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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Noise is just the beginning of the problems.  The surreal environment the turbines create includes shadows, flicker, flashing FAA lights, cell and TV interruption, stray voltage, water contamination—the list goes on. It truly does!  And the Harvard purchase and others like it will ensure that rural communities all around the country continue to experience the same fate...

Author: By Sue Sliwinski, | Title: Wind Energy's Dark Side Should Cause Pause | 12/13/2004 | See Source »

...events was so confused that it effectively eliminated any chance to fend off the subsequent attacks. The Federal Aviation Administration had difficulty tracking and alerting the military to the hijackings. Top brass did not learn about United Airlines Flight 175, or American Airlines Flight 77--which the FAA lost track of for 36 minutes as it turned toward the Pentagon--until around the time the planes crashed. They didn't learn about United Airlines Flight 93 until after it went down in Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What We Know Now | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

KNEE DEFENDERS Two plastic devices fit on your tray table to keep the seat in front from reclining too much. They have the FAA's approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helping Hassled Flyers | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

...intelligence community could have analyzed attacks al-Qaeda might attempt with planes and determined that recruiting qualified pilots was a major obstacle. FBI agents could have monitored aviation schools for possible Islamic extremists. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) could have hardened cockpits and banned all blades from airplanes, as it did after 9/11...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 4 Dots American Intelligence Failed To Connect | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...several points the CIA could have asked the FBI to trace the two hijackers' activities in the U.S., which would have led to 9/11 pilot Hani Hanjour, who was training with al-Hazmi. The State Department could have put them on the TIPOFF list much earlier. The FAA could have put them on its no-fly list, keeping them off domestic flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 4 Dots American Intelligence Failed To Connect | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

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