1st. No mention of 9-11 on OBL poster (FBI) Spokesman for the FBI stated theres "no hard evidence" I wonder why ?
I believe you won't get anyone to say there is no hard evidence against OBL. He hasn't got a mention of 9/11 on his wanted poster because he hasn't been indicted for the crime. He hasn't been indicted because the US Government do not have a chain of custody for the evidence against him (video tapes etc.) thus they cannot be admitted as evidence.
2. Multible Military drills on the same day as the attacks (A) Vigilant Gardian (B) Vigilant Warrior (C) Northern Vigilance And so on and so on.
Vigilant Guardian was a CPX. The transition from VG to real-world took about 4 seconds. Vigilant Warrior (I and II) were operations in the Gulf in, IIRC, 1994 and 1995. Saddam Hussein deployed forces to the Kuwait border, so Operation Vigilant Warrior was executed to make him stand down.
The only reference to Vigilant Warrior as an exercise is in Richard Clarke's book "Against All Enemies". He claims to have overheard Richard Myers (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) mention it during a phonecall.
It was postulated that this was a "live fly" aspect of Vigilant Guardian, but this is false. Warrior denotes NORAD live fly exercises, however the exercise term "Vigilant" is reserved for CJCS-approved CinC-NORAD Sponsored CPXs. The appropriate term for CJCS-approved CinC NORAD field exercises (live fly) is "Amalgam". Amalgam Warrior is held every second year, and was held in 2000 and 2002, not 2001.
Northern Vigilance was not an exercise but a real world operation. It was in response to a major Russian exercise, so any claim that Northern Vigilance was established on purpose would indicate Russia was also involved in the 9/11 plot.
Of course none of this affected the 14 aircraft on alert bases in the CONUS region. NEADS - who would have to deal with the hijackings - only had 4 aircraft.
And yet, all of this is irrelevant anyway. The military didn't have TIME to do anything. They had 9 minutes to intercept AA11, 2 minutes to intercept AA77, 0 minutes to intercept UA175, and minus 4 minutes to intercept UA93.
For additional information I reocmmend you read my
NORAD report (kindly
hosted by MarkyX) which addresses the possibility of a NORAD "stand down".
3. The fact that a the public was well notified of the Presidents schedual for 9-11 at Booker Elementary. Why didn't the terrorist know about this?
Someone has already pointed out that an incident occured which was markedly similar to the Al assassination of the leader of the Afghan resistance movement only shortly before 9/11. It seems at least possible that this was an attempted assassination of the President.
4. The fact that ABCs John Cochran asked the president that morning as he left the Hotel "If he knew what was happening in NY ? With the President stating "He did and would have something to say about it later"
That was at 09:16 EDT as Bush was leaving the classroom at Booker Elementary School.
5. The state of Florida was the only state under State of Emergency since September 7th. Jeb Bush the Presidents Brother.
Nope.
Executive Order 2001-261 on 7 September 2001 declared that the Florida National Guard would assist other authorities in civil emergencies.
It was
Executive Order 2001-262 on 11 September 2001 that declared a state of emergency - in RESPONSE to the 9/11 attacks.
7. NYC/OEM FEderal state of NY/NJ Tri-pod Bio/Chem 9-11
9-12, actually. And?
8. How did Mayor Guliani know the towers were coming down when the firemen didn't?
Not true. Read
Fatal Confusion for an account of how early people knew a collapse was imminent.
Minutes after the south tower collapsed at the World Trade Center, police helicopters hovered near the remaining tower to check its condition. "About 15 floors down from the top, it looks like it's glowing red," the pilot of one helicopter, Aviation 14, radioed at 10:07 a.m. "It's inevitable."
Assistant Chief Joseph Callan recalled feeling the north tower move. "I made the decision that the building was no longer safe," the chief told the Fire Department's oral history interviewers.
"All units in Building 1," he announced over the radio at 9:32. "All units in Building 1, come out, down to the lobby. Everybody down to the lobby."
Sentinel you yourself have often been critical of the poor communication abilities of the FDNY and the NYPD. That's why the firemen didn't get out. That's why they died. Because they didn't hear the calls from their chiefs to evacuate, and because no one in FDNY was getting information from the NYPD aviation units.
I hope you succeed in your quest to rectify this problem, to avoid a similar tragedy.
9. Question for the pilots: What is a power Dive at 10.000 per munite?
I assume you're referring to UA175's 10,000 feet per minute descent towards New York? 10,000fpm is certainly a very uncomfortable descent for passengers, but not especially so for the aircraft. Bear in mind the limitations of turning and climb/descent for airliners are not for the safety of the aircraft - they are for the comfort of the passengers. Obviously the hijackers on 9/11 weren't overly concerned with passenger comfort.
10. Why didn't the secret service place the president in protective custody when it was obvious the country was inder attack?
This is one question I too would like to know. IMHO after the second aircraft hit Bush should have been directed to Air Force One. I think there's lots of likely and plausible explanations for why he wasn't, but I would like to heard, officially, what the reasons were.
11. When did the VP get to the Emergency Operations Center?
I understand it was about the time The Pentagon was hit. The 9/11 Commission Report has a timeline for the VP's movements.
12. Why did they give permision for the Bin Laden family and friends to fly out of the country when ATC-0 was in effect for the CONUS?
Bin Laden has a large family. They are not all terrorists. However those that left the US were all under diplomatic passports, which means they have immunity. The US government CANNOT detain them. As it is I believe the FBI interviewed them all before they left.
13. If we were looking at it as another country we'd say 9-11 was a coup de tat over though of the United States of America.
A coup d'état (pronounced /ku de'ta/), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means by a part of the state establishment, that mostly replaces just the top power figures.
Source
Who were the President and VP replaced with on 9/11? I believe, by definition, the top leaders of a government cannot carry out a coup d'etat.
Message to Andrew
Thank you for the good back. You hit it right on the head. Respect the Dead and stop desicrating Holy Ground.
I apologise aswell if I made any assessments of your position that are inaccurate. We do not agree on all aspects, it appears, but on the above issue we are in 100% agreement. Regardless of who is responsible for 9/11, the victims are still victims. Either way, they deserve respect.
-Andrew