Sept. 11 Commission Holds Final Hearings

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Sept. 11 Commission Holds Final Hearings

56 minutes ago National - AP

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Nearly three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Lorie Van Auken is still waiting to learn why her husband had to die — and counting on a commission's last hearing into the hijacking plot to finally provide some answers.

"Nineteen men defeated us with not a lot of money and killed 3,000 people. That's not a success story," said Van Auken, of East Brunswick, N.J., who believes the Sept. 11 commission has been too soft on government witnesses in its 11 previous hearings. Her husband, Kenneth, died in the World Trade Center collapse.

"What happened on that day? What did the president know?" she asked. "When everything went wrong, we don't need to hear commissioners telling witnesses they did a great job."

The 10-member panel's final hearing is being held Wednesday and Thursday, covering the Sept. 11 plot and the emergency response by the Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites) and U.S. air defenses. Commissioners say they will delve into the actions of the nation's top leaders during critical moments of the attacks.


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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=1&u=/ap/20040616/ap_on_re_us/sept_11_commission

Here again is the schedule:

HEARING AGENDA
"The 9/11 Plot"
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
9:00 - 9:30 AM
*Note: This is a change.
STAFF STATEMENT NO. 15
Overview of the Enemy
9:30 - 11:00 AM
PANEL: AL QAEDA
Ms. Mary Deborah Doran
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Patrick J. Fitzgerald
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois


CIA Official

11:00 - 12:00 AM
STAFF STATEMENT NO. 16
Outline of the 9/11 Plot
12:00 - 1:00 PM
BREAK
1:00 - 3:00 PM
PANEL: OUTLINE OF THE 9/11 PLOT
Ms. Jacqueline Maguire
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. James N. Fitzgerald
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mr. Adam B. Drucker
Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

CIA Official


"National Crisis Management"
Thursday, June 17, 2004
8:00 - 9:15 AM
STAFF STATEMENT NO. 17
Improvising a Homeland Defense
9:15 - 11:30 AM
PANEL: MILITARY RESPONSE ON 9/11
General Richard Myers, USAF
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Admiral (select) Charles Joseph Leidig, USN
Commandant of Midshipmen, United States Naval Academy

General Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF
Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command

Major General Larry Arnold, USAF (Ret.)
Former Commander, Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR)

11:30 - 1:00 PM
PANEL: FAA RESPONSE ON 9/11
Mr. Monte Belger
Former Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration

Mr. Jeff Griffith
Former Deputy Director, Air Traffic Control, Federal Aviation Administration


Mr. John White
Former Facility Manager, Air Traffic Control Systems Command Center, Federal Aviation Administration

Mr. Benedict Sliney
Operations Manager, New York Terminal Radar Approach Control, Federal Aviation Administration

1:00 PM
Hearing Concludes.

(not much new in the wire story, but a heads up for today's and Thur's hearings.)

Here's a GD thread, for last ditch action to get some real questions out, or at least some network discussion:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1791316

[izzie]

1. I am really interested in why the planes were not shot down.

Having been married for years to some one in the service, the few minutes, that it took to have a fighter in the air was forever talked about. I also know a man that did that. Wait to jump in a plain to get to a fight.