I've read various reports of Vice President dikk Cheney issuing a stand down order to NORAD on the morning of 9/11
Mineta's Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) testimony was also edited out of the 9/11 Commission video archive.
When questioned about this, representatives at the National Archive stated that the video may have been lost because of a 'snafu'. Following is a brief summary of the scrubbed video along with links to recently obtained C-SPAN video.
Mineta responds to an opening question by Commissioner Hamilton about the events in the PEOC and an alleged shoot down order. He describes a conversation between Cheney and a young man:
Mineta: "During the time that the airplane was coming into the Pentagon, there was a young man who would come in and say to the Vice President...the plane is 50 miles out...the plane is 30 miles out....and when it got down to the plane is 10 miles out, the young man also said to the vice president "do the orders still stand?" And the Vice President turned and whipped his neck around and said "Of course the orders still stand, have you heard anything to the contrary!??"
Norman Mineta Confirms That dikk Cheney Ordered Stand Down on 9/11 Former Transportation Secretary Disputes 9/11 Commission Report Timetable for dikk Cheney and Reveals Lynn Cheney Was Also in PEOC Bunker Before Attack
http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/260607_mineta.html
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