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Sept 11 panel details missteps and misreads of the attacks
The bipartisan 9/11 Commission reports that response efforts were overwhelmed by confusion and improvise a homeland defense on that day. It cites FAA and NORAD failures in notices and a misread order to shoot down hijacked aircraft, while Cheney and Bush officials coordinated at a secure White House facility. The report notes miscommunications, a single controller handling two hijackings, and dramatic cockpit recordings from Flight 11.
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Washington
Dick Cheney
U.S
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Bipartisan Commission
Bush
Florida
FAA
Navy
John Lehman
Federal Aviation Administration
Commission
NORAD
North American Air Defense Command
United 93
Pennsylvania
Cheney
White House