tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439673488589699253.post1760798575559764950..comments2023-04-14T02:22:38.240-07:00Comments on They Let it Happen: FAA IV: SLINEY'S AUTHORITY, UNLIMITED YET UNSURECaustic Logichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082923821952309709noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439673488589699253.post-20546642311566397712011-02-21T03:48:18.724-08:002011-02-21T03:48:18.724-08:00"As for his requests for fighter assistance, ..."As for his requests for fighter assistance, with or without Sliney’s involvement, fighters were off the ground just after the first plane hit, which is reasonably swift. Even if scrambled sooner, the total disempowerment of the defending fighter pilots was beyond his mandate and would have happened either way."<br /><br /><br />Nevertheless, the failure of the FAA to ever notify the military of a hijack until too late to act would be the first and easiest means to assure that the military's defenses are not deployed.<br /><br />One person with considerable authority contends that the FAA never did notify the military in time, and indeed instructed a regional Cleveland operative not to do so.<br />John Farmer, The Ground Truth: the untold story of America under attack on 9/11 (New York, 2009) 6, 8, 289 (senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, supplementing the Commission’s Report, “demonstrates precisely how government failed in dealing with the 9/11 conspiracy,” including the absolute failure of aviation authorities to notify the military, and the “unprecedented administrative incompetence or orchestrated mendacity” that concealed these failures from the public)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com