http://abcnews.go.com/WN/military-no...ry?id=8952014#
Inquiring minds want to know!
In the wake of 9/11 the American public has been duped into believing we needed a new agency called Homeland Security.
Well here it is in it's finest hour proving without a shadow of a doubt, that it is as useless as two tits on a bull.
As the pilots of Northwest flight 188 overshot their airport and streaked across the sky, controllers in Denver and Minneapolis tried repeatedly to reach the plane. They attempted for an hour and 18 minutes to make contact, calling the airline and other pilots for help.
Over an hour passed before U.S. military was notified about Flight 188.But one key group was not notified early on -- the military.
Gen. Gene Renuart -- who, as commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is responsible for safeguarding the skies -- said NORAD is usually notified within 10 minutes of an unusual incident.
"I think all of us are concerned that an aircraft sort of goes off the net for an extended period of time like that," Renuart said.
In this case, the notification was so late that by the time F-16 fighter jets were ready to launch, controllers and the Northwest pilots were back in touch, according to the general.
