Are Americans dumb?

Superfreak said:
In other words: they adapted to a new threat?
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The most compelling argument I have seen so far that something was very odd, and it has never been answered satisfactorily, is how Flight 77 was able to take off at 8:10am from Dulles airport, fly for 40 minutes before the highjackers struck and at 8:56am turn off the IFF transponder. The FAA immediately knew something was amiss and yet from then until the impact with the Pentagon at 9:37am no air force jets were scrambled from Andrews airbase which was only a short distance away from the Pentagon. By the time flight 77 hit the Pentagon, the South Tower had been struck and the North Tower was minutes away from a similar fate. To my mind this was either gross incompetence or evidence of something very fishy going on. Holy crap, the plane was even able to perform a 330 degree turn, yet nobody could find it.
 
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Damocles said:
Basically we have a weird conversation going on about private line connections being installed after 9/11...

Pre 9/11 they had phones with pre-programmed keys. They picked it up, and hit the button, it dialed for them. Lines for emergencies were on a separate system than lines for regular business, as well for lines that are scrambled for classified business (on a separate system from the regular business phone lines).
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It must have been an awesome system because the FAA hadn't even called NORAD until after the North Tower was struck.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
The most compelling argument I have seen so far that something was very odd, and it has never been answered satisfactorily, is how Flight 77 was able to take off at 8:10am from Dulles airport, fly for 40 minutes before the highjackers struck and at 8:56am turn off the IFF transponder. The FAA immediately knew something was amiss and yet from then until the impact with the Pentagon at 9:37am no air force jets were scrambled from Andrews airbase which was only a short distance away from the Pentagon. By the time flight 77 hit the Pentagon, the South Tower had been struck and the North Tower was minutes away from a similar fate. To my mind this was either gross incompetence or evidence of something very fishy going on. Holy crap, the plane was even able to perform a 330 degree turn, yet nobody could find it.
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read the transcripts of the ATC's that day. There was indeed a lot of confusion.
 
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