Report Urges F.A.A. to Act Regarding False 9/11 Testimony

[maddezmom]

By PHILIP SHENON
Published: September 2, 2006

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — The Transportation Department’s inspector general urged the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday to consider disciplinary action against two executives who failed to correct false information provided to the independent commission that investigated the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The acting inspector general, Todd J. Zinser, whose office acts as the department’s internal watchdog, found in a new report that the F.A.A. executives, as well as a third official who is now retired, learned after the fact that false information was given to the commission in May 2003 about the F.A.A.’s contacts with the Air Force on the morning of Sept. 11.

The false information suggested that the aviation agency had established contact with its Air Force liaison immediately after the first of the four hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m.

In fact, the commission’s investigators found, the Air Force’s liaison did not join a conference call with the F.A.A. until after the third plane crashed, at 9:37 a.m. The 51-minute gap is significant because it helps undermine an initial claim by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which is responsible for domestic air defense, that it scrambled quickly on Sept. 11 and had a chance to shoot down the last of the hijacked planes still in the air, United Airlines Flight 93.

more:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/02/washington/02faa.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

[SpiralHawk]

1. Yes, clear up REPUBLICON Lies about 9/11

Insure that Americans -- finally -- get some truth out of this corrupot Bush-Republicon administration

[gatlingforme]

2. hmmm, internal investigations in the Bu$h admin. is a farce. n/t

[sattahipdeep]

3. Where are they now

Mr. Ben Veniste said he was convinced that the failure of the aviation
agency and the North American Aerospace Defense Command to provide
early, accurate information about their performance had "contributed to
a growing industry of conspiratorialists who question the fundamental facts relating to 9/11."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/02/washington/02faa.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

http://thinkprogress.org/the-architects-where-are-they-now/

[DeepModem Mom]

4. K&R

[me b zola]

5. consider disciplinary action?

How about leagal charges?! :grr:

[ArmchairMeme]

6. Needed - Independent Investigation

It now painfully apparent that the people of the U.S. cannot rely on this administration or the government to fully investigate a crime against this country.

There needs to be another investgation - this time independent of the government and there needs to be a trial of those guilty of this crime.

It was done in the first bombing of the World Trade Center. Why is 9/11 different? 9/11 is a crime.

It stunned me that the government was not willing to investigate this crime and that there were efforts to ship the evidence off to a foreign country as quickly as possible. What didn't they want the people of this country to know about this crime?

[petgoat]

8. 9/11 was not a crime. It was an act of war.

That was the Bushcist's reason to exclude the NTSB from the plane crash
investigations and to justify the destruction of the steel at the WTC
site before it could be examined.

[petgoat]

7. What makes Mr. Shenon think the FAA lied?

We have a he said/she said situation.

FAA says they notified, NORAD says they didn't.

I'm starting to think NORAD shot down flight 93 (debris was spread
over six miles), that Cheney ordered it, and now they're trying to
spread "we were incompetent and we didn't know" disinfo.

[frylock]

9. their presidential medals of freedom are in the mail

[Up2Late]

10. Check out the RW bias in most of these headlines from different sources!

Original NYT:

Report Urges F.A.A. to Act Regarding False 9/11 Testimony

By PHILIP SHENON
Published: September 2, 2006

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 — The Transportation Department’s inspector general urged the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday to consider disciplinary action against two executives who failed to correct false information provided to the independent commission that investigated the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

(more at link) <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/02/washington/02faa.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>

Actual Fair, balance reporting from Reuters:

Agency wants FAA execs disciplined over 9/11: NYT

Sat Sep 2, 2006 01:44 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department's inspector general has urged the FAA to consider disciplining two executives who failed to correct false information provided to the commission that investigated the September 11 attacks, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Citing the report by the acting inspector general, Todd Zinser, whose office acts as the department's internal watchdog, the Times said the Federal Aviation Administration executives, as well as a third, now-retired official, learned after the fact that false information was given to the commission in May 2003 about the FAA's contacts with the Air Force on the morning of the attacks.

That information suggested that the FAA had made contact with its Air Force liaison immediately after the first of the four hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center in New York, the Times said.

But the commission's investigators found that the liaison did not join a conference call with the FAA until after the third plane crashed nearly an hour later....

(more at link) <http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=13369294&src=rss/topNews>

The AP, as usual, shilling for the Right-wing media:

Sept. 1, 2006, 4:55PM

Report: No knowingly false info by FAA

By LESLIE MILLER Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — There is no evidence Federal Aviation Administration officials intentionally misled the Sept. 11 commission when they gave false accounts about how quickly they responded to the terror attacks, the agency's watchdog said....

(more at link) <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4157992.html>

And, of course UPI has totally distorted the news, which is normal for them:

NewsTrack - Top News

FAA 9/11 inaccuracies found unintentional

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. government report says two officials should face administrative action for failing to correct inaccurate statements made to the Sept. 11 commission.

However, the report, by acting inspector general of the Transportation Department Todd Zinser, said it did not appear that the Federal Aviation Administration officials had intentionally misled the commission when they made the statements, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

(more bogus news at link) <http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060902-095801-8713r>

[StrictlyRockers]

11. MORE TRUTH + LESS LIES = GOOD NEWS

I think they have the right idea here. It's been five years.
Can everyone stop lying their asses off now?