NEADS Operator Warns Others to Watch What They Say on Tape

An operator at the Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) on 9/11 warns other operators to "be careful what we say on the loop, because these are being recorded and these tapes will be handed over." The tapes formed the basis of the 9/11 Commission's account of what happened. A timeline of the day's events can be found here: http://www.historycommons.org/timelin... This section is from tape 15, at 37:52, probably about 9:16 a.m. real time.

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[51jada]

Hate to be the one to tell you but I also work at NEADS, now EADS and i can tell you angrykow is right. before 9/11 neads looked outside not inside the US boarders.

[Dean Jackson]

angrykow, NORAD's THIRD mission since 1958 is to: provide an appropriate response to any form of an air attack.

[Dean Jackson]

angrykow, NORAD's FIRST mission on 9/11 was surveillance and control of the territorial airspace. NORAD's SECOND mission was looking outwards. This is not a matter of debate, but fact.

I'm not talking about primary or secondary threats, here. I'm talking about NORAD's THREE missions. Go re-read them!

[Art Gow]

You have it backwards, the primary threat up until 9/11 was from the outside. We had and still have ADIZs (Air Defense Identification Zones) going out over the oceans. Our secondary threat was over the CONUS (land). If we saw any emergency (hijack, no radio, general) squawk we coordinated with FAA. If an aircraf didn't squawk, the only way we would know about it is if the FAA called or if the aircraft in question called out its situation on guard freq. BTW what was the alleged third mission?

[Dean Jackson]

angrykow, NORAD had 3 missions on 9/11. It's FIRST mission was monitoring aircraft flying over the territorial airspace of the United states and Canada. Its SECOND mission was watching outside American and Canadian borders. You sound like you really know this basic information on NORAD, so why the faulty information?

[Art Gow]

We had a tendency to get bored on the comm loop, cut up and use non-professional language on occasion. I heard myself on the recording respond to the warning. The person that made the call was/is notorious for making us keep things professional regardless of the situation.

[Art Gow]

To clarify, the threat that the NEADS was looking for was outside the CONUS.  Everything that originated over land or entered from over the ocean and entering the CONUS would have been already ID'd as a friendly and therefor would not have merrited monitoring!

[ConspiracyNut]

brian, do you have sex with your mother?

[Dean Jackson]

DNotice (org) has posted The NORAD Papers V. This article presents the April 2000 Air Force instruction document (still current according to Air Force publishing department) that directs NORAD provide surveillance and control of the airspace of the United States, contradicting The 9/11 Commission Reports assertion that NORAD didnt monitor and control the airspace of the United States on 9/11.

[willhahn]

I hate to sound uninformed, as I pride myself on trying to keep up with "reality", especially when it come to the military, but what does NEADS stand for? A little more background information would help explain this to others. Thanks!