06-09-2013, 10:56 AM
Benedict Sliney operations manager FAA, former Wall Street attorney, former air traffic controller, Vietnam Air Force veteran; charged with coordinating FAA response. Procedures were in place for FAA to request military assistance in hijack situations. Sliney claimed ignorance; did not so request after first hijacking at 8:15, second in twenty minutes, then third and fourth.
Hijack coordinator Lt Gen Michael Canavan was flying to Puerto Rico. His replacement called in sick. FAA employee John Holley says Canavan was running tabletop simulations very like 9/11.
Chair of Joint Chiefs Hugh Shelton flew to Hungary for NATO conference during attacks.
NORAD commander Gen Ralph Eberhart had set INFOCON to lowest level 12 hrs prior making comnet vulnerable to hacking. Did nothing during attacks. Drove from air base to NORAD, 12 miles took an hour during attacks. Finally ordered fighters from Langley, but "battle stations" not to scramble. When sent, fighters limited to "max subsonic"; fighters sent on wrong heading. All very similar to previous exercises.
Able Guardian exercise in progress during attack; placed simulated data over real hijack data on radar screens.
Eberhart made commander of new NorthCom created after 9/11 in case there is a need for military use in CONUS
Ryan says Cheney headed assassination squad of JSOC after 9/11; Canavan was JSOC commander.
Have Kindle; paperback tomorrow.
Ryan, check six.
Hijack coordinator Lt Gen Michael Canavan was flying to Puerto Rico. His replacement called in sick. FAA employee John Holley says Canavan was running tabletop simulations very like 9/11.
Chair of Joint Chiefs Hugh Shelton flew to Hungary for NATO conference during attacks.
NORAD commander Gen Ralph Eberhart had set INFOCON to lowest level 12 hrs prior making comnet vulnerable to hacking. Did nothing during attacks. Drove from air base to NORAD, 12 miles took an hour during attacks. Finally ordered fighters from Langley, but "battle stations" not to scramble. When sent, fighters limited to "max subsonic"; fighters sent on wrong heading. All very similar to previous exercises.
Able Guardian exercise in progress during attack; placed simulated data over real hijack data on radar screens.
Eberhart made commander of new NorthCom created after 9/11 in case there is a need for military use in CONUS
Ryan says Cheney headed assassination squad of JSOC after 9/11; Canavan was JSOC commander.
Have Kindle; paperback tomorrow.
Ryan, check six.