Norman Mineta Is Key

http://www.9-11commission.gov/archiv...2003-05-23.pdf

"During the time that the airplane was coming in to the Pentagon, there was a young man who would come in and say to the Vice President, "The plane is 50 miles out." "The plane is 30 miles out." And when it got down to "the plane is 10 miles out," the young man also said to the Vice President, "Do the orders still stand?" And the Vice President turned and whipped his neck around and said, "Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?"

How can Dick Cheney be monitoring Flight 77 for 50 miles from the PEOC? The 9/11 Report says he didn't get there until 9:58am. The Pentagon was hit at 9:37 according to the 9/11 Report.

Now you know why Norman Mineta's testimony was omitted from the 9/11 Report.

They re-wrote history to suit their needs.

The best accounts have Cheney at the PEOC by 9:10am.

On 9/13/2001, during Richard B. Myers confirmation hearings for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he stated that the order to scramble took place "after the Pentagon was struck." So obviously the order Dick Cheney was referring to was not a scramble order, but a stand down order. The reason it took an hour and 45 minutes to scramble a plane, and the reason why the "young man" kept running in and out. Would he need to run in and out if the order was to shoot down the plane? No, he would have received that order, and awaited confirmation of the shoot down to report back to Cheney.

Keep in mind, on 9/11/2001, the responsibility for scrambling planes fell under the secretary of Defense.

CJCSI 3610.01A

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As a Director for Operations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Fry issued an 'Instruction', CJCSI 3610.01A, which superseded earlier Department of Defence procedures for dealing with hijacked aircraft. The document, dated June 1, 2001, effectively stripped commanders in the field of all authority to act expeditiously, by stipulating approval for any requests involving "potentially lethal support" must be personally authorized by the Secretary of Defense, then as now Donald Rumsfeld. The order further requires the Secretary of Defense to be personally responsible for issuing intercept orders.

Fry issued CJCSI 3610.01A for the purpose of providing "guidance to the Deputy Director for Operations (DDO), National Military Command Center (NMCC), and operational commanders in the event of an aircraft piracy (hijacking) or request for destruction of derelict airborne objects." The CJCSI further states, "In the event of a hijacking, the NMCC will be notified by the most expeditious means by the FAA. The NMCC will, with the exception of immediate responses as authorized by referenced, forward requests for DOD assistance to the Secretary of Defense for approval."