Introduction & Part 1, Section 1
by Illarion Bykov and Jared Israel
[Posted 14 November 2001]
[Updated 17 November 2001]
Dedicated to the firemen of New York.
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INTRODUCTION TO SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE
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 (1)
Using information from the mass media and official Websites, we will show that this is a 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 (2)
'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 (3)
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
the catastrophic nature of the attacks, the highest military authorities
would be alerted. Acting on their own,
the operatives could expect that their orders would be countermanded
and that 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 1, PART 1: 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 (4)
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 (5)
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. (6)
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 with 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 (7)
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 (7)
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 still 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
[Note: a few days after this Emperor's Clothes article was posted, the www.andrews.af.mil website went back up with the note: "This Page was last modified September 12, 2001." The new Andrews website no longer links to the most relevant information regarding 9-11. The most relevant web pages "cannot be found." Fortunately, they are still available through www.archive.org.
The original addresses (now dead) are:
http://www.dcandr.ang.af.mil/113wing/pa/html/wg_units.html and
http://www.dcandr.ang.af.mil/hq/index.htm
The direct links to the archives of these pages are:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010306223457/http://www.dcandr.ang.af.mil/113wing/pa/html/wg_units.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20010408230859/www.dcandr.ang.af.mil/hq/index.htm
We also have a backup copies of the pages
at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/dcandr.htm
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/dcandr2.htm
]
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 (8)
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 (9)
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 (10)
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 (11)
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 (12)
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 SECTION I, PART II
FOOTNOTES:
(1) 'Newsday' 23 September 2001, "Air
Attack on Pentagon Indicates
Weaknesses" by Sylvia Adcock, Brian Donovan and Craig Gordon
Web version at::
http://www.newsday.com/ny-uspent232380681sep23.story
Backup at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/nd923.htm
(2) '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
(3) '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
(4) '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
(5) '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
(6) 'San Diego Union-Tribune,' 12 September
2001. Homepage at:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/ Article at: Click
Here
Backup at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/sd.htm
(7) Current DC Military weblink is:
http://www.dcmilitary.com/baseguides/airforce/andrews/partnerunits.html:
Backup of the November 2001 web page
at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/dcmil.htm
Backup of how the page looked on September
2001 at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/dcmilsep.htm
(8) 'Sunday Telegraph,' (London), 14
September 2001 Web article at:
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/16/wcia16.xml
Backup article at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/tel16.htm
(9) 'Denver Post,' 11 September 2001
To view this article on the Web, search
for Article ID: 1075896 on:
http://www.denverpost.com
Backup article at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/dp11.htm
(10) 'NBC Nightly News,' "Attack on America,"
(6:30 PM ET) 11
September 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
(11) Gen. Richard B. Myers at Senate
confirmation hearing 13 September 2001
Full transcript at:
http://emperors-clothes.com/9-11backups/mycon.htm
This particular quotation was also reprinted
by many mainstream media sources.
(12) '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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