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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 428
4-months before the attack of September 11th. Under the program, “Saudis were allowed to
arrange visas through 10 travel agencies—often without coming to the U.S. Embassy or
consulate for interviews.” Michael Springmann was the former head of the Visa Bureau at a US
Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, between 1987 and 1989. He says he was “repeatedly ordered
by high level State Dept. officials to issue visas to unqualified applicants.” Mohamed Atta, the
alleged lead hijacker, is one person admitted to the US under this program despite being in
violation of his visa status.
Mohamed “was subject to telephone monitoring by the Egyptian secret service” he had
been monitored by the FBI in 2000 because he bought large quantities of chemicals in Germany
which were “potentially usable in making explosives.” Prior to being issued his US tourist Visa
the Canadians passed critical information to the US that, “Canadian TV reported that Atta had
already been implicated in a terrorist bombing in Israel.” Yet, in spite of these overwhelming
reports, he was given a visa and allowed entry into the US.
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Air Force Stands Down
As was warned by members of the FBI, foreign intelligence agencies, Nicholson,
Riconosciuto, Vreeland and others, on the morning of September 11th
four planes were hijacked
between 7:45 and 8:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and
Department of Defense (DOD) guidelines call for hijacked planes or any airplane that is non-
responsive and over two miles off course to be intercepted by jet fighters. Further, the FAA's
Aeronautical Information Manual: Official Guide to Basic Flight Information and Air Traffic
Control Procedures gives specific instructions for controllers to follow in events such as
occurred on September 11th. The manual instructs:
Consider that an aircraft emergency exists.. when:... There is unexpected
loss of radar contact and radio communications with any... aircraft.... If... you are
in doubt that a situation constitutes an emergency or potential emergency, handle
it as though it were an emergency.
In the emergency that presented itself on the morning of September 11, the FAA
controller would have been legally obligated to immediately contact the National Military
Command Center (NMCC) located in the Pentagon and the North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD).
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The DOD is required to provide aircraft intercept at the request of FAA
assistance. This is covered under Department of Defense Directive 3025.15, “Military Assistance
to Civil Authorities,” which requires the DOD to: “cooperate with and provide military
assistance to civil authorities as directed by and consistent with applicable law, Presidential
Directives, Executive orders, and this directive.”
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Applicable law is contained in the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3610.01, “Aircraft Piracy (Hijacking) And Destruction Of
Derelict Airborne Objects,” which states:
When an aircraft becomes the subject of an aircraft piracy offense within
the US... the Department of Defense will provide support... Military Personnel
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