[calljack]

False accusation #4: Bush secretly conspired to whisk Saudis out of the country by authorizing them to fly in the days following 9-11 when no one else, "not even the FBI," could fly (Michael Moore, Vanity Fair).

Truth: The 9-11 commission and my own independent investigation have invalidated this. The day the Saudis flew was the day all commercial flights resumed


In his testomony before the 9/11 commission, Our hero Richard Clark said that this was his decision and that it went no higher. The Saudi plane did leave before commercial traffic was allowed and it was Clark who authorized it.

[Miami Vice]

This is from Tremnoglie's Human Events piece, which was validated by teh 9-11 Commission Report:

" According to the 9-13-01 edition of the Detroit News," U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said commercial and private planes would be allowed to fly effective 11 a.m. EDT Thursday." Other papers reported the same thing. In fact, limited flights resumed the afternoon of the 12th. William Shumann spokesman for the FAA told me that commercial airline and charter flights resumed 11am September 13. There is a difference between commercial aviation (i.e. airlines or charters such as the Saudi flight) and private or non-commercial ( i.e. an individually owned aircraft) according to Shumann."

[Howlin]

In his testomony before the 9/11 commission, Our hero Richard Clark said that this was his decision and that it went no higher. The Saudi plane did leave before commercial traffic was allowed and it was Clark who authorized it.

Thank you very much.