Some talking-head or official
(Orrin Hatch, during his bean spilling interview?) mentioned that along with
cell phone intercepts to bin Laden acknowledging targets had been hit, the NSA
also has intercepts possibly originating from one or more of the planes.
Right now I am considering this RUMINT, but I do remember it being mentioned by
someone on the TV.
Gareth Livergood
The strikes on the WTC towers were staggered to catch (successfully) rescue workers. It seems only reasonable that the plane that went down near Pittsburg was staggered to hit after the plane which hit the pentagon and catch rescue personnel. The White house Press Secretary is saying they have creditable evidence that the plane that hit the Pentagon was aimed at the White House, so it is also possible that the Pittsburg plane was a backup to attack either the WTC/White House if the first group of planes missed. This could suggest a ground based controller passing information to the hijackers in the aircraft. A third option is that there were delays in taking over the Pittsburg plane which caused it to get farther west then the other planes and thus not a closer spaced two plane strike on the DC area. Rob |