Good grief. I'll probably regret this, however:
Okay.
Let's assume it's true that the White House evacuation took place at 9:26.
Let's assume no-one outside noticed.
Let's forget the log times. Let's forget issues like Garvey's call to him re: Delta Airlines, before he left the office, reportedly didn't occur until after the Pentagon was hit.
Let's assume that, even though every single source describing the evacuation talks only about people pouring out of the White House and the OEOB, and moving over the Lafayette Park AFTER the Pentagon was hit, they are all wrong, every single one, and it actually happened after this initiation, and it's this that Mineta saw.
So, when did Mineta arrive? 9:26 was the "initiation", it's asking a bit much for him to arrive then, it would take time for "everyone" to be running out. And actually your source says the evacuation was "orderly", which is not what he described.
Still let's be overly generous to you again, and say he did exactly that. He's rolling up at 9:26. Then what?
Then he has to get through security and reach the Situation Room. Flaherty, his Chief of Staff at the DoS said he had trouble getting in, so this didn't happen "just like that". But we'll be kind to you, let's say he's there at 9:28.
Mineta tells us he then spends four or five minutes with Clarke. Let's be generous to you again, say it was 3. He's still there at 9:31.
Then, he must be taken to the PEOC. It's the other side of the building, down a level or two, and Mineta's not a young man. Still, lets be kind to you again, and say he reaches the PEOC at 9:32.
Except, oh dear, Mineta says it's 5 or 6 minutes after his arrival that he hears the conversation between the "young man" and Cheney. This pushes it back to 9:38, around the time the Pentagon was hit.
And, uh-oh, you've missed something: one of the big pieces of evidence supposedly supporting Mineta's original timeline is that Flight 77 was around 50 miles away at about 9:26/ 27.
ETA: yes, here's a chart referenced by achimspok:
So, even if Mineta arrived at the White House as early as 9:26 - something for which there is precisely no supporting evidence - then he was too late to hear the conversation this thread is about.
Still, I have a feeling you won't care, because ultimately you aren't after the truth - you want to prove "inside job". So, what now? Do you ditch the 9:26 evacuation time and say that was wrong, maybe it was 10 minutes earlier?
imo, mineta got to the peoc about 0930. that way when the plane was 50 miles out, it would have taken about 5 mins to make it to the pentagon and then two more mins for the loop de loop. that would make it 0937. then from there, they learn of the explosion and then the crash. by then its 0945 and the order to land all planes is given.
Okay.
Let's assume it's true that the White House evacuation took place at 9:26.
Let's assume no-one outside noticed.
Let's forget the log times. Let's forget issues like Garvey's call to him re: Delta Airlines, before he left the office, reportedly didn't occur until after the Pentagon was hit.
Let's assume that, even though every single source describing the evacuation talks only about people pouring out of the White House and the OEOB, and moving over the Lafayette Park AFTER the Pentagon was hit, they are all wrong, every single one, and it actually happened after this initiation, and it's this that Mineta saw.
So, when did Mineta arrive? 9:26 was the "initiation", it's asking a bit much for him to arrive then, it would take time for "everyone" to be running out. And actually your source says the evacuation was "orderly", which is not what he described.
Still let's be overly generous to you again, and say he did exactly that. He's rolling up at 9:26. Then what?
Then he has to get through security and reach the Situation Room. Flaherty, his Chief of Staff at the DoS said he had trouble getting in, so this didn't happen "just like that". But we'll be kind to you, let's say he's there at 9:28.
Mineta tells us he then spends four or five minutes with Clarke. Let's be generous to you again, say it was 3. He's still there at 9:31.
Then, he must be taken to the PEOC. It's the other side of the building, down a level or two, and Mineta's not a young man. Still, lets be kind to you again, and say he reaches the PEOC at 9:32.
Except, oh dear, Mineta says it's 5 or 6 minutes after his arrival that he hears the conversation between the "young man" and Cheney. This pushes it back to 9:38, around the time the Pentagon was hit.
And, uh-oh, you've missed something: one of the big pieces of evidence supposedly supporting Mineta's original timeline is that Flight 77 was around 50 miles away at about 9:26/ 27.
ETA: yes, here's a chart referenced by achimspok:
So, even if Mineta arrived at the White House as early as 9:26 - something for which there is precisely no supporting evidence - then he was too late to hear the conversation this thread is about.
Still, I have a feeling you won't care, because ultimately you aren't after the truth - you want to prove "inside job". So, what now? Do you ditch the 9:26 evacuation time and say that was wrong, maybe it was 10 minutes earlier?
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