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Fort Belvoir, an army base 10 miles south of the Pentagon, Lt. Col. Mark R. Lindon was
conducting a “garrison control exercise” when the 9/11 attacks began. The object of this exercise
was to “test the security at the base in case of a terrorist attack.”
FBI/CIA anti-terrorist training exercise – USA Today reported that on 9/11, “a joint
FBI/CIA anti-terrorist task force” was away from Washington DC on a training exercise that was
in preparation of the specific type of attack that occurred on 9/11.
AWACS Training Missions – Two Airborne Warning and Control System plane crews
were on training missions on the morning of 9/11. One crew was in Florida and the other in
Washington DC. NORAD Commander Larry Arnold said the “exercise scenario [was]
simulating an attack on the United States. The AWACS crew initially thought we were going
into one of those simulations.”
These exercises had the effect of lessening preparedness on the morning of 9/11, causing
confusion and providing an alibi for any lack of response. This confusion is verified by the
following: Boston flight control called NORAD at approximately 8:37 AM to report flight 11
hijacked. The controller stated: “we have a problem here. We have a hijacked aircraft headed
toward New York, and we need you guys to, we need someone to scramble some F-16s or
something up there, help us out.” Tech Sgt. Jeremy Powell responds: “Is this real-world or
exercise?” Boston answers, “No, this is not an exercise, not a test.”
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In addition to all these exercises is the fact that the FAA hijack coordinator, the
Commander of NORAD and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) were off duty on
9/11. Mike McGavan, the FAA hijack coordinator, the person in charge of contacting the NMCC
in the event of a hijacking, was on vacation in Puerto Rico. It is unknown whether he delegated
his responsibility to another while he was on vacation because the 9/11 Commission failed to ask
that question. On September 10th, Brigadier General Montague Winfield, Commander of
NMCC, requested that Captain Charles Leidig stand in for him on 9/11. Leidig was the deputy
for Command Center operations and a rookie. He had been appointed deputy only 2-months
before and had qualified to stand in for Winfield only a month before 9/11. Army General Henry
Shelton, CJCS, was flying across the Atlantic on the morning of 9/11. General Richard Meyers,
Vice CJCS was acting Chairman on 9/11.
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When flight 11 crashed into the WTC at 8:46 AM President Bush was on his way to
Booker elementary school. At least one Bush aid learned of the crash while traveling in the
motorcade and reporters at the school heard about the crash before Bush arrived. The Director of
the White House Situation Room, Captain Deborah Loewer, says she informed Bush of the crash
as soon as the motorcade arrived at the school at 8:55 AM. But Bush claims he never learned of
the crash until after the second plane hit the WTC at 9:03 AM. Shortly after the crash an aid
whispered in his ear. Bush continued to visit and read to the children. He left the class room only
a few minutes earlier than scheduled after a reporter asked if he was aware of the crash.
At 8:46 AM, while Bush was still in the motorcade en route to the elementary school, the
Emergency Response Plan was initiated. Bush made the following claim later on the evening
9/11: “Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government’s emergency
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