On September 11‚ 2001 the United States experienced the most devastating attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor. This terrorist attack left people with several questions: Who would do this? and How could this happen? When the 9/11 commission report came out it revealed that there were intelligence failures on many levels‚ most importantly of which was a lack of or unwillingness of agencies to share intelligence. The Commission’s report noted‚ “information was not shared‚ sometimes inadvertently or
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3:26 pm News one 2. Air Defense Was Told To “Stand Down” In the event that a airplane were to be hijacked‚ the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)‚ is prepared to send out fighter jets which can debilitate or shoot down an airplane. On 9/11/01‚ NORAD generals said they learned of the hijackings in time to scramble fighter jets. Some skeptics believe NORAD commanded defense systems to “Stand-down”‚ because of their lack of presence during the attacks. 3. Planes Didn’t Make Twin Towers
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On September 11‚ 2001 two airplanes crash into the twin tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The two towers collapsed in around two hours killing almost 3‚000 who were in the building or emergency workers‚ another plane crash into the Pentagon building just outside Washington DC. The last plane crash in a field in Pennsylvania. The years following 9/11 attacks there has been actions taken by the United States. (document 1) The United States took actions after the 9/11 attacks‚ one
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Final Post 9/11 Intelligence Reform Impact and the Way Ahead Daniel Ratner INTL 444 Professor Mead October 8‚ 2012 Introduction After 9/11‚ an event so shocking‚ and humiliating to both the American people‚ and the U.S. Government‚ vast reforms were identified to ensure that an attack of this magnitude never happened again. From the ashes of this despicable act came two major pieces of Intelligence reform. These documents were the 9/11 Commission Report and The Intelligence
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President Bush took responsibility for 9/11‚ even though he didn’t have anything to really do to cause it. He took responsibility and he came to the conclusion that we must go to war. They didn’t only attack our home soil‚ but killed thousands of innocent people. They were defenseless and unaware
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ terrorists hijacked four passenger planes. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. One plane crashed into the Pentagon building in Arlington‚ VA. The last plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. It was by far the worst terrorist attack on American soil. The New York Times reported that around the time of 8:20 am air traffic controllers reported suspected a hijacking (wanttoknow.info)‚ to their surprise there was a
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a)Explain and contrast a regulated industry vs a deregulated industry: A regulated industry maintained safety standards across the board. With this system the government was able to ensure better pay for employees It enabled the government to over charge on consistent routes to cover for less economic but still necessary routes. Also a monopoly allowed for a higher percentage of seats to be filled and cargo to be filled‚ at lower cost. (maximum potential) However‚ the unionized pay for the employes
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and they both end up in horrible situations in two very important cities in the United States. Lana is in Los Angeles volunteering at a Christian homeless shelter and Paul who is a Vietnam veteran tries to prevent Los Angeles from attacks just like 9/11. He suspects everyone who is of Arabic origin. They meet each other when a Pakistani gets brutally murdered. The best part of the movie is the well-assembled scenes‚ they are very dynamic‚ and that makes it that the two storylines come together so
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carriers (LCC) entered the market‚ as well as charter airlines (CC) (cheap cause crappy times) Change is costs (hubs and smoke vs point-to-point without a home base)‚ based on several routes Concentration became lower‚ amount of competition became bigger and market share distribution over larger amount of companies. Concentration looking at intercontinental flights changed less‚ mainly international and domestic flights. Momentarily 240 airlines covering 84% of total passenger travel. Top 10 companies
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Airline Industry Report Word Count:770 Introduction The airline industry delivers global mobility. They are fastest and most safe transport modes that other industry cannot compete with. It widers social and economic benefits. Size of the industry From the above figures‚ airline industry is one of the fastest growing economic sectors over the last 40 years (2.5 billion in 2011).It achieved ten folded expansion in travel volumes and a 14 times expansion in freight.The current market value
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