In article , Nick Hull says...

*By NOT (federally) disarming the pilots a month before 9-11

Interesting part in clarke's book, apparently the FBI was behind this.
They insisted the small FAA contingent of armed marshals be eliminated.
FBI was afraid their own hostage rescue team would come in on
a scene where the FAA marshals were already in place and there would
be friendly fire.

As clarke pointed out, the plane had to land first before the FBI
hostage team could show up in it.

In retrospect this was an amazingly moronic error by FBI director
Freeh, one that a grade school child could identify. Not his only
one either.

Jim

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