Footnotes:

[1] StandDown.net, 35 USAF Bases Within Range On 911: The 7 Air Stations On Full Alert Covering The Continental United States And 28 More Air Stations That Were In Range Of The 4 Airliners On 911

The Memory Hole, Map: Hijacked 9/11 Flights and Military Bases, http://www.thememoryhole.org/

[2] Mike Hersh, Bush and Cheney Block 9-11 Investigation, http://www.mikehersh.com/, Oct 24, 2002

Bush Occupation, Why is Bush Blocking A Public 9-11 Investigation? http://www.bushoccupation.com/

[3] Mindy Kleinberg, Complete testimony of Mindy Kleinberg, to The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 9/11 victim's wife asks uncomfortable questions, http://www.unknownnews.net/, March 31, 2003. See also:

9/11 Family Steering Committee, http://www.911independentcommission.org/

[4] Want to know, 9/11 Research 60-Page Summary: Verifiable Research on 9/11, Summary of 9/11 Research Compiled by Paul Thompson, http://www.wanttoknow.info/

[5] Ron Gassaway, Some Important Quotes About 9/11, http://911resources.blogspot.com/

[6] Jake Tapper, Senate report: FBI still unprepared, http://dir.salon.com/, March 3, 2003

[7] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, October 17, 2002: None Punished at Agencies for 9/11 Failures

[8] The 9/11 Commission Report, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/index.html, p. xvi

[9] Downsize DC, The Jersey Girls Deserve Answers, http://action.downsizedc.org/, June 9, 2007

[10] Benjamin DeMott, Whitewash as public service: How The 9/11 Commission Report defrauds the nation, http://www.harpers.org/, October 2004

[11] 911Truth.org, THE TOP 40 REASONS TO DOUBT THE OFFICIAL STORY OF SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, http://www.911truth.org/. See also:

Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, January 10, 2003: Government Employees Responsible for 9/11 Failures Are Promoted

[12] Romesh Ratnesar and Timothy J. Burger, The FBI: Does It Want to Be Fixed? http://www.time.com/

[13] Laura Brown, FAA Communications with NORAD On September 11, 2001, FAA clarification memo to 9/11 Independent Commission, http://www.911truth.org/. See also confirmation by Kyle Hence of 911citizenswatch.org: UQ Wire: Statement from FAA Contradicts 911 Report. Watch Richard Ben-Veniste read the statement to the 9/11 commission:

YouTube video, Comunicazioni tra FAA e Norad (Laura Brown memo), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rJY8EeEL5A

Statement archived here:

9/11 Commission, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Public Hearing, Friday, May 23, 2003. http://www.9-11commission.gov/

Former Counter-Terrorism coordinator Richard Clarke and Dick Cheney both confirmed this statement. Dick Cheney admitted on a live TV interview that “the Secret Service has an arrangement with the F.A.A. They had open lines after the World Trade Center was…” Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Establishes Open Telephone Line with the Secret Service

[14] FAA, Order 7110.65R, Air Traffic Control, Chapter 10. Emergencies, Section 2. Emergency Assistance, http://www.faa.gov/. See also:

Illarion Bykov and Jared Israel, Mr. Cheney's Cover-up: Part 2 of 'Guilty for 9-11: Bush, Rumsfeld, Myers', http://emperors-clothes.com/.

[15] FAA, Order 7110.65R, Air Traffic Control, Chapter 10. Emergencies, Section 1. General

[16] Dan Eggen, 9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon: Allegations Brought to Inspectors General, Global Research, August 2, 2006.

[17] Nicholas Levis, Senator Dayton: NORAD Lied About 9/11

[18] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, Richard B. Myers

[19] Ibid. (After 8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Still Oblivious? Accounts Are Contradictory

[20] Ibid. August 24, 2001

[21] Jim Hoffman, General Myers: Cover Stories of the People in Charge, http://911research.wtc7.net/. See also:

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), Chairman Responsibilities, http://www.jcs.mil/chairman/chairman_resp.html

[22] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, Henry H. Shelton

[23] Ibid. (8:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Holds Breakfast Meeting at Pentagon; Key Military Figures Present

[24] Ibid. October 17, 2001: Military Head Says He Hadn’t Thought of 9/11-Type Scenario

[25] Ibid. September 15, 2001-April 6, 2002: Bush Shifts Public Focus from bin Laden to Iraq

[26] Ibid. Military Exercises Up to 9/11

[27] Ibid. Ralph Eberhart

[28] Kane, Crossing the Rubicon: Simplifying the case against Dick Cheney

“One exercise titled NORTHERN VIGILANCE pulled Air Force fighters up into Canada simulating a Russian air attack, so there were very few fighters remaining on the east coast to respond. All of this paralyzed Air Force response ensuring that fighter jocks couldn’t stop 9/11.”

Mike Kelly, “NORAD confirmed two mock drills on September 11,” NJ.com, December 5, 2003.

“NORAD confirmed it had only eight fighters on the East Coast for emergency scrambles on September 11. Throughout Canada and the United States, including Alaska, NORAD had 20 fighters on alert — armed, fueled up, and ready to fly in minutes.”

[29] 911Truth.org, The Wargames of September 11th (beta), http://www.911truth.org/, November 20, 2005:

“The use of ‘injects’ (phantom blips projected onto radar screens electronically) is a technique employed to test the defending side in air defense exercises.”

Michael Kane: Crossing the Rubicon, Simplifying the case against Dick Cheney, http://www.fromthewilderness.com/: “Ample evidence gathered from mainstream news sources and compiled by Paul Thompson… indicates that the wargames served to confuse and stymie air defense response to the simultaneous crash-bombings.[29] Although Thompson avoids conclusions and merely presents a long series of verifiable facts, confusion appears to have been the exact result intended by at least some of the wargame planners. This was already a central thesis of Mike Rupperts's 2004 book Crossing the Rubicon.”

911Truth.org, The Wargames of September 11th (beta)

Jim Hoffman, War Games: Multiple War Games Were Being Conducted on 9/11/01, http://911research.wtc7.net/

[30] Jim Hoffman, Aviation Post-9/11/01: Pentagon Rewarded; Flying Public Harassed, http://911research.wtc7.net/:

“In the wake of the largest failure of the U.S. military to defend the civilian population in the country's history, there were no repercussions for people responsible for air defense. There was no serious investigation of the inexplicable failure to follow standard operating procedure and scramble interceptors promptly once each of the four jetliners started going off course. To the contrary, the people in charge of defending us were rewarded. General Myers, who was Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on September 11th, was quickly confirmed as Chairman just two days later. General Ralph Eberhart, Commander in Chief of NORAD at the time of the attack, was promoted to head the new "Northern Command" a year after the attack.”

He was also awarded a Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General of Canada

On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Meritorious Service Cross presented to General Ralph Edward Eberhart, http://www.gg.ca/, November 5, 2004: “A Meritorious Service Cross… [for] his leadership, astute initiative and clear direction ensured the appropriate decisions were made during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.”

[31] Gerry J. Gilmore, Eberhart Tabbed to Head U.S. Northern Command, American Forces Press Service, http://www.defenselink.mil/, May 8, 2002

[32] Gerry J. Gilmore, Eberhart: 9-11 Created Need for New Unified Command, American Forces Press Service, http://www.defenselink.mil/, June 19, 2003

Oilempire, Northern Command (NORTHCOM), http://www.oilempire.us/:

“General Ralph Eberhart, who was in charge of NORAD (air defense) on 9/11, was made the first commander of the new ‘Northern Command,’ the domestic unified military command established in October 2002. If the domestic use of the U.S. military escalates into full-scale martial law, the Northern Command would essentially manage it. If 9/11 had been an ‘intelligence failure,’ it is likely that General Eberhart would have been court-martialed instead of promoted.”

[33] ‘George Washington’, Mineta's Testimony CONFIRMED, http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/

[34] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, Steve O’Brien

[35] Illarion Bykov and Jared Israel, GUILTY FOR 9-11: BUSH, RUMSFELD, MYERS, http://www.copvcia.com/

[36] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, Context of '(9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Learns Hijacked Plane on Route to Washington, Evacuates White House'

[37] Ibid. Ben Sliney

Newsday, FAA manager's performance of a lifetime on Sept. 11, http://www.frumsource.com/

[38] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, (9:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Rookie FAA Manager Bans All Take Offs Nationwide, Including Most Military Flights? Mineta Asserts He Issues Order Minutes Later

[39] David Ray Griffin, 9/11 Live or Fabricated: Do the NORAD Tapes Verify The 9/11 Commission Report? http://www.911truth.org/

[40] Newsday, FAA manager's performance of a lifetime on Sept. 11, http://www.frumsource.com/

[41] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, January 10, 2003: Government Employees Responsible for 9/11 Failures Are Promoted

[42] Ibid.

[43] Ibid.

[44] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, Pasquale D'Amuro

[45] Romesh Ratnesar and Timothy J. Burger, The FBI: Does It Want to Be Fixed?

[46] John Riley, Agent: Suspicions of plot ignored, http://www.newsday.com/

[47] Ibid.

[48] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, David Frasca

[49] Anthony York, Will David Frasca be the FBI fall guy for 9/11? http://salon.com/

[50] Anthony York, Will David Frasca be the FBI fall guy for 9/11? http://salon.com/

[51] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, July 10, 2001: FBI Agent Sends Memo Warning that Unusual Number of Muslim Extremists Are Learning to Fly in Arizona

Ibid. July 27, 2001 and after: Phoenix Memo Received by FBI Headquarters; Little Action Taken in Response

[52] Ibid. January 10, 2003: Government Employees Responsible for 9/11 Failures Are Promoted

[53] Romesh Ratnesar and Michael Weisskopf, How the FBI Blew the Case, Time Magazine, May 27, 2002

[54] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, January 10, 2003: Government Employees Responsible for 9/11 Failures Are Promoted

[55] Ibid. Context of 'Mid-May-December 2000: Atta and Hanjour Reportedly Visit Fellow Hijackers at FBI Informer’s House'

[56] Ibid. The Able Danger Program

[57] Ibid. Context of '1996-August 2000: Ahmed Alghamdi and Other Hijackers Reportedly Connected to US Military Base'

[58] Ibid. Context of 'April 15, 1999: Hanjour Gets Pilot’s License Despite Dubious Skills'

Hani Hanjour: 9/11 Pilot Extraordinaire

[59] Paul Thompson, Complete 9/11 Timeline, Context of 'September 16-23, 2001: People with Hijacker Names and Identifying Details Are Still Alive'

[60] Ibid. September 11, 2001: Existing Files on Hijackers Enables Investigation to Start Within Hours of Attacks

[61] Ibid.

[62] Ibid. (After 9:37 a.m.): FBI Confiscates Film of Pentagon Crash

[63] Ibid. Coleen Rowley

[64] Ibid. Sibel Edmonds and Related Scandals

[65] Ibid. Robert Wright

[66] Ibid. Kevin Ryan

911truth.org, UL Executive Speaks Out On WTC Study, http://www.scoop.co.nz/

[67] Prison Planet, The 9/11 Whistleblowers, http://www.prisonplanet.com/

Gregg Roberts, Where Are the 9/11 Whistleblowers? http://911research.wtc7.net/

[68] ‘George Washington’, 9/11 Truthers are Nuts! Or are they? http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/

Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice

[69] Jon Gold, 9/11 Family Members Patty Casazza And Bob McIlvaine 11/3/2007 Transcript, http://www.911blogger.com/

[70] 911 proof

Journal of 9/11 Studies

9-11 Research: An Independent Investigation of the 9-11-2001 Attack

[71] Know Your War-Profiteers Card Deck