onetime2

The memo provides no specific actionable information. It implies hijacking as a means to free other terrorists, not flying them into buildings. It cites scouting of federal buildings in NYC and it doesn't even detail which buildings those might be. Further, it provides no time frames, no specific information on the operatives involved, no information on the cities where the hijackings might occur, etc, etc, etc.

At the time of the hijackings it was perfectly acceptable to bring box cutters, pen knives, and countless other things onto the plane and airport security could do nothing about it.

Please fill me in on what exactly you all would have done to prevent the attacks based on this memo. Increasing security? Well, since 9/11 hasn't that been done? Has it stopped people from carrying guns, knives, screwdrivers, and half a million other things on board? Scrambled jets to patrol the skies of Manhattan and shoot down hijacked planes? Well, the predominant thinking at the time was that a hijacking would reroute planes and passengers would be taken hostage and used as bargaining chips, so that doesn't quite work. And it leaves out Washington DC as a target.

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