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By Amelia Gruber agruber@govexec.com March 21, 2003
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    Though there were extreme breakdowns in FAA/Airport security as to have allowed any version of September 11, 2001 to have occurred; it was much more than FAA's responsibility to prevent this.

    I believe it was more than the "intelligence failures" pinned on the FBI and CIA for not connecting the dots. As a federal employee, I'm offended by the scapegoating of the federal agencies that has been going on since September 11, 2001.

    What I've never seen or heard in this country is what, why, how could this administration have received warnings of immiment attack and not increased awareness/readiness?

    Why wasn't there a commission established immediately afterwards to look at everything? Why were there impediments to even having a commission? Some of the things I think need to be answered include: Where was the Air Force during the time of the initial hijackings? Why weren't standard procedures followed? Where was NORAD, as they track our airspace as much as the FAA?

    Why does there seem to be critical articles coming out against various agencies and departments, but there isn't a single comprehensive, nonpartisan, no-holds-bar breakdown of all?

    Barbara Sordahl Posted April 4, 2003 4:08 PM

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