[DouglasKC]

This is dumb. I would bet there's nobody in the world except a couple of rappers and a few dozen terrorists would even have considered the possiblity that people would coordinate an attack by hijacking 4 (5? 6? 7?) planes at the same time and flying them into prominent buildings. That's just nuts and nobody can predict nutty behavior.

[Dog]

I heard this on the way home from work.....top of the news broadcast.......this will lead all news stories tomorrow......the media now has someone on record blaming Bush and Company.....and they will run with it.

[chudogg]

I would bet there's nobody in the world except a couple of rappers and a few dozen terrorists would even have considered the possiblity that people would coordinate an attack by hijacking 4 (5? 6? 7?) planes at the same time and flying them into prominent buildings

Actually when we captured Ramsey Yousef in the Philiphines (an Iraqi agent operating with Al Qaeda?!?!?{GASP!}) in 1995, he had files on him of the possibility of using Airplanes as airborne missiles, and his target was the CIA building. By 1996, an intelligence memo was put on Clinton's Desk stating that suicide bombings was a possibility, and that security should be set up to prevent it. I believe it was turned down because this would mean shutting off the cockpit, and cutting off the possibility of negotiating with the hijackers.

Overtime, it was largely forgotten about until 9/11 and everyone started retracing their steps. Unbelievably, this often used as a smear on President Bush. He probably didn't even know about this Intelligence memo before 9/11 while Clinton deliberatly ignored it.

I tried to find a source for this info but all i got was conspiracy sites. At one time i saw this documented legitamately but i dont know where.

[adam_az]

This is dumb. I would bet there's nobody in the world except a couple of rappers and a few dozen terrorists would even have considered the possiblity that people would coordinate an attack by hijacking 4 (5? 6? 7?) planes at the same time and flying them into prominent buildings.

You haven't been paying attention. Ramzi Yusef was caught with the plans to hijack planes and crash them into CIA HQ, Sears Tower, the Pentagon, Capitol building, White House, Transamerica tower, and the WTC. Khaled Sheik Muhammad was the other plotter, you might have heard of him.

Heres a good reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Bojinka

[Wayland]

What about one plane?

[slyvester]

This is dumb. I would bet there's nobody in the world except a couple of rappers and a few dozen terrorists would even have considered the possiblity that people would coordinate an attack by hijacking 4 (5? 6? 7?) planes at the same time and flying them into prominent buildings. That's just nuts and nobody can predict nutty behavior

After the massacre of the Israeli athletes by terrorists at the 72/ Munich Games a investigation looked into how such attacks could be prevented in the future.
One finding was that the terrorists could use hi jacked airliners to fly into buildings , stadiums etc.

[Coop]

would bet there's nobody in the world except a couple of rappers and a few dozen terrorists would even have considered the possiblity that people would coordinate an attack by hijacking 4 (5? 6? 7?) planes at the same time and flying them into prominent buildings.

To not consider planes being used as missiles is just nutty, in my view. A terrorist can use a truck as a bomb, but not a plane? Come on.

But anticipating a general event and stopping a specific one are two entirely different things. Hindsight is just wonderful, ain't it?