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To: Rock_nj who wrote (74519)	7/29/2006 10:34:44 AM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362458

That is an understatement. Not one person was fired after the biggest security lapse in history. All the money and manpower spent on security before 9/11 and no one had the brains to suggest a lock on a cockpit door? Afterwards, the administration had the gall to claim that there were no locks because attacks by suicide pilots were "unimaginable"? Bull. The Japs used suicide aircraft in WWII. There were concerns that terrorists would use hijacked aircraft to disrupt a summit in Italy years before 9/11. El Al has had secure cockpits for decades. Rumor has it that the White House has had anti-aircraft (Stingers on the roof) protection for years. And what happened after 9/11? We added MORE bureaucrats to shuffle papers, listen to our phone calls and watch our credit card charges. This way, after the next attack, we'll know that the bad guy's used cash and, unlike Americans, don't yak on the phone much. 9/11 made us realize how inept and how corrupt our government actually is. 9/11 was either the result of utter ineptitude that should have resulted in investigation and punishment or utter corruption that allowed 9/11 to happen