There is NO incompetence argument for why the government continues to lie about NORAD not monitoring American (and Canadian) territorial airspace on 9/11. Since September 12, 2001 the government has been involved in a de jure criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice in it's continued denial that NORAD monitored aircraft within America on 9/11.

Exhibit A for the prosecution:

In 2008 NORAD wrote, "Since the tragic events of 9/11, NORADs role which previously was outward-looking now includes monitoring airspace within North America."

In 2004 the Air Force said, "Before 2001, 1st Air Force was charged with keeping an eye on the nation’s borders, usually looking for threats in the form of Russian aircraft skirting too close for comfort to the mainland. In those few hours, the command’s mission went from looking outward to looking inward."

Now take a look at what the National Guard Association of the United States, Canada’s Department of National Defense, Syracuse University, NORAD, and the General Accountability Office said before September 11, 2001 about NORAD’s monitoring capabilities within the United States:

In 1997 the National Guard Association of the United States said NORAD insures, "Aircraft flying over our air space are monitored seven days a week, 24 hours a day." – National Guard Association of the United States, 1997.

In 1998 Canada’s Department of National Defense said, "In 1998, Canada posses the ability to detect, identify, and if necessary intercept aircraft over Canadian territory. The "Canadianisation" of NORAD operations over Canada is complete. Though we still rely heavily on the Americans for the Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment and mutual defense, we have successfully transitioned on at least one of the three core functions of NORAD.” – Department of National Defense (Canada), 1998.

Before 1995, Syracuse University said, "The NORAD mission is threefold. NORAD's first responsibility is to provide SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL of the airspace covering North America, specifically the airspace of Canada and the United States.” -- Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, pre-1995.

In 1997, NORAD itself said, "The Air Operations Center (AOC) (also known as the Air Defense Operations Center – ADOC) maintains CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE OF NORTH AMERICAN AIRSPACE TO PREVENT OVERFLIGHT by hostile aircraft. It TRACKS over 2.5 million aircraft annually." – NORAD, 1997.

And lastly, in 1994 the General Accountability Office said, "NORAD defines air sovereignty as providing surveillance and control of the territorial airspace, which includes:

1. intercepting and destroying uncontrollable air objects;
2. tracking hijacked aircraft;
3. assisting aircraft in distress;
4. escorting Communist civil aircraft; and
5. intercepting suspect aircraft, including counterdrug operations and peacetime military intercepts." -- Government Accountability Office, 1994.

And here is the April 2000 Air Force Instruction 13-1AD, Volume 3 on Air Defense Command and Control Operations (in effect on September 11, 2001) where it states in Chapter 3.1, under Mission, "The First Air Force Commander (1 AF/CC), in his role as the CONUS NORAD Region Commander, provides CINCNORAD/Commander US Element NORAD with TW/AA, surveillance and control of the airspace of the United States and appropriate response against air attack."

This Instruction is an official ORDER to be followed by the Air Force. As Chapter 1.1 of the Instruction says, "General. This instruction and the references herein outline procedures TO BE FOLLOWED [emphasis mine] by units/ele­ments of the Air Combat Command (ACC) Air Defense System (ADS)."

The government should never have said NORAD didn't monitor American airspace on 9/11. Because of the pre-9/11 literature on NORAD, the government should have come up with some other implausible explanation for NORAD's stand down. That is, an implausible explanation that didn't have an historical paper trail that contradicts it!

Lawyers for 9/11 Truth should find the above a good starting point in presenting a motion of government obstruction of justice in a criminal case (and any other charges that might be applicable). http://lawyersfor911truth.blogspot.com/

Once the NORAD lies are exposed, persons who were once suspicious or not sure about the 9/11 Truth Movement will see the Truth Movement in a new light.

One more little fact. Guess when the April 2000 Air Force instruction on Air Defense Command and Control Operations was revised? Give up? Would you believe June 2009?

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Dean Jackson/Editor-in-Chief DNotice.org
Washington, DC

I recently read an article by Baer in Time Magazine.

It was one of those pieces where Baer supposedly reveals inside info: in this case it was that the CIA has been secretly trying to assassinate Al Qaeda leaders without the approval of Congress.

Talk about smoke and mirrors. Baer actively works for the cover-up. Admit something supposedly secret the CIA has been doing - as though they are making an admission - but it's really something to bolster the official fairy tale.

Love Alison