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Tucked inside the shock and fury was dismay at the performance of others whose job--perhaps impossible--was to prevent this from happening. There were quiet calls for the heads of CIA chief Tenet and FAA boss Jane Garvey for allowing so appalling a breach of security on their watch. And there was an equal determination to find those who were behind...
...seventh-floor secure facility shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday for a videoconference with the Administration's top national security aides. National Security Adviser Rice and her top counterterrorism coordinator Richard Clark were on one screen, with FBI Director Mueller and his senior aides, the CIA's counterterrorism director, and FAA officials on others. Vice President Cheney was supposed to be in on the teleconference, but the Secret Service had already spirited him off to a safehouse. "We knew we were in trouble," says one official who was present. "We've got suicide attacks here...
...course doesn't publicize, that Air Force One - whose comings and goings can ball up huge swaths of the nation's airspace - was way down in Florida and wouldn't be cruising back into Andrews Air Force Base until noon, comfortably after the morning rush hour had let up. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey, who is the agency's longest serving chief, had already begun a day heavy with meetings. This, the FAA, the flyboys and radar jocks thought, would be an easy...
...More Stories Special Issue: Day of Infamy How to Beat Bin Laden TIME/CNN Poll: America Is In a Military Mood The Day the FAA Stopped the World Update: Finding a Way to Go On Back to Business? TIME FOR KIDS...
...More Stories Special Issue: Day of Infamy How to Beat Bin Laden TIME/CNN Poll: America Is In a Military Mood The Day the FAA Stopped the World Update: Finding a Way to Go On Back to Business? TIME FOR KIDS...