Dan
Verton
From
the: http://z9.invisionfree.com/Pilots_For_Truth/index.php?act=ST&f=5&t=483
A
new article up @ 9/11 blogger:
http://www.911blogger.com/node/10441
gives us the following info:
“Important
new evidence corroborates Gaffney's conclusion, and raises further questions
about the role played by the E-4B planes on 9/11. This evidence appears in the
2003 book Black Ice: The Invisible Threat of Cyber-Terrorism, written by Dan Verton, a former intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine
Corps and former senior writer for Computerworld magazine, who has written
extensively on national security, the intelligence community, and national
defense topics. Verton reported that, the morning of
September 11, an E-4B was launched from "an airfield outside of the
nation's capital." (He did not, however, state which specific base.) This
plane was carrying "civilian and military officials," and was going "to
conduct a previously scheduled Defense Department exercise." This exercise
would involve "the use and testing of the aircraft's various advanced
technology and communications equipment."
According to Verton, the E-4B launched from near
Link
for archived chapter 7 of Dan Verton's book:
http://www.webcitation.org/5QueD1mCx
Aug 7 2007, 11:18 AM
I
notice there are no footnotes attached to any of the statements about the
E-4B so I wonder where he got this information. If this were such common knowledge
why would the 9/11 Commission not have included it in their report and
timeline?
Also he has the pentagon hit at
There is also the question of why Air Force One had to fly to
Why would the Air Force, Secret Service and the FAA all deny any knowledge of
this if it were published in a book in 2003?
The
real-world crisis management also had its share of trouble deciphering
what was happening around the nation. Although the details are not
known, a classified after-action report was produced that, according to
one official who was on board the aircraft on September 11, does not paint
a favorable picture of the government’s overall crisis management
capabilities.16 According to one government official, the nation was “deaf,
dumb, and blind” for much of that horrible day in September. 17
16 Author interview with sources either aboard the
NAOC or familiar with the events
of September 11.
17 Ibid.
(Pages 150 and 151: p. 150 Black Ice: The Invisible
Threat of Cyber-Terrorism and p. 151 9/11: The Cyber-terrorist Attack)
While
I can see how this was excluded from the 9/11 Commission investigation I think
it would raise a lot of questions about the so-called free press that
all reports of the E-4B were erased from news reports and timelines
almost immediately.
And I still don't see why the air force and the FAA would risk telling my
congressman that they have "no knowledge" of the E-4B being over
If they could tell a writer about this why would they deny all knowledge to a
congressman making a formal inquiry?
CONTEXT:
Jun 19
2007, 11:01 AM
Today
marks the one year anniversary of my Freedom of Information Request
to the FAA for radar records of Washington DC 9:30 am
to 10:00 am on 9/11.
Still no records. So much for an
informed citizenry.
Also I have still gotten no further information from CNN regarding the
video which they shot of a "plane flying above the White House"
on 9/11 during the evacuation at
It is as if the government and the news media are a single two-headed monster
seeking to keep us all in the dark while some unknown power directs our fate.
Jun 21
2007, 06:57 PM
I
have had a chance to view the CNN E-4B footage several times and
it is much better than any other 9/11 footage I have ever seen.
The CNN camera crew appears to have been on the corner of
The next shot we are zoomed much closed and tracking the E-4B with a
very smooth camera pan and minimal shaking. This is an excellent shot of the
plane
slowly banking right and turning with sun highlights reflecting off of it.
This sequence lasts a good fifteen seconds and there is no doubt what we are
looking at with the satellite communications pod catching the morning sunlight.
This video is so good Boeing could use it for televisions commercials.
Thumbs up for the anonymous CNN Washnington
bureau cameraperson who shot this great smoking gun video. They should
have gotten an Emmy for this.
To bad it has not been shown for nearly six years.
How come all the 9/11 documentary film makers out there have never
used this incredible footage? It speaks for itself.
This dramatic "Plane flying above White House" on 9/11 video and the
letters I have gotten denying all knowledge of this plane from the Air Force,
FAA, Secret Service, NORAD, First Air Force etc. would make a really great
television commercial for an honest political candidate or party if any
actually existed.
Why is no politician interested in this? I have sent this information to them
all and they don't care. The same goes for all the talk show hosts and all the
newspapers.
I thought talk radio was supposed to be fearless and they won't touch it.
None of the other 9/11 Truth websites seem interested either which is really
disturbing.
We must all say a prayer of thanks for the CNN Washington bureau mystery camera
operator who had the presence of mind to shoot the E-4B as skillfully as
possible for the historic record and of course for Linda Brookhart
and her Pentax camera without whom this whole story
might never have come to light.
I
tried to view the CNN video again today and started at keyframe
48.
There is another shot of the E-4B!!
The camera shows people and cars on Jackson Street then zooms up to get a
fantastic shot of the E-4B from behind as it is flying due north and banking
right. This is a great shot and then it zooms back again to prove it is flying
above
This is incredible stuff. I have never seen this angle on the E-4B anywhere.
It seems to be at fairly low altitude and you see good detail even as it is
moving away from camera.
The total E-4B video is over 20 seconds long.
How the multitude of 9/11 "experts" continue to be oblivious to this
dramatic video of an air force command and control plane, whose presence has
been denied in writing by the US air force and the US Secret Service,
sauntering all over the sky in the very midst of the 9/11 attack, is a real
mystery.
I
have gotten a letter from the FAA saying that they are going to process my
original June 19, 2006 FOIA request for radar records from Dulles that would
show the flightpath of the E-4B and any other
aircraft, or missiles, that may have been in the Washington DC area during the
Pentagon attack.
If they do provide full radar images without any blacked out areas it could be
very interesting.
Jul 2
2007, 12:04 PM
The
problem is that I have signed official letters from the Air Force, the FAA and the
Secret Service that totally deny all knowledge of any aircraft flying near the
White House on 9/11 between 9:30 and 10:00 am even though I told them all about
the videos and the eyewitness reporting by CNN, NBC news and ABC news.
So where is
Why the official denials if this is public knowledge?
I have sent my congressman lots of photos and emails from Linda Brookhart
and other eyewitnesses and I sent him the link to the CNN video.
I don't know if he has actually seen the video but I certainly intend to keep
after him to watch it.
If the E-4B was over
the jets 150 miles away flying in the wrong direction? It makes no sense.
Why did the E-4B leave within minutes after the Penatgon
attack and
before the fighters even got there? It has the ability to fly indefinitely so
why disappear from the scene in the midst of a crisis situation.
I don't buy the idea of a "benign" mission for the E-4B on 9/11.
Jul 5
2007, 06:57 PM
The
E-4B over
Thats about 100,000 more
since I last checked a couple of weeks ago.
Somebody out there is interested in what we are discussing.
It appears that the video used in the Disovery Channel
film was a
different shot than the CNN raw news video. It is simlilar
but the
CNN shot is much longer and the camera movement is smoother.
All of the cameramen had been moved to
CNN also has all the evacuation footage so the E-4B is definitely proven to be
over the White House as this is happening and not later as some have claimed.
Secret Service people are in the same shot when the E-4B first appears.
The camera pans from Secret Service to evacuees pointing up at the E-4B and
then zooms up to the E-4B itself in one continuous shot.
The evidence value of this footage is amazing.
Yet of course the 9/11 Commission never bothered to even look at it.
Senator
Dayton was quoting Bob Woodward, who is not an "official source" as
far as I know.
Woodward wrote a piece in the Washington Post claiming the E-4B was launched
after the pentagon attack which again seems to be a manipulation of the
timeline since it was seen in the air before the pentagon was hit and videos of
it were shot within three minutes of the official 9:37 am pentagon strike time
while the jet fighters were still 20 minutes away.
My question is who told this to Woodward and why?
It was obviously designed to make people think the E-4B was part of the
"response" to the attack, but then the whole story was buried along
with
the videos and the 9/11 Commission makes no mention of any of this.
If Bob Woodward could write news stories, supposedly based on insider
information, about the E-4B over
I have been trying to get Woodward and the Washington Post to reply to the letters
I have gotten from these agencies denying what they reported on
Because
of Global Guardian, bombers, missile crews, and submarines around
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Scowcroft
Jul 11
2007, 03:31 PM
The
E-4B is specifically designed to stay at very high altitude away from the
target area so that it is survivable so flying low and slow in an area known to
be under attack is a total reverse of it's standard protocol.
In viewing the CNN website clip on a better computer I was able to finally hear
the
soundtrack.
It is spooky how the sirens of firetrucks heading for
the pentagon begin to wail at the very same time we are zooming up to see the
E-4B in a hard right bank over Lafayette Park.
Linda Brookhart told me she took her picture just
before she began to hear these sirens.
This footage is so dramatic it is incredible that it was not broadcast when
other less interesting footage has been shown hundreds of times.
I have still gotten no reply from the CNN Washington Bureau about who actually
shot the video and what other E-4B footage they might have from that day.
Also no reply from Bob Woodward about his apparently
incorrect report of the
E-4B being launched after the pentagon strike.
Also no radar records from the FAA yet.
I
don't have any E-4B footage or pictures from CNN. I have only been able to
watch the preview posted on the CNN Image Source website.
I tried for a month to buy a copy of the video for the express purpose of
showing it to my Congressman and I still do not have it.
I wanted him to see the footage of the Secret Service guys and others on
I told CNN Image Source about all the letters I have from government agencies
denying the existence of the aircraft that is clearly shown in their own
videos, but they have shown no interest in this as a news story. They never
even asked to see any of the letters. I also sent a bunch of information on
this to the Chairman of Turner Broadcasting which owns CNN.
Nobody wants to look into this even though the fast-approaching sixth
anniversary of 9/11 ought to be creating a lot of interest in reporting aspects
of the story that have not yet been investigated, and even moreso
when you have dramatic video material and recent official documents to back up
the story itself.
I
have all the CNN transcripts on all of their real time reporting of the
White Jet as well as the NBC and ABC news transcripts all before
I also have the "Chronology of Terror" timeline CNN published on
September 12, 2001 which already had removed all references to the white jet
and made no mention of the video they got of the white jet flying near the the White House.
Wouldn't you think a video like that would have been big news and shown at
least a hundred times on
Why would any news organization not want to show something that dramatic
and mysterious? It's mind-boggling.
Jul 28
2007, 01:51 AM
WRIGHT-PAT
AIR FORCE BASE GOES TO HIGHEST ALERT
Base activates national command posts
By R. Gaffney
Dayton Daily News
September 12, 2001
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base went on high alert and activated two national
command posts Tuesday after terrorists carried out an air attack using hijacked
airliners in New York, Washington and Pittsburgh.
The base beefed up gate security Tuesday after two hijacked airliners slammed
into the
Minutes later, an E-4B
Meanwhile, top generals on the base huddled and managers sent home nonessential
personnel.
Col. Michael Hazen, 88th airbase wing commander, said Tuesday evening the base
was operating on "the highest force protection standards" and
"will continue as long as the Air Force directs us to stay at heightened
alert."
Security police searched cars, causing traffic backups at base gates. Hazen
urged the public to stay away from the base to reduce congestion.
F-16 fighter jets came and went during the day. Some belonged to the Ohio Air
National Guard's 178th Fighter Group, temporarily based at Wright-Pat because
of construction work at the
Sounds widely reported as sonic booms rocked the
"We are investigating those sounds. I cannot confirm they were sonic
booms," said Lt. Col. Ed Worley, director of public affairs at Wright-Pat.
Hazen said only that fighters from Wright-Pat "flew missions, but not to a
local emergency." The F-16 can dash at supersonic speeds, but supersonic
flight is ordinarily prohibited over the
Dressed in a combat uniform, Hazen kept his remarks brief and returned to the
base's battle staff center, where top base leaders were meeting throughout the
day.
Earlier Tuesday, a spokeswoman confirmed the command's headquarters at
Wright-Pat also had activated its command center, a high-security war room used
to manage worldwide support of Air Force combat units during war or times of
high tension. "We are preparing to coordinate any assistance . . . that is
requested" by military commanders, AFMC spokeswoman Lt. Col. Adrienne
Campbell said.
Located inside the AFMC headquarters building at Wright-Pat, the command center
operated around the clock throughout the Persian Gulf War to monitor the
readiness of combat planes and manage the massive airlift that built up war
supplies in the region.
The E-4B
The E-4B is a highly modified Boeing 747. Equipped with a conference room,
briefing room, work rooms and living quarters, it can support crews of up to
114 people. It carries stockpiles of food and can be refueled in flight.
Base representatives had no immediate word on whether anyone from Wright-Pat
was a victim of the Pentagon attack.
* Contact Timothy R. Gaffney at 225-2390 or e-mail him at
timothy_gaffney@coxohio.com
Copyright, 2001, Cox Ohio Publishing. All rights reserved.
I
have been investigating the E-4B since contacting Linda Brookhart
in May 2006 and I continue to to do so as an
independent researcher.
It is very interesting that so far none of the usual debunkers have
made any effort to explain the E-4B story
An
E-4B launched from Wright Patterson after the pentagon attack at
This could not be the same E-4B reported and caught on video at
flying slowly over the White House.
Hard
to tell what the precise timeframe is on the 3 E-4Bs involved in Global
Guardian from the only source I can find for that info- Joe Dejka's
Omaha World Herald (Nebraska) February 27, 2002 article Inside Stratcom on Sept. 11 Offutt Exercise Took Real-life Twist
Another
part of the Global Guardian exercise put three military command aircraft packed
with sophisticated communications equipment in the air.
The three E-4B
The airplanes give top government officials alternative command posts from
which to direct
Aboard one of the three planes was the Federal Advisory Committee, whose
chairman is retired Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft. The plane had been dispatched to
bring committee members to Offutt to observe Global Guardian.
Military authorities canceled the exercise after the attacks on the
It's
not positively clear to me from that info (without a firmer timeline) whether
or not the Wright-Pat E-4B might possibly have been one of the 3 or whether it
was the 4th one. But, if I were a betting man, I'd probably have a small wager
going that Brent S. was aboard the circling E-4B...
I wonder who the other members of the Federal Advisory Committee are. I think I'll dig
around a bit...
“The
six-person committee, which is expected to meet for the first time April 5,
will be chaired by former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft and
includes three other former government officials and two current senior
officials.”
archived source
Dr. John Crawford? (not
sure how frequently that site is updated)
Thomas Neary
The
E-4B is under direct control of National Command Authority, all of whom, Bush,
Cheney, Rumsfeld, Myers etc. were supposedly unaware
of the nature or extent of the situation at
So who had the power to give this order to the E-4B to switch from a drill to
"real world" command and control?
Why then fly low and slow over
Why all the confusion about Air Force One being unescorted and under threat if
we had two E-4B's close enough to meet Bush for a transfer within an hour?
Why keep all of this stuff secret for six years if it
was all so innocent?
It just seems that there are way to many questions and
the news media has been way to quiet about this even though they are the ones
who put it on the record in the first place.
If one writer could get the story on this for a book why can't NBC, CNN, ABC
and everybody else who reported on 9/11 and the all the details of the
following investigations that completely omitted this story? What keeps them so
willing to pass up what most people would consider a very interesting new angle
on 9/11 that would sell lots of newsprint?
I
got an email today from the FAA.
They are going to hold a "meeting" tomorrow to decide what to do with
my
FOIA request for radar records of Dulles airport which ought to show the
track of the E-4B, the C-130 and any other unaccounted for aircraft
flying over Washington DC during the 9/11 attacks.
I wonder how often this sort of meeting is required to respond to a FOIA
request made 14 months previously?
If I actually get radar evidence out of this fiasco that actually shows the
time referenced flight path of the E-4B matching the CNN video I wonder if my
congressman will still consider this information not worth investigating?
If so I will be happy to provide this material to whoever runs against him in
the next election.
I
just read a really bad attempt at debunking the "white jet" on the Randi website.
First they spend a lot of time telling us how "unimportant" it is
that the E-4B was
in the air over
They also do not explain why the Air Force, FAA and Secret Service all told me
there was no aircraft flying of any kind near the White House at the time the
videos and photos were taken of it.
They also have no explanation for the transcripts of Peter Jennings, John King,
Kate Snow and Bob Kur all describing the "big
white jet" circling the White House
between
Then they start picking apart the various video images as if it does not really
show the E-4B which it obviously does.
I am amazed at how undebunkable the E-4B over the
White House has proven to be for the anti-truthers.
They then complain about Linda Brookhart's photo
proving nothing because they "don't know" what building is in the
picture. Apparently mastering Google maps is beyond
their investigative abilities.
They also wonder where the CNN video is accessible on the internet?
Duh!!!
Maybe the CNN Image Source website would be a good place to look???
That's where I found it without anyone even telling me to look there.
Even CNN did not know they had it.
And these guys are the best sceptics and debunkers
James Randi can come up with?
So far this is the only debunker site to even deal with the E-4B story so at
least they gave it a try.
By the way no word yet from the FAA about the big "radar meeting" .
I
understand the History Channel debunked the White Jet and had some guy on who
was supposedly the pilot. Did anyone see this and what kind of plane was he
supposed to be flying? If he was not flying an E-4B than how do they explain
the video of it?
Also if he was a "civilian" plane told to search for possible hijacks
why would he be allowed inside restricted airspace and why do the air force,
secret service and the FAA all claim to have "no records" of any
aircraft in this location at this time?
This
may be nothing but I got an email from an Air Force
organization that might be able to shed light on the E-4B situation on 9/11.
I told them about the Dan Verton book and the CNN
video.
I made it clear I am only interested in the facts and not pushing any theories
and any information would be greatly appreciated.
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