PER-MINETA
Norman Mineta
Testified that in the PEOC he heard Cheney told of an incoming aircraft and asked whether 'the orders still stand.'
Testimony is in the hearing record; it is largely absent from the final Report narrative.
Witness statements (unmerged)
Later recollections are not folded into contemporaneous reports.
2003-05-23 · event 2001-09-11 · 9/11 Commission public hearing
An aide reported an incoming aircraft at 50, then 30, then 10 miles. The aide asked Cheney if the orders still stood. Cheney said of course the orders still stand — have you heard anything to the contrary?
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Contradictions
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Linked evidence
Mineta: Cheney asked if 'the orders still stand' as an aircraft approached
Norman Mineta testimony, 9/11 Commission hearing, 23 May 2003 · 2003-05-23
Norman Mineta testified that Cheney confirmed standing orders while being updated on an inbound aircraft's decreasing range.
David Ray Griffin — Anomalies in the 9/11 Commission Report (Toronto Report ch.2)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Griffin's 2012 chapter lists Commission process constraints (Zelikow, funding, access) and twelve claimed omissions, with footnotes to named books, newspapers, and the Report itself.
David Ray Griffin — Anomalies in official accounts of AA77 and UA93 (Toronto Report ch.7)
The 9/11 Toronto Report (2012), International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 · 2012-09-11
Griffin's 2012 chapter lists named process contradictions on AA77 notification and UA93 notification, plus Pentagon-object and UA93-shoot-down arguments with named witnesses and an FAA memo.