They Were Warned...And Did Nothing
9/11 Commission: FAA Was Alerted to Potential Attacks
Documents Show 52 Warnings Were Received Prior to Sept. 11
Associated Press
Thursday, February 10, 2005; 10:13 AM
The Federal Aviation Administration received repeated warnings in the months prior to Sept. 11, 2001, about al Qaeda and its desire to attack airlines, according to a previously undisclosed report by the commission that investigated the terror attacks.
A previously undisclosed report by the 9/11 commission that investigated the suicide airliner attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon detailed 52 such warnings given to FAA leaders from April to Sept. 10, 2001, about the radical Islamic terrorist group and its leader, Osama bin Laden.
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According to the report:
-- Aviation officials were "lulled into a false sense of security" and "intelligence that indicated a real and growing threat leading up to 9/ll did not stimulate significant increases in security procedures."
-- Of the FAA's 105 daily intelligence summaries between April 1, 2001 and Sept. 10, 2001, 52 mentioned Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, or both, "mostly in regard to overseas threats."
-- It notes that the FAA did not expand the use of in-flight air marshals or tighten airport screening for weapons. It said FAA officials were more concerned with reducing airline congestion, lessening delays and easing air carriers' financial problems than thwarting a terrorist attack.
-- A proposed rule to improve passenger screening and other security measures ordered by Congress in 1996 had been held up by the Office of Management and Budget and was still not in effect when the attacks occurred, according to the FAA.
-- Information in this report was available to members of the 9/11 commission when they issued their public report last summer. That report itself contained criticisms of FAA operations.
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Accountability? We don't need no stinkin' accountability!
I guess if one cannot be convinced by the title of a Presidential Daily Brief, 52!!!!! warnings about a possible attack wouldn't make a difference either.
When are you going to get it?
9/11 Commission: FAA Was Alerted to Potential Attacks
Documents Show 52 Warnings Were Received Prior to Sept. 11
Associated Press
Thursday, February 10, 2005; 10:13 AM
The Federal Aviation Administration received repeated warnings in the months prior to Sept. 11, 2001, about al Qaeda and its desire to attack airlines, according to a previously undisclosed report by the commission that investigated the terror attacks.
A previously undisclosed report by the 9/11 commission that investigated the suicide airliner attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon detailed 52 such warnings given to FAA leaders from April to Sept. 10, 2001, about the radical Islamic terrorist group and its leader, Osama bin Laden.
....
According to the report:
-- Aviation officials were "lulled into a false sense of security" and "intelligence that indicated a real and growing threat leading up to 9/ll did not stimulate significant increases in security procedures."
-- Of the FAA's 105 daily intelligence summaries between April 1, 2001 and Sept. 10, 2001, 52 mentioned Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, or both, "mostly in regard to overseas threats."
-- It notes that the FAA did not expand the use of in-flight air marshals or tighten airport screening for weapons. It said FAA officials were more concerned with reducing airline congestion, lessening delays and easing air carriers' financial problems than thwarting a terrorist attack.
-- A proposed rule to improve passenger screening and other security measures ordered by Congress in 1996 had been held up by the Office of Management and Budget and was still not in effect when the attacks occurred, according to the FAA.
-- Information in this report was available to members of the 9/11 commission when they issued their public report last summer. That report itself contained criticisms of FAA operations.
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Accountability? We don't need no stinkin' accountability!
I guess if one cannot be convinced by the title of a Presidential Daily Brief, 52!!!!! warnings about a possible attack wouldn't make a difference either.
When are you going to get it?
posted by Mike at 2:19 PM
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