No Flight 93 CVR Tape To Be Released
As predicted here, it looks like the taped evidence of the Flight 93 "Let's Roll" myth will not be released to the public after it (or a plausible facsimile) is played to the jury in the Moussaoui sentencing trial.
The trial is expected to make history again today or tomorrow. Prosecutors will play the cockpit voice recording of passengers struggling to take control of United Airlines Flight 93, one of the four planes hijacked Sept. 11, before it crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. It has never been played publicly.
U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said yesterday that only a written transcript of the tape will be made public after it is played in court because three Sept. 11 family members objected to its release.
Anyone expectantly awaiting the dramatic evidence of the brave passengers' entry into the cockpit--forcing the plane down in the field in Pennsylvania--will be sorely disappointed by the written transcript. No entry will be portrayed.
Releasing the transcript without the cockpit voice recorder tape itself, however, will permit the inclusion of stage direction-type descriptions of "shouts in the background", "sounds of a struggle outside cabin", etc.
The government was never going to release the tape itself. The myth of the brave Flight 93 passengers was concocted specifically to divert attention from the fact that the U.S. military shot down the airliner on the instruction of Vice-President Cheney.
The Vice-President is not in the military chain of command. He has claimed that Bush authorized him to give the order, but that's not how it's supposed to be done.
The President has ample communication equipment and a competent military aide with him at all times so that the commander in chief is able to issue orders through the Pentagon's National Military Command Center.
The improperly authorized shootdown is just one of a myriad of anomalous circumstances of that day.
Artistic license is okay for some things, but really sucks in a matter of this importance.
The trial is expected to make history again today or tomorrow. Prosecutors will play the cockpit voice recording of passengers struggling to take control of United Airlines Flight 93, one of the four planes hijacked Sept. 11, before it crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. It has never been played publicly.
U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said yesterday that only a written transcript of the tape will be made public after it is played in court because three Sept. 11 family members objected to its release.
Anyone expectantly awaiting the dramatic evidence of the brave passengers' entry into the cockpit--forcing the plane down in the field in Pennsylvania--will be sorely disappointed by the written transcript. No entry will be portrayed.
Releasing the transcript without the cockpit voice recorder tape itself, however, will permit the inclusion of stage direction-type descriptions of "shouts in the background", "sounds of a struggle outside cabin", etc.
The government was never going to release the tape itself. The myth of the brave Flight 93 passengers was concocted specifically to divert attention from the fact that the U.S. military shot down the airliner on the instruction of Vice-President Cheney.
The Vice-President is not in the military chain of command. He has claimed that Bush authorized him to give the order, but that's not how it's supposed to be done.
The President has ample communication equipment and a competent military aide with him at all times so that the commander in chief is able to issue orders through the Pentagon's National Military Command Center.
The improperly authorized shootdown is just one of a myriad of anomalous circumstances of that day.
Artistic license is okay for some things, but really sucks in a matter of this importance.
posted by Effwit at 10:38 AM
8 Comments:
Good one Mr F Wit.
You know how to nail 'em when you're in the nailin' mood. We be scannin' your blog ev'ry day hopin' to catch your insightful crucifyin's.
Cloudberry Sierra:
Thanks for the compliment, I take my responsibility to my readers very seriously.
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Cloudberry Sierra:
I was trained by an Indian Sadhu how to keep all those bodily functions under control. The powers of the mind far exceed the infirmities of the corpus.
Such products as of you speak may be useful to some, but will be of no necessity to me.
Or to my hardy readers.
Looks like a new film about Flight 93 is scheduled to be released in a couple of weeks. No doubt, it will spread the fable of heroism just as the Bush administration likes it. Great.
DrewL:
Hollywood has played a important role in the nation's myth-making since the silent movie era.
I'm sure that the Flt. 93 movie will not disappoint.
"hi mom - this is mark bingham"
Anon:
Perhaps Mr. Bingham was just a very formal person.
You think?
No? Me neither.
Maybe he just wanted his named spelled correctly on his tombstone.
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