Originally posted by Electricneo
I posted this awhile ago when a newbie but since you asked....
I guess you don't remember Bush reading 'My Pet Goat' the morning of 9-11.
The Secret Service didn't do their job that morning. Why?
Secret Service protocol during an attack is to whisk the President away to
a secure location. Given this nuclear age why would they wait 7 minutes
and let Bush read 'My Pet Goat'? It doesn't sound right to me.
They failed to do their job probably because they were
either in on it or incompetent.
Remember that in July 2001 it was reported in the New York Times that
John Ashcroft then Attorney General and other top members of other agencies
such as the Secret Service were told not to fly on commercial airliners.
The answer to what happened during 9-11 will probably one day come from
these secondary agencies that no-one really considers.

So, you are a former member of the President's protective detail? Because you seem to think you know what protocols are.
The attack was over 1200 miles away. The WORST thing to do is to immeadiately whisk the President out of dodge when there is not an immeadiate
threat. Because that would be the PERFECT way to get the President assasinated. Get a sniper in position to wait for the Secret Service to do
something stupid like that. No, the smart play would be to rapidly resweep the area to ensure there werent any threats outside the building, BEFORE
you move the President. Which is what they did. There wasnt a launch warning from NORAD, there were not any aircraft in the area, there were NO
immeadiate threats to the President, so they took a few minutes to resweep, let the President make some preliminary contacts with his staff, and THEN
move him.
As for John Ashcroft, I know firsthand he was still flying commercial airliners in July 2001 for personal business. Besides, warnings like that are
not unheard of. They used to happen at least once or twice a year. The only reason this particular warning is memorable, is because two months after
it was issued there was a terrorist attack.