Originally posted by weedwhacker
NO, the ATC were not "confused". NOT by Operation Vigilant Guardian.
Then by one of the other wargames going on that morning. You've never seen the quotes, along the lines of, "Is this real world or exercise?" Looks like you're the one spreading half-truths and misinformation if you're trying to imply this never happened, and no one was confused by the wargames.
AS TO the bit about Cheney, in the "bunker"? Another (intentional) misinformation from the "conspiracy" websites, but for what reason?? No one knows.
Do you know where Cheney was when all of this was happening? He was taken to the Presidential Emergency Operating Center in the basement of the White House.
The President's Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) is a structure that lies beneath the East Wing of the White House in the United States. Originally constructed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, it is presumed to be designed to withstand fifty nuclear blasts and is likely to be the president's evacuation point in the event of an incoming ICBM (the main protocols of escape are of course highly classified).
en.wikipedia.org...
You don't have to put "bunker" in quotes like you're mocking someone. This mother WAS a bunker.
A military bunker is a hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
en.wikipedia.org...
What other half-truths and misinformation from you, "WeedWhacker"?
It is well established that Cheney's orders were to "protect the House at all costs". This, of course, refers to the White House. It indicates that he had authorized (although not yet gone up the military chain of command, as little time had yet elapsed, and uncertainty still reigned) the shoot-down of airliners that seemed intent on impacting the WH.
The job he was "supposed" to be doing is NOT an indication of what he was actually doing. There is no evidence he actually ordered the shoot-down of any plane. Norman Mineta's testimony does not wash with Cheney trying to defend anything, as they monitored the plane approaching DC the entire time with an order that 'still stood' just to make his aide nervous, and ultimately allow the Pentagon to be attacked.
Also, the timing of those remarks by Cheney, are uncertain....in some cases it seems that AAL 77 had already impacted the Pentagon, and the concern was regarding UAL 93, still 'inbound'...PLUS any others that may have been still out there, but as yet undetected!!!
Was United 93 ever 50, 30, and 10 miles out from the White House? (No -- it crashed 124 miles away.)
There was a young man who had come in and said to the vice president, 'The plane is 50 miles out. The plane is 30 miles out.' And when it got down to, 'The plane is 10 miles out,' the young man also said to the vice president, 'Do the orders still stand?' And the vice president turned and whipped his neck around and said, 'Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?' Well, at the time I didn't know what all that meant.
But maybe you know better than the people who were actually there, presumably using some type of equipment for this purpose?
Only you seem to be "uncertain" about what flight was being referred to.
Unfortunately for the "truth" search, too many seekers neglect to do a FULL search
Ditto. And some people are arrogant on top of that, and think they ALREADY know everything and their work is done. COUGH COUGH
