ass Take names Build jails and get to fixing your land America.
Your running out of time USA.
First you take D.C. Then you take New York.
The testimony may be viewed here.
"When you have this repeated pattern of broken protocols, broken laws, broken communication, one cannot still call it luck."