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9/11 tapes expose flaws in military chiefs' testimony
http://www.guardian.co.uk/september1...835906,00.html
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America's military top brass may have deliberately misled the 9/11 commission, painting a picture of a swift response to the unfolding terrorist attacks when, in reality, fighter jets spent crucial minutes pursuing a non-existent plane, it emerged yesterday.
Tape transcripts published for the first time in this month's Vanity Fair magazine show in vivid new detail how air defence commanders sent two armed planes - out of only four at their disposal to defend a quarter of the country - on a wild-goose chase. Meanwhile, contrary to what the commission was told, the military did not even hear about United flight 93 until after it had crashed. Members and staff of the 9/11 commission believe the discrepancies may have been part of a deliberate effort to mislead, and they discussed asking the justice department to consider criminal charges against senior members of the military, sources told the Washington Post
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