Episode 346 - 9/11 War Games

The Corbett Report Podcast

The Corbett Report

Politics, News

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Little did we know at the time, 9/11 was not a normal day of blue sky aviation. On the contrary, it was one of the busiest days in the history of American aviation, a dense forest of live fly exercises, drills, simulations, fake radar injects and utter confusion. And that was before the attacks even began. This is the story of 9/11 that you didn’t watch unfold on your TV that fateful day in 2001. This is the story of the 9/11 War Games.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Corbett Report.
0:06.0	When we remember the events of 9-11,
0:09.0	we are often invited to reflect on how the attack came out of the clear blue sky.
0:14.0	Until the terror began to unfold in real time on everyone's television screen,
0:19.0	it was just another beautiful blue sky day, a perfect day for aviation.
0:24.0	It is 8 a.m. in Salisbury, North Carolina, 7 a.m. in Chicago,
0:32.8	in Calaveras, County, California.
0:34.4	Where the news is being made on this Tuesday, September 11th.
0:37.4	From CNN.
0:38.4	That's all coming up.
0:39.4	801.
0:40.4	Let's get to the top news stories of the morning.
0:41.6	For that, we turn to Ann Curran.
0:43.2	Because now we have a camera.
0:44.3	Katie Matinell, thank you so much this morning.
0:46.2	Good morning, everybody again.
0:48.0	But isn't in America and in politics, isn't spinning?
0:50.8	What is spinning, Charlie?
0:52.4	Well, spinning is getting out your point of view trying to put your
0:55.1	interpretation on something. So do you think there is a lot of spinning done in
0:58.7	politics and America passion but this year things are different. Contestants will be quizzed on current events.
1:04.0	U.S. history and government.
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