Posted on 10/24/2002 6:31:22 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Air Force One Equipment Lacking on Sept. 11, 2001
Oct. 24 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - While President Bush was on board Air Force One the day of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he was unable to hold video conferences, monitor news coverage properly or receive key data from people on the ground, Business Week reported in its latest edition.
The magazine said that as a result of communications inadequacies on the presidential plane, Bush ordered the equipment on the fleet of four presidential planes to be upgraded.
"The president was not happy," Adm. James Ellis Jr., commander of the U.S. military's Strategic Command, was quoted as saying in the Nov. 4 issue.
"He couldn't even watch CNN," Ellis added of the day Bush flew around the country for his safety after the attacks in New York and Washington.
It was only when Bush landed at Offutt Air Force base in Nebraska that he was able to use Strat-Com's sophisticated equipment to assess the situation and give orders, the magazine said.
Air Force Col. Robert Hudson was quoted as saying less than $50 million was made available after Sept. 11, 2001, to upgrade the presidential planes and two of them have already been completed.
what's he complaining about?
INRI
Yea, but I bet Clinton now has a kick-ass video system at his house.
Yes, I know there are over 90K freepers, but I figure 2/3rds of them are the 5 DU folks here to disrupt.
/john
Paula Zahn, Willow Baye, Darryl Kagan.
President's got his ducks in a noose!
Canadian-American.
Canadian-American.
I was being sarcastic...
: )
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