[Nettime-bold] FW: GUILTY FOR 9-11: BUSH, RUMSFELD, MYERS

["Steve McAlexander" <mcalexander@veriomail.com>]

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GUILTY FOR 9-11: BUSH, RUMSFELD, MYERS
by Illarion Bykov and Jared Israel
[Posted 14 November 2001]
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Andrews Air Force Base is a huge military installation just 10 miles
from the Pentagon.

On 11 September there were two entire squadrons of combat-ready fighter
jets at Andrews. Their job was to protect the skies over Washington D.C.
They failed to do their job. Despite over one hour's advance warning of
a terrorist attack in progress, not a single Andrews fighter tried to
protect the city.

The FAA, NORAD and the military have cooperative procedures by which
fighter jets automatically intercept commercial aircraft under emergency
conditions. These procedures were not followed.

Air Force officials and others have tried to explain away the failures:

"Air Force Lt. Col. Vic Warzinski, another Pentagon spokesman, [said]:
'The Pentagon was simply not aware that this aircraft was coming our
way, and I doubt prior to Tuesday's event, anyone would have expected
anything like that here.'"
--'Newsday,' 23 September, 2001

Using information from the mass media and official Websites, we will
show that this is lie.

Some of what happened on 9-11, such as planes flying into buildings, is
unusual. But most of what happened, such as commercial jets flying
off-course, transponder failures and possible hijackings, are common
emergencies. We will show that these emergencies are routinely handled
with expert efficiency based on clear rules.

The crash of the first hijacked jet into the World Trade Center made it
clear the United States was faced with an extraordinary situation. This
should have intensified the emergency responses of the air safety and
defense systems.

The whole country was aware. For example, at 9:06 AM the NY Police
broadcast:

" 'This was a terrorist attack. Notify the Pentagon.'"
--'Daily News' (New York) 12 September 2001 (1)

'American Forces Press Service' reported that ordinary people working at
the Pentagon worried they could be next:

"'We were watching the World Trade Center on the television,' said a
Navy officer. 'When the second plane deliberately dove into the tower,
someone said, 'The World Trade Center is one of the most recognizable
symbols of America. We're sitting in a close second.'"
--'DEFENSELINK News', Sept. 13, 2001 (2)

U.S. air safety and air defense emergency systems are activated in
response to problems every day. On 9-11 they failed despite, not because
of, the extreme nature of the emergency. This could only happen if
individuals in high positions worked in a coordinated way to make them
fail.

Such operatives would almost surely have failed if they tried to disrupt
and abort routine protection systems without top-level support. The
failure of the emergency systems would be noticed immediately. Moreover,
given he catastrophic nature of the attacks, the highest military
authorities would be involved. Acting on their own, the operatives could
expect that their orders would be countermanded and they themselves
would be arrested.

The sabotage of routine protective systems, controlled by strict
hierarchies, would never have been contemplated let alone attempted
absent the involvement of the supreme U.S. military command. This
includes at least U.S. President George Bush, U.S. Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld and the then-Acting Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Air Force General Richard B. Myers.

In the following summary of evidence we will demonstrate probable cause
for charging the above-named persons with treason for complicity in the
murders of thousands of people whom they had sworn to protect.

The summary of evidence covers the following areas:

* Andrews Air Force Base and the myth of 'no available planes;'

* The air safety/air defense systems and the myth that they were not
prepared;

* The actions of George Bush on 9-11 that clearly violated his positive
legal and constitutional obligations and demonstrated consciousness of
guilt;

* The testimony of General Richard B. Myers at Senate hearings on his
nomination as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In these hearings,
the contents of which were reported accurately by one lone journalist,
General Myers attempted to cover up what had happened 9-11 when he was
Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He offered three mutually
contradictory cover stories and demonstrated consciousness of guilt;

* The cover story floated by CBS evening news, September 14th.
Until that time, officials reported that no planes had been 'scrambled'
to intercept the hijacked planes. But following Gen. Myers disastrous
Senate testimony, CBS broadcast an improved version of 9-11. In the new
script, fighter jets from Otis and Langley Air Force Bases did try, but
failed, to intercept the hijacked planes. This is now presented as the
official NORAD story and has been repeated uncritically by media and
government officials alike. We will demonstrate that this cover story is
both weak and incriminating.

SECTION ONE: Why did no fighter jets 'scramble' to protect Washington
D.C.?

LIE #1: 'NO COMBAT READY FIGHTERS WERE STATIONED NEAR THE PENTAGON'

As noted, Andrews Air Force base is 10 miles from the Pentagon. The
media has mainly avoided talking about Andrews. An exception is 'USA
Today,' the second-highest circulation newspaper in America. On one day
it published two contradictory stories to explain the failure to
scramble jets from Andrews prior to the Pentagon crash:

FIRST 'USA TODAY' STORY:

"Andrews Air Force Base, home to Air Force One, is only 15 miles [sic!]
away from the Pentagon, but it had no fighters assigned to it. Defense
officials won't say whether that has changed."
--'USA TODAY,' 17 September 2001 (3)

SECOND 'USA TODAY' STORY:

"The District of Columbia National Guard maintained fighter planes at
Andrews Air Force Base, only about 15 miles [sic!] from the Pentagon,
but those planes were not on alert and not deployed."
--'USA TODAY' September 17, 2001 (4)

Both stories are false.

Only one newspaper told the truth. That was the 'San Diego
Union-Tribune':

"Air defense around Washington is provided mainly by fighter planes from
Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland near the District of Columbia border.
The D.C. Air National Guard is also based there and equipped with F-16
fighter planes, a National Guard spokesman said.

"But the fighters took to the skies over Washington only after the
devastating attack on the Pentagon..."
--'San Diego Union-Tribune' 12 September 2001. (5)

Andrews Air Force Base is a huge installation. It hosts two
'combat-ready' squadrons:

* the 121st Fighter Squadron (FS-121) of the 113th Fighter Wing
(FW-113), equipped with F-16 fighters;

* the 321st Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA-321) of the 49th Marine
Air Group, Detachment A (MAG-49 Det-A), equipped F/A-18 fighters.

These squadrons are served by hundreds of full-time personnel.

THE 121st FIGHTER SQUADRON, 113th FIGHTER WING

".as part of its dual mission, the 113th provides capable and ready
response forces for the District of Columbia in the event of a natural
disaster or civil emergency. Members also assist local and federal law
enforcement agencies in combating drug trafficking in the District of
Colombia. [They] are full partners with the active Air Force"
--DC Military (6)

THE 321st MARINE FIGHTER ATTACK SQUADRON (VMFA-321)

"In the best tradition of the Marine Corps, a 'few good men and women'
support two combat-ready reserve units at Andrews AFB.

"Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 321, a Marine Corps Reserve
squadron, flies the sophisticated F/A-18 Hornet. Marine Aviation
Logistics Squadron 49, Detachment A, provides maintenance and supply
functions necessary to maintain a force in readiness. "
--DC Military (6)

So Andrews AFB had at least two 'combat-ready' squadrons.

The above quotes are from www.dcmilitary.com, a private Website
authorized by the military to provide information for members of the
armed forces. We discovered it 24 September. A month later we found that
the address had been changed and the Andrews information posted in the
smallest type size. Similarly, the official Andrews AFB Website has been
'down' since mid-September. Fortunately, it can be accessed by going to
www.archive.org and entering www.andrews.af.mil .

On the Andrews main page, front and center there is a direct link to DC
Military. The information on the Andrews Website confirms the
information on DC military. We urge everyone to check these links and
download the pages as soon as possible because they may be moved or
removed yet again. For Andrews, go to www.archive.org and then enter
www.andrews.af.mil

Our research has been carried out mainly by volunteers. Newspapers and
TV news departments have full-time research staffs. The important media
have bureaus in Washington DC, just a few miles from the Andrews
airbase. Why haven't newspapers and TV news programs reported the truth:
that Andrews job was to protect DC?

This failure is especially striking because some media did report that
fighters scrambled from Andrews, but only after the Pentagon was hit.
Thus they were aware that Andrews was supposed to defend D.C.:

For example:

" Within minutes of the attack American forces around the world were put
on one of their highest states of alert - Defcon 3, just two notches
short of all-out war - and F-16s from Andrews Air Force Base were in the
air over Washington DC."
--'Sunday Telegraph,' (London), 14 September 2001 (7)

And:

"WASHINGTON - .an audible gasp went up from the rear of the audience as
a large black plume of smoke arose from the Pentagon. Terrorism suddenly
was at the doorstep and clearly visible through the big glass windows
overlooking the Potomac River. Overhead, fighter jets scrambled from
Andrews Air Force Base and other installations and cross-crossed the
skies.

"A thick plume of smoke was climbing out of the hollow center of the
Pentagon. Everyone on the train understood what had happened moments
before."
--'Denver Post,' 11 September 2001 (8)

And:

"It was after the attack on the Pentagon that the Air Force then decided
to scramble F-16s out of the DC National Guard Andrews Air Force Base to
fly cover, a--a protective cover over Washington, DC."
--NBC Nightly News, (6:30 PM ET) 11 September 11 2001 (9)

The media should have demanded to know the truth about why fighter jets
assigned to protect Washington didn't scramble an hour BEFORE the
Pentagon was hit.

Besides fighters, tanker planes and AWACS were also readily
available.(An AWACS is a flying communication center equipped with radar
which can scan at least 250 miles. This is almost the full distance from
the West-Virginia/Ohio/Kentucky border, where American Air Flight 77
turned around before flying back to DC.) Both General Myers and Vice
President Cheney admit that these planes did not go into the air over
Washington until after the Pentagon was hit.

Here is General Myers, testifying 13th September:

"When it became clear what the threat was, we did scramble fighter
aircraft, AWACS, radar aircraft and tanker aircraft to begin to
establish orbits in case other aircraft showed up in the FAA system that
were hijacked."
--Gen. Richard B. Myers at Senate confirmation hearing 13 September 2001
(10)

And Richard Cheney on 'Meet the Press:

"VICE PRES. CHENEY: Well, the--I suppose the toughest decision was this
question of whether or not we would intercept incoming commercial
aircraft.

"MR. RUSSERT: And you decided?'

"VICE PRES. CHENEY: We decided to do it. We'd, in effect, put a flying
combat air patrol up over the city; F-16s with an AWACS, which is an
airborne radar system, and tanker support so they could stay up a long
time." --NBC, 'Meet the Press' (10:00 AM ET) 16 September 2001 (11)

As we shall see, Mr. Cheney's statement that "the toughest decision was
this question of whether or not we would intercept incoming commercial
aircraft" is a lie. Publicly available FAA documents prove that fighter
jets routinely intercept commercial aircraft under certain designated
circumstances without requiring or asking for approval from the White
House.

Summary of evidence is CONTINUED IN PART II

FOOTNOTES:

(1) 'Daily News' (New York), 12 September 2001, Wednesday, NEWS SECTION;
Pg. 24: 'THE TRAGIC TIMELINE The sad events of the day.'
the full text is available at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/dn912.htm

(2) 'DEFENSELINK News,' "It Was Business as Usual, Then 'Boom'" By Jim
Garamone, 'American Forces Press Service,' Sept. 13, 2001
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2001/n09132001_200109132.html
Backup at http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/def.htm

(3) 'USA TODAY,' 17 September 2001, Pg. 5A, "Military now a presence on
home front," by Andrea Stone. Web version is at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/09/16/military-home-front.htm
Backup at:
http:/.emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/usa-1.htm

(4) 'USA TODAY,' September 17, 2001 Monday, FINAL EDITION, Pg. 5A,
"Shoot-down order issued on morning of chaos," by Jonathan Weisman,
WASHINGTON
Web version is at:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/09/16/pentagon-timeline.htm
Backup at http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/usa2.htm

(5) 'San Diego Union-Tribune,' 12 September 2001. Homepage at:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/ Article at:
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sandiego/main/document.html?QDesc=&FMTS=FT&Q
VPID=&FrameName=&QCPP=&QIID=000000080620146&FMT=FT
Backup at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/sd.htm

(6) Current link is:
http://www.dcmilitary.com/baseguides/airforce/andrews/partnerunits.html:
Backup at : http://www.emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/dcmil.htm

(7) 'Sunday Telegraph,' (London), 14 September 2001
Article at:
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/16/wcia16.
xml
Backup at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/tel16.htm

(8) 'Denver Post,' 11 September 2001
To view this article on the Web, search for Article ID: 1075896 on:
http://www.denverpost.com
Or look at backup at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/dp11.htm

(9) 'NBC Nightly News,' "Attack on America," (6:30 PM ET) 11 September
11 2001, "Tuesday President Bush returns to White House on Marine One,"
Anchor: Tom Brokaw, Jim Miklaszewski reporting.
See transcript at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/nbc911cover.htm

(10) Gen. Richard B. Myers at Senate confirmation hearing 13 September
2001
Full text at:
 http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/mycon.htm
This particular quotation was also reprinted by many mainstream media
sources.

(11) 'NBC, Meet the Press' (10:00 AM ET) Sunday 16 September 2001.
Full transcript at:
http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/629714.asp?cp1=1
Backup transcript at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/nbcmp.htm

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