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NEADS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
TO
ANSWERBACKGROUND ISSUES
(1)
NORAD's Mission:
Recognizing that the officers at NEADS are probably not
the
people
who
determine
-
either
pre or
post
9/11
-
NORAD's mission, probe
with
each
of
them their
own
personal understanding
of
NORAD's mission before
9/11.
Here
we
want
to
accomplish
two
things:
(1)
test
the
accuracy
of the
statement
"Prior
to9/11, NORADwasonly looking out"(as you
know,
Iquestion
whether
that
is
entirely true),
and (2)
assuming
the
statement
is
true,
WHY was it
true?
Remember, we have to provide the American people with some insight
and
explanation
as to why
NORAD
was
totally facing outward, given
the
threats
that
existed.
(2)
Radar Coverage:
From
a
technical standpoint, understand
the
state
of
radarcapabilities
at
NEADS
- pre
9/11.Specifically,
how far
"in" could
the
officers
at
NEADS "see"? What capability,
if
any,
was
there
to
view
the
same radar feeds
thatFAA
controllers were seeing? Understand their equipment
and its
limitations
pre9/11 !n
Understand what finding
a
primary target
by
using
a
"Z
point" entails.
(NEADS
Transcript 078)(3)
Training
-
Hijack Exercises:
Understand
the
full
extent
of
NEADSparticipation in, and conception of, exercise scenarios involving hijacked airliners
- pre
9/11. Understand
the
hijack protocols
pre
9/11.
(4)
Training
-
Relationship with FAA:
Probe
the
relationship between NORAD
and
FAA pre 9/11. On
what occasions
did
they interact? What were
the
circumstances? What
points
of contact did NEADS have at the FAA? What was
the
role
of
NORAD liaisons
to FAA and
visa versa?
(5)
NEADS Command
and
Control Structure:
Develop
an
understanding
of
the
various players
and
their
roles
on
9/11;
probe
howinformation regardingthe
rapidly
changing situation
was
passed among NEADS personnel
on
9/11.
(6)
Interaction/relationship between NEADS, CONR
&
NORAD
HQ:
Understand, from NEADS
perspective,
theroleofCONRandNORADHQ on
9/11.
(8)
Air
Alert
Positioning
Pre
9/11
:Understand
how
many assets
at
whichbases were
on
alert prior
to 9/11.
Answer
the
question
why
couldn't
NORAD
draw
on
assets closer
to the
hijacked cities, even though they weren't
a
part
of
thealert structure.
 
Focus
on
coverage
of
D.C.
- why
wasn't Andrews
an
alert facility
as
opposed
to
Langley?
OPERATIONS
ON
9/11
(X)
Notification
11:
Official
NORAD
timeline cites 0840
as
time
of
notification;
NEADS
transcript records time
as
0837; other
FAA
source?
Nail
down exacttime
and
substance
of
notification.
(X)
Otis Scramble:
Why did
NEADS vector
the
Otis
fighters
over
the
ocean
and
park
them
in
Whiskey
-
rather than sending them directly
to
NYC?
Focus
on the
issue
of
whether
the
Otis fighters could haveintercepted 175,
had
NEADS directed them straight
to the
City?
(X)
Resurrection
of
Flight
11:
Where
did
this originate?
Why did
NEADS think
that
AA
11
was
heading toward D.C.?
What
was
NEADS seeing/referring
to?
(X)
Shoot Down Order:
Precisely when
and how was the
authority passed
to
NEADS?
What
was the
source?
(X)
ROE: Determine
the
understanding
of
each facility
(NEADS,
CONR)
as
well
as
the
understanding
of
individual officials
of
ROEs
in
effect that day.
a.
NORAD: When
did
they learn
and how
disseminate
b.
Critical
to
understand from
the
pilots
what they believed
the
ROEs
were
at
specific times. [NB: Look
for
Otis tapes
on
this; what about
Langley???]
c.
Fighters from Andrews
-
this understanding that D.C.
was a
"weapons
free
zone"
-
what does that mean
in
terms
of
ROE? DANA TRACK
(X)
Communications with FAA:
Was
anyone
at
NEADS
on an
open
conference
with
anyone
at the
FAA?
If so, who and at
what
time?
(X)
Andrews Fighters:
NEADS knowledge
of and
control
(if
any)
of
fightersscrambled from Andrews.
(X)
Chat
Log vs.
Tape Recordings:
Understand
the
distinction
between these
two
types
of
communications;
why are
there
no
tape recordings from CONR
orNORAD
HQ -
similar
to
what
we
have
from NEADS?
Are
there other tape
recordings
from NEADS? What about
the
Battle Cab?
(X)
Selfridge Fighters:
Answer
the
question whether NORAD would have
had
the
assets
in
position
to
shoot down
93?
 
(X)
Langley Fighters:
Understand
(1)
Original routing
and
coordinates given
to
pilots;
(2)
how,
when
and why
that changed,
and (3)
speed requirements.
(X)
SCRAMBLES:
For
Otis, Langley, Toledo
&
Selfridge, understand
the
precisedetails
of the
following:
(1)
Heading
and
coordinates given
to the
pilots
on
launch;
who
controlled
the
pilots
from each base
-
NEADS
or
FAA
- and who
specifically
at
those facilities? What
was the
mission?
Otis Issues:
Situational awareness
of 11; id
techs
still
trying
to
locate primary target. Planes airborne
for 4-5
minutes then order
to
change course.
WHY change? What was the
consequence?
Langley Issues:
What
was the
target
for
which these fighters werelaunched? SHOW DOCS
AND
CONFRONT WITH TESTIMONYFROM HEARING
AND
NEADS TRANSCRIPT
(2)
REPORT POSSIBLE HIJACK:
Plane to
D.C.AmericanTail number that
is
11
Statement about
the
first
one
still
being
airborne
Launch
Langley (9:24-9:33)
to
Baltimore
to cut off
plane moving south
to
D.C.
somewhere in
this comes real knowledge (9:33) from Dulles Tower
(my god
plane
to
D.C.); very
quick
order
to
redirect
Langley
fighters
to
D.C.
-
arrived
after
crash
(X)
Lat/Lon vs.
Vortex Markers:
FAA and
NORAD speak different languages.NORAD
could
not get a fix on the
hijacked aircraft because
FAA was
passing
along
Vortex geographic markers
and
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