EeRiE SiMuLaTiOn On 9/11/01: PlAnE SlAmS InTo NaTiOnAl ReCoNnAiSsAnCe OfFiCe (NRO)

Northridge, Ca. (BlackVault) – March 08, 2011 – Posting #138

Nine Eleven. 9-11. 9/11. No matter how you type it – those two numbers put together invokes an array of emotions. Terror… fear… anxiety… sadness… vengeance and even evil. But these two numbers also bring with it countless conspiracy theories, coincidences, and unanswered questions that remain even a decade later. And the list is growing larger.

This week, The Black Vault, an online archive with nearly 600,000 pages of declassified government records, obtained a package of documents relating to a seemingly routine emergency preparedness exercise by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) – the arm of the military that owns and operates all U.S. spy satellites.

The exercise broke down into multiple phases, which began on September 5, 2001. Each phase was to determine the preparedness of the NRO to various emergencies. The first phase included a NRO employee going into the workplace with a handgun and shooting his supervisor, and another co-worker before dropping the gun and leaving the building.

Simulation personnel along with local police officers overlooked how the NRO structure responded to the scenario. They looked for response times of security officers, how fast a cordoned off area could be established, and they focused on multiple other key details to help the NRO become a more secure workplace.

Each step of the process was carefully timed out… from the time the gunmen shot his supervisor… to the time he exited the building. But the next phase of the exercise, which spanned 9 days total, began on September 11th, 2001, and it was nothing short of eerie.

This phase of the simulation, which began on the morning of September 11, 2001, simulated an aircraft plowing into two of their buildings at NRO headquarters. The simulation had the complete story of the pilots, right down to drinking a “free cup of coffee” before they boarded their flight.

But as this hypothetical tale goes, their flight didn’t end so well. Although it wasn’t a story of terrorism, but rather bad luck, it invokes many questions as to why months earlier – the NRO was beginning to plan a scenario of a plane flying into their buildings to test their response.

Although The Black Vault makes no assertions as to what it really means – it poses some interesting questions that have remained unanswered. Did we really know of a plot similar to this simulation? Did we know when or even how it might be achieved? And maybe the biggest one of all – how did the NRO simulation end up on the very day that 9-11 redefined it’s meaning?

"And Ye Shall Know The Truth And The Truth Shall Set You Free"

WAKE UP AMERICA....ITs OUR COUNTRY!!!

Love "Light" and Energy

_Don

References: Archive Copy Here

The 9/11 USAF Stand Down

NORAD Exercises Hijack Summary

NORAD Early Morning Flight Activity Morning of 9-11

FOIA NRO documents detailing the simulation [61 Pages, 1.7MB]

NORAD: Wargames And The "Failure" To Defend The Skies On 9/11

Susan Lindauer's Letter to Bush's Chief of Staff Andy Card

By Susan Lindauer - Archive Copy Here

January 6, 2003 - Posting #137

Dear Andy,

I am writing you now as family.

As you might imagine, I am deeply saddened by this march to war with Iraq. I have worked so hard to secure cooperation with the weapons inspections, precisely so that a confrontation could be avoided. I am deeply proud of the success of my contributions. I have behaved with the utmost respect for the security of the international community and the best interest of disarmament in the Middle East.

Andy, I can still influence this situation.

Therefore, I need to ask you, one last time, what specific actions can be taken by Baghdad, so the President Bush can declare victory without going to War. What do you need? Cooperation on terrorism, including interviewing authority for the FBI? Does the U.S. want the Lukoil Contract? What else? I can get it. Just tell me.

If you call me at 301-891-0954, or send the Secret Service, I will come to you at any hour of the day or night. I will fly to Baghdad with 24 hours notice to deliver any message directly to that leadership, regarding any of the above suggestions or anything else you seek.

Even at this late hour, Andy, I can get the kind of results that will enable President Bush to declare a proud victory without endangering the lives of U.S. soldiers or inciting further terrorist actions against American interest.

I ask you, Andy, what matters more? Trying to depose Saddam Hussein? Or the security of New York City and San Antonia? Which is the priority for America? Because surely you know that the security of New York and Los Angeles and Boston will be forfeited - for years to come - if the U.S. becomes an outright aggressor against Iraq or any other Middle Eastern nation.

My dearest cousin, I want President Bush to succeed. American needs his Presidency to succeed. But this War with Iraq will hurt us, too. In six weeks or six months, it won't matter. Because when it hits, it will hit so hard it will not matter that there was ever a delay - The Iraq people hate Americans, no matter what they think of Saddam. When I was in Baghdad last March, more than one Imam swore to me their people would tear off the arms and the legs of American soldiers, and decapitate them, and drag their bodies through the streets. They swore the women would fight, too.

Once the U.S. bombing starts, the Iraqi exiles will have no credibility as leaders. None whatsoever. They will be hated as pawns of the United States, and my God, let met tell you, Arabs can hate. A U.S. victory will never be sweet for long.

That hatred has kindled deeply because of the sanctions, Andy. Sanctions have killed 1.7 million human beings, including almost one million little children. Stop and think. what would an American father do the the man who killed three of his children, once that father could finally lay hands on his aggressor? Would he throw candy in the streets? No, he'd beat him to death and stab him 100 times until his arms were sore. And then he'd look for the next man, stalking until the right moment. In Baghdad, I met a man who lost 8 members of his immediate family in one year. that's right: Eight dead in ONE year. Multiply that by 20 million.

And so I am coming back to you again. Anytime, day or night, I will meet you anywhere. I will deliver any message. Or I will escort anyone you designate - I will keep our meeting and the substance of our communications strictly confidential. Anything to resolve this crisis. Unlike Ambassador Negroponte, I can do this without drawing media attention.

Above all, you must realize that if you go ahead with this invasion, Osama bin Laden will triumph, rising from his grave of seclusion. His network will be be swollen with fresh recruits, and other charismatic individuals will seek to build on his model, multiplying those networks. And the United States will have delivered the death blow to itself. Using your own act of war, Osama and his cohorts will irrevocably divide the hears and mind of the Arab Street from moderate governments in Islamic countries that have been holding back that tide. Power to the people, what we call "democracy," will secure the rise of the fundamentalists.

And before the next Presidential election, Andy, it will become a disaster.

You are in my prayers. let me help you. Please.

Your cousin,

Susan Lindauer

To Colin Powell, then the United States Secretary of States:

Mr. Secretary -

I expect this would be a "short" discussion, and the U.S. would come away with full democratic reforms - free elections w/intel, monitors, free opposition parties, free opposition newspapers, and free student organizations at Universities. Given the military build up, you could declare a great victory from a formidable position of strength. You could keep U.S. troops in place for 6 months to monitor compliance, and you could do it all without War.

"And Ye Shall Know The Truth And The Truth Shall Set You Free"

WAKE UP AMERICA....ITs OUR COUNTRY!!!

Love "Light" and Energy

_Don

References:

American Cassandra

The Hornet’s Nest Kicked Back

9/11 Whistleblower Susan Lindauer

No Lies Radio Archive Interview

Federal government drops case against Susan Lindauer

Questioning the War on Terror: A Primer for Obama Voters