Thursday, July 05, 2007

Sheiks on a plane

Alas, I have neglected to direct your attention to not one but two recent stories by Daniel Hopsicker.

The top story involves the controversial flight on Septemeber 13, 2001 of fourteen Bin Laden family members and Saudi princes from Tampa, Florida to Lexington, Kentucky -- a flight which, according to a recently disclosed FBI document, may have been arranged by Osama Bin Laden himself.

The flight occurred at a time when nearly everyone else was still grounded. (Or were they? See below.)

Not only did the FBI deny that such a flight took place, the Bureau went to great lengths to create an internal paper trail buttressing the story that the flight never occurred. And yet subsequent investigation by the 9/11 commission -- which did accomplish some things -- proves that it did happen.
Airport officials found the records for the Learjet, labeled HP (for Hop-A-Jet)32. The airport had recorded the plane’s departure at 4:37 PM.
The pilot, Chris Steele, said that he filed his flight plan with the FAA. The FAA originally said that the flight was not in their logs. Later, the record turned up.

Moreover, the FBI records state clearly that flight restrictions were in force on September 13. However, the 911 Commission later said that national airspace was open on that date.

The cover-up and the shifting stories give this story its continuing fascination.

3 comments:

knainak said...

Ya gotta wonder if anyone of us will ever know the truth of what happened on 9/11. I suppose that in time as those involved die off and leave their last tales that more will be known.
Personally I am concerned that my government was involved either with intent or by standing aside in the plots required to make this happen. Whatever, it was and remains a criminal affair, not military, and should have been dealt with by law enforcement. The whole event was mighty convenient for *ush and the cabal, and something so unlikely without complicity of the gov. What a mess our country has become.
Greed is not a good thing.

Anonymous said...

Personally I'm a fan of the LIHTSI theory - Let It Happen Through Sheer Incompetence

Anonymous said...

Just on the face of it - the fact that FOUR commercial jets (not just one) were hijacked within minutes of each other and no military fighter jets were scrambled to interept a single hijacked aircraft until it was too late is WAY BEYOND incompetence. That could not have happened without intent, notwithstanding the fact that there were several "drills" and "exercises" coincidentally timed in operation in that location in the US mainland.

Just stand back and look at the big picture and ask yourselves does this seem plausible as mere "incompetence." Not to me.