50% of F.A.A security alerts from 4/01 to 9/10/01 had Al Qaeda or Bin Laden in them
We all remember that great scene on C-Span when Condi testified to the title of the August 10, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing to the 9/11 Comission (Bin Laden Determined to Attack in U.S.). Now it turns out the F.A.A. received numerous warnings that a hijacking with the planes being used as weapons was possible and even the method the terrorists would use. This was such an issue the F.A.A. apparently made a training CD ROM on it, and fifty percent of the F.A.A.'s security briefings from April 2001 until Sept 10, 2001 dealt in some way with Al Qaeda or Osama bin Laden.
Also disturbing is the fact that "Aviation officials amassed so much information about the growing threat posed by terrorists that they conducted classified briefings in mid-2001 for security officials at 19 of the nation's busiest airports to warn of the threat posed in particular by Mr. bin Laden, the report said."
Was anyone out there doing their job? Is this the idea of "provide for the common defense" as outlined in the preamble to the Constitution.
The link to the article is below.
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